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Why I Quit Weight Watchers and What I Do Instead

Why I Quit Weight Watchers and What I Do Instead

WW has helped THOUSANDS of people lose weight AND keep it off.Perhaps you’re not destined to be one of the thousands of people, and that’s okay! If the program affects you negatively, simply quit and move on. It may not be for you, but there’s something else out there for you – I guarantee it.That’s where I found myself in January, despite 10 on-again, off-again years with WW and hundreds of pounds lost (combining all the loses after pregnancy). Here are my reasons for moving on from the program:

Diets | Featured | Noom | Weight Loss | Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers vs Noom

Six months ago I joined Noom while I was also on WW. I wanted to compare the two programs to see which was right for me. Two months later I walked away from WW to be fully committed to Noom.

Diets | Weight Loss

Noom Update: Week 4

How the heck has it been 4 weeks since I committed to Noom? Although, I started Noom a lot further back than 4 weeks ago, I was doing WW at the same time. I didn’t count that as my time on Noom since my focus was divided between two programs. Then all the holidays happened, and I didn’t really follow much of anything. I gained 5 pounds during the holidays, but life goes on.

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Weight Watchers vs Noom: Week 2 Day 2

Here we go again. Oh the scale, what a mysterious thing you are. Somehow between yesterday and today I lost 2.2 lbs. It cracks me up. Obviously it was water weight, but it is interesting nonetheless.

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Weight Watchers vs Noom: Day 4

Yesterday I woke up with the resolve to eat better. My plan was to base my day off of WW, and then log it into Noom. Well, I started out down the right path. Breakfast was an easy choice. At lunch I realized I had the things I needed to make a 2 point pasta dish. I chose this over a turkey sandwich, even though the calories were the same, because of WW.

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Weight Watchers vs Noom: Day 2

So why do I always end up back with WW? It’s because the reward for eating healthy (no tracking) is so good, that I eat way healthier on WW. Then I lose weight because I hate tracking, but need tracking to lose weight. When I follow the program and play their little game, I lose weight. Always. Every single time.

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Weight Watchers Purple Plan

In my opinion, the easiest plan to follow will be the purple plan because there will be less tracking with 300+ zero-point foods to choose from. As soon as I discovered the purple plan had so many foods with zero points, I wondered, “What’s the catch? How can one offer 300+ free foods and the others not?”

12 Week Self-Imposed Vegan Challenge: Week 2 Day 3

Diets | Weight Loss | Whole-food Plant Based

12 Week Self-Imposed Vegan Challenge: Week 2 Day 3

The soup was vegan. I don’t know how to say it any other way. Maybe in a month or two it’ll be a creamy treat, but I just sat there mumbling to my friend the entire bowl. Things like “You know what would make this soup extra creamy? cream.” “Cheese would be good.” “Bacon. Need I say more?”

12 Week Self-Imposed Vegan Challenge: Week 2 Day 1

Diets | Weight Loss | Whole-food Plant Based

12 Week Self-Imposed Vegan Challenge: Week 2 Day 1

On a less depressing note, I lost 1.8 pounds this week doing WW on a whole-food plant based diet! See? It was a healthy rate to lose weight, I wasn’t starving, I ate when I was hungry, and I even chilled over the weekend without tracking to eat instinctively. My instincts work better after 5 strict days of WW because I have been measuring and can accurately eyeball a portion.

Diets | RECIPES | Weight Loss | Whole-food Plant Based

7 Low-Budget, WW Friendly Vegan Meals

Here is a week’s worth of Vegan meals (which are also WW friendly), and the cost of the groceries needed to prepare them. I thought maybe this information would be useful for someone who won’t go vegan because “healthy food is expensive.”