Weight Watchers changing again?
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Weight Watchers changing again?
| Tue, 08-24-2004 - 10:25am |
Spammasich brought it to my attention this morning that WW was changing their program again.
| Tue, 08-24-2004 - 10:25am |
I've looked over the lists on the WW etools website, and they're very comprehensive. For example, I went to the beans and legumes section, and under Branded Items, I found a specific list of Green Giant things:
Green Giant
Cut green beans, 50% less sodium, canned
Cut green beans, canned
Cut green beans, frozen
French style green beans, canned
Kitchen sliced green beans, canned
Whole green beans, frozen
Or you can just go with the regular core list, which simply states "beans and legumes, all types"
NO BREAD at all is on the core list, also no white rice... but brown rice and any wheat pasta is allowed from Core as well as potatoes. All 3 are only one meal a day though.
Here are some quotes from the User Guide:
How the Core Plan works
The Core Plan controls calories by focusing your eating on a Core Food List of nutritious, wholesome foods without tracking. This list is comprised of foods from all the food groups: fruits and vegetables, grains and starches, lean meats and poultry, eggs and dairy products. The Core Food List has been pre-selected to provide eating satisfaction without empty calories. You can eat as much of the Core Foods as you need to feel satisfied. Soon you’ll learn what’s on the Core Food List.
You can still eat other foods you love
The Core Plan also lets you eat foods that are not on the Core Food List. Your weekly POINTS Allowance makes it easy to work in other foods—like bagels or juice—as well as treats—like chocolate or alcohol—so you don’t feel deprived. Weight Watchers Online gives you lots of tools to help you use your weekly POINTS Allowance in the way that best suits you. Need an incentive to get active? You can also earn more POINTS values by exercising.
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So YAY! Sounds like banking activity points is back!
Hope this helps to clarify some things.
- Yav
"What is an 'Oprah'?" - Teal'c, SG-1
The flier also said you can switch back and forth from the core plan and the counting points plan. I don't know much else about it, but I thought I'd share.
I'm certain WW is changing this because the low-carb craze is damaging their bottom line and they need to change or they'll continue to lose their market share of dieting dollars. I'm sure you've also noticed they update their plan every few years in order to suck people back in (like when they added the flex points). I got sucked in on that one, but I'm resisting temptation on this one. I seriously doubt that their new plan works any better than the old one, just a new version of the same thing, and trying to get more money. Sorry for the the cynicism, I think WW is a great program that works for a lot of people, but in the end they are out to make money. I started disliking the corporate aspects of WW when they threatened to sue Dotti for some of the information on her website (if you don't know Dotti's site, you are missing out. It's dieters heaven: dwlz.com). I am all for capitalism and I believe they should make money, but some of their tactics still leave a bad taste in my mouth.
Okay, I didn't mean for this to turn into an anti-corporate ww rant, but I guess it did!
Erin
Mom
Amanda
285/235/150ish