My meetings are $12 per week. When I was on vacation I weighed in and it was only $10.95 so I think it depends on where you are at.
You don't have to buy their packaged foods, they have two plans out right now, a points system where every food has a points value and another plan called core which is kind of like South Beach. With the points system you are assigned a # of daily points. With core you can eat until you are full from a list of "core" foods.
I am going with the Flexpoints plan, it gives me more options. There is a list of core foods, I will try and hunt it up for you. It has a ton of stuff on it, some of it just didn't seem to suit my needs.
You can switch between plans, but I would do it at the end of a week or a month something along those lines since it will take time for your body to adjust. You also get 35 "flex points" on core, to use on what ever foods you desire. A lot of people use those for real butter vs. fat free, or real cheese vs. fat free.
Flex points you look at your weight and that detrmines your point range for the day. Than you eat all of your points and you would also have 35 flex points available for the week. You can also earn activity points. Basically for every 100 calories burned you can add an extra point to your daily allowence if need be.
I don't use my activity points. I never have but I think when I drop into the next point range I will start using them and see what happens.
Well for a busy mom and one that likes to cook I would go with the Flexpoints program there are a TON of weight watchers friendly dishes out there to make.
Portion control is a huge part of this as well, you really have to manage your portions.
I have had sucess with it and so have a few other people here. So far I have lost 100#s on WW, I go to the gym quite often as well. So perhaps that is what is helping me along. I have another 50 #s to loose and am hoping I can continue to get this weight off.
1.
Eat as much of the Core Foods as you need to feel satisfied.
2.
If you want to eat foods that are not on the Core Food List, use your weekly POINTS Allowance.
3.
Follow the Good Health Guidelines.
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.
Here is a sampling of the foods on the Core list, it's very extensive.
Vegetables:
What's Included Fresh, frozen or canned (without added sauce, fat or sugar)Tomato paste, puree and sauce
Details
Vegetables cannot contain ingredients that are not Core Foods (e.g., regular refried beans, pork & beans, corn in butter sauce, dried tomatoes packed in oil, French fries and sweet pickles are not Core Foods)
Vegetable juices are not Core Foods
Fruits:
What's Included
Fresh, frozen or canned fruits (without added sugar)
Details
Canned fruit must be packed in water or juice (not syrup) and drained before eating
Unsweetened applesauce is a Core Food, but sweetened applesauce is not
Dried fruits are not Core Foods
Fruit juices are not Core Foods
Soups:
What's Included
Fresh, canned, frozen or homemade soups made only with Core Foods
Bean soup (e.g., lentil soup, split pea soup)
Bouillon
Broth-based soup
Tomato soup
Details
Cream soups are not Core Foods
Fat-Free Dairy Products and Dairy Substitutes:
What's Included
Fat-free milk, cheese and sour cream
Soy milk, cheese and yogurt (plain)
Details
Weight Watchers Smoothies or fat-free, sugar-free instant hot cocoa or reduced-calorie dairy shakes is limited to once a day
Egg and Egg Substitutes:
What's Included
Whole eggs, egg whites and egg substitutes
Ready-To-Eat Cold Cereal:
What's Included
Puffed wheat, puffed rice, shredded wheat, and 100% bran cereals that do not contain added sugar
Details
Cold cereals are limited to one meal a day and must be eaten with fat-free milk or fat-free plain yogurt
Cooked (Hot) Cereal:
What's Included
Cooked (hot) cereal
Details
Any plain variety that does not contain added sugar
Grains and Starches:
What's Included
Whole-wheat pasta, brown rice, potatoes, and grains
Starchy vegetables (e.g., peas, corn)
Details
Whole-wheat pasta or brown rice or potatoes is limited to one meal a day
Lean Meat, Poultry, Fish and Meat Substitutes:
What's Included
Beef, lamb, pork and veal:
At the meat case look for cuts from the "loin," "round," and "leg"
Organ meats
Poultry – Chicken and turkey:
Fresh, frozen, or canned.
Organ meats (e.g., chicken livers)
Fish and shellfish:
Fresh, frozen, or canned, any variety
Meat substitutes:
Dried beans and lentils
Tofu, any type
Vegetarian burgers, frozen
Details
Beef, lamb, pork and veal:
Choose visibly lean cuts and trim any excess fat
Ground beef with no more than 7% fat or ground turkey or ground chicken is limited to one meal a day
Processed meals such as deli products and hot dogs are not Core Foods
Poultry – Chicken and turkey:
Trim any visible fat before preparing and remove skin before eating
Fish and shellfish:
Canned varieties must be packed in water, broth, or tomato juice (not packed in oil)
Oils and Condiments:
What's Included
Fat-free salad dressings
Fat-free margarine
Fat-free mayonnaise
Nonstick cooking or baking spray
Extracts, flavorings, and herbs
Select other condiments and extras
Details
Include 2 teaspoons of olive, canola, safflower, sunflower, or flaxseed oil each day
Oh, forgot to include the info about WW online. You can choose to forgo going to RL meetings and use the etools instead, which includes a personal daily journal (extremely easy to use), a weight tracker, recipe finder and a place to input your OWN recipes to get the points values (: There's much more on the site. It's 14.95 a month, or 3 months for 39.95 (savings of 4.90.)
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You can do WW online or attend meetings.
My meetings are $12 per week. When I was on vacation I weighed in and it was only $10.95 so I think it depends on where you are at.
You don't have to buy their packaged foods, they have two plans out right now, a points system where every food has a points value and another plan called core which is kind of like South Beach. With the points system you are assigned a # of daily points. With core you can eat until you are full from a list of "core" foods.
Hope that helps.
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I am going with the Flexpoints plan, it gives me more options. There is a list of core foods, I will try and hunt it up for you. It has a ton of stuff on it, some of it just didn't seem to suit my needs.
You can switch between plans, but I would do it at the end of a week or a month something along those lines since it will take time for your body to adjust. You also get 35 "flex points" on core, to use on what ever foods you desire. A lot of people use those for real butter vs. fat free, or real cheese vs. fat free.
Flex points you look at your weight and that detrmines your point range for the day. Than you eat all of your points and you would also have 35 flex points available for the week. You can also earn activity points. Basically for every 100 calories burned you can add an extra point to your daily allowence if need be.
I don't use my activity points. I never have but I think when I drop into the next point range I will start using them and see what happens.
Well for a busy mom and one that likes to cook I would go with the Flexpoints program there are a TON of weight watchers friendly dishes out there to make.
Portion control is a huge part of this as well, you really have to manage your portions.
I have had sucess with it and so have a few other people here. So far I have lost 100#s on WW, I go to the gym quite often as well. So perhaps that is what is helping me along. I have another 50 #s to loose and am hoping I can continue to get this weight off.
It can be confusing actually.
Core plan info, very long:
1.
Eat as much of the Core Foods as you need to feel satisfied.
2.
If you want to eat foods that are not on the Core Food List, use your weekly POINTS Allowance.
3.
Follow the Good Health Guidelines.
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.
Here is a sampling of the foods on the Core list, it's very extensive.
Vegetables:
What's Included
Fresh, frozen or canned (without added sauce, fat or sugar)Tomato paste, puree and sauce
Details
Fruits:
What's Included
- Canned fruit must be packed in water or juice (not syrup) and drained before eating
- Unsweetened applesauce is a Core Food, but sweetened applesauce is not
- Dried fruits are not Core Foods
- Fruit juices are not Core Foods
- Fresh, frozen or canned fruits (without added sugar)
DetailsSoups:
What's Included
- Cream soups are not Core Foods
- Fresh, canned, frozen or homemade soups made only with Core Foods
- Bean soup (e.g., lentil soup, split pea soup)
- Bouillon
- Broth-based soup
- Tomato soup
DetailsFat-Free Dairy Products and Dairy Substitutes:
What's Included
- Weight Watchers Smoothies or fat-free, sugar-free instant hot cocoa or reduced-calorie dairy shakes is limited to once a day
- Fat-free milk, cheese and sour cream
- Soy milk, cheese and yogurt (plain)
DetailsEgg and Egg Substitutes:
What's Included
- Whole eggs, egg whites and egg substitutes
Ready-To-Eat Cold Cereal:
What's Included
- Cold cereals are limited to one meal a day and must be eaten with fat-free milk or fat-free plain yogurt
- Puffed wheat, puffed rice, shredded wheat, and 100% bran cereals that do not contain added sugar
DetailsCooked (Hot) Cereal:
What's Included
- Any plain variety that does not contain added sugar
- Cooked (hot) cereal
DetailsGrains and Starches:
What's Included
- Whole-wheat pasta or brown rice or potatoes is limited to one meal a day
- Whole-wheat pasta, brown rice, potatoes, and grains
- Starchy vegetables (e.g., peas, corn)
DetailsLean Meat, Poultry, Fish and Meat Substitutes:
What's Included
- Beef, lamb, pork and veal:
- At the meat case look for cuts from the "loin," "round," and "leg"
- Organ meats
- Poultry – Chicken and turkey:
- Fresh, frozen, or canned.
- Organ meats (e.g., chicken livers)
- Fish and shellfish:
- Fresh, frozen, or canned, any variety
- Beef, lamb, pork and veal:
- Choose visibly lean cuts and trim any excess fat
- Ground beef with no more than 7% fat or ground turkey or ground chicken is limited to one meal a day
- Processed meals such as deli products and hot dogs are not Core Foods
- Poultry – Chicken and turkey:
- Trim any visible fat before preparing and remove skin before eating
- Fish and shellfish:
- Canned varieties must be packed in water, broth, or tomato juice (not packed in oil)
- Meat substitutes:
- Dried beans and lentils
- Tofu, any type
- Vegetarian burgers, frozen
DetailsOils and Condiments:
What's Included
- Include 2 teaspoons of olive, canola, safflower, sunflower, or flaxseed oil each day
- Fat-free salad dressings
- Fat-free margarine
- Fat-free mayonnaise
- Nonstick cooking or baking spray
- Extracts, flavorings, and herbs
- Select other condiments and extras
DetailsBeverages:
What's Included
- Beverages containing alcohol are not Core Foods
- Coffee (without sugar)
- Tea (without sugar)
- Diet soft drinks
- Club soda
- Seltzer (plain or flavored, unsweetened)
- Water
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You are of course entitled to your opinion. - me!
- cl-Yavie, sig in still in progress :D
I am just a young girl in need of some
Oh, forgot to include the info about WW online. You can choose to forgo going to RL meetings and use the etools instead, which includes a personal daily journal (extremely easy to use), a weight tracker, recipe finder and a place to input your OWN recipes to get the points values (: There's much more on the site. It's 14.95 a month, or 3 months for 39.95 (savings of 4.90.)
You can do Core or Flex online.
- cl-Yavie, sig in progress :D
You are of course entitled to your opinion. - me!
- cl-Yavie, sig in still in progress :D
I am just a young girl in need of some
So you don't need to pay for the in person meetings if you pay for the online tools?
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