Hi all
I did weightwatchers a couple of years ago (before the big points makeover ) to great success. Failed miserably when they changed the points system...now I see they have a "new approach". Foes anyone know if this is just a new marketing slogan or has something changed again?
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ValentineWiggins · 02/01/2013 18:20
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Nancyclancy ·
03/01/2013 09:08
The 'old' way was based on points. All food had a points value and you are allowed to have so many points per day. Your points allowance was worked out on how much you weighed, the heavier you were the more points you'd need. Then as you lost weight your points would be gradually reduced, so you'd continue to lose weight. Fruit had a points value, salad you could eat as much as you like and most veg had no points value either, so you could eat as much as you want to. If you had a meal out that week, you could save your points and use them to cover the meal out.
The 'new' way is still based on points. You are given a daily amount, so I'm allowed 30. So every day of the week I can eat 30 points. You are the given an extra 49 points to either split over the 7 days or save or use in one go for a meal out/ treat yourself. The daily points can't be saved only the extra 49.
On the new plan, most fruit has no points value (unlike the old plan.)
There used to be another way where you didn't use points but I'm not sure how that worked as I've always followed the points.
Just about to start day 3! Good luck all of you! 
ethelb ·
03/01/2013 10:47
I don't eat that much fruit anyway. Rots your teeth and doesn't fill you up. I found the 49 extra points bit useless. I am going to ignore them this time and exercise for extra points like I did last time. Oh, and keep my own tally of 'saved' points as they don't let you tranfer points from one day to the next which I thought was stupid. As long as you don't actually starve yourself I found it quite normal to eat quite different amounts each day and feel normal healthy and lose weight.
Other than that its a great diet! 
dobby2001 ·
05/01/2013 17:49
Hi all. I have been doing WW since June 2011 and reached my goal weight just before Christmas. I go back for the first time on Monday and am actually a "New member helper" so can hopefully help explain the "new approach".
If you have done WW in the last two years then there should be nothing new in terms of propointing. It is exactly the same - although they did reduce the minimum daily allowence from 29 to 26 PP in Autumn of last year as they found some folk were sticking as they got close to goal weight and 26 was still enough for folk to feel full.
The new approach, as others have said, is much more about looking at our environment, routines and behavior, and is much more focussed on making permenant changes to accomplish lifelong weight loss.
There is also alot of looking at how we are overwhelmed with the availability of food choices and helping us to manage this. There is a part of the new approach where they talk about weight gain "not being your fault" which I struggled with when we got to trail the new approach a littler earlier than it was released. But they dont mean it in its true literal state they mean by failing to be aware of the pressures around us and changes we can make, it is not surprising that we are living in an increasingly fat society.
Sorry, have written alot here. I have been using the new approach for a couple of months now and it does help to get you head in the right zone for long term weight loss, BUT it does take some getting used to. The propoints plan is the same though and for starters you just need to focus on that.
Hope this is helpful and I havnt just sent you all to sleep
HellonHeels ·
05/01/2013 23:32
Hello WWers I started back on WW online yesterday, got a fair chunk to lose because essentially I've been eating whatever I like over the last two years (stress, redundancy, depression, so my mind wasn't really on healthy eating).
I am bloody starving tonight :-( Not bothering to eat fruit and veg because I just don't think it fills you up once you're actually hungry. I've had my five a day though. I think I'll feel better a week or two in once I'm used to it again - I've hardly felt hunger in the last couple of years 
dobby2001 ·
06/01/2013 17:47
HellonHeels, the first couple of weeks I bloody hated weight watchers!! Purely becuase I had always just grabbed the nearest bit of food when I felt the slightest bit hungry for years - and now of course, I was having to think about what I put in my mouth, and sometimes that meant gasp, NOT eating something I wanted to - like erm, cake
Of course, thats the reason I was a fat bird and thats the reason I had to get used to realising my hunger was there for a reason and I needed to recognise that sometimes I wasnt hungry, but bored, thirsty, tired etc
Keep reading all the stuff and keep the faith - it gets better, and so will you
tanfastic ·
07/01/2013 11:00
Just read this, i'm starting WW tomorrow along with my mum. Going to go to a meeting though rather than online as I think it will motivate me more. I'm a size 14 and have about 1 to 1.5 stone to lose so not loads but I want to be back in a nice small size 12 as I was a few years' ago.
Really looking forward to it. I've bought a slow cooker, a George Foreman and just been to Lidl to stock up on veg.
I've also just eaten my very last bacon sarnie dripping in butter and ketchup
tanfastic ·
07/01/2013 11:26
I'm going to do a lot of home made veg soup. I don't think that will be many points but i'm not sure yet. I will cook a lot from scratch so I am thinking it will be difficult to track my points 
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