User Review #59 by Marilyn Gallant on August 29th, 2009 at 3:06 PM CDT

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I've done WW off and on for more than 20 years and never kept the weight off for very long each time I lost it. When I was at goal, I worked for WW and witnessed firsthand the merchandising of their organization. They are big on selling everything from cookbooks to snack bars to measuring spoons. It's all overpriced and cheaper versions can be found elsewhere without the WW branding. They encourage being an e-tools member for $40 a month, claiming if you go to one meeting per week, you are paying an average of $10 per week. They get their money whether or not you attend meetings. I'm ready to try something else and am considering Nutrisystem.

I've done WW off and on for more than 20 years and never kept the weight off for very long each time I lost it. When I was at goal, I worked for WW and witnessed firsthand the merchandising of their organization. They are big on selling everything from cookbooks to snack bars to measuring spoons. It's all overpriced and cheaper versions can be found elsewhere without the WW branding.

They encourage being an e-tools member for $40 a month, claiming if you go to one meeting per week, you are paying an average of $10 per week. They get their money whether or not you attend meetings.

I'm ready to try something else and am considering Nutrisystem.

User Review #58 by barb on July 11th, 2009 at 10:45 AM CDT

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I have mixed feelings about ww. I never had a real problem with being overweight until I had my 4th child. After my 1st I attended ww to get off pregnancy weight(20) in 1978 on the old program and it worked. Same with #2. By #4 they had gone to the points system and although I've been back probably 7 times now I just have'nt succeeded. The info. is very basic, found NO real support from any of the leaders and felt the weight loss was soooo slow that I would just give up! True, if I had kept with it for a year or so I might have lost the weight but I need more inspirational and faster weight loss.. PLEASE don't lecture me on the SAFE 1-2 lbs. a week thing. Although I don't think rapid, unrealistic weight loss is healthy, creeping along with next to nothing in weight loss means you feel like your efforts are near fruitless and in the end you quit. There has to be a better way. I have never been able to get one single friend to commit to a plan and I do think having a buddy would be very helpful. It's nice for some very dedicated people to lecture on not being lazy. I am not a lazy person and am very disciplined in many other areas of my life. Because I have seen such slow results on w.w. I have become very discouraged and unmotivated toward it. Having said that, it might work for you if you buddy up, don't have much to lose and are willing to go slowly.

I have mixed feelings about ww. I never had a real problem with being overweight until I had my 4th child. After my 1st I attended ww to get off pregnancy weight(20) in 1978 on the old program and it worked. Same with #2. By #4 they had gone to the points system and although I've been back probably 7 times now I just have'nt succeeded. The info. is very basic, found NO real support from any of the leaders and felt the weight loss was soooo slow that I would just give up! True, if I had kept with it for a year or so I might have lost the weight but I need more inspirational and faster weight loss.. PLEASE don't lecture me on the SAFE 1-2 lbs. a week thing. Although I don't think rapid, unrealistic weight loss is healthy, creeping along with next to nothing in weight loss means you feel like your efforts are near fruitless and in the end you quit.
There has to be a better way. I have never been able to get one single friend to commit to a plan and I do think having a buddy would be very helpful. It's nice for some very dedicated people to lecture on not being lazy. I am not a lazy person and am very disciplined in many other areas of my life. Because I have seen such slow results on w.w. I have become very discouraged and unmotivated toward it. Having said that, it might work for you if you buddy up, don't have much to lose and are willing to go slowly.

User Review #57 by Erica Scarpinato on January 6th, 2009 at 12:40 PM CST

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I am actually a Weight Watchers leader, and have led many people to their weight loss goals. So I know that weight watchers is a great program. However, I myself was finding it hard to count points, and then track them. The Core plan, which offers you "freedom" from tracking, was not possible for me either. (On core, you also have to know when your full and then stop eating...okay, if I knew when I was full, I probably wouldn't have weight to lose in the first place.) I have just recently started Nutrisystem, and love it. I've read a lot of bad comments on the taste of the food, and I couldn't disagree more. Now, I'm by no means a picky eater, and never have been, but my desire to lose my post-pregnancy weight (from my third child) far outweighs my tastebud's desire to party at every meal. Hey, I'll eat it, just to nourish my body. And on a side note, I've lost 5 pounds this past week on Nutrisystem. Something I couldn't do with the weight watchers plan.

I am actually a Weight Watchers leader, and have led many people to their weight loss goals. So I know that weight watchers is a great program. However, I myself was finding it hard to count points, and then track them. The Core plan, which offers you "freedom" from tracking, was not possible for me either. (On core, you also have to know when your full and then stop eating...okay, if I knew when I was full, I probably wouldn't have weight to lose in the first place.)

I have just recently started Nutrisystem, and love it. I've read a lot of bad comments on the taste of the food, and I couldn't disagree more. Now, I'm by no means a picky eater, and never have been, but my desire to lose my post-pregnancy weight (from my third child) far outweighs my tastebud's desire to party at every meal. Hey, I'll eat it, just to nourish my body. And on a side note, I've lost 5 pounds this past week on Nutrisystem. Something I couldn't do with the weight watchers plan.