WW (Weight Watchers)

I really needed to drop some weight so I decided to join weight watchers a month ago. The problem is I was always hungry in the beginning which made grocery shopping difficult as I tend to binge buy. When I discovered Weight Watchers supermarket foods it made my life a lot easier as I could just buy their frozen dinners to stay on track with my points. No need to worry about figuring out your portions or what you need to eat.

As I figured out the point system I slowly incorporated recipes I liked from Weight Watchers for my own dinners. There is no better motivation than seeing yourself get slimmer. Once I saw that it made staying with Weight Watchers a lot easier!

I see a few complaints online about Weight Watchers billing but I never had an issue because I used PayPal. The great thing with PayPal is that you can control repeat billing/renewals and authorize who you want. That solves the issue of being billed when you thought you have canceled like with a credit card. Once you cancel online at Weightwatchers.com, you then can deauthorize on PayPal.com Weight Watchers from debiting money from your account.

I used my friend as a bit of a guinea pig as she joined up first to Weight Watchers. At the time I wasn't ready to join and I figured I would see how she does. Well she quickly got into the points program and started loosing weight which made me a bit jealous (in a good way). Since it was working for her and we were always talking about Weight Watchers, points, and recipes I decided to join sooner than I planned too. 

I am glad I did as it actually is fun using the app to track your points and activities. We also became much closer as friends doing the diet program together. We are good at motivating each other to stay on track and I enjoy discussing the meals ahead with her. In the 3 months since I have been using WW I have lost almost 20 pounds and my friend has lost over 25 pounds.

WW also makes it very easy now to use. Gone are the binders of recipes and the point system than my Mom use to use in the 90s. The app that you download on your iPhone is very easy to use along with the website. It is easy to search and they have a large database of point values for the different foods and meals. Tracking points has never been easier.

Price is decent as well. I am paying only $18.28 a month and I got a free Fitbit out of it.

In the first 2 months I lost 6 pounds. Let me tell you those first few pounds was very difficult as your learning the new points system and cooking a different way especially with my family and my 2 young kids.

I also found that I was always hungry though that did subside the longer I was on Weight Watchers. It was worth doing for myself but you do really need a lot of will power. Since I am a single mom with 2 children I don't have time for the meetings though I do use the app for motivation reading other peoples struggles and successes. 

I did find the app a little difficult to use at first but once you figure out how things work it does make sense on how things are laid out.

I use the Android version of the Weight Watchers app, I assume the iTunes version will be similar. 

Overall it is a great app. It makes following your meal plans easy but I did wish it would track your water intake. The app has access to a large database of food and its great that it connects with my fitbit activity tracker and converts my activities to fitpoints. I also like how I can also connect with other users for support with managing my weight.

Some other features missing from the app that I would appreciate being added (hint, hint) would be the ability to look up meals worth only a certain point value and listing foods by point value.