curiouser said:
I was looking into WW online, but I'm unsure about it. It seems like soooo much money!! But I know eventually that the meeting fee would run more than the online fee, and I don't think I could really make the meetings work into my schedule.
Is it any good? Do you feel like you get enough support and motivation? Anyone who used to do the meetings and now does online or vice versa? I did WW in the past but stopped going to meetings and well, you know..
Looking for all thoughts, good and bad, on the WW online program. Thanks!!
I did WW using the online version only. I never attended meetings. I ended up losing 62 pounds and have kept it off!
My favorite feature was being able to log in my points and enter my weight online. It helped keep me focused. That was motivation enough for me. It helped that a couple of coworkers were also on WW (they attended meetings), so we swapped tips and recipes. But, the message boards are really helpful, too!! The only downside to the boards are that they're not search-able, which is really a minus when you're looking for something you remembered seeing on there.
The have a large database of foods, which is nice. But sometimes I wonder if they're biased, because, for example, they have Coke products in their database, but not Pepsi products. And of course, they don't have Lean Cuisines, since they carry their own brand of frozen dinners. But I LOVE the calculators to figure out points for yourself on things that are not in their database. Then there's always other great websites on the net that give you the points for almost everything else that isn't on the WW site!
Other nice features are the articles, recipes, recipe builders (you plug in a recipe with your ingredients and it gives you the point value), menus and the Restaurant points.
2 years later, I still pay my monthly fee, even though I got to my ideal weight a year ago. It's a nice safety net for me (and I've started logging my points to lose those post-holidays pounds).
I was able to get a cheaper monthly rate because I attended 1 meeting. When they give you the intro book, there's a code in there for WW online, and once I logged on I never went back to a meeting!
I think doing the meetings vs. online really depends on the person. I knew I would never have time for meetings and would easily miss them. But doing it online, I could log on whenever I want to. And plus, I tend to do a lot of things online, (read newspapers, DIS boards, banking, etc), so I felt more comfortable with it. A friend of mine who doesn't really use the Internet that much didn't really benefit from the WW online.
I hope all this helps in your decision!! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me! I have a soft spot for WW because it really changed my life. I never thought I could go on a diet because the thought of giving up something I really liked eating was out of the question. But I LOVE WW because I didn't have to give up anything. I still had brownie sundaes and deep dish pizza! I just learned how to make better choices and portion control. If anything, the "biggest" adjustment I had to make was to switch from regular to diet soda.
Good luck!
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My 2 year anni is next week! 
Can't believe it myself! 
I knew that I would not always make the evening meetings and could not 100% say I could make the weekly daytime express meeting so I decided to give this a try. Just as long as you are true to entering your points and your weight, I figure you cant really go wrong with it. 
