WeightWatchers Programme

I have been a member of Weight Watchers for a while now. It has helped me to loose weight and get to my goal before. However I do think that there is some improvements that could be made to it. It gives the option to ‘save meals’ but unfortunately it does this inaccurately. If I try to save my lunch as being 6 smart points (2 slices of Weight Watchers bread, 55g Sainsbury’s sandwich filling I have chicken or fish and 10g Flora (low fat) it is only accurate when I enter it manually in the app but not if I try to save it as a meal. For some reason it then only saves it as 3 smart points, which only includes the Weight Watchers bread and the flora spread and not the sandwich filling for example. It will not allow me to edit it either so that I can add any other foods that would need to be pointed like the sandwich filling. Also while I enjoy trying the recipes on it but I have noticed that it does not have the feature to be able to suggest substitute ingredients should I not be able to get something or not have enough of it. Also it would be helpful if it there was the option to be able to recalculate the quantities of the ingredients and points so that any recipe could be made for just one person.

I started this programme at the start of November and was introduced to this app to help stay on track. It is fun to track food as well as log food that isn’t on there. It is also nice to connect with like minded supportive people and get some suggestions for trying new things. A lot of people I know consider diets as just eating vegetables. Try this out and you’ll see it really isn’t. I didn’t give this a five star review because there are some issues with the app regarding the tracking of food. It would be easier to copy and paste over ingredients to another day if you make food for two or three days (cost effective so it is worth thinking about). Plus I am with a partner who is on the same plan and it would be nice to share things easily so you don’t double up on tracking. It is a small thing but it could make a world of difference. Fit points could be explained a lot clearer as well. I have noted that I am not the only one confused by how a short leisurely walk will get more points than a brisk fast walk. If it was less arbitrary, more people would understand the benefit. The last thing of note: while it is great to be able to input food that isn’t currently on the app, I have noticed some discrepancies between similar/same items I.e. the point value is different. This needs to be monitored and combined otherwise people will pick the ones with the lower points. Other than that, this has really helped me.

I’ve used this for a while and it’s definitely better than it was. A greater range of things on there (although the search function never seems to work, even if you write the correct name) and it just seems easier to operate. However inputting numbers is really a pain. I want to input values in hundreds of grams because a “portion” is meaningless and seems pretty tiny when you look at the calories. You have to scroll instead of typing to input numbers on food presumably because it’s American and people there use imperial measurements but this is pretty tedious and frustrating for we Europeans. It’s also annoying that you can’t input your exercise more precisely - it only asks for time and intensity, and only low/medium/high. I’d like to be able to input the distance I’ve run over what time - this would show the difference in effort more precisely. I don’t have and don’t want a Fitbit. It’s not really designed for people who take exercise seriously. It would also be better if weight watchers could spend some time inputting the correct calculations of popular foods in restaurants and supermarkets etc to take account of the “zero” food in them - like in eg a chicken salad sandwich, because eating out is more difficult to accurately self calculate now there are more zero foods. But all said, I quite like it.

Only been using it for a few days, I spent 2 hours in the supermarket scanning everything I fancied some things were ridiculously high in points others were a nice surprise! Tracking my meals has been brilliant I feel sure through that I will begin to eat for one instead of 2! I had a nice surprise last night I went slightly over my points but my day remained on 0 because it took it off the weekly allowance psychologically that was great for me. Love the recipes section, I had a homemade pizza with a big salad last night, pizza is a meal I would never consider on previous diets and it felt very naughty and such a treat. I know what to eat and love fruit and veg but when not sticking to a ‘diet’ I eat all the wrong things, it’s early days but I really think with the WW app I’m am going to achieve my weight loss because as long as I track what I eat and drink I can have anything, feeling motivated positive and delighted, looking forward to my slimmer body later on this year!!! Thank you WW ❤️

I was reluctant to sign up for the WW App because, whilst having great success with WW online some 8 years ago, my experience earlier this year was disappointing, to say the least. I could not understand how to work the App so I cancelled the Membership within a few days. I decided a few weeks ago to have another go. I am not overweight but want to lose half a stone. Again, I found it impossible and was about to cancel when I noticed the online chat option. After several ‘chats’ and finding the help section within the App, I persevered and am now a huge fan of the WW App. It is a pity WW do not advise before signing up new members, that the App is “not easy” for older people, who have not grown up with computer and mobile ‘phone technology and provide a simple guide. I think doing this would make one sign up as a challenge, rather than putting one off. So, to sum up, I have gone from ‘hating’ the WW App to ‘loving’ it !