Why I Quit Weight Watchers & Will Never Go Back: Does WW Promote Unhealthy, Unsustainable Habits? 🤔 

This is a great and informative vlog Jessie! I did well with WW, but I came to see how unhealthy it really is. It does not teach good food habits. They teach you to rely on packaged garbage, not Whole Foods, and the culture of the meetings is “how to game the points system” with trash processed manufactured “food” I think you are shining an important spotlight on a diabolical business. Good luck on your journey, you are doing a great job!!

WW originally was high protein and very low-carb. No potatoes carrots were monitored also for many years we used to have to check off the good healthy guidelines and they took that all away. I wish they wouldn’t have.

I agree with you 100%. Thank you for making this video!! 💕

One piece of good advice is not to eat mindlessly while watching TV for example This is good advice when it comes to eating yummy food that is high in calories But I love to find loopholes that work for me I enjoy munching away mindlessly on really healthy food like vegetables Most of the time I do not eat my vegetables with my main meal but have them separately I don't want to spoil my yummy main meal with vegetables that I do not really like But the interesting thing is that when I eat vegetables on their own I actually quite enjoy them especially if I allow myself to get a bit hungry I even enjoy vegetables that I want to spies like Brussels sprouts I munch away on them and other vegetables while I am busy doing something else so that I hardly even notice what I am eating I even play mind games with myself by saying things like now don't eat all of that asparagus today will you because I want to save some for tomorrow Then I eat all of it and tell myself off off for binging on the asparagus when in fact it is a very healthy choice to binge on These little mind games with myself make quite a bit of difference I also enjoy not weighing or tracking my fruit at all even though of course fruit does contain quite a bit of sugar But it is natural sugar and if eating lots of fruit makes me happy then it is all good

A few things. With the leaders I had in the past, they all made sure to tell us that whatever you're doing, you have to do with the rest of your life. And that zero points doesn't mean zero calories. The main reason I gained the weight is that they fired 4 of my favorite coaches in the span of a year and a half. Once that happened, I quit and I'm back on it. Thank fully I found a virtual meeting and a physical one that both talk about eating real food and there's life-timers in the meetings. OH! And the points system is 1200 calories.

I was shocked at how much weight watchers promoted and even gave out unhealthy food Many years ago at Easter they gave us a bag of treats for Easter and all of them were unhealthy Then they gave us a recipe for Mars Bars slice! What! The trouble with Weight watchers is that it is now a money making corporation and a lot of the Weight watchers products are no more healthy or lower in fat or sugar than other products on the market. I did find Weight watchers educational in terms of knowing just how many calories were in particular foods but I don't track them anymore It is helpful to know that cherries contain a lot of sugar but only if I am going to eat an enormous amount of them at Christmas time for example The only way for me to be healthy and lose weight is to just eat whole foods with no junk food at all I eat healthy meat fruit and vegetables and two cups of coffee with milk a day. Whenever people give me junk food I either put it straight in the bin or regift it. I think the Weight watchers program is good for some people in that they are able to eat a few naughty things every now and then But this doesn't work for me because I am like an alcoholic who says I will have only one drink but then drinks until they are drunk I have trouble preparing food because of arthritis and so I was really pleased to find that many supermarkets these days sell vegetables that have been already cut up or shredded Some of them come in a crunchie plastic bag and I love to sit and binge on these vegetables while watching TV because it feels like I am eating something naughty The crunchy bag reminds me of the bags that chips come in When making healthy food choices it is really helpful for me not to focus on weight but on health At 62 years of age I have many serious chronic health problems and a healthy diet has only been helpful I strenuously avoid telling people anything about my healthy eating program I am sure that you all know about all the unhelpful comments and sabotage efforts that other people make My diet my, weight and my health problems are my business

The longer I eat healthy natural food the happier I am to just eat it without a lot of flavouring Sometimes I am happy just to have salt and 🌶️

I've never tried WW because I just couldn't wrap my head around points, not to mention I've had experiences getting obsessed with calorie counting so I can only imagine how I would've been with WW. Thanks for sharing your perspective. I don't think anyone (esp those who have been following you and know about your dietary requirements) would get offended!

I 100% agree. I remember my grandmother used to do weight watchers on and off for decades, and you’re right that they don’t teach you how to sustain weight loss. They would rather you eat a “protein bar” full of sugar, corn syrup (more sugar), fructose (more sugar), dextrose (even more sugar), canola oil, palm oil, and a million preservatives than, God forbid, you eat one cup of yogurt or anything with fat. I don’t judge what people eat and truly believe that you can eat whatever you want, but a program that tells someone that fake stuff out of a box is better for them than real food growing from the earth is lying.

I signed up for WW in OCT 2023. I went online to cancel but they said I will still be billed until Oct 2024. NO WAY OUT of the 12 month contract.

I had to come back and comment because I am shook. I ordered some frozen things and one thing was base culture bread. I never tried it before. You are not even exaggerating. The bread slices fit into my actual palm.. so so so tiny. And yes it’s 3 points but it’s like one bite. So bizarre!

I love videos like this! I am the kind of person who agrees with every single thing you said … but am doing it anyway 😂. But I am not a great barometer of health when it comes to like my relationship with food and things. I am doing the healthi app because it’s basically ww but I can’t afford ww. I will say though.. I did ww when I was like maybe 29 and it was “easy!” 23 points was plenty. Now I’m in my mid 30s with two kids and wtf. 😅 there’s no way! I’m using the app but I have been eating basically every single point they give me and it’s more like 32 a day. So if I was really eating 23 I’d be eating much differently. It’s nearly impossible unless like you said, zero food issues.. I think also very little social life, probably living on your own so no kids to cook for. It’s a strange thing for sure but it’s such a big market because people want to lose weight. I fear if I just ate “intuitively” which I kind of have for the last 2 years … I’d be overweight, and I have proven that because I have maintained that weight for so long I wanted to try to break out of it.