There’s still lots of discussion around how much people are loving or hating ProPoints. I was very critical of people who complained at first – and then I became one of them!
As with all WW plans, ProPoints (Points Plus) is a great way to start re-ordering your food life if you have a very unhealthy diet. If you eat lots of fast food and snack on chocolate, cookies and crisps, then run, don’t walk to your nearest Weight Watchers meeting.
However – if you already have a balanced and healthy diet with loads of fruit and veg, then I’m not sure ProPoints is going to work very well.
Lots of people LOVE the fact that Weight Watchers has got serious of the high protein, low carb idea. Frankly, I just think it’s disrespectful to the poor people of this world and to the environment.
I think what I hate most about the high protein/low carb thing is that it’s about eating loads and losing weight. My goal is to learn to eat less of all sorts of things. I want to have a plate of rice and beans and not eat again until morning, knowing that I’ve given myself plenty of calories and nutrients. Likewise, I want to eat a tiny portion of the best chocolate I can afford and be satisfied. Basically, I want to get as far away as possible from the “I’m a volume eater” mentality.
I understand eating to feel full. I understand binge eating. I understand the self-loathing that accompanies it. Eating to sooth my emotions is the “last frontier” in my journey to food/body sanity. Therefore, I don’t want a weight loss programme that says “Eat lots and never feel hungry”. I WANT to feel hunger. I WANT to know that I can satisfy that hunger with a little bit of nutrition packed food.
Don’t know where all that came from. I was going to write about the fact that, being middle aged, I can’t see the nutritional information that WW demands unless I have my reading glasses. I can see the fat and calorie info written on the front of packaging – but not the protein, carbs and fibre written in tiny print on the back. One more reason for me not to bother with ProPoints.
And finally – with all their billions of dollars in world wide revenue, Weight Watchers should plough something back into updating their online tools. They should offer “Week at a Glance” views of what how many points you’ve eaten and earned.
They should track your alcohol consumption in units. Nutracheck keeps a running total through the week and shows it as a percent of recommended weekly limits.
The same for recommended amounts of fruit and veg.
Since they’ve got all that nutritional information built into the concept of a “point” – they could certainly show us what percentage of our diet is carb, protein and fat. You’d think.
So there you go – my last words on Weight Watchers Pro Points.
I’d love to hear from people who are enjoying the new plan.
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