WW (Weight Watchers): Momentum vs Points - What's Changed?

[smart2cook]

I love the soup! So filling! I buy The Original Bran Fiber One Cereal. It is good even alone for a crunchy snack and easy to put in a little snack bag and carry in your purse.
I buy the Fiber One Plus-I am not looking so much at the calories as I am the fiber amount and then the points too. Also if you have a Kroger Store near you they have their own Healthy Brand of Ice Cream, Snack Bars, Instant Oatmeal, Cereal and Yogurt that comes in a green container that is called Active Lifestyle. I love those!!!

 

[heat123]

Alyson's Vegetarian Chili

This vegetarian chili can be made on the stove top or in a slow cooker. It's great for cold winter days - serve with fat free cheese and sour cream as garnish!

INGREDIENTS
1 (15 oz) can pinto beans - drained and rinsed
1 (15 oz) can black beans - drained and rinsed
1 (15 oz) can light red kidney beans - drained and rinsed
1 (15oz) can dark red kidney beans - drained and rinsed

2 (28 oz) cans crushed tomatoes
1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes

2 cups celery, diced
1 small red bell pepper, diced
1 small yellow bell pepper, diced
1 medium red onion, diced

2 T ground cumin
3 T garlic powder
4 T chili powder


DIRECTIONS
Heat a large sauté pan over medium high heat, spraying with cooking spray. Cook vegetables until they are slightly soft - about 6-7 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, beans and spices in a large dutch oven or slow cooker. When vegetables are done, add them to the mixture and combine thoroughly.

For Dutch Oven: Simmer for 3-4 hours on low, stirring every so often.

For Slow Cooker: Simmer for 6-7 hours on high.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user AEGARRISON.

Nutritional Info

Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 279.8

Total Fat: 2.2g

Total Carbs: 58.4g

Dietary Fiber: 15.5mg

5pts per cup

 

[emiscookin]

Momentum is just the fancy new name they gave to the program. It was "Winning Points" then "Flex vs. Core" and now "Momentum". It operates on the same basic points system it has for the past 8 years or more. Some of the points values of foods may have changed from way back in the day, but it's not much different at all. Same basic principles.

Yup! I have been on it for 5 weeks now and have lost 16 pounds!!
It works!!!
I do have a question for all of you out there though...
Does Pampered Chef have WW's friendly recipes??? Most of them do look healthy.

 

[heat123]

Yup! I have been on it for 5 weeks now and have lost 16 pounds!!
It works!!!
I do have a question for all of you out there though...
Does Pampered Chef have WW's friendly recipes??? Most of them do look healthy.

That's Awesome! Were you very strict about your daily points or did you use your "weekly " or Activity reserve points? Just wondering, how my success will be after my first week, I have gone over a point or 2 almost each day!

 

[heat123]

Never mind, I just checked the scale and am down 2lbs after almost a week on WW . Whoohoooo for WW!

 

[smart2cook]

Good for you!!! Do you weigh on a regular day each week? We look forward to our Sunday morning weigh in's LOL!

 

[smart2cook]

I do stick to my points but that is because of my food choices and I get full.
PC recipes can be tweaked to be healthier for WW and there is documents where people have been so kind as to go out there and list the points for each recipe.
I still cook very healthy though so those points could be less with the tweaking.

 

[heat123]

Good for you!!! Do you weigh on a regular day each week? We look forward to our Sunday morning weigh in's LOL!

Well with the Biggest loser competition I am in, we do Monday weigh ins. But our last weigh in will be next Easter sunday, due to everyone NOT wanting to diet on Easter day! lol
I just happened to check the scale saturday, wanting to see where I was at, after 6 days doing WW

 

[smart2cook]

Okay so today I am thinking that I should join WW meetings. Do any of you do both meetings and on-line-how does that work for you??????

 

[caraighan]

Okay so today I am thinking that I should join WW meetings. Do any of you do both meetings and on-line-how does that work for you??????

I go to the meetings. I do the monthly pass which includes e-tools. I don't really like using the etools for tracking points. My computer takes too long to load the tracker. I like the recipe builder where you can put your own recipe in and the number of servings and it gives you the points per serving. I also like the weight tracker which charts your weight so you can see visually if you're going up or down. I still need the accountability of weighing at the meetings.

 

[smart2cook]

I like the e-tool features that you mentioned as well. I personally am not a person that needs accountability but my daughter does and since we are doing this together I think that we could benefit from this. Seems like the monthly pass is less expensive than the weekly meeting price.

 

[heat123]

I love the easiness and availablity of onlining all day, anytime. I don't need support from actual people, but I like this virtual support we have going on!

 

[heat123]

Oh and Whoohooo, I am down 14.2lbs since we started our Biggest loser challenge! 2.5- on my first week of WW!
Bascially I Upped my exercise from 3x a week to 7days a week on average. Adding a variety of classes (rather than just Zumba).
And lowered my calorie intake for the majority of the competition, until recently adding WW. My goal is 4-8 more lbs then maintanece with WW.

 

[smart2cook]

Congratulations!!! That is terrific!!! I am going to a meeting today to see if that is what I am going to add to what I am doing!

 

[heat123]

Congratulations!!! That is terrific!!! I am going to a meeting today to see if that is what I am going to add to what I am doing!

Thanks and GOOD LUCK!

 

[heat123]

Whohooo, week 2 on WW... another 2lbs! Bringing my entire biggest loser competition to a close at 16lbs! YEAY! I will continue on WW and hope for another 4-6lbs an then maintanence time!

 

[smart2cook]

Congratulations Heather!! Just signed up the Saturday before Easter (finally got into a location) and I am so glad I did! There is sooooooooo much more info given out there that is lost on the on-line only program. I think that if a person starts WW for the first time-they should go there to the meetings first and as they feel more comfortable they can always down grade their membership but that is me! Except for that weight gain week I have continued to lose on Weight Watcher's so I am excited about their program!

 

[heat123]

Thanks! Good for you! Good Luck to you on WW! I am liking it soo far!

 

[caraighan]

I've lost 11.4 pounds so far! Weigh in is tonight. Wish me luck!

 

[heat123]

I've lost 11.4 pounds so far! Weigh in is tonight. Wish me luck!

Lots o Luck!

 

[smart2cook]

Went for my first meeting only been 5 days and have lost 1.8 lbs for a total now of 21 lbs since Jan 3rd. Yoo hoo!!

 

[heat123]

Went for my first meeting only been 5 days and have lost 1.8 lbs for a total now of 21 lbs since Jan 3rd. Yoo hoo!!

"like" button! :thumbup::balloon: Congrats!

 

[heat123]

HURRAY! Another 2lbs for me, surpassing my original goal from the start of our biggest loser challenge! Now I want to go just 4 more lbs to reach my ultimate (wedding weight) goal from 9 years ago! But now I only have 19 daily pts to work with! Boohoo! lol

 

[smart2cook]

OMG! Congratulations!!! That is just so wonderful! Now you just need to pay attention to those filling foods and one or zero point foods. You can reach your goal!!!

 

[heat123]

OMG! Congratulations!!! That is just so wonderful! Now you just need to pay attention to those filling foods and one or zero point foods. You can reach your goal!!!

I know what I need to do... I can and will do it! Thanks for your support!