Weight Watchers Momentum

It's basically the same as their Points system, except that they tell you what foods to use your Points on so you don't eat 18-24 Points' worth of ice cream sandwiches in a day and nothing else. It makes sense to me...it's just educating people on how to use their Points to the fullest so they don't feel deprived and so they get a balanced diet. I think their Points system is pretty good, but it lacks structure...they give you the freedom to eat whatever you want, but they don't really help a lot of people to choose foods that would give them the best results.

I am sure weight watchers is good for some people. But I agree I think it lacks in protein, also the recommended daily fruits and vegetables I have read is 7 for men and 9 for women, it looks like it is lacking there too. No mention of plant vs. animal protein and a good mix either.

Ew.. points. Do people really still have time to sit around and count?

I've personally helped about 5 people who gave up weight watchers in their first week. Their stick rate... from what I saw is horrid.

Anyone else on the same boat?

P.S- Im not going to knock the diet itself if it works or not.. but the fact that people don't stick to it seems like a major thumbs down from me.

The problem I have with even healthy eating plans (which WW generally is) is that they still don't teach you how to tune into your bodies fuel needs. and as for points - not for me thanks!

Too vague, I'd need more details to be sold. I also agree on needing more protein (but of course I would say this!)

Liquids? Does that include high fructose corn syrup? ;-)

BTW, I just posted a new blog entry on a list of clean foods that bodybuilders use when doing clean bulking and cutting cycles:

http://www.priceplow.com/blog/7/clean-foods-list

If they're using all stuff from that list and getting enough protein (which I'm guessing they're not), then I'd be more on board.

I haven't been on Weight Watchers points, but I did use ediets when they had fast food exchanges for their eating plans. That, along with an article on fast food diets from a womens magazine, and my resolve to find the best tasting diet menues and diet foods I could was the first time I EVER had breakthrough success with a diet.

I work in retail and am always in the vicinity of a food court. And yes I do love fast food. Those diet exchanges gave me tools to learn how to eat my favorite foods responsibly and in time I got into the habit of adding the fruits and veggies because there was no longer a tug o war between what I liked and what I needed nutriionally. I could have both.

I am all for a program that teaches people to eat what they want to eat in a responsible way. We aren't all ment to eat like the average nutritionist. And I get darn angry when I see a nutritionist on tv say "no diet soda, no McDonalds, no cake". Because that kind of info kept me yo yoing for years (I'm tearing up a little).

Low protein, low fat. Sounds like a high carb diet to me. Not exactly the best choice for controlling hunger for many people - even if it is whole grains.

There is quite a difference between bulking up the volume of food, and controlling the hormonal effects of food. Hormones determine hunger/satiety. Bulk plays a role but you can't just leave out the multitude of other factors and expect to get sustainable results. Losing weight is not JUST about feeling full all the time - which by the way this plan won't do for many as far as I can tell from the review.

I'm wondering what they consider a serving of protein?
2 tsp of healthy fat is 7% of a 1200 calorie diet. That number is incredibly low and unhealthy. You'll get some more from the protein. I can't tell how much though.

I think the WW plan was much better when I followed it, successfully, back in the 90s. It seemed to be higher protein & fat. Back they had what were called exchanges (if I recall correctly).

To be "on plan" we had to eat 4 -5 servings of protein, 3 fat, 2-3 fruit, minimum 5 or 6 vegetables, and 4-6 servings of "bread & starches". And then you had what they called, "floaters", extra food you could consume - AFTER you were at least somewhat adequately nourished with a hunger/hormonal satiating balance of macros.

When I tried WW again a few years ago it just seemed like there was little focus on assuring people consumed a nutritionally balanced diet - other than "choose this whenever possible" (yeah right!). On Flex, everything just seems to be an option. This feeds the "I want to lose weight but don't want to diet" mentality - more a marketing ploy than anything esle.

Here's a choice for ya: whole wheat toast or a WW desert? Which would you choose if you were a sugar junky like me?

The primary focus these days seems to be eat what you want within reason. Eating what you want within reason isn't bad, in and of itself. For me personally, it was too much "freedom". Most people are overweight because they tend to eat empty calories/points, things like uhm, some of the stuff Weight Watchers sells at meetings.

I wasn't eating right, I was getting sick, losing my hair, tired all the time, miserable, hungry and constantly waiting for the next meal because I never felt completely satisfied, oh yeah, AND I wasn't losing weight. And what did I do when I stopped losing weight? I ate less of course. Hey, I was committed!

Weight Watchers is absolutely great for a basic education (quit eating huge portions etc), accountability, support and ideas for healthy lifestyle choices. I facilitate a weight loss support group that offers folks the same thing - for FREE.

Fiber never fills me up like advertised, but protein, and plenty of it does. Oh, that "stop dieting" slogan is bunk. Weight Watchers is a diet and always will be.

Are they losing so many customers that they have to come up with gimmicks like this? The person I know who has had the most success with WW signed up to get the materials, then quit and followed the plan on her own. She lost weight, it was basically free... though I imagine you could find out enough about WW right here on this blog so you could mimic the plan in your own way without ever having to sign up.

I used WW a couple years ago to lose weight, and I've recently rejoined when they were launching the Momentum program. To me, it seemed like a blending of the Points plan and the Core plan (where you could eat whatever you wanted as long as it was a Core food).

I'm getting in more protein than the guideline suggests because that's what works for me. The great thing about WW is that you can tailor it to meet your lifestyle and what works for your body, while still learning how to eat healthy and incorporate exercise into your life.

I really wonder who created the new WW Momentum program's "filling foods" list. There are things like puffed wheat and puffed rice, instant oatmeal, etc. on it. These are foods with a glycemic index higher than table sugar! They are filling for about 5 minutes ... just like candy is! Somebody at WW really, really needs to understand that the concept of glycemic index is more important than the concept of bulk or fiber when it comes to what keeps you full, longer. They seem to think bulky carbs is the way to get full. Even weirder, they have MILK on the list of filling foods. How is milk a food?

BTW, I am a lifetime WW member and have lost a great deal of weight on the plan. The exchange system is a good basic system of portion control as purchasing currency. However, it WW's is also full of flaws and this new 'filling food' list really is one of their bigger flaws!

Plain and simple, if you are trying to lose weight, and you follow the "rules", Weight Watchers works. No cheating = weight loss.
I lost 20 pounds in 2 months on Weight Watchers - but the ugly part was this: I still looked pudgy in many places (the "trouble spots"), even though I looked scary skinny in others (wrists, chest, feet). I ate popcorn all the time, sugar-free jello, high fiber english muffins, soy hot dogs on whole wheat bread...thankfully I knew enough about nutrition that I knew which foods to choose. The least successful people were the ones that kept a lot of sugar in their diet and couldn't break the addiction. Sounds like Momentum addresses the "I let my 2 year old drink Diet Coke" crowd who couldn't tell you jack about how to burn a calorie. Good for them! But not for me...

...oops, forgot to say - while on WW, I didn't exercise at all - hance the trouble spots and the low self image. Happy to say I am now a toned size 8, instead of a flabby size 4.

I just signed up for Weight Watchers at work, to go with a friend that really wanted to do the program. Went to an "introduction" meeting that really didn't give much info, just to get a check from us. I certainly hope this new "momentum" program is not about food logs... I don't need anything more in my life that I need to keep track of.
For those that posted that it is all so simple, and only involves exercise and cutting down on calories... I would say that doesn't work for everyone. People have different metabolisms, and different lives, and situations. and food restrictions, etc. These are not excuses, they are reality. I know the nutritional stuff, but my issues are having the time to do the planning..the shopping, packing food for the day, etc. Hopefully, I will pick up some pointers on simple things I can do that work well for me.

I did weight watchers with my friends instead of going to the official meetings. One friend had done it for a year or two and had great results, but didn't want to keep paying for it. So we did the flex plan, met once a week and did a weigh in together. We talked about what the challenges were. We also shared new products we enjoyed and cooking tips. Losing weight is a three fold issue, food intake, exercise and mental endurance. Having the support of friends addressed all three and we all lost weight together.

I lost 25 pounds and kept it off for a couple of years. People make it sound like it's hard to count points, but after the first month you can eyeball points for nearly everything. Counting points is how I lost the weight, but WW is a lifestyle change, so I kept it off fairly easily & only gained the weight back when I abandoned those principles returning back to the stress of graduate school. It worked great for me, but if you want to be a hardcore dieter then you need a more rigid diet program. Weight watchers is great for those of us that want to live a healthier life without being obsessed with every last bite we eat, and eating nutritiously was never difficult for me.

Remember that the eating guidelines are minimums. So if you want to eat more protein you can. If you want to eat more veggies, you can. You can basically craft the program to your way of eating. You get a daily points allowance depending on your current weight, gender, age, activity level~ then you get a bank of 35 points each week to use how you like. I started ww using the old core plan last summer and have switched to the momentum plan successfully. And it's not just about food. At meetings we discuss and learn about the many things that affect our weight and health, including exercise, positive thinking, the reasons we are eating, planning ahead, visualizing, goal setting, etc. It might take a while to take off the weight, but you are learning and creating life long healthy habits that will pay off in the long run. You really learn a lot about yourself. Sticking with it or quitting is up to you.

I lost alot of weight on WW but I also found that Richard Simmon's Deal-A-Meal also works great and you don't have to counts points...just move cards! LOL

I went to 1 meeting to see if I liked it or if this would be for me. I understand how this worked but I disagree with it. Filling foods you would have to count points. The truth is, if someone wants to stay full protein is the way to go. It takes longer to digest, which makes you fell fuller longer. Common sense said, stay away from fats, fried, sauces, food. So why dose anyone say this works, If anyone wants to lose weight, exercise, and calorie counting, and watching carbs (no more than 10 per serving)this is what works, More you exercise the more you can eat. Have to get rid of calories to lose weight. If you follow weight watcher, once you put the food back in your body you omitted, you will gain your weight back. So everything in moderation, potion control, and EXCERSISE.... My husband and I both lost 60 LBS paying attention on ourselves, and what goes in it. Join a gym, and Exercise, Nothing is easy, you must be committed, Love who you are. Don't spend your hard earn money, on someone talking to you, and people clapping spend it on a gym, that can help you loose the weight you need, You can choose how you excersise by your self, or a trainer. YOUR Choice. But it works. If you can not afford a gym, walk, run, anywhre, excersise in your living room, push for what you can do, It is FREE, It takes 6 weeks, to adjust to your life style, Just do it anyway that is best for you. Just do it.

I did ww in 2004 and lost 40 lbs in 4 months I went from 258 lb to 218 lbs, it was great. But as soon as I started doing things on my own I gained about 20 lbs back. In June of 2007, I decided to lose weight again on my own, I went from 258 lbs down to 158 lbs, I didn't starve myself, and I didn't join any weight watchers meetings, but I dieted with most of the weight watchers rules in mind. The concept behind ww is smart, and I like the new momentum ideas of eating smarter not less. My advice to most people trying to lose weight is to find the things you like to eat and make it healthy. AND most importantly...GET MOVING. I started running and my metabolism shot through the room. I don't believe there are people out there that cannot lose weight. They just don't want to stick to it. Just stick to it and figure out what works best for you.

Weight watchers teaches nothing about nutrition. I could eat 90 sugar packets and stay in my points. I'd suggest loading up on whole grains, fruits and veggies, and eating lean proteins, eating whatever you want one day a week, and working out for an hour a day four days a week.

Weight Watchers no longer "counts" exercise... unless you eat a lot of extra points that resulted in 2.8 lb. gain for me this week. I am so frustrated with this program that once worked for me, I am about to quit. Does anybody else feel this way?

I've been on the Momentum Plan for 5 weeks now, and have found it to be a manageable and satisfying. I end up eating protein throughout the day (you are not limited to 2 servings), with servings of dairy at breakfast and lunch, and meat or other substitute at 2 at lunch and dinner (and sometimes breakfast as well). It's all about eating what you want and staying within the daily allotment of points and choosing filling foods most often. The guidelines of servings help people to choose healthy options. Goodness knows, we've lost site of what a portion size is and the concept of fruits and vegetables in North America.

There is also a weekly points allowance for any slurges or days when you want to eat more. And there are activity points you earn that give you more weight loss and/or more daily points.

I'm finding that I eat every 2 hours, so I never get to the point of being hungry. I've lost 5% of my body weight in 5 weeks so far.

Weight Watchers if the BEST!!! Reading, some of the comments are just excuses. When you are ready to lose weight..you are not going to sit daily and eat gallons of ice cream to count up your points. However..if you decide to say.. Yes, you can do it and so what? You do not even have to say you fell off the wagon. I, like most women have struggled with weight gain during ...holidays, stress, boredom or just watching TV commercials in the evening, not to mention an 8 unch snowfall(cozyfood). Weight Watchers, is the most sensible as you get to eat what you want. I love the accountability...as we have become so structured in today's world...that this is where you will find me this coming Saturday, April18th...as I gained 14 pounds this past year. I know where to go and it is NOT found in the Diet Fat burning and Ephedra sponsored aisles in the grocery stores. Hello from Chicago!!!

I have been doing the Flex plan for several years now. I have lost 85 pounds, and have about 30 more pounds to lose to get to my target weight. I have never joined or attended a meeting, but my mother was a member and explained to me the process and the routines they recommend.

One thing that is imperative is one of the new "Weight Watchers Points Calculators with Daily Tracking." The calculator figures the points of a food item and then keeps up with how many points you have left for the day. I got mine for $10 and it has been worth its weight in gold.

The plan really works, but I agree that this is a diet, and not an anything goes "too good to be true" method.

I'll be honest. I don't follow any diet, Bc 1st your mind is diet, you do it for a little while, from the hunger and stress, you stop. Give up. I still read about diets, I look things up, but I do know I can not stick to any of it, and I'm deffinitely am not going to waste my money. However, I do use the recipies and tips from time to time. I've set up a mental picture of my future if I do not eat healthier. I had type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, and now I don't. I just made a change for myself. I read several forums from all over the world from many doctors about belly fat. And they all have something incommon. Diets do not work. Diet causes stress and stress causes your body to store fat. Healthy mind. Healthy body. I have a 4 yr old who hates healthy food. But I have learned how to cook the things he loves, minus all the fats, grease, and calories. Beilieve it or not, I got the best recipies from Cook yourself Thin. The days I don't feel like cooking, I get a weight watcher dinner for myself and my son. I eat as much as I want, when I want, but I work out now. When I say work out, I dance. I dance for an hr or 2. I may walk for an hr or jog around and around my house. I do some crunches, jumping jacks, but I mostly dance. For 1 dancing is easy. Most the time it may not even look like dancing, but I am working every part of my body. I don't eat fast food any more. When I go places I take my own food. I eat veggies and fruits vs candy and cakes. I eat meat. I no longer eat pork or beef, if I do it's just once a month or every 3 months. But beef and pork is harder to digest. Takes longer to digest, therefore it's storing fat. I eat a lot of grilled and baked chicken. I eat tuna and shrimp. I eat about 2 ounces a meat 2 to 3 times a day. I used to measure it, it's so natural now I don't. I eat about 6 times a day, and I am the hungriest at night. I make sure I fill up on fruit at night. Canalops, watermelons, grapes.... I swap fruits out, bc I get burned out on fruits. Like for a few days, fresh pinapples, apples, strawberries, whatever fruit I can find and I like. I keep my stress down as much as possible. I take vitamins. I take the flax seed oil capsules. I take them 3 at a time 3 times a day. I take 2 womens a day multi vitamin, and for energy I take royal jelly. I take 1 to 2 day. I'll be honest, I don't feel a difference or anything from the royal jelly. I lost 7 lbs in 3 days when I started eating like that. I lost 12 lbs in 1 wk. Then it slowed down. I lost 22 lbs in less than 2 months. Than it slowed down a little more for about 3 months. I'd lose like a lb a wk. Then, it caught back up and I started losing 2 to 4 lbs a wk depending on how much water I drank. Which I drink lots of water 4 to 5 days out of the wk. I carried a 1liter bottle to work with me, I would fill it up 3 to 4 times a day. 2 to 3 days a wk. I drank about 2 to 3 liters of water. I treated myself once or twice a month to a diet soda and some real chocolate. Not a lot, but a little. When I started, once a wk I may have a bite, 1 bite now not the whole thing of a cookie. I gradually winned myself off of things and still lost weight drastically. I have also tried every type of diet pill, slim fast, and slim shots. I was still hungry with slim fast and diet pills. The slim shots would have worked, but they made me throw up from the taste. I was 272 lbs then, I'm 159 lbs, sometimes 154 lbs depending on what time of the month it is for me. I did not keep up with the time and I rarely weighed myself, bc I did not want to have a diet type mentality. Plus if I get on the scales and I see that I've lost a few lbs, I have the mentality to say, oh... I can cheat and eat what I want and then go back to eating healthy. I ignored the scales as much as possible. I don't own scales myself. However, when I would visit a friends house or my family's house I would weigh once to every 3 months. Again, I eat when I am hungry. I eat until I feel full. If I feel like I needs chips or junk food, I go get a snack from winn dixie, the 100 calorie snacks, or I may go get the smart ones dessert. Now, I do not keep a bunch at my house. I get a box as needed for my cravings. Bc I know if I buy all kinds of snacks, I'm going to eat them up in a wk or 2. I've done that b4 I started this healthy life style. From time to time to trick my body I go through a 2 wk cleansing process of no dairy and no foods with preservatives. Means no smart one's. I eat a lot of grilled chicken salads. I also will take the wal mart generic colon cleanser which does not make ur insides feel like they're going to flip out. Just helps me bm a little, bc some foods I eat during that time may not have enough fiber to help me feel regulated. I don't count calories either. Again counting calories makes you feel like you're on a stressful diet. And about 2 yrs ago when I made this change, my bf was negative. He said I wasn't going to lose a lb bc I was eating all the time. Now, I never gave up my pop corn. I just got the less butter kind. I ate a bag of pop corn every night before I went to bed, and I still do when I want. I get the 270 or less calorie kind, but I still don't count calories. I do look at calories, but I don't stress over calories. When I visit friends or family, I make sure I eat before I go. If I do go out to dinner, I eat a salad. If I go off on vacation, I bring what I can for myself and just make sure I eat out at places with fresh fruits and veggies. My bf is a horrible eater. I bought my own food for myself and my son. He was welcome to eat it, even when I cooked, or he could get his own food. After a few months he noticed I actually lost weight, he started helping me. He also started eating healthy. Even though he can eat what he wants and never get over 140 lbs. He also started working out with me which helped me out a lot. Bc I would try to keep up with him. At 1st, I couldn't, but now I can. My son has learned to love fruits and some veggies now. He asks for broccoli and carrots. So I try to incorperate broccolli and carrots in all meals for him. We eat fruit snacks. I even pack his breakfast and lunches for him. My dad is not eating this way. Now, my mother and brother, I can't inspire them. They want to die being happy. I told them I want to die being happy too, but dying later in life and watching my family grow is a lot better than dying from obesity. I have a 4 yr old to live for. I also want future children. Another secret. I was 150 lbs when I was in the 5th grade. 8th grade 208 lbs. Before I got pregnant 220 lbs. 262 lbs the day I had my son. 240 lbs a few months after my son was born. A yr and a half after my son was born 272 lbs, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. I was never skinny. Never. I don't want to think of being thinner. I want to think as being healthy.

Hey guys I also meant during that 2 wk cleansing, i meant non processed foods. Even after that I try to eat everything fresh, and I also eat nuts. I will eat a fist to 2 fists of nuts. My pop corn every night is fazes. LoL! I should have proof read, but I'm doing this from my phone. Hard 2 proof read when my phone wants to keep skipping back up to the top. Plus getting phones calls in between. I gradually started eating less and less on my own. Sometimes I would lose interest in healthy foods and just nibble, but I really wasn't hungry then, but sometimes I would be starving and couldn't stop eating non stop. Those days where nothing was satisfying me and I just stayed hungry, I ate high fiber post cereal 3 times a day. I would just stick my hand in the bag and pull out what fit in my hand and that's what I ate. I also just drank more water, which helps. I also drank the cool aid looking protein powder stuff that u put in your water. I'd drink 2 or 3 times a day. That helped too. I still drink it, but now it's the kelloggs type and when I feel like I need to pump it up a notch I get the hydroxy cut berry flavor, that works really well, but I don't want to spend my money like that. I used to work in a call center for 3 yrs which was hard for me to move around. For the same company still, and for the past 3 more yrs I work in retail sales in a shopping center with chik fila, quiznos, moe's burritoes, zaxby's, arby's, and many other fas food restuarants. I learned to make my snack, lunch/dinner the previous night and take my own food. I also learned that I save a minimum of $300 a month doing so. The savings has cut out my fast food cravings. I was also a 2 time a day star bucks addict, bc it was walking distance from my job. I save over $150 there a month before the $300 in just food. I'm saving a minimum of $450 a month. I quit coffee, which was really hard. Still is today, but I'm enjoying how I can put that extra change insavings or getting more pedicures a month. I was a venti caramel mocchioto addict or a double shot expresso. If I do eat fast food, I go to subway. I get a veggi foot long, bc they're only $5. I eat the veggies off 1st, and I eat a little of the bread if the veggies were not full filling enough for me. I loved fast food too, but when I cut that out and noticed how much more money I had from saving, that was enough to keep me away from them. My favorite foods that helped me was foods I could stick in 1 dish in the oven or george formane grill. I also do 1 pot meals. Like soup. I bake boneless/skinless chicken breasts in the oven with chicken broth/less sodium kind. When that is done, I put it in a pot including the broth, add water, some times potatoes, always carrots, always celery, some times broccolli, sometimes mush rooms, and sometimes bell pepper. I add my spices to whatever mood. What I don't eat, I freeze so I can eat on that off and on for 2 or 3 wks. I eat rice, but not a lot. I sometimes break down and eat corn bread. But I eat a small slice instead of half the pan. I throw the rest away to not be tempted to eat and eat on it. I do waste a lot of food, but to prevent myself from gorging on it. I don't really waste it, I throw it outside to mother nature. My neighbors cats and dogs usually eat it. I looooove pasta!!! I get the whole grain with 35% fiber type noodles, I don't make my own sauce. I buy it in the jar. But when I can not have processed/presserved foods, I get tomatoes, cut them up, add cream, add veggies, and I add cheese. That works. If you don't like eating raw veggies, get the least fattiest type of sour cream, add some butter milk, and get the ranch packets and add a lil ranch to it. I don't do the whole pack. Mix it and poor 2 tbl over ur veggies. I don't like butter milk, but u can't really tell. Taste like hidden vally's buttermilk ranch instead of that water down lite flavor u buy in a bottle. I hate cottage cheese, but I have learned to eat it cooked with tuna, a little garlic, and black pepper. Delicious and filling. I didn't know how to cook healthy until I decided to make this change. All I knew how to do is fry everything and mac n cheese. Fried okra, fried squash, fried green tomatoes @ 1 meals. Includded my fried meats like fried chicken and fried cubed stake. Now I will boil okra with field pea's. I add onion, garlic, a little evoo, salt and cracked black pepper. Delicious!!! I grill chicken chicken, pill off the bone unless boneless already and mix a little in my beans. I make that a meal by itself, but if not just a meal, I boil or bake corn on the cobb with the butter that's not really butter but is olive oil. Not a lot. And grilled fish, mostly white tilapia. I love beans of all kinds. Beans and pea's. Whatever I can make quickly and easily I make. If I'm off I stick things in a croc pot. I love hamburgers and I miss then dearly. I could eat hamburgers and hot dogs/corn dogs every day. From time to time I make grilled chicken or turkey burgers with grilled bell peppers and onions. I put whatever seasongs I want, mustard, a little bbq sauce on it. I love hot wings, so I buy the wings, buy the hot wing seasoning and grill or bake them. I don't shake them in the bag as recommended to fully cover. I just use it for seasoning. I save the rest of the seasoning for another time. Those usually last me several uses. Works for me vs buying from dominoes, pizza hut, or zaxby's. White northern beans withsuated tomatoes, onion, garlic, bell pepper and whatever else you can think of mixed together is wonderful!!! Sometimes I eat brown rice with it. And I do use a lil hot suace. I've learned not to eat hot sauce on everything and I no longer drown my food with hot sauce. When I serve myself I use tablespoons. I eat 2 table spoons of 3 things I have made. If I need 2nds, I go back to 1 tblspn. If it's pasta, I have 3 to 4 tblspns. 2nds, I have 1 to 2 tblspns. Then follow it with a small cup of milk and fresh fruit that I cut up while cooking dinner. I drink plenty of water. I still eat bread, just not every meal. In the mornings, I make 1 bird in a basket w/ a tspn of grape jelly. If I don't want that, 1 scrambled egg, 1 piece of toast and some times a tspn of grape jelly. If I am still hungy, half an orange and small glass of milk. While I cook sometimes I wake up with a huge appetite and I try drinking a glass of water. When I buy the protein stuff u put n water, I drink that before breakfast. I rarely eat cereal for breakfast. I really like it for snacks. Also what's great for dinner is baked shrimp with black pepper and mustard seeds and a green salad. Really green, whatever type of salad or fresh spinach, bell pepper, broccolli, and cucumber. I make my own dressing, diff type of vinegar's depending on my craving, olive oil, And whatever spices I am craving. Sometimes I put lemon or lime juice in it. I'm a dipper on the dressing. I do add cheese non processed cheese. Diiferent kinds. Again mood. I'm not into the fruits in my salad, but I did try strawberries in it and that was actually really good. If any one has questions on how to make something you love healthy, post it, and I'll post back when I have the next opportunity. I was raised on southern cooking, so I may have to look it up and get back to you.

Are the points values the same for the Momentum plan and previous weight watcher plan? In other words, will my old "slider" and alphabetized food list of points from the prior plans still work if I try to follow the Momentum plan? Thanks!