Thank you Becca for the link to that article ~ that was helpful

I was scared to death when I first heard about it because I'm not great at dealing with change, and Points as they are now have been a part of the program ever since I joined in 1998, but now I'm getting stoked and truly believe as successful as Weight Watchers is, they aren't going to make a change for the worse. As it was said earlier, each plan has been better (and more successful statistically) than the previous ones. From what I'm seeing and hearing it seems the higher protein foods will probably be counted lower points than the simple carb foods, which makes SO MUCH SENSE! I've turned down a lot of good healthy high protein foods because of the high point content and turned to high fiber granola bars or other simple carbs instead to take in less points and feel satisfied.

Sounds awesome! I've been going around to all of my friends who whine about their weight and have been asking them to join with me when the new program rolls out the week after Thanksgiving! Maybe it'll be a great thing! I hope so!

Oh yay, maybe I can have some tempeh again?!

How pissed am I that I bought a cook book for WW before I knew of the changes...what the eff?

Marianne,

I have a bunch of WW cookbooks myself, but I'm not at home to look right now... can't remember, are just the POINTS values on the recipes or is the rest of the nutritional info there too? If it is everything, then from what it sounds like, we should still be able to figure it out fairly easily. I know what you mean, though. I have quite a few that I'll have to "adjust", I reckon.

I am excited about the change. I feel like I am just now getting down the points system to have it all change in a few weeks. That kind of sucks. I will roll with the changes, I sure hope I can still have my Vitatops!

I'm kind of nervous about the change, but will try hard to do my best.
I'm sure we'll get new points finders and those cookbooks that you now have wil be able to be adapted. They have changed the system before and all you need to do is figure out new points and go from there.
Also, from what I read on the two links people provided here (thank you) it's still almost the same old plan. I remember when they went to the CORE plan and offered that, lots of people got nervous too. I tried it and it was not for me as I run a household with too many people who do not want to eat things like brown rice. Oh well.
I would love it if all the fruits were free as there are sometimes when I am starving and need something. If fruits were free, I could eat a banana and not have to count 2 points for it. I'd be delighted with something like that.
Hunger is not fun.

I must confess, I've started not counting fruit for points, and I'm experiencing great success. The plateau I've been on for the last eight weeks seems to be ending. It think it's because I won't overeat fruit but it helps fill me up so I don't overeat things that would be more deadly (like nibbling grapes rather than grated cheese while making supper.

I was thinking that last night...when I coudln't sleep...I'll have to see if the nutritional info is listed. I'm hoping so because there's a ton of good recipes in there.

Pageta, I did count the points for the banana I ate after lunch as my "dessert" today, but I did it without worrying quite as much about eating a whole vs. a half banana. I was going to have a 100 calorie pack of chips with my "WW grilled cheese" and decided I'd skip the chips and eat the banana instead. I'm feeling OK. I love the crisp chips and saltiness of it, but I decided to see how I could mange with adding fruit. I had a couple of pickles along with the sandwich and that seemed to help a bit and they are zero points.
By the way, I make a "WW grilled cheese" by spraying butter spray (the pump stuff sold by the margarine in stores) on two slices of lite bread and putting a cheese slice in between and grilled. It's 3 points and it's pretty good. Today I added a very think slice of ham and went for a 4 point sandwich and it was good. I sometimes make the WW garden vegetable soup and have that on the side with the 3 point version if I am going to have a high point dinner at night. It's comforting and filling.
I've not made that soup as, unfortunately, I have diverticulosis and I am worried about seeds and cabbage. I'm thinking of making my own version of that soup that will work within what I can eat.

Our leader loves the new programme. They have all been on it in our area. She has lost 5 lbs since starting it. She's not saying anything about it until it is formally announced.

She said that Jennifer Hudson used the new programme and had great success with it.

I am excited to do something new because I need some inspiration as I've been losing and gaining the same 5lbs for months.

I was also doing that gain and lose the same 5 pounds thing, for the last several years. I'm tired of it.
When I returned to WW a few weeks ago, it was with a heavy sigh. I almost went to Jenny Craig or something else as I have kind of had it with the points, journals and all that stuff. But, I am even more tired of having these extra pounds on my body and not doing anything about it.
So, I shall forge on and I hope the new program will breath life into my lacklustre efforts. I wish we had it right now.

I'm really excited and can't wait to get all the plan details! I think it will help us make even better nutritional decisions and eat foods that help our bodies and our weight loss goals. I just hope it's as easy to grasp as the current plan as far as how to calculate points.

All of the WW cookbooks I have give the nutritional information as well as the points value, so it will just be a matter of recalculating those points and writing over the old value. I am a little bummed that my points-scale and calculator will no longer be valid but I did get my money's worth out of them.

Maybe the new points finder will be able to be used or there will be an easy way to calculate differences? I have tons of recipes that are not WW ones and still use them. I'm very good (and fair I think) at estimating points of various foods. However, I do hear that carbs will play a huge role and this could change what we might want to be cooking. There could be substitutes, such as brown rice or whole grain pasta?