I like WW online... except for the forums. I have to say, 3fatchicks is WAY better as far as forums go. There are a lot of not-so-nice people there that get crabby when you ask a question.
Recipes - so far I've liked the recipes I tried (which have pictures a lot of the time and I'm a very visual person when cooking) They also have a spotlight on a few different recipes a day and they tend to keep to things that are "in season" which is nice. I use the recipe builder to figure the number of points in some of my own recipes. Then I can also easily add that recipe to my points tracker for the day.
They have ready to go meal plans for each week based on your points which you can choose to use or not use... or you can use the lunch one day and not the dinner. You can also swap meals for the week around however you'd like. You can also print these a week in advance to go shopping for the next week.
The points tracker is handy, it has a spot where you checkoff things like water, multivitamin, dairy, vegetables, and oil. You can keep notes or print it off. I like to fill out a plan for the day and then print it off to take with me to keep myself inline with my plan and easily make substitutions if needed. You can also print a blank day to take with you if you wont be around a computer. Then you can just fill it in when you get home.
You can also enter your fitness on another tab of the points tracker and it will tell you how many AP you get. Another benefit is being able to look at your points progress over the week. It automatically keeps track of your weekly points. You can look at previous weeks to see which days you are higher points, etc.
It can keep favorites if you eat the same things a lot so you dont have to look them up and it has points calculators.
the weight tracker is built around the one weigh-in a week idea, but if you weigh in on a different day like thursday instead of wednesday, it still counts.
I sound like a weight watcher's advertisement don't I? lol I just know that for me, giving me something to do like this or keep track of things on spreadsheets really helps me. The site is full of other things like motivational articles, articles about fitness, success stories, etc. I think they have trials every now and then, you could try it to see if you like it for a few days and then decide.
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