They say that this new system is based on the newest scientific breakthroughs. And you know what? I'm cool with that. I get that a company would update their product as new information became available. However, my problem with this change is that I (and many others, who share my opinion) are forced into following this new approach. It should be optional. I was at the point (hehe, notice that play on words) in my dieting that I could just look at a food or the nutritional information and comfortably guesstimate how many POINTS could be found in that item.
I spent much of yesterday editing my stored food information and lists to reflect the new POINTSPLUS values. I have not even made a dent in it yet. Ugh. Should I even bother to learn this new system? I am only continuing to pay the monthly fees to use the online resources to maintain my weight. Why learn this new technique when I've hit my goal weight already AND I successfully did so with the old program?
Then there is that part of me that can't help wondering if this is a money making scheme? The POINTS plan is now useless, so anyone who follows the Weight Watchers plan has to invest in new merchandise. I already spent money on the POINTS calculator, scale and books. About $100 sent down the trash chute because now I have to drop even more money to follow the POINTSPLUS program!
Don't get me wrong here. If you are just starting out or thinking about joining Weight Watchers, I'm sure POINTSPLUS will work. Apparently, it has already been implemented over in the UK as PROPOINTS. There are plenty of success stories coming our way from across the pond. I am not discouraging anyone from joining WW, in fact, I would recommend it to anyone contemplating dieting. I simply think that the old POINTS system should continue to be made accessible to those who are already use it, love it and owe successful weight loss to it.
Maybe I don't like change? Maybe I'm a mom who doesn't have time to sit at my computer editing ten months worth of stored information from my own recipes to favorite foods?
Maybe I'm just a grouch?
Oh, well. As they say, "One person's trash is another one's treasure".
