Comments on: Important LaaLoosh Update Regarding Changes to the Website!!!

By: Debra

Debra — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:51:44 +0000

I just found your blog and also love it. I just restarted WW and have looked at several other blogs recently for recipes. Most talk simply list calories, fiber, fat grams so you can compute points yourself. It is really easy to google WW points calulator so you can convert to points yourself.
I agree that this is a silly postion for a huge company to take….especially when it helps them in the long run. Thank you so much for bogging.
Deb

By: Cindyc325

Cindyc325 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:24:20 +0000

Hi! I just found your site today and your issues with Weight Watchers. I work for a law firm and it doesn’t surprise me a bit – you’d be amazed at how greedy huge corporations get when they think they might be missing out on a nickel somewhere amongst their billions. But, as you said “it is what it is” and I’m THRILLED you’re not letting it stop you because you’ve helped me tremendously just in the past hour!

Thanks!

By: LaaLoosh

LaaLoosh — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:56:44 +0000

Hi Kristin,
Thanks so much for your support! I am still listing the points value for all the recipes, but I can’t use the term “Points” or “Weight Watchers Points”. So, I’m currently using “Point Total”, which is a phrase that is NOT trademarked by Weight Watchers. You wouldn’t believe the hard time they are giving me about this stuff! Basically, I’m just trying different terms and seeing if Weight Watchers will let me use it. It’s really ridiculous. I still want it to be as close to the WW terminology as possible so that people can understand.

As for Hungry Girl, she has an affiliation with Weight Watchers, which is why she is allowed to use their trademarked property. She has many more subscribers than I do, and that’s why WW is working with her.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:34:17 +0000

I noticed that you are still using points values in your new posts and was wondering if you found a work around. You may want to look into how Hungry-girl uses points values. I guess they probably pay to be able to do that. I like the idea of using starts instead of points. I guess Weight Watchers fails to realize that sites like this help me stay motivated, so I stay on track and keep going to meetings and they keep getting my money. Oh, well.

By: Barbarainnc

Barbarainnc — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:05:25 +0000

I just found your site and sorry you have to change all things “WW”!!! I like the stars idea, oh the pizza has 5 stars per slice. I could count stars instead of points !!!! :) :) :) Thanks for a great site!!!

By: Tami

Tami — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:36:25 +0000

I just found your site and very excited to see everyday recipes on it. Sorry to hear about WW coming in and asking you to change things. Just a thought, what if you did the points with the alphabet. A-0, B-1, C-2 etc…. I also think the idea of the stars would work. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for the great posts.

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:56:26 +0000

I just found your website today and I’m already in love. I’m very health conscious and my fiancee is very picky and this site REALLY helped me come with ideas that we can both enjoy. It’s a shame that WW is being such a stickler. Good luck with the revamp and keep posting the awesome recipes!

By: Barbara L

Barbara L — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:18:46 +0000

I too am a life time weight watcher and nearly back to my goal for the third time in my life. This time I am more serious in controlling my weight for the rest of my life because of being diagnosed as a diabetic. Now I also have to be concerned about the amount of carbs in my recipes. I recently found your website and was thrilled to find such a helpful site in putting some extra flare (within the points range) into my menus and being able to go so easily to your website to gather this awesome information. I purchased the “Miracle (angel hair) Noodles” and was excited to see your low calorie garlic and tomatoes pasta recipe. Thank you! I hope something can be worked out and I look forward to your return.

By: Kayla

Kayla — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:10:50 +0000

the word “points” is a trademarked term? That seems a little odd to me but oh well.
Sorry to hear about the run in.
Are you still going to be posting the points value along with the recipes you post? that is what I value most about this site, it helps me plan appropriately for the points I’m allowed day to day.
I like the stars idea, and I’m sure you can rename the recipe’s to something else instead of writting “Weight Watchers” you could write “Boom Town” lol, whatever works.
I can’t wait until your back to posting lots of new recipes. That ranch dressing you mentioned above sounds fantastic!!!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:03:16 +0000

You have a wonderful website and it is so nice during troubled times to still be able to keep up with eating healthy and losing weight. Is there anyway you can send your point calculator – this is really an amazing site and WW should be paying you!! Keep up the great work!!