New Weight Watchers plan coming for November 2022!

Read on for all the latest news on the new WW plan that is due to roll out sometime in November.

*Update- November 14th, 2022. The new WW program has rolled out in the U.S today. If you are not seeing the update yet in your App then wait a bit and try again. Remember everyone is trying to update at the same time so it can get a bit backed up. For my fellow Canadians, there is no exact date yet for when our Apps will update. I would think based on previous years and updates that it will be soon, maybe later this week or next week.

*Disclaimer- I am not affiliated with Weight Watchers in any way, all information in this post I was able to find on the internet.

Ok, Ok.. I know! Many of you might be yelling at your screens right now, just don’t yell at me ha-ha, I’m simply the messenger. There has been a lot of talk this last week about the new Weight Watchers plan coming next month.  It is no secret that typically every 2-3 years they like to make changes to their program. Sometimes the change is big and sometimes it is just a slight tweak on the current plan.

It was only last year, November 2021 that the Personal Points program rolled out. It is not normal for WW to change up its program so soon.  I’m going to take a guess that the personal points program was not as successful as they were hoping it would be.

Is a new plan coming to Weight Watchers in November 2022?

Yes, it is not just a rumor you might be hearing. Weight Watchers are indeed rolling out a new program very soon. There is no word yet on what the name of the new program will be but I am sure we will learn this soon.

I am no stranger to WW changes, I have been a lifetime member for over 25 years!  I’ve lost count of how many different programs I have seen come and go. I always try to navigate the new programs into my lifestyle but sometimes they are not a good fit for me and that is ok. Honestly, I have not been in love with any of the programs since we lost points plus. I have tried them all, I always do, but most of my success came from the beloved points plus program.

After points plus came Smart points, beyond the scale. Then we had WW freestyle, which turned into MyWW plan and gave us the colored blue, green and purple programs. The last change to come was WW personal points, which had us all pretty much doing our own program. This last program is where I kinda jumped off the WW train, I started tracking my calories instead. I feel that the sense of community was lost not only with the personal point program but even before that with the MyWW plan. I also was not a fan of the whole earning points for eating certain foods or drinking water.

When I was an avid meeting member and went weekly, I thrived during the meetings and loved the community feel. It just made sense that everyone was on the same program and talking about our journeys together was easy. When people start following different programs it was hard to grasp who was doing what.

What will the new Weight Watchers plan be?

  • The new plan will be the same for everyone (unless you are diabetic)
  • Members will have the same zero-point foods which will include non-starchy vegetables, fruits, lean poultry and fish, tofu,  non-fat cottage cheese, plain non-fat greek yogurt, eggs, beans, lentils, corn, peas, and a new addition of air-popped plain popcorn.
  • Daily point allowances will depend on a number of things like age, sex, current weight, and height.
  • Members will have a daily point allowance and a weekly point allowance.
  • While members can still earn points for activities, there will be no more points given for water and/or eating certain food such as vegetables.
  • There will be a plan for diabetic members, it will look similar to the regular plan with a focus on eating fewer carbohydrates and sugars.
  • The algorithm for calculating points will be the same.

*Again, please note this is information I was able to find online, I can not confirm if it is true but many sources lead me to believe it is the correct information.

Can I still follow the Personal Points program?

Weight Watchers will do away with the personal points program once the new program rolls out. If you prefer to stick to this program or maybe you still enjoy one of the older WW programs there are many free Apps out there that you can download and follow these programs on. A few of my favorites are

The WW app will only work for the current program available.

So is this new program basically the old WW Freestyle or the “blue” program?

Want my honest answer? Yes, in a nutshell, lol! But WW won’t admit that, they will put all this focus on a brand new revised program meanwhile we are all scratching our heads thinking, “wait a minute, I’ve been here before!”

That being said, I think this is a well-needed change. Personal points in my opinion was just one big mess, yes just messy! Other food bloggers that list WW points can relate with me on this one but it was so hard to post a recipe with the point value. Everyone had different points based on the zero foods they had selected. As a food blogger we enjoy helping members and listing the point value right there in the recipe to make it easy to track. This was pretty much impossible and I just started listing point ranges for recipes. It makes more sense for a recipe to be “x” amount of points for EVERYONE!

What can I eat on this new Weight Watchers plan?

Short answer, exactly what you have been eating and enjoying. While the zero-point foods are changing and some foods for some members won’t be zero points anymore I think ultimately you won’t notice a big difference in the things you are eating. If you can’t work the plan into your everyday life and around the foods you enjoy eating then you should not be doing the plan. We should never have to make drastic changes to the foods we love, it is always about balance and moderation.

Spicy chicken chili

Thinking back to the old Freestyle program got me thinking about some of my favorite “freestyle” friendly recipes like my Spicy chicken chili, zero points on the old freestyle so this should be a 0PP recipe with the new program. Some other favorite simple and delicious recipes that were “freestyle” friendly are

New weight watchers plan, Pumpkin cream cheese muffin recipe

If you like to bake I have so many delicious recipes that are low in points, like my delicious pumpkin spice cream cheese muffins or  pumpkin banana greek yogurt muffins  These muffins are just 2PP on the old freestyle program so I expect them to stay the same on the new program. Here’s a list of some of my favorite baking recipes that I expect will stay low in points once the new program is available.

Will you update all your recipes to reflect the new program?

I feel there won’t be too much to do here, I currently still list the old “MyWW” points on most of my recipes (think blue, green & purple programs). Since it seems that the new program will be very similar to the blue program I’m guessing the points will already be there in my recipes. I’ll just have to go in and do a little updating so there is no confusion on the points listed.

Overall thoughts on the changes?

Bring it on!! As I already mentioned I tapped out when personal points rolled out last year. I was already halfway there with the MyWW plan with different colors so it just pushed me over the edge. I am all for getting back to everyone being on the same program. We need this to get back that community feel again, I think WW veered off the road a bit too much with the last few programs and I am happy they seem to be getting back to their lane!

I know with program changes come all kinds of emotions and many may be feeling frustrated, I get it! I’m a firm believer in trying everything once, feel it out and see if you can make it work for you before throwing in the towel. Please know I am always here to help and offer support in any way I can so don’t hesitate to reach out.

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140 Comments

  1. I didn’t see chicken or eggs on tour list. Any idea if they will still be on there?

    Thanks for all of your amazing recipes. My family loves them.

  2. I am definitely in the minority here, but I really like Personal Points. I have been a lifetime member since 1994 always hovering a little too close to my goal weight until menopause and was a few pounds over. I couldn’t lose weight with ANY of the WW iterations until the new plan was introduced last November. I was able to lose 15 pounds. What bums me is that I chose very few zero-point foods, and it looks like a couple of the ones I have will not be zero anymore….. oatmeal and avocado. But of course, I will make the change because I am nothing if not loyal! 🙂

    1. Ha I love that! I am all for trying out every program and seeing if you can make it work for you, also congrats on the weight loss, that’s awesome!

  3. In the late 1980’s WW had a ‘Quick Start’ program with a booklet that I loved. I did it for 1 week to get me going with quick loss. I wish I had saved the booklet. Do you have it – scanned version to share with us.
    Much appreciated.

    1. Hi Meg, no unfortunately I do not have any information on that program, have you tried doing a google search for it?

  4. Personally, I liked the old program from 6-7 years back, I lost about 40 pounds with it. Then they changed it a few times since then and I have not had as much success as before because 24 points a day is pretty much nothing and I always exceed my daily allowance and I am hungry and cranky most of the time. By the way thank you for the free apps that you posted, I will check them out. I hope this “new” WW works for everyone.

    1. Sounds like me, 6-7 years ago would have been points plus and that is the program I lost all my weight on, have not liked any as much since but eager for the change and to try it out 🙂 Good luck to you!

  5. I quit WW when it was the blue plan only as I lost very little weight. I did better on green. I adjusted my personal point choices to reflect the green program and achieved goal weight. Now I am concerned about regaining weight because a lot of the foods that I eat are “free”. I thought the program was based on accountablity. You can easily eat only free food and gain!

    1. Yeah there is a part of me that wishes we could go back to only having fruits/vegetables as zero-point foods. Here’s hoping the changes are positive and we can all make it work 🙂

  6. I am now woried have been doing quite well usually the least loss being 1lb week
    Didnt do so well on the blue plan and being diabetic 2 wonder how it will alter f you have any ideas on types of food in new diabetic plane woould love to know,

    1. I have not heard too much around the diabetic plan but I’m sure more news will come out soon.. Don’t stress oo much though I am sure you will find your way around the new plan 🙂

  7. I’m excited to learn about the new plan! I’ve done Weightwatchers for years and made lifetime, but after 2 knee replacements gained the weight back. I continued to follow the program, but this last one I ended up with 14 daily points! It was very hard to maintain, even though I was eating zero-point foods! But the foods I ate were good, healthy foods! A bit frustrating to say the least! I tried to get my veggies and water in so I could get a couple more daily points! I’ll be happy to get back to something more normal with reasonable daily points!

    1. Knee replacements are no joke, my mum has had 2! Hope you are doing well 🙂 and yes I think the new program will be a welcoming change for many!

  8. Yes! We just joined last month (after 6 years) and it’s certainly been a struggle. I can REALLY have as much chicken and potatoes as I want? That just doesn’t seem right AT ALL. What recipes USED to work for me years ago, now take up 1/2 my daily points. Struggle bus here! Looking forward to the new program; thanks for the scoop!

  9. I totally agree! I wish we we go back to Points Plus. I was even successful on SmartPoints. WW lost me with Freestyle and the new programs. But, I will give the new one a try. I was using Healthy but it’s just not the same as the WW app.

    1. I hear you, I do love my WW app and I am very partial to it lol.. here’s hoping the new plan is a good change!

  10. So excited for a new program! I have not been successful on the current program but was feeling it was me not the program! However after reading through the comments perhaps the program itself played a part!