Quote Originally Posted by divingbiker View Post
Well, I'd eat at least half of them, and possibly all 9; if you ate all 9 you still burned 250 more than you ate. If your weight loss slows when you eat all your APs, then eat half of them.

I've also heard the rule of thumb for some people is don't eat any APs if you earn 4 or fewer; if you earn more, eat everything above 4.

I try not to dip into WPAs on days that I eat all my APs. The weight loss gets really slow when I eat all I'm "entitled" to.
Everyone is different. Whenever I've eaten my activity points, or even half I gained weight every single time. I limit mine to 4 also, or if I ride more, I substitute my snacks on the ride only. I've also used a hr monitor and believe me, they are not really very accurate when it comes to calories burned. I've plugged in my heart rates into the ww activity calculator and if my hr monitor says I've burned 1400 calories, I usually only get 7 or so activity points from ww based on my heart rates. Also, 1 point is 100 calories, not 50.

Anyone else have a problem with weight watchers pushing their snacks and stuff on you? I'm a professional ww, since the age of 18 and they employed my mother as a lecturer/leader for years. She also had a problem with it. Doesn't seem like those are healthy alternatives. Another thing, when my lecturer stands in front of the class and shakes up her drink and tells us this is a good way to exercise, I just wonder if I shouldn't just go to a nutritionist instead. After all, the day before I rode 50 miles, and now I'm suppose to jiggle my hand?

Ramble ramble...sorry!