New Weight Watchers!

[Triskeliongirl]

I too earned my weight watchers lifetime status more than 20 years ago. But I could not keep the weight off with weight watchers over the long haul. I think a big difference between the old programs and newer ones are the carb content, which is particularly problematic for me since I am a mild type I diabetic. While some of you commented that the new program is an attempt to be lower carb, if fruit is unlimited, that is not low carb in my book.

Because of my carb sensitivity, I have a rule that I don't eat anything that lets my blood sugar go higher than 120. If I follow this rule, and of course control calories and exercise, I was able to permanently lose my excess weight, and maintain it. When I have gained a little, its because I have let carbs, even 'healthy' ones like fruit slip into my diet. So, for me the new WW plan wouldn't work. But even for a normal person, there are good metabolic reasons to keep the ratio of protein to carbs high in your diet. The idea is that you want to be in a state where glucagon>insulin rather than the other way around to burn fat. When insulin>glucagon, as when you eat a high carb diet, you are actually in a hormonal state that favors fat storage.

While the WW tracking tools are nice, I have been using the Livestrong tracking tools. You can enter food, exercise (and there are MANY categories for cycling as you can imagine), even blood sugar. What I think is key, is that every person needs to figure out how their body reacts to different foods and exercise, and develop a strategy that works for them. Tracking can be really helpful in doing that. One also has to be careful to not be fooled by water fluctuations. My weight always goes up temporarially if I suddenly increase my exercise due to DOMs, but then it always comes back down if I just stick with my plan no matter what. GLC, I read your posts on the weight loss thread, and I bet this could be what happened to you. So, don't throw out a plan that works (I know you lost a lot last year) due to a temporary fluctuation.