anyone on WW??

[uforgot]

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!

[Aggie_Ama]

Also, 1 point is 100 calories, not 50.

Anyone else have a problem with weight watchers pushing their snacks and stuff on you?
Ramble ramble...sorry!

Hmmm there is no formula I can figure for the points to make it calorie consistent (someone who was no longer leading gave me the formula once) but I find 1=50 about right and 1=100 too high. On the site 100/0/0= 2 pts. While 50/0/0= 1 pt. It falls somewhere in the middle but then if you have a bajillion fiber grams it gets funky or a lot of fat. Anyhow, I use the site not my head but always guestimate on 1=50 if I am just eyeballing a nutrition chart (like when I am buying a frozen lunch not WW). But I also noticed from 2004 when I first started to now the points calculations have changed some. Also when I first started a serving of protein was 4 oz now it is 3 oz. It is real confusing when my husband's grandma tries to tell me how it works since she is using the program from 1980's!

I feel like they push tons of their products, another reason I am glad I don't go to meetings. Of course I do eat their dinners for lunch because it is easy and the points are on the label. I just need a program, not an infomercial. I love WW because I don't have to eat a set menu and I don't have to follow everyone else's book on it.

[uforgot]

Oh, I meant one ACTIVITY point is 100 calories. Maybe where I misunderstood. Here's the formula. I actually programmed it into my graphing calculator, but you can't enter more than 4 grams of fiber.

calories/50 + fat/12 - fiber (max of 4)/5

[kajero]

I've been a Life Time WW for nearly 7 years. It seems I have fallen off the wagon and coming close to my goal weight. I think it is because I work out four days a week and figure that gives me a license to eat. I suppose I should revoke that license. (Two of the days are spin classes so I figure I can post in the cycling forums.)

I haven't been to WW meetings for over a year. My favorite leader, who did not push products, either quit or was let go. At my last meeting all they did was push product. Perhaps in this economy WW isn't doing well and needs to increase revenue by pushing their stuff????

Have you looked at the ingredients in their products. For a company who pushes healthy weights, they sure don't seem to have healthy products.

I wonder how long it will be before WW designs their own exercise equipment and pushes that.

Also, I like the sparkpeople.com site better than WW. It has some really neat stuff on it. You can earn points by losing weight, exercising, logging in, etc, to get "virtual" prizes and then give them to your friends.

[Aggie_Ama]

My husband and I are trying local honey to help keep our allergies bearable. I found an excellent breakfast that at 4 pts doesn't seem like too big of a chunk of my points. I am hoping it keeps me pretty full and helps the allergies. I make 2 pieces of toast each with 1/2 tbs reduced fat peanut butter and 1/2 tbs honey. The bread is Nature's Own Light Wheat (1 pt per 2 slices). It was pretty tasty this morning.

Other than that I finally hit 10 lbs lost. I hate how WW online gives you a lecture for losing too fast but it really doesn't make sense. In the past 4 weeks I gained (.5), lost (2), steady, gained (.5) and lost 3.5 this week, how does that average to over 2 lbs per week in a month?

I really did everything wrong last week, ate almost all flex and activity, didn't log Friday or the weekend (probably used all the flex then). I plan to be a little more involved this week!

[cagentry]

Hi there.

Yep, I'm on WW...and I'm on the boards. Newbies board.

I lost about 40 pounds on WW and maintained for over a year, and have now gained about 10 back. Restarted on monthly plan and tomorrow is WI #3, I lost the last 2 weeks....but I spent the weekend in Dallas not counting a single point and drinking a lot!!

I've signed up for the MS150, and am really dedicated to getting a good cycling routine in order.

Anyone doing the MS150? Houston to Austin?