I'm 3 weeks in and down about 5 pounds. This makes me happy. :-) Another 25-30 would put me at a really healthy weight. Like some of you have mentioned, that would probably be a weight on the high end of what the charts say is normal for someone my height. But I've been that weight before, and I know I looked and felt really good at that level.

I try not to eat more than 1/2 my APs, but will if I'm really hungry.

So far, I've never used more than half my weekly points. Most of those have been spent on Friday evenings, when I have dinner with friends. I always try to pick one of the healthiest things on the menu, but eating out is so hard. It's the fat and salt that makes so much restaurant food taste so good! Estimating points for restaurant meals is really difficult. I try to err on the high side. I had a "salad" last week that I estimated at 25 points!

I expect this will be a long journey, and hope I have the will power to get me past the inevitable plateaus. I really want to make this work!

Nice to know there are other fit active women out there with the same struggles.

Susan