New Weight Watchers!

[gnat23]

I dare say that since restarting under the new plan, I'm having a hard time eating all my minimum points for the day, since I *heart* fruit and munch on that inbetween meals now instead of the lil' 2pt snack bars or whatever. I agree that the number of calories in total seems to have gone up, but it's steering me towards better choices overall.

My weigh in is tomorrow, which will include one hearty holiday meal and a cyclocross race with associated beer, but all within allotted points. Very curious to see what happens, but am definitely going to give this about two months before I come to any solid conclusions.

-- gnat!

[azfiddle]

I'm also eligible for the 29 points a day. You get more AP's for the same amount of exercise too. On the old system, I got 18 points, and I never ate all my AP's and weeklies when I was losing.

I'm still having a hard time adjusting. Maybe if I was sticking to it faithfully I'd be a little more sure about how it's working. Between the holiday treats and less exercise, I gained a pound this month. I'm getting more exercise and I'm ready to get back to the plan. I'm hovering around maintenance.

BTW- my DH tried an experiment- since fruit is "free", he typed in increasing numbers of oranges. 1, 3, 10, 100... and it always said "0" points. But orange juice is 2 points a glass, and 1 dried peach is 1 point. So it's not entirely rational.

[katluvr]

Hmmm, interesting that all of you that cannot eat your 29 points! Yes I am trying to use the "free fruit" option!
So I am not really happy with new program. With old points (yep, I only could eat 18) I could at least figure things out on the fly. The new way points are calculated makes it hard to figure out on the fly. Plus I do a lot of recipes and have to type into recipe builder. I not super happy with website. Always a struggle to find a match for what I ate! I am trying to use the mobile site more on my phone and I added more favorites. Hope this helps.

I must admit this is just week #2. Last week I didn't really try to keep in my points and just tried to get used to logging the food. This week I am trying to stick within my 29 points. I am also getting used to my meatless diet and trying many new vegetarian recipes. So balancing the amount of carbs to get my protein! So I am trying to adjust.

Also last time I really lost weight with WW I did not use activity points except hard/long biking or run days.
We shall see, I need to give it a chance.

Good luck all!

K

[maillotpois]

Hmmm, interesting that all of you that cannot eat your 29 points!

I never said that.

[katluvr]

I never said that.

I stand corrected!
But some said that...I think I am just always hungry. And even more so when I wound out regularly!

Day #2 of REALLY eating only 29 points. We shall see!

K

[maillotpois]

I don't know if it is the new program or new motivation because of the new program or what but I have lost 8 pounds since the end of November when they rolled out the new plan. You do need to give it a chance and let yourself re-learn the new plan.

Good luck!

[katluvr]

So today I ran 9 miles, gives me 13 activity points. I did not record the G2 or shot blocks I did partly because I don't really plan on using my activity points. So far this week I have not used any of those 49 points weekly points...what does one do with those? Are they for a splurge meal/day? I must admit I may use some of either of those extra points on a bit larger glass of wine!
K

[okraftw]

I lost 40 lbs on WW last year. Then due to extended work travel/vacations/holidays, I quit for the last two months of the year and gained 15 lbs back. I just started the points plus this week, and I love it. Last autumn, I was struggling to get by on 19 pts a day and I found myself dipping into my weeklies on a daily basis instead of my normal method of saving them until the end of the week and having a treat meal out with friends. Almost everything I ate every day had to be "filling" or I wouldn't make it until the next meal time. That was a lot of pressure on every single thing I put in my mouth every time I did it.

Now I get 7 extra points to play with (my points of my typical day only went up by 3 from the oatmeal and random grain with dinner, everything else was already veggies, lean meats, fruits, milk, etc.) and I don't feel like I have to make a decision between an orange (which I would want) or a piece of cheese (which would keep me going until the next meal.) I can have have the orange, see if that works, and if not, have cheese in another hour because I have the extra points, and fruit is free.

Granted, it's only been 3 days, and the scale movement is most likely due to the cessation of junk food (and the un-retaining of water that goes with it) but mentally, it's a lot easier for me to follow.

[GLC1968]

but mentally, it's a lot easier for me to follow.

I'm finding this to be true for me, too. It's helping me even out my 'bad food' vs 'good food' issues. Of course, I'm only on week one so it's a bit too early to pass final judgement.


I have a question about recipes though - can someone explain to me why if I put my little 'baked peach' dessert/treat in as 3 separate items (unsweetened canned peach half, brown sugar, walnuts) it adds up to 2 points but if I make it a recipe it turns it into 4 points for the same quantity??

[maillotpois]

A recipe doesn't look at the points within individual food items, it looks at their nutritional information. So it adds the carbs, etc. of zero point foods. If you are making a recipe with zero point foods and some non-zero point foods, you can save it as a "meal" instead, and that will zero out your zero point foods.