For those on WW Flex

You get 20 pts. per day and you should eat at least that each day. Then, you have 35 flex pts. you can use at any time during the week. You can dole them out, so that you eat a few each day, you can eat them all on one day, or you can choose not to eat them at all. The flex pts. do not carry over week to week. If you haven't eaten them by the end of the week, they are gone.

After week 3, you also can use activity pts. They give you a slide rule thing that helps you calculate how many pts. extra you can eat for exercise. I generally try not to eat these, since I sometimes cheat. Everyone is different, some people eat the flex and activity pts, some don't. I eat all the flex pts, because frankly, I couldn't stick to the program if I didn't. Some people even find they lose better if they eat some of the flex pts. Also, I think most people who are working out hard really need to eat some of the flex pts or some activity pts. to lose. You have to try it both ways and see what works best for you. They do explain all this stuff in the meetings too.

Thanks! This is my third week on WW. I did not know about these extra points and have only been eating the 20 per day. The first week I lost, the second I did not. So now I am really confused why I did not lose weight considering I had 35 extra points I did not eat.

So in reality, I can eat 25 points per day????

Yep if you want to. See, that is what i mean about it is different for some people. Were you exercising? If so, and you were only eating the 20 pts. per day, you actually might not have been eating enough points to lose - your body may be holding on to the weight. Try eating a few extra pts. per day and see if you have a better loss next week.

If you are in Nassau, the leader I have on Sat. morning in Carle Place is great. She is the reason I am still going every week (and a few of the attendees too....there are a lot of 'big losers' in the meeting with good ideas.)