As many of you know “New. Improved.” are not some of my favorite words. I dislike it when someone takes something I regularly use and makes something different of it. So I was a little concerned when Weight Watchers announced they were “improving” their Points Plus system.
So far, it has not been as bad as I feared. The main thing they changed in week one of this rollout is the number of points I’m supposed to use when deciding what to eat. My daily points goal dropped from 29 to 27. In explanation of this the leader of this week’s meeting told us that when WW started the Points Plus system they did they best they could to determine the right number of points for most people. They also debuted eTools which lets people track their food and weight on-line.
What never occurred to me is that they are watching on-line entries to see what people are doing with the program. That gives them information as to how people’s bodies are responding to what level of points. Never mind that some of us don’t always enter the zero points food we eat. Their analysis led them to discover that many of us can eat less. In fact. we can eat as little as 26 points and still stay healthy as long as we choose from a variety of foods. 29 points is no longer the lowest they encourage you to go. So they dropped their recommendations for many of us.
The result of being assigned 27 points is I lost 2.4 pounds in one week. If you’ve been reading this blog for long you know that when I lose more than 2 pounds a week for two weeks in a row they scold me for loosing too fast.
But, another feature of this new program is you can go into eTools and change your points target.
So I boosted mine back up to 29 points. Yes, I want to lose my excess weight. But I want to do it at a healthful rate. 29 points works for me. I don’t need “New. Improved.”
TTYL,
Linda
ps. I also won an award at the meeting for having lost 10% of my starting weight. That feels good.
10% is HUGE! How wonderful. WW sure has a great program! Glad you are doing so well! Now to just get through the holidays!!!
I agree in that 10% is a huge loss. Good for you and congratulations for the great job you’re doing.
10% – I am really impressed. I think you are doing great. So if you decide you want to lose a quick 2 1/2 lbs you can always go do the 27 points for a week. But you are losing it slowly which means it is much more likely to stay off – that’s the important part.