Is anyone familiar with/ or following the original points plan?

[Selena125t]

I am not following the points plus plan, I have everything from the original plan from a friend of mine and I wanted to know if anyone remembers it well enough to give me some pointers.

I calculated that based on my weight 210, that I need around 27 pts a day. When I calculated my BMR it said that it is about 1750. I also found out that 1 pt is roughly 50 calories each so that would put my caloric intake at around 1350, not counting veggies (because they don't count). I am wondering if maybe this is too many pts and that may be why I don't see the scale moving.
Should I drop down to 25 pts a day to equal around 1250 a day or should I just forget calories all together and eat the 27 pts and give things more time to start moving?
I will say this though, things are fitting looser so maybe I should just stay away from the scale a while longer?

Any thoughts, suggestions, tips or tricks?
Thanx so much to anyone who answers!

[nancylmrn]

Hi Selena,
I have been following the old flex plan (well tech. this is my 5th or 6th time lol) I would say if you are losing 1 to 2lbs a week you are where you need to be.

The best tool is to journal journal journal that way you can see what you did that worked and what didn't. And please remember our bodies are fickle and don't always cooperate with our wishes.

If your clothes are feeling less tight then I would say you are where you need to be.

[begoodjen]

Hi,
I am following the old points. I am allowed 30 points per week. I eat all of them and most of my flex points. I lose about a pound a week. At the beginning I lost more and it has slowed down now but I have lost 35 pounds since October. I could probably lose faster if I didn't eat the flex points but I am trying to make it as realistic for the rest of my life as possible so I am ok with slow and steady. I would stick with the 27 for a few weeks and see what happens. I also wanted to say that with WW, although you can technically eat whatever you want as long as you stay in your points, I find I have better results if I eat tons of veggies. I find the more fiber I get the faster I lose! Hope this helps

Jen

[roxybabay]

I lost 72 lbs on the old plan! I would stick to your 27 pts a day and just focus on points and not calories. If you feel your clothes feeling looser than I think your on the right track so just keep on trucking and it will pay off in the end