[1bighog]

I got to wondering because with my run and Insanity workout, I have burned around 1,400 calories today. I do WW at home but the material I bought says I can earn 1 bonus point per 100 calories burned which would come out to 14 points. Even using the WW formula, it comes out to 12 points. That's a ton!! Can I really add that to my day?

[traveling michele]

WW recommends that you add no more than 4 AP per day, or a max of 28 per week. It is a good idea to eat at least half of those (2) with some sort of protein when you have a big workout.

[seagirl]

If I'm hiking or doing some other long calorie burning work out, I will compensate with extra food. I earned 28 activity points once on a hike, and the leader saw that number and said "that's too many points to eat for you" and I was like "Um, those were points I burned."

I think WW doesn't take into consideration people who do serious workouts and activities that burn a lot of calories.

[HoosierHeather]

You can use up to 28 activity points per week in addition to your 35 weekly points.
For me personally though, I find that if I use both my activity AND WPA, I end up not losing any weight. Usually breaking even. So I try to only use one or the other (usually I use my activity points but not my WPA).

[1bighog]

Originally Posted by seagirl

I think WW doesn't take into consideration people who do serious workouts and activities that burn a lot of calories.

This must be true! The day I burned 1,400 calories, I added 10 activity points to my day. I did it 3 times last week and added 5 points on the days I didn't add running to my workout and I lost 5 pounds. I also used about 20 flex points. Oh, I was also on my period! The key for me was to not waste my extra points on junk food, which I normally would have done, and to drink tons of water. We'll see how this week goes.

I should say that while I added all those activity points, I didn't necessarily use them all. Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn't. Looking back at last week's log, my week looked a lot like the Wendie plan where you vary your points from day to day to keep your body guessing. I wonder if that's a big reason my weight drop was so significant.

[bannabanana]

I try not to use my activity points, although I do get in a hard workout each day. When I use the activity points, it kind of feels like I am negating the hard work I did, and it won't bring me closer to my goal. But, I do use the flex points, I would have a hard time not using them!

[1bighog]

After a 5 mile run and an Insanity workout, I HAVE to eat some of my activity points! I think I would pass out if I didn't. It's working well for me. I'm adding a lot more than 4 bonus/activity points per day and sometimes I use them all (or more!) and sometimes I only use some of them. I'm finding that I am not using my 35 flex points as much. Maybe 15 over the whole week. So far this is working for me. I know I will have to tweak it again once I am not working out as intense.

[andymo]

I run for 10 kms every weekend that halpe me burn like 2000 calories and on top of that i hit the gym just afterwards, yeah i understand it can be cumberson using your activity points, just like banabanana said itkind of diverts the whole attention from actually exertimg more effort into your routine work outs.

[lynnyloo]

Is it that you should only be *using* 28 activity points per week... while essentially adding as many as you want to your actual total? i.e. I added 32 activity points to my week... I'll have 4 left over that WW recommends I definitely don't use? (I wouldn't even end up using 28 but I'm just curious)

[traveling michele]

WW recommends that you use no more than 28 of your AP per week. If you earn more, you shouldn't eat them. I earn 35-50 AP per week. I usually don't eat any of them. I usually eat some or most of my weekly 35 points. I know that the AP are there if I need them but I try not to dip that far into my points. It's been working for me for over 2 years.

[lynnyloo]

Ah! Thanks so much for the clarification