Here it goes. I shoot for 27 points.

Sept. 8

Breakfast-
Oatmeal 2.5
Fiber one yogurt 1

Lunch-
FF hot dog w/ bun 2
Cheese stick 2
Apple 2

Fiber one bar 3

Dinner-
Summer veggie bake w/ cheese 3
Chicken breast 3

popcorn 2
orange 2
pudding 1
almonds 3

I did it. 26.5 points.

A couple other things - are you drinking your water? Are you eating just your base points, or flex points and activity points too? Are you exercising? What do you do for exercise? Are you getting the 8 healthy guidelines in?

Some things to think about

I am trying to eat all my points but will admit sometimes I go to bed with 10 left Not good. I haven't used and activity points. I run/walk. Here is my exercise page http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/?l...runs,281358552

Maybe I'm not eating enough? I know I'm not drinking enough water. I am going to focus on that today. Thank you for helping me.

Yep, I would increase the food intake before trying anything else. Focus for a few days or even a week if necessary on getting ALL of your base points in - no going to bed with 10 left! If you feel full, have some nuts (4 points for an ounce), a spoonful of PB, or something similarly high-points while also not bulky. Forget "low fat" versions of foods you eat until you up your intake.

This is vitally important to the program - EAT YOUR POINTS!

WW gave them to you for a reason. People tend to get stuck in the "this is a diet, I must eat as little as possible" mindset, which becomes counter productive and actually harms us in the long run. Boost your food intake for a week or two and see what happens. Once you have committed to eating your daily points without falter, you can look at adding in some FPs as slow as you feel comfortable with - but it is important that you get your intake up!

Ok I have 6.5 left. I did 4 miles today on the treadmill. Its weird, I almost feel like I don't know what to eat anymore.

Ok I need more fruit, I can see that. I'll add an orange to my snack tonight!

Nessa,
I LOVE your quote, I think it will be my new mantra. WW should make it their new theme..."it's dreadfully slow if you do it right...." How true!
I also thought that I was fat in HS. I lied on my first drivers license and said that I was 102 lbs because I was 105. Ugh, what I wouldn't give to be 105, LOL.

~Dolly

Lisa, if you are exercising it is even MORE imperative that you give your body the nutrition it needs. I would bet money that this is why you aren't seeing losses - you are putting your body through a lot and not giving it much in return, so it is desperately clinging to whatever it can get its hands on.

Fruit is great. It is healthy and yummy and hurray for fruit. But if you are having a hard time getting 6 points in, at the end of the day, ditch the fruit and get something more calorie-dense. If you have 6 points left you need to be looking at what can get you 6 points - nuts or nut butters are my method of choice, but find something that will work for you. I doubt at the end of the day, after treadmilling four miles (WTG, by the way!), you are going to eat 6 points of fruit.

The offer to look at your menus still stands - if you want. Just think about what you ate yesterday and toss it up here, perhaps we can find a way to painlessly insert a few more points for you.

I have somewhat of a menu planned for today...

Breakfast-
whole grain crepe w/ berries 2 points
http://greenlitebites.com/2008/06/18...le-grain-crpe/


lunch-FF hot dog w/ bun 2
almonds 4
banana 2



dinner- butternut soup 2 points
http://greenlitebites.com/2008/01/03...cken-soupstew/
slice of ww bread 1 point

here was yesterday. I did pretty good.

Sept. 8

Breakfast-
Oatmeal 2.5
Fiber one yogurt 1

Lunch-
FF hot dog w/ bun 2
Cheese stick 2
Apple 2

Fiber one bar 3

Dinner-
Summer veggie bake w/ cheese 3
Chicken breast 3

popcorn 2
orange 2
pudding 1
almonds 3

it's pretty identical to the other day you posted...

i think shaking up what we eat sometimes is important too.... (i'm very guilty of eating the same thing over and over)

I'm guilty of lunch being the same. I get into these patterns.

me too although i do try to change my protein once or twice a week and eat out once a week and I do try to change up breakfast on the weekends... it's hard to get out of food ruts.

*Hugs* You will get through this. Set up your mini goals so you can be proud of everything you do even if it feels like it's taking awhile

And how many points a day do you get?

Let's look at today:

Breakfast-
whole grain crepe w/ berries 2 points

lunch-FF hot dog w/ bun 2
almonds 4
banana 2

dinner- butternut soup 2 points
slice of ww bread 1 point

So far that's 13 points, or approximately 650 calories (give or take). Since yesterday you ate 28ish points we can assume you should be eating at least twice what you have planned, right? So what's your plan for doubling your intake for today?

If you are feeling full off of this amount of food, that's fair enough (I would be ravenous, but that is me!) - but there are things you can do to this menu to boost your intake without upping the amount of food so much.

Are you truly feeling full from the crepe with berries? Can you have a second one, or perhaps choose a more substantial filling for your crepe? How about a crepe (2) + banana (2) + tbsp peanut butter (3)? Instead of fat free hot dogs, buy regular ones for extra points. Fat in your diet is good. You have the points to spend, why not use them? Also, is a three point dinner sufficient to carry you through the night until breakfast again? Maybe add a small salad with regular dressing (oil and vinegar would be preferable) and top it with protein, croutons, cheese, whatever you like.

Even with changes like this you'd have room for snacks during the day. This can be a really difficult lesson to learn - how to eat your points. I struggled with the exact same thing. It's so counter-intuitive to eat as much as possible to lose, but it's true.