[Big Wheelz]

Hey kids! Question from a WW member on his 3rd attempt...

Last time I was with WW, back in @ early 1998 (first few months of "1-2-3 Success," the first incarnation of the points system), the exercise/points rule was that the first 20 minutes of exercise every day was a "given" or "mandatory"... and that every 20 minutes after that was worth one point. Ergo, if you walk for an hour, you gain two more points.

Well, I'm about halfway through Week #4... got my little exercise guide, slide rule, etc. Nowhere in this book do I see any mention of the old "20-Minute Rule"; yet at my last meeting, when I was given these tools, the meeting leader told me, "Remember, the first 20 minutes belong to us!

So what gives? If I ride my bike for an hour... do I put 40 minutes into the slide rule, or 60 minutes?

I'm usually not that paranoid about my food points--but my wife made homemade veggie pizza last night... half the pie was worth 15 points, and that pizza's worth a three-hour bike ride to me!

I think I have the intensity stuff figured out. My bike rides are always at least "moderate," and I use a heart-rate monitor at the gym.

Thanks!

P.S. 344/334.4/275

[Domina]

I have not heard of that rule with the Winning Points System. I usually exercise 30 minutes 6 days a week, so if I gave up 20 minutes, I wouldn't have much.

Keep at it. MMMM Veggie pizza.

[Bumby]

That rule was changed with the Winning Points program. Winning Points allows you to start counting exercise from the beginning BUT in return, Winning Points took away 2 points from each range. The idea was that most people would earn those 2 points back with the 20 minutes of exercise they were assumed to be doing under 1-2-3.