i was on WW about a year ago and I was loosing weight with it. I gave it up b/c all of the meetings were when I worked, So i couldnt weigh myself in. Well anyways right now I am kinda doing the Dr.phil plan and counting calories and excerising and I have lost around 22 lbs already. I really liked the idea of the points system cause counting calories is kinda driving me crazy...I do still have all of my material and points journal...Okay my question is should I go back to WW? instread of Dr.phil? or should I try to incorperate both of them together? I am trying to eat around 1400 calories a day and with WW right now I would be between 28-33 points...Would I be consuming more calories with WW? or the other way around..

Thanks for reading,

Take Care,
Amanda

One thing to remember, unless you count points for everything you eat, including stuff that would be free, 28 points will really be more than 1400 calories. If you're eating a lot free veggies and such, it will be easy to probably consume an extra 200 calories, so that 1400 calories you think you're consuming w/ 28 points jumps up to 1600. Personally, I would be more inclined to go w/ 23 or 24 points, but that depends on your current weight.

There is a list somewhere around her of the equivalent calories by point level. Maybe you can find it w/ a search.

HTH!

20 points = 1150 calories
22 points = 1250 calories
24 points = 1350 calories
25 points = 1400 calories
26 points = 1450 calories
27 points = 1500 calories
28 points = 1550 calories
29 points = 1600 calories
31 points = 1700 calories
33 points = 1800 calories
35 points = 1900 calories (Flex Points)

This is not always true because of fat and fiber but it is close. Also the thing to remember is that it does not include the 200-250 calories a day W/W built into the program for free veggies and/or freebies that they give you (you know that one serving of sugar free jello or Cool Whip Free).

BTW this is what was in the leaders manual during the 1-2-3 Success Program:

18-25 points = 1050-1400 calories
20-27 points = 1150-1500 calories
22-29 points = 1250-1600 calories
24-31 points = 1350-1700 calories
26-33 points = 1450-1800 calories
28-35 points = 1550-1900 calories

And I redid the list to show no ranges.

It seems to me that Dr Phil has borrowed a lot of WW strategies and ideas and run with them ...The programs are pretty much the same ...lots of veggies, fruit, whole grain breads, low fat milk products, beans, brown rice, lean protein, portion control, group support, and exercise ...WW has been advocating these things for as long as I can remember. I can't see you going wrong either way. I wish you success in whatever you decide to do.