I joined WW two weeks ago and have been following it faithfully with very little to show for it. The first week I was down about 4lbs (but that was right after TOM when my weight always goes down very quickly). This week there is no loss at all. Now, I am over 300lbs so I would think the weight should be coming off pretty quickly.
The new plan seems great. And, I am never hungry. But, maybe that is the problem. It kinda seems like my points per day are way too much to eat.
Has anyone else encountered this? Any feed back that you could give would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!!
in the first few meetings i attended, i had an older lady who had the same issue. She held on for 4-5 weeks, before she lost ANY weight. And now she's loosing consistently.
you dont have to feel hungry; thats the point of WW. So that's (imo) not the problem.
you need to play with it. For me, i cant (CANNOT) touch more than 6 points in my weekly allowance to see a loss (or decent loss), this is with me working out 6 hours a week. I dont even eat my activity points. But that's how i lose points.
kimberly (another 3fc) is close to her goal weight, and was an avid runner, she wasnt loosing anything, then she upped what she ate to compensate for the energy she was expended. But then she stalled again. When she dropped back the exercise, she lost a whopping 4.8lbs.
Spooky (another 3fc) had reached a wall; so she began to use more of her weekly allowance, and began to lose again.
It's completely individual. If you spoke to a WW leader, they all (imo) seem to tell you to eat more.
Alot of people cycle their numbers too. So say you have 34 points to eat a day. you'll do 34 32 40 38 34 etc etc
you just need to give your body time to adjust and play with it - find what works for you. As for too much to eat, you can change alot of foods. Instead of low fat milk, drink full fat. Or add a glass with your dinner, instead of water. Make sure you're getting your healthy guidelines.
Change low fat yogurt out for regular (until you find you dont have enough points, then you can start switching it back)... eat peanut butter. Good for you and its 5 points for 2 tbsp, then you add the bread... theres a chunk of points..
I agree with Jinksie, WW is completely individual and you might have to play with it a bit to figure out what works best for you.
Some people can't eat any of their weeklies, some can eat all. For me, eating more of my weeklies seems to help, but I have to be careful. I am a vegetarian and sometimes fall in the trap of substituting too much pasta or other carbs for meat, and even though it's well within my points, eating too many carbs leads to a gain. I used to hoard all my weeklies for the weekend, but that led to 2 months of yo-yoing (probably because I was so hungry during the week I'd just go crazy once the weekend hit), but after spreading out my weeklies across the week and eating most of them, I've now had two weeks of loss in a row. Big numbers, too.
You really do just have to play with it a bit.
As for thinking you have too many points, I think that's something everyone goes through when they first join. We are all led to believe that the best way to lose weight is to eat less, but with WW, we are encouraged to eat. And our points are higher the more we weigh (I started at 311, so I understand where you are coming from). While it does seem counterintuitive, it's the very reason why WW works.
Last edited by Tudor Rose; 05-09-2011 at 11:07 AM.
I recently rejoined WW because I heard that Points+ was so different from the old plan (which never worked consistently for me). Now after a week I am down 3.6 pounds, which is great, because I had stalled a lot on my old plan (as my ticker shows!)
It has been working very well for me! I started points plus on Jan. 24th and have lost 25 pounds as of today. There was a week or two where I was having trouble losing but I changed up my exercise and decreased my bread intake for a week and that worked. I would stick with it a bit longer and give it a chance! Walking helps a lot also, even just a little.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the plan. I've never been hungry, and there are some days that I've been stuffed to the gills. I've not deprived myself of anything. Yesterday, for Mother's Day, my aunt ordered in pizza, from Pizzeria Regina. I ate a very healthy breakfast, had TWO slices of pizza and some salad, and I still had points for dinner last night. Yup, look at me dieting! LOL!
I've lost every week for six weeks, and I'm happy with 1 to 2 pounds a week. I do eat into my weeklies, but I don't touch my AP's. As I continue to lose weight - and therefore lose points - I know I may have to adjust my habits again, but for now, I'm thrilled with how easy the transition has been.
In my opinion, I am doing really well with the Points Plus program. At this mornings meeting I received my 16 week award as well as my 25 POUND award!!! Yay me.
Stick with it, I was a slow loser at first. I would say you gotta give something at least 8 weeks to decide if it's for you on not. Good luck!
I am so glad that all of you are having so much success with the program. I noticed that none of you seemed to be over 250. So again it does seem odd to me that at 300lbs I am not lossing. Oh well.
There is no quick fix to weight loss. On average a person on weight watchers loses .5-2 lbs. That is a healthy rate. Don't be discouraged. Keep tracking.
I sort of how a perception that a lot of people feel that the points are too high at the higher points level. Are you eating all your weekly points?
I am at 29 points but find that I do better when I don't eat most of my Weekly Points. Frankly I don't buy it that people lose more by eating more. I think that defies science. However....some people find it easier to stay on program by eating more and are therefore more successful.
I wasn't happy with my weight loss last fall and tried eating more (didn't help). I then quit eating most of weekly points and found myself having a lot more success.
If you are eating most of your weekly points, try not eating as many. If you aren't eating most of them and you believe you are really on program keep a detailed tracking of what you eat for a week. That is, track 3 oz chicken breast, no skin rather than tracking simply "chicken."
Then take a full week's tracker to your leader and ask the leader to look at it and since if the leader has suggestions.
I had a disappointing weigh-in during one of my first few weeks. I was so frustrated because it felt like that week I had finally hit my stride with good health guidelines, getting all my dailies in, activity routine. I lost, but not even half a pound. I felt like at my weight I should have lost more, especially so early in.
I almost slinked out of the meeting before it began. But I stayed, really enjoyed the celebrations and thought about those people in the room that had come so far and just accepted that I'm going to have good weeks and bad weeks. (And in my case my "bad" week still involved a loss, so I needed to get over it.) I just had to keep trying my best. So I didn't change a thing from the week before, just tried to get all the ghg's, dailies, activity, in. And the next week on the scale I lost 4.4.
I've learned from having a pattern of weigh-ins to look back on that my weight loss tends to slow around the time I ovulate. (I also tend to get irregular and bloated, joy!)
I'm trying to avoid the negativity in my head, deciding what I "should be" losing. I can be pretty hard on myself sometimes and it's not an easy habit to break.
Anyway oof I am starting to tangent. Make sure you are calculating points right, really being exact in measuring portions, getting your good health guidelines in, etc. Track religiously if you've been slacking a bit. And if you have another week that seems off, then bring that tracker in to your leader or post a day or two here if you don't go to meetings. That outside perspective can be really helpful. Someone in my meeting stalled out and thought she was doing everything right. She tracked on paper and brought in her tracker. Turns out she had been counting potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, etc, as "0 point veggies." Some of her daily tallies were off pretty dramatically!
I was in WW years ago with the first points plan, and I am losing at about the same rate (and I'm 40 now). Following the plan isn't just eating within points, it's eating the right stuff, exercising, etc. -- there are lots of things to check off and if you're struggling, then re-adjust!
I have found that having a splurge day, where I eat into my weekly points (the day of or the day after my weigh-in) actually helps me the next week -- but only if I do it every couple weeks. The rest of the time I stay within my points. I'm also averaging 40-45 activity points per week and when I got up past 35 or so, it helped tremendously.
Is the New WW program working for you?
