[hellokarenface]

Hi everyone! I have joined Weight Watchers several times over, however, I have not had any success simply because I do not stay on it long enough to see results. My points range is usually 20, but I always feel hungry with that low amount of points, even when I use my weekly allowance as well.
Because of this, I have upped my points to 23 and I am hoping I see a change. Have any of you had to raise or lower your points, and have you had success with it? WW is something I really want to stick with because it is such a simple program.

[paularose1969]

Speaking for myself ~ there is no way I would be able to stick to 20pts a day unless I was able to acquire a lot of activity points and use those in combination with the extra 35 per week. As of right now, I am on 31pts daily and use all of those as well as the extra 35 per week and I am losing steadily. The last time I was on WW I was able to stick to 35pts daily and lost 50lbs. I am not lowering my daily point target until I see that I am no longer losing. Even if you up your points to 25 which is an average of 1100calories daily it is very low considering most doctors recommend not going below 1200 calories a day. I lose better if I eat more I chose to eat healthy rather then spend my points on empty calories. Try 23 a day and remember to choose healthy filling foods. Monitor your weight and from then you'll be able to determine if you are able to lose on 23 a day.

[3Beans]

Originally Posted by paularose1969

Even if you up your points to 25 which is an average of 1100calories daily it is very low considering most doctors recommend not going below 1200 calories a day.

25 points can be as low as 1100, but it doesn't have to be, and it shouldn't be. My daily points are 22, and I recently calculated the calories for day at close to 1600. I eat lots of fruits and veggies and other high fiber, low fat foods. This makes it a lot easier to keep the daily points on track and feel full more of the time (maybe not all of the time, but still).

[hellokarenface]

Thanks very much! I appreciate this! I am hoping that this will work for me, as it seems to be a very sensible program.