I always wonder if i'm saving too many for night, as i'm paranoid i'll be starving to death at bedtime, however i have too much weight to lose to think that will happen I usually go into dinnertime with anywhere from 13-17 points. Depends on lunch really, if i have chicken on a salad,feta or bread.
Just curious! Maybe i'm saving too many for night and i would lose better if i ate earlier in the day and not sleep after eating that amount of pts. Sometimes i go to bed with only using 24, 26, 28 pts. Depends on my hunger!
I follow the information in the chart in the Plan booklet from my meeting. I have 29 points and it is divided 5 for breakfast, 8 for lunch, 11 for dinnter and 5 for snacks.
I was doing the same thing, I would save more points for the evening and I was losing 2 pounds/wk. Then I read that you're not supposed to do that, so I tried to space them out more evenly throughout the day. The problem with that was I would be starving at night and I would eat things anyway even though I didn't have enough points for it and I obviously started losing less weight. I know everyone says you shouldn't eat a lot at night but I don't know how true that is because it worked find for me.
I am on 29 points+ and I generally have 7-8 for breakfast like a 4oz yogurt and fruit and coffee with creamer followed by 2 boiled eggs and a veggie (before and after the gym). Sometimes it is a protein shake with added benefiber.
Lunch depends on a lot of different things - left overs, defrosted something, recently bought something, energy level, ideas, time, etc.
I often have sandwiches with raw spinach, sweet onion, and tomato with lean protein (tuna, ham, turkey, cheese) for 5-8 points or flatbread pizza with mushrooms, onions, fresh tomatoes, cheese and sometimes ham or Jimmy Dean breakfast turkey sausage for up to 13 (I like it cheesy). Or a lean cuisine with extra veggies and a fruit for 6-7.
Dinner likewise depends on the same things but with an eye toward reining in the points so I don't go over. A nice lean piece of pork/chicken/fish (4-5) with a couple of veggies. Sometimes its WW pasta and cauliflower alfredo sauce, salad w/ dressing for 8-9. Fresh fruit with 2 TB of greek yogurt and 1 oz of walnuts (3 pts) is usually enough to round me out with points.
If I need a snack, my go-to is a Little Cutie Clementine. If I want a treat or have too many leftover points, my go-to is South Beach Mocha Hi Fiber bars or Skinny Cow Mint Truffle frozen bars (both are 3 pts).
My breakfast is usually between 3-6 pts.
I then have a 1-4 point snack before lunch..
lunch, if i bring it from home is usually about 5 pts, but if i buy lunch it can be about 7-8.
I have 29 pts, so that brings me to about 13-19 pts left by the time i'm off work and home. when i get home, i snack and that may use up about 5 points. I like having a bigger lunch and a smaller dinner because I feel like I have more energy when i have a bigger lunch...
However, if i know I want to eat out for dinner, i might have a tiny lunch, no snack, and then that will leave me with at least 13 points left for dinner.
i dont save points for dinner... just as an example, today i have 5 points left for dinner. Yet just the other day, i had 12... I also personally dont break my meals up in advance (too restrictive). I want something, i'll eat it. So one day for breakfast, i'll have oatmeal +milk. Then i might have 2 cups of milk on the side or not - varies the numbers up alot for flexibility.
I have 45 points, and I usually use 12-13 for breakfast, about 10 for lunch, 20 some for dinner and the rest for snacks. I sometimes use 1-3 weeklies a day, altho I prefer to save them for the weekend.
My work schedule is weird, and I end up eating dinner around 4pm, so it just works out to make it more of a late lunch/early dinner combo and have a big meal. On the weekends my lunch and dinner points are a little more equal.
Today was an exception: I decided to go out for dinner, so I only used 5 for lunch and splurged a bit more on my dinner.
I now have 33 points. I generally use 7 for breakfast, 7 for lunch, usually 4 for snacks (or more, depending on my exercise that day) and use what is left for dinner and dessert.
All i know is that i always try to save 11 or 12 points for my evening popcorn while watching a movie or TV. That is more important to me than anything else lol. I am allowed 38 pts in a day. However i work full time evenings so i am usually waking up around lunch time, so by the time i am ready to go and what not it is lunch time so i will have lunch and skip breakfast and my first snack all together. I found that the popcorn adventures i have in the evenings take up my extra points sitting around.
I have 44 points and I usually use about 6 for breakfast, 10-15 for lunch (I try to eat a lot at lunch so I'm not starving at work) and then I have around 17 for dinner/snacks. I like to have a lower point dinner so I can snack at night while watching TV. This is a habit that I do not want to break! I snack healthily and within my points, but it is just my preference to save some points for snacking.
I have 32 DPs and eat all my 49 WPs. I consistently eat 9-10 points for breakfast, 2-5 points for afternoon snack. I have 0-12 points left for dinner depending on whether I eat out for lunch. On the days I bring my lunch, I usually eat 8-12 points for lunch.
I was doing the same thing, I would save more points for the evening and I was losing 2 pounds/wk. Then I read that you're not supposed to do that, so I tried to space them out more evenly throughout the day. The problem with that was I would be starving at night and I would eat things anyway even though I didn't have enough points for it and I obviously started losing less weight. I know everyone says you shouldn't eat a lot at night but I don't know how true that is because it worked find for me.
Same for me. I just can't eat all day and have only a little left when I come home. Eat breakfast (small amount of points), mid morning snack (usually fruit), smallish lunch and sometimes an afternoon snack (fruit again). I need a bigger dinner though. And usually have yogurt or something as dessert i.e. before I got to bed.
Works for me so far. I have lost 19 lbs in 8 weeks...
(If I go out for lunch, I only have salad for dinner though)
So i guess i'm right around the same plan with the points. However, i only allow myself about 10-15 of my weeklies unless i really go out on Saturday! I don't lose when i eat them, i've tested out all the scenerios, and only down 12 since Dec. 1st but still plugging along!!!
I have always been a night eater so there's the tendency to hoard my points for nighttime. I start to freak out if I have less than half, for some reason.
I get 43 and currently I do ~7 for breakfast, 12 for lunch, 5 for snacks during the day or if I'm really hungry when I first come home from work, then about 15 for dinner and the rest for snacks. But usually I end up eating more for dinner. When I go over points its always because of the nighttime rather than running low on points during the day. I think it will work better if I force myself to have a smaller dinner/not get all snacky at night, but I don't want to change it too much just yet.
How do You Break Down your Daily Points?
I usually go into dinnertime with anywhere from 13-17 points. Depends on lunch really, if i have chicken on a salad,feta or bread. 
but still plugging along!!!
