Points cycling or the Wendie plan....does it work?
The way I understand it, you alternate between low and high days, and have one super high day. I would have 33 points on my SHD day. Which sure seems like a lot of calories! Does it really help you lose weight? So far I haven't used my flex points much, but since I only have 18 points, I will need to work them in somehow or I will be too hungry. But 33 points seems like too much.
Has anyone tried the Wendie plan and found they did not lose weight on it?
I've been using the Wendie Plan for awhile now. And it hasn't stopped my progress. I find it's a great way to use most of my Flex Points. And I plan a little extra exercise on my higher points day.
Try it out for a couple of weeks. The only way to know how your body will react is if you give it a chance If within a few weeks you aren't getting good results, then just return to what you usually do with Flex Points used at random.
I think I am going to try it, but not just yet. Maybe in a couple weeks when I am really bored with trying to stick with 18-20 points per day or I stall.
The point of that type of thing is to convince your body that it's not starving. 18 points a day is very few calories, less than 1200 (depends some on how you use your points, but it would probably be between 1000 and 1100 for most people). You need to eat at least some of your flex points or your body is likely to lower its metabolism to protect you from this perceived starvation.
If the idea of a 33 point day (which is probably about 1800 calories - still not that many) seems like too much, try a little bit less than that. I would encourage you to use at least some of your weekly points to guard against the lower metabolism phenomenon.
It does, however, depend on your metabolism. My mother has hypothyroid disease and her metabolism is very slow due to that, even with synthroid. She eats very very few of her flex points, but she also gets more than 18 daily points.
This is a very interesting concept. I think I will try it myself, once I get into the program of the point system. I just started yesterday. I have 22 points each day. Yesterday I ended up using 10 of my flex points. So I need to be a bit more careful, but at least I have the flex points. I think once I get my body used to the point system and stay on count and within my flex point range, then I will give the fluctuating idea a go. Thanks for the ideas ladies!!
I have always varied my points day to day and there are some weeks where my highest day is 50+ points (with daily activity and some weekly). It keeps your metabolism guessing.
Now, is this Wendie plan part of the new Momentum? I'm going back to WW next week so I'm not familiar with this concept. I'm used to points and I feel like if I did this I would be eating way too much. My points allowance right now is 27.
Now, is this Wendie plan part of the new Momentum? I'm going back to WW next week so I'm not familiar with this concept. I'm used to points and I feel like if I did this I would be eating way too much. My points allowance right now is 27.
Wendie plan has never been an official part of Points, Flex or Momentum.
All it is doing is taking your weekly points and 'assigning' them to different day so some days you eat target and some days you eat just a few of them and one day you have a super high day where you eat a lot of them.
It's not anymore points that you'd normally get in a week.
Points cycling or the Wendie plan....does it work?
If within a few weeks you aren't getting good results, then just return to what you usually do with Flex Points used at random.
