How do you spend your weeklys?
 

I try my best not to break in to them but if i do its generaly just that i go over a few everyother day. Very rare i use them to spend at the weekend on alcohol or anything.

I do still eat out but i fit it in with my dailys.

I never really use all my weeklys average is about 20. BUT i know some people who never use them.

Make you almost feel guilty for using them:o

Anyway was just interested on what people do with theres if ya even use them atall?

Never feel guilty about using your points. They're yours! It's fine to use them. It'd be like feeling guilty about eating more calories than someone else... we have to find the balance that works right for our bodies.

A lot of people discussed what they do with their weekly points here in this thread.

I use them in various ways, whenever I want or happen to need a few extra points. I have no specific pattern with them.

I don't like using mine. It feels logical that the more I use the less I will lose! I know that's not necessarily the case, but in my head that's how it works. I try not to use them if I can help it. I also don't use activity points even though I exercise daily.

Thanks guys ...........ill take a look at that thread.

Ive just started doing regular exercise and tracking activity points but i dont think id ever eat them

I dont use my weekly points, and i dont use my activity points either. I will use my weeklies though if i end up going to a special event or dinner.

i dont use my weeklies :( i know your'e supposed to, but the less i eat, the more i lose... BAH... why cant i be one of those people who stuff themselves to lose? =p

I don't use my weeklies. I will use a couple of my activity points a couple of days a week though for an extra evening snack.

I actually have to eat under my points to lose. No big dinners, and no big snacks in the evenings before bed. I hate watching TV with no snacks though, that really sucks.

I use them if I need them - some weeks all and some weeks few or none. I lose consistently so I don't have any rules about weeklies usage at this point.

I use them whenever...

I eat all my daily pts and then about 5-10 weekly pts. I go to the gym twice a wk and walk a few times a wk. I don't count activity pts. I'm sure another 3-5 pts gets eaten up by incorrect tracking or portion sizing. I don't always measure things so I figure this average is about right for covering that.

This usually gives me .5 to 1.5 lb weight loss per wk. Its been slow but steady.

I very rarely use my weeklies. In fact, I think only twice since January have I ever dipped into them

I never use my weeklies. I only use activity points for a bit bigger portioned dinner or an extra snack.. or after-workout protein drink, if I don't have enough dailies to cover it.

I dont use my weeklys either :/ I figure if you give me an inch, I will take a mile so i better stay tight to the plan! But other WW members I know love their weekly points in a drink or two :) !!

I don't use them every day, but I like knowing they are there just in case. I like having a safety net in case I tallied my points wrong for some reason. Also, I don't use my activity points.

I use my activity points and my weeklies, but not all of them. I usually reserve weeklies for a glass of wine here and there. AP I use for an extra snack to keep my going. I get soo hungry after a workout!

wow im amazed at the amout of people dont use their weeklys.

Im finding i struggle not to. Hmmm ?? i dip in to at least a few everyday i generally dont use them all but i think my forst 2 weeks i didnt use them then now i always seem to be dipping in. maybe i should hold back ???

I was trying not to use them at all thinking less was better, but I have found that for me; using them once a week to splurge on a big meal or two seems to boost my weightloss. Very strange, but I lose better when I use them. I still can't wrap my brain around it though, my mind is convinced that it can't possibly be "helping" me lose quicker by eating more, but my body proves otherwise :)
I figure WW has been around long enough though that obviously I am not the only one this works for, hence the reason those points are there. Though once again, not everyone has the same outcome.

Sometimes I use a couple when I need a snack and I have already reached my daily maximum. I have used all of them at one go (plus whatever I had left that day) for a really delicious thank you dinner. I house/cat sat for a week for my neighbours and they took me to a really nice restaurant. Free food - free fancy food! You better believe I used all my points that time!

I don't use my weeklies, but I do eat nearly all of my AP's (I jog and earn an average of 5 per day). I started adding a glass of low fat milk in the evening before bed to use more points, actually.

I use my weeklies for special events. And one point here and there depending on what my DH cooks that night.

My Dad's theory (not a nutritionalist, just a Dad) is that once/week you should eat more than you do the rest of the week to confuse your metabolism. Hey, it's a theory :)

I don't really have a hard and fast rule for how to use them. I've lost eating all of them (blew them all in one sitting at a world famous, 8 course dinner restaurant with a serving of wine with every course--and still lost 2 lbs that week! :O), and lost eating none of them.

I'm in recovery from binge eating (like, serious binge eating), so I plan three nutritious, balanced meals per day plus one snack. So when I use my weeklies, it's generally to round out dinner or have a more dense snack. Or I use them for special occasions (luckily a dinner out like I described is a once every few years occasion, but it doesn't trigger my binging to have a half cup of awesome ice cream from our favorite real ice cream place or to have a small piece of cake at a birthday party, so I do allow myself to have that if I *want* to).

I think each person has to decide what works for them. I know successful folks who eat all their weeklies every week, divvying it up between the days of the week so it's even; other people who are kind of middle of the road like me, and people who don't ever use them except in an emergency. I don't think any of those things are wrong. :)

I notice that I used them a lot more in the beginning than I do now. For the first month of program I ate all of them religiously every week, but now I don't need or want them as much. I can imagine using them more if I were to train for an athletic event, or if I was losing weight too quickly (I don't want to lose a ton of muscle).

As another person said, don't feel guilty for using them as they are yours to use as you please. :) I don't use my weeklies or activity points myself I just stick to my base points. Infact if I go over my base points by 1 point I feel guilty BUT the point is that you have to do what works for you, right?