Yes, essentially - it's the same thing as calorie cycling and prevents your system from getting too set into a groove. When you don't use your WP you are basically eating the same number of calories every day so your metabolism gets accustomed to that. When you use your weeklies (a few here and there) it keeps your metabolism from getting too used to anything. I have done the Wendie plan, but I realized it wasn't for me. The reason I like WW is that is allows for so much flexibility. I found that I was back to the rigid ways when I had to eat X amount each day for it to work.
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I'm thinking about using this for a couple of weeks to see if it makes any difference for me. I used to think it was bullshit to think that it was more difficult to lose a smaller amount of weight, but holy ****, I'm finding out the truth now! It's more difficult for me to get rid of this 20 pounds than it was to lose the entire 65. Gah.
I'm torn now, though. I'm not sure whether to make my "big" day Wednesday (the day of my weigh-in) or to choose a day later in the week (like, say, Saturday.) Could that make any difference, do you think?
What I used to do when I lost the weight the first time was to just use up all my WPs on Wednesday. Basically, I would do my weigh-in in the morning, and then for the rest of that day I gave myself a bit of leeway. And by the time the day was over, I would have used up all (or, well, most) of my WPs. I'm not sure if that's the best way to go this time or not.
....I'm probably overthinking this. I have a huge tendency to do that.
I would just make sure that the big day isn't the day before your weigh in. Keep that day at daily point allowance to enable yourself to shed any water from sodium. Does that make sense?
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Yeah, that makes perfect sense! I wouldn't do that anyway (I'd make sure it was at least a couple days before weigh-in) but it's nice to have that verified by someone else.
I've used left over weeklies the day before weigh in, and weight either stays the same as previous day or a ounce or two up. Usually still a lost, but still. I'm not even using many weeklies right now it's like I'm afraid to.
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I guess I'm lucky -- it seems I can use all of my weeklies and still lose. In fact, during the year and a half I spent losing the 65 pounds, the only four weeks I had a gain were the weeks when I *didn't* use all my weeklies. Funny how that works, huh?
Snoofie, give me some of this "using all your WP and losing" dust!
Day 2 of the Wendie Plan down for me. 30 points exactly; tomorrow will be 40. Interested to see what the scale does since it was at the low end of my yo-yo this morning.
I never saw this before but it ( and the other above) came from here
OR, try this variant of the Wendie Plan that we call the Maggie Plan:
Use all 49 WPA's in the first 3-4 days of your week, then stick to target for the last 3-4. It seems to work for many of the women on this board who try it. There are a few rules with it, though--you MUST follow the Good Health Guidelines, eat good healthy food. and have a glass of milk late afternoon/early evening.
This is kind of what I do. My weigh-in day is Friday so I allow myself to be a little lax from Friday through Sunday - things like going out with friends, eating things that i normally don't let myself to have, little treats. I try not to use all my WPA's but a good portion of them. Then, from Monday through Thursday I try to stick very close to my daily points. If I go over by a point or so it is no big deal, but I try not to do that. It works for me because the scale keeps going down (sometimes veryveryVERY slowly...) and I don't feel deprived or like I'm missing out on anything.
I might try the Wendie plan just to see if it jump starts anything. I've been stuck in this 10 pound range for 4 months, lol and I'm a little frustrated to say the least.
Day 3 of the Wendie Plan; today is 40 points. This morning my scale stayed the same, at the low-end of my plateau, 188.4. Hoping to see some movement downward soon.
Hey lady's. I hope everyone I doing well. Today is day four on the wendies plan for me. This morning the scale was down a pound today. Yesterday was my really high day. 52 points. So I was scared id gain. But nope. Praying the scale keeps moving down.
This AM my weight is, unfortunately, back up to 189 - but TOM is now here and there is the hope some of that is water retention. I was sure I lost, because I track my weight before bed and it was very down.
