Hi everybody, I hope you don't mind if I join in the conversation. I saw the title of the thread and it sang to me - I love going back to basics! Anyway, when I read about the Wendie Plan, I had to jump in and make a comment.
If the Wendie Plan is too much to absorb at once, just take it down the basics as well. Now this is just me - I'm really looking for basic, simple methods that I can keep up with because I have a very busy life. Simple is Super.
The idea of cycling calories is a really old method that people have used for busting plateaus for years. In my opinion, we've got enough to absorb with regular nutrition and plan guidelines without adding in more formulas.
Actually, if you use your activity and flex points, your regular eating is probably a lot like the Wendie plan already. If you journal your points, look back and see how you compare.
She says she doesn't use exercise points, which I disagree with. I think that is great motivation and brilliant on WW's part to motivate us to exercise, and if nothing else, I think it is good to use those extra 4 points for some hungry muscles on exercise days. But if you look at one of the sample weeks above and compare to yours, with using the exercise points alone, you're half way there. For the super high day, many people do that already with their flex points.
In a nutshell, If you've been spreading your flex points throughout the week, consolidate them to one day. Exercise at least 3-5 days a week, and use the activity points granted by WW as a pre or post workout snack, and there you go!
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