Today at my WW meeting, I got the booklet that introduces SetPoints. These weren't part of the program when I was on WW before, so I'm a little wary of them. Just wondering how many of you use these? Any thoughts on them?

Since one of my major issues is portion control and being able to recognize true hunger vs. emotional hunger, I am not sure if I trust myself to use them, at least right now.

It's been so long since I read about these!!! Even though I'm well into the program!!! Which should pretty much answer your question!!!

If these are the little green numbers used when eating out or on special occasions to estimate your points values, then, well, NO I don't use them. I still try to add things up as best as I can and let the Flex points take care of the rest.

I overeat if I don't account and measure and weigh. The Core plan was a disaster for me, as I don't acknowledge when I am full, and will overeat every time. And on Core, whole wheat spaghetti was my downfall ("why YES please, I'll have another 4 cups because I just don't feel full...")...

Kira

I think if you know you have issues with portion control (I do too) they're probably not the way to go. I never use them - I just try to be as exact as possible when calculating my Flex Points.

I got that book and ignored them just because I also cannot tell when I am full, not to mention that bumping up the point value of something that is 2...to 6 for set points seems like a waste of points to me to be able to eat as much as I want before feeling full. I would rather not risk overeating and eat the exact points (2) and have more for later. So i just ignore them!

Trust me, use them. I enjoy 3-4 times a week and use them for times I eat out and mainly it's the meat I use them for.

Last night I went out for bbq w/my Sis. I ordered sliced pork,dry sweet potato and dry corn. I'm used to no butter from my former Core days so that was easy but I did have points for them if I wanted it. So this is an all you can eat meal for the meat but hear me out... sliced pork is not a meat you can eat a lot of. You think you can, but you can't. I had the main meal and a small plate of more meat. This is a 5 pt. setpoint. I can lose on this and have but what I'm telling you is this, try it. I have learned to use all wpa's and setpoints when I want them and did this last week with a 3.8 lb. wt. loss last week. I skip garlic bread and cole slaw because I'd rather eat the filling foods with this meal and I do fine. I guess I lean towards Simply Filling but I need the points to keep me accountable and this does work.

Set Points can be very handy in certain situations when we have little control over what's being served or are unsure how a dish is prepared. WW is trying to cover all the angles of different situations which could otherwise be a struggle for us. The option to use them, or not, is there and this is part of what makes WW so successful.

I use my set points when I am unsure.

For example, if a friend invites me over for a bbq, and I am on my way home form work, instead of panicking and realizing that I am "screwed" since I don't have control over how things are prepared...I use set points.

I give myself 5 for a piece of lean meat. and 2 for a serving of fruit. Whether I'm over or under in the guesstimate, I still give myself those values, and move on!

It has worked wonders and reduced my stress when it comes to eating outside of the home.