Charlyne:
Just so you know and for some additional encouragement, when I joined WW in January 2004, I weighed in at 271 lbs. and my points were 30/day. You said it seemed like too much food to lose weight??? But the question is, are you satisfied? or are you hungry? Everybody is different...I didn't feel it was too much food at 30 pts. but I wasn't starving either, although at times I was very hungry. I was definitely used to eating more and higher fat. I have low blood sugar and did suffer headaches the first couple of weeks. My doctor told me something I hadn't heard before....it was food withdrawal! He said that after a couple of weeks, the headaches would subside. They did! By the way, my doctor was a Lifetime WW member...so he knew what he was talking about from experience.
I did find as I got closer to the next points range, that I was feeling like I was eating too much and not losing, so a few pounds early, I did drop my points to the next level down to break the plateau. You know if you have like a 3 week plateau, they give you a "booster" menu that is only 20 points!! I think that is too drastic for those of us at 26-31 points/day. But like Kelly S. said, you can go under your points once in a while, but I wouldn't do it too often because it will slow your metabolism down and WW won't work for you then. That is what is wrong with those other diets. They cut your calories too drastically for what you weigh and the amount you have to lose and you're starving and can't stick to it. WW is very gradual and that's why people who lose with WW have a better chance of keeping it off. This eating lifestyle becomes a habit and just that, A LIFESTYLE.
Now, I have lost 54 lbs. am eating 26 points/day and rarely get a headache. I am eating a healthy well balanced diet that I can live with for the rest of my life.
Good luck and keep up the effort.
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