New to At-Home but Not WW
 

Hi, I decided to rejoin WW, but the at-home version, because of the variety and accountability the program offers -- plus the wealth of recipes, information, and support out there. I have been on another, more restrictive program where I lost 20lbs (gained back 10 in 3 months), and have been having a hard time going back to it because of the restrictions.

So here I am. I started today with my old WW books until my order for the new 2007 version arrives. My problem with WW before and why I strayed is that I would eat my points for the day of mostly carbs -- bad carbs. I figured, hey! it's a XX points and I can eat 'em as long as I stayed within range! Didn't work. The bad carbs would then lead me to binging and using up the 30+ extra points in more bad carb eating. Needless to say, I didn't lose, got discouraged, blamed the program and not my choices.

I know I need to restrict the bad carbs but I like the idea that I can have something sometime. How do you use your points for good carbs, more protein?? Any menu suggestions?? Any other helpful hints would be great!