WW? Points Plus confusion!

[kneesocky]

wait wait...i don't think it is 42 points... but i'm confused!

you know how the tracker has the portion size & you're supposed to put in how much you ate? I didn't notice the '&' symbol - I guess I assumed it was a 'x' symbol?
so i put in: 4 'x' 1/4'...which is 42 points. the tracker lists 1/4 of an avocado as being only 3 points though.... so i guess a whole one is 12 points? (which i'd be okay with, even though that is also high)

so - recalculated, i ate 62 points - not 93.

crisis averted...as you were!

[milyssa]

I've gotten back on the wagon since my stroke, but I've got to admit I'm not doing super well. Too many "cheats". Sigh. I used to be so much better at this!

However, I thought I'd gained a little bit after my stroke, but ended up counting points the week before my first weigh-in back and went on the record as down .4! Then the next week, it was back up. Last week I was down again, and just shy of 65lbs lost! This week I'm pretty sure i'm up again (I'm normally pretty religious about weighing in, but we'll see if I go tonight. I prefer a morning weigh-in, but my schedule isn't working with that this week!). Already nervous about next week's weigh in because it's my friends bachelorette party weekend! LOL.
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[fleur-de-lis]

A whole avocado is 10 points, by my tracker. Still ridiculous--it's a fruit!

[kneesocky]

yeah - i finally got it to say 10.... that's pretty steep! Especially considering I usually eat 2/week. It's where I get my omegas from, man!

[town hall]

Bumping.

I started doing WW and am on week 4 now. I'm UTTERLY CONFUSED. I apparently am losing weight too quickly (even though in the second week I put a bunch on), so a thing popped up today saying they've adjusted my PP allowance. I thought I'd be allowed MORE points, but they've knocked a point off, instead. WTF? Surely if I eat less, I'll lose even more weight? (Also, I don't want to eat less, frankly. I think portion size has always been my problem rather than an out and out unhealthy diet, so.. yeah.)

Anyone have any ideas? I know I can adjust my points manually, however, I would like to understand the reason behind this change & I can't find an explanation on the website.
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[milyssa]

[town hall]

Hmm, I dunno, the pop-up said that my points has been adjusted as a result of my having lost too much. Maybe it would've gone down even more if I had only lost 2lb instead of 4? I did reach the 5% goal this week. It does seem quick but I have only done 3 full weeks, and I do expect it to slow.

I'm only on 27 points now, anyway, so I guess it can't go down much more!

[milyssa]

5% in 3 weeks doesn't seem too crazy to me, although I suppose that depends on how much you're hoping to lose. I agree that it seems strange the pop up would say you've lost too much, so take points away...! I have gotten the pop-up telling me that I should aim for 1-2 pounds a week if I am anything over 2lbs (oh, were that to happen...with 5 "vanity pounds" to lose, I am inching...sometimes in the wrong direction!)

27 points? Does WW in the UK differ from WW in the US? Is it the PointsPlus system? (I only ask because as far as I know, 29 PP is the lowest you can go...)
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[town hall]

When I started, 29 was the lowest, and then last week they said they were lowering the minimum to 26, and put mine down to 28. I use the online tools only - no meetings - so not sure if that makes a difference (?!). Oh, and they call it Pro Points here, but as far as I can make out, it's the same system as Points Plus

I have no idea/ previous experience of attempting to lose weight, so I'm kinda relying on WW to be accurate and rational. :)

Cheers for the advice. I'll just see how it goes I suppose!
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[milyssa]

I know they're making changes to the points plus system starting Dec 4 here in the states, so maybe they started sooner in the UK :)

I would def say to keep trusting the program -- as I have alluded to throughout this thread, I'm having trouble keeping on track, but have lost a lot of weight and am *thisclose* to goal -- and that all def came from working the plan!

Good luck!! :)
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[Sleepyhouse]

[quote="milyssa"]I know they're making changes to the points plus system starting Dec 4 here in the states, so maybe they started sooner in the UK :)

I think they do start plan roll outs in the UK first so maybe that's why.

I stopped going to meetings because they were making me feel bad. But, Uh, I have pretty much stopped all together now. I'm going to try to get back on track this week - I've gained about 10lbs back (most of that while I was still going to meetings though) and I'd like to at least be able to maintain if I can't lose more.

Im curious to see what the "new" plan entails.

[milyssa]

[town hall]

Oh yeah - the Filling and Healthy Day thing (which may also be called something else in the US) - here's what it says on the UK website:

[Sleepyhouse]

That sounds a lot like the old plan where you could eat as much of certain foods as you wanted, and just used flex points for the extras.

[town hall]

I get the impression (though I haven't done a lot of looking into it) that this Filling and Healthy thing supposed to be used for the odd day or week, to give yourself a rest from counting and weighing everything, rather than to be used all the time. I'm not sure, though.
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