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[quote=Anonymous]I started doing it (online only) January 1 when, at a doctor appt prior to Christmas, the scale said 162. My goal is 140 and today I weighted in at 143.

I had pretty good habits prior to starting -- I am very fit and active, almost never drink calories (soda, alcohol, etc) but I do have a big appetite and I had fallen into ap pattern of eating too much and eating yummy foods.

I've made WW work for me by sticking to the daily points 95% of the time. I almost never use weekly points and come in below the daily points. I like the no-point foods because they help me stay on track and make good choices. I do track my exercise and have an activity goal of 420 minutes a week, so I do like that, but I don't use the points I've accumulated.

A good (really following the plan) day of eating for me might look like this -

Breakfast - 2 eggs (zero points), light English muffin (2 points), avocado spread (2 points)

Lunch - leftover protein from the day before (could be zero points, or maybe 3-4 depending on the meat and how it was prepared) and raw vegetables (zero points) or fruit and nonfat plain yogurt (zero points) sometimes with some point-friendly granola (3-4 points)

Dinner - protein (probably 1-5 points depending), more vegetables. Maybe some black beans (zero points). Sometimes something like sweet potato, which does have points, or a dinner roll which has points.

A day like that might just hit 16, 17 points. But I have eaten plenty of food and calories.

I completely think it can work even with all the zero point foods, but the key is, after a day of eating like that, I might have 8 points left -- if I felt the need to use those points and ate 2 cookies or candy or something, I don't think my weight loss would have been successful.

My advice would be to eat the zero point foods as much as possible and you'll find you're adding points to them based on preparation (salmon is zero points, but if you use some olive oil or butter or pesto or something, that has points).  Scrambled eggs with veggies - zero points, but maybe you want to throw in a few tablespoons of low-fat cheese which has points. Etc.[/quote]

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