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First day of the year and I just just signed up for weight watchers online :)
Weighed in at a whopping 87.6kg :redface: 10 kilo more than 3 months ago!! :o
Its telling me I'm on 32 points!? Why?!
Every other time I've done WW i've been on around 20 - 22.
Am I suppose to have this many points???
TIA
Are you bf? I was on 32 pts when bf full-time :)
I ticked the "not breastfeeding" icon (I am, but only 1 feed a day, so I don't think it really counts)...
I'm so confused! :confused:
Thanks CF
Maybe checkout their ww forum? There are lots of people who use it who you could compare with?
Nice thinking CF :) Der! haha!
Will check it out, hopefully I'll find my answer...
Is it expensive to sign up Telly? Its something that I think I'll have to do when I get this bubba outta me!!
Hey mel, it was $89.00 for 3 months :) That's online
When I was going to the meetings, it was costing me around $17 a week. So much cheaper online! Plus online, you get access to all the recipes, points etc. Whereas when you go into the meetings you have to buy the books to give you that type of information.
I'm so over the dieting game. Wish I was one of those naturally skinny people. Damn you hot chips and milkshakes!! Grrr!
PROpoints is NOT POINTS!
They are calculated completely differently. So the amount you are allocated is different too. The minimum amount of Points anyone could have was 18 points a day. The minimum PROpoints anyone can have is 29 a day (plus the 49 weekly allowance).
Will post more shortly.
The Points system:
Points are worked out based on the amount of kj and saturated fats each food contains. Each person is given a budget based on how many kj and how much saturated fat they should be consuming each day. kj are the measurement for the rate at which food burns (literally, they set it alight to figure this out). Fruit is worth Points.
The ProPoints system:
ProPoints are worked out based on the composition of the foods (ie, how they are made up and how our body processes and uses that energy). This is done looking at the Carbohydrates, Total fat, Fibre and Protien content of the food. This means foods that are used differently by our bodies, but which may contain the same kj, are given different values. People are generally able to eat MORE food under this program, with greater flexibility, and still expect the same kind of weight loss as under the old points system. The best thing about this ProPoints system is that FRESH fruit has no ProPoints: which means you will never have an excuse to go hungry.
The similarities:
You still need to track.
You still need to exercise, and can earn BONUS ProPoints based on this activity.
You still need to follow the Good Health Guidelines (ie, 2 x fruit, 5 x vege, 2-4 x dairy, 1-2 x protein, grains and cereals at every meal, etc).
Thank you so much for taking the time to write an awesome reply misty! :)
I'm really enjoying this system!! I've had 3 serves of fruit today, when normally on WW I would have 0, as I never wanted to waste good points on fruit, pmsl! :lol:
Day one is now complete!
However I am curious to see how much weight I lose this week, just generally curious about if Propoints really work... Seems a bit too good to be true ;)
It definitely does work. I lost 7kg in 8 weeks on ProPoints (which unfortunately, I have put about4kg back on over christmas, whilst NOT counting). I am loving the fuit too. But as with any new food program, the first three weeks can be unpredictable - you may loose lots, or or may not: after that your body should settle into a pattern with an average of between 0.5 - 1kg a week. :D
Oh sweet! 7kg in 8 weeks is a nice steady loss! I've got my fingers crossed I can hopefully lose 1kg a week too. On old point system I could, if I was strict.
Its just really about will power hey?! I'm hearing on you the 4kg too. I've put on 5 over the christmas period alone too. Too many cherry ripe balls, haha!
Going to check out Leesa's fat chic slim programs, see if that can give me an extra booster too! :)
Is anyone using the iPhone app? I'm tempted to sign up too...but after my holiday next week :D
Good on you TellyTubby - I joined in September (ww unlimited) and have lost - HAD - lost 10kg. A little has crept on over xmas, but I still fit into my clothes ok :lol:.
I've had a little break from ww for the past month. Too many birthdays and xmas parties to count in Dec, so rather than put myself through guilt city I've tried to be reasonably sensible whilst not counting points. Personally, I found the transition from Points to ProPoints very difficult. When the new system kicked in a few weeks ago, I found it all a bit "too hard", my dedication and motivation slipped and I really stopped tracking my points. Part of the reason why I had a break from it, though I'm still paying my monthly unlimited fees!! I vow to get back into the swing of things from my first meeting this year on Thursday! I'm hoping my few weeks' break will have been enough for me to forget about the old system, and get stuck into the new system.
Then I can lose the 2kg I've put on in December, drop another 2kg ... and I'll be at goal. Fingers crossed ...
Good luck TellyTubby - as a newcomer to ProPoints I would imagine you'd find it very straightforward and workable. And if this helps you at all, I BF 2 or 3 x daily and I've been told to include it in my daily points allowance, and then reduce my daily points allowance if it was needed (ie/ if I wasn't losing the weight as I should be). My daily allowance is currently 43. And not that it's probably worth mentioning, but I was on 28 points under the old system and I lost weight easily (I only had 10-12kg to lose).
Andie
I don't have an iphone, but alot of my memners have got the iphone app and they rave about it: apparently it is pretty good. Wish they would create one for other mobiles.
Thanks misty :) I'm very tempted and the price is good at the moment too. I'm only holding off as I'm looking like getting a coeliac diagnosis :wall: hos does ww go with gluten free? Any idea? (hope you don't mind me asking)
gluten free can be done on the program, it just takes a little more planning and budgeting of ProPoints. I do know quite a few members who do gluten free. They use their calculators religiously and double check the values of all the foods, because gluten free stuff can often contain higher ProPoints values.
The shopping guide even has a gluten free second.
Thanks so much Misty!!!
wow i didn't realise there was an iphone app! going to look for it right now
I joined! The iPhone app is awesome :)
I don't get it? What is different about points than doing something like calorie king and working it out for yourself?
Two things. Firstly, It is easy to count 'Points' or 'ProPoints' then it is to count kj's (they are smaller numerals). Secondly, The new ProPoints system doesn't even use kj's - this new system, ProPoints, looks at the composition of the food: it looks at how much Protien, fibre, carbohydates and total fat make up the food; because depending on the food composition our bodies use the food in different ways. Not all calories are created equal - calories (kj's) are simple the 'rate at which food burns', means they set it on fire and time it. Our bodies don't 'burn' food, we digest it, and we do so at different rates depending on what the food is and how it is made up and how our digestive system breaks it down. ie, fibre doesn't breakdown totally but travels through your digestive system, protien takes longer to break down and the energy is released slowly, carbohydrates breakdown much faster, and fats breakdown fastest of all and will then be stores within the body quickest and not sustain you for that long.
I'm loving the new app although the ProPoints is taking me a bit longer to get my head around and I only did WW for 3 mths this time last year but still thought in "points" if that makes sense.
Those of you who do WW - do you split up your points throughout the day - like Breakfast should be 8pts, lunch 10, dinner 10 then snacks or whatever?? I don't but wondering if I should!? Im also trying not to eat too many carbs but finding it hard to cut them out - Im so used to bread, rice and pasta.
Why do you need to cut out carbs?? Just choose low GI ones for slow release of sugars eg I use Helgas rich wholegrain (5 points for 2 slices) rather than white bread. It gives me fibre and carbs but slower release. Brown rice and wholemeal pasta, baked potato rather than mashed. I don't split the points but it usually ends up split quite evenly through the day.
I do split my ProPoints up, as a guide of how much to spend where: and I generally recommend to my members to do the same, so they aren't stuck at the end of the day with nothing left, but yet to eat dinner. Having said that, you need to figure out what works for you and stick with it. Some people devide their ProPoints up for the day, others 'track ahead' (ie, follow a menu plan) others just 'wing it' and mark off ProPoints as they go.
I devide my 29 daily ProPoints up roughly (remember it is just a guide and I often swap things around):
Breaky - 6pp (generally cereal and fruit)
Lunch - 9pp (generally a chicken and salad sandwich)
Dinner and desert - 14pp (generally rice or pasta and meat and vege; diet jelly, fruit and a scoop of icecream)
I snack on fruit mostly, but if I want something different between meals I dip into my weekly 49pp (I try not to eat more then 7 of the weekly pp each day, unless I have then 'leftover' from the day before - more often then not, I have eaten ALL of them by the end of the week).
Thanks heaps! Super helpful! Michelle I just guess I have on my head that carbs are bad I know they all aren't and we only buy good grainy bread, but I hate brown rice and love pasta. DH is doing a mega no carb plan that he has done before so I figure it won't hurt. Dinner was salmon and steamed vegies and kids had rice too. Getting there slowly but I lost 600g last week so happy with that considering 2 days were still alcohol and BBQ shapes filled:rofl: