Question

New to weight watchers, are you supposed to eat all of your daily points? Also, any of your favorite recipes would be appreciated! Thanks

Answer 1

I’ve been eating all my pints and gained . 8 this week! Lol

Comments

@hypogeal I’ve eaten all of my points and eat healthy. I change up my foods and don’t overdo zero foods and I STILL gained 1. 8 pounds this week. I just don’t understand.  

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@land3 Have you also been drinking your water?  

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@trapezohedron I don’t drink much water. I usually drink a couple of bottles with true lemon in it. Have always hated water.  

Answer 2

Definitely check skinnytaste. com  

Answer 3

Yes, eat your points.  

Answer 4

Not necessarily. WW has a healthy eating zone that is different for each color plan. Purple is 11 under or 8 over your daily points. I have 16 dailies, so my healthy zone is between 5 to 24 points. For each day you do this, WW rewards you with a blue dot on your app. Strive for that--4 points will roll over into your weeklies if you have them unused at the end of the day. Don't force yourself to use points if you're not hungry--it's why many of us are on here--eating when we're not hungry

Comments

@swarts great advice

Answer 5

I try my best to eat healthy and using as many zero points I can. I do count my points on special things. I'm doing well but had alot and have alot to loose.  

Answer 6

I started with 70# to lose and it was an adjustment learning about points. I wasn't eating a lot of what WW calls zero point foods other than chicken & FF SF greek yogurt so I was a bit hungry just on daily points (I also started w/31 pts which decreased slowly to 23 as my weight went down. I had to learn a lifestyle change and what did and didn't work for my body. Eating an occasional plant based meal (ie, bean burritos or black bean soup) helps my weight loss if I've overindulged, also fish but I'm not a huge fan of fish. Experiment til you find what works for you. Some find a higher point day "shocks" their body a bit so it's not holding onto every calorie because it thinks it's starving. This works sometimes for me but I absolutely do not let it become a habit. Also, I averaged -4 to 6# loss PER MONTH which some call turtle pace. Meh. It's a process not a race. I learned so much along the 15 months it took to regain Lifetime that maintenance hasn't been horribly difficult, this is my lifestyle now. SO, to answer your question, eat your dailies, use your weekly points for special occasions or how you choose, include your Fitpoints if you want and enjoy the journey. Finding your balance is the only way you will stick to it and it may be way different from anyone else.