More WW questions...

[hermione]

Sorry. I feel silly having so many questions!

1) Should my goal be to not use the weekly points plus allowance? I have used some every day so far (this is only my third day) and it makes me feel guilty!


2) I forgot my lunch at home today so I'm going to Subway. I add this up to 10 points - does that seem right?

Six inch on wheat with Turkey, Provolone, olives, pickles, onions, green pepper, and vinegar.

I used some website called Dottie's Weight Loss Zone - she helpful points lists for a lot of restaurants but I don't know if it's accurate...


3) I feel like all the tracking is a little bit overwhelming. Does it get easier?

[cajunmom]

1. Don't feel guilty about using the points allowance.
2. I'm not sure but they have a lot of Subway sandwiches on the WW site, I thought. You could double check the individual items for their points.
3. Yes, it gets easier. I usually would rotate the same few things for lunch so it got really easy to enter them. You can also save meals as favorites and add them with just one click.

[deo]

Tracking does get easier after about a week. At that point you have a rough idea of what the points equal and know what you usually eat.

The subway points seem about right. I usually get a 6" Turkey on wheat with no cheese at it is 7pts. The cheese would at 3pts.

I always saved my points for a big splurge during the week. DH just adds 7pts to his daily total so it is more spread out. It's really whatever works for you.

I switched my tracker so that it takes extra points from my activity points first before dipping into the weekly points. It was mentally easier for me to eat the points I earned from activity since I wasn't seeing my weekly splurge points disappear.

[drloretta]

Sept 3, 2015 10:01:20 GMT -5 hermione said:

1) Should my goal be to not use the weekly points plus allowance? I have used some every day so far (this is only my third day) and it makes me feel guilty! No. Especially at the beginning, it's hard to stick to the points + allowance. And if you translate to calories, you don't want to starve yourself. You may not lose weight as quickly, but you should still lose.


2) I forgot my lunch at home today so I'm going to Subway. I add this up to 10 points - does that seem right? Yes. A turkey on wheat without cheese is 6 points I believe. Provolone should add another 2. So Dottie may be a bit high

Six inch on wheat with Turkey, Provolone, olives, pickles, onions, green pepper, and vinegar.

I used some website called Dottie's Weight Loss Zone - she helpful points lists for a lot of restaurants but I don't know if it's accurate...


3) I feel like all the tracking is a little bit overwhelming. Does it get easier? yes. After a while you remember how many points things are, especially if you eat them regularly. Fruits and veggies are easy, obviously. I started gravitating toward 1- and 2-point snacks that were easy to keep track of. And other things will burn into your brain--like the fact that an order of Bertucci's spaghetti and meatballs is 52 points.

[redwino]

1. Don't feel guilty. Eat all the weekly allowance points you need.

2. The subway sandwich sounds a little high but only by a point or 2. Check the website foe subway options. I also counted things like pickles and olives as 0 because I didn't think 2 pickles and 5 olive slices made a difference. I like @this comment about counting it all as 1.

It definitely gets easier. I've done WW off and on for about 6 years. The beginning is the hard part because you have to figure out all your points. After a few weeks, you'll know the point value of most of what you eat and it becomes easier to plan your day and make food choices.

[jessnpaul]

I haven't used Dottie's in years but I remember it was off all the time. What I do is create my sandwich on Subway's site and then figure the points for it. Click on your sandwich and you can tweak it. Like this one, and click the Calculate Yours button:

www.subway.com/menu/Product.aspx?CC=USA&LC=ENG&ProductId=3&MenuId=54&MenuTypeId=1

[Velar Fricative]

1. That can be your goal, but you will still lose weight if you track correctly even if you use all 49 weekly points. It's just that the rate of loss will be slower. I feel no guilt using those extra points and I'm still losing weight. If I really want to see a big loss one week, I'll try hard to use as little of those points as possible.

2. Might be less than that. I remember I would get a turkey and cheese sub with all the veggies plus mayo and that would come out to about 8 points. But it's safer to overestimate than underestimate anyway.

3. Yes, it does, because if you like eating the same kinds of foods regularly like I do, you'll just know what the points are. And the app really does help since I can look at the recently-added items without re-calculating.

[djc315]

Sometimes I use weekly points, but I try not to use them all. You're allowed to use all of them, plus activity points (btw - did you know you can sync your fitbit to WW?)

I think that might be high - I usually get a 6" turkey or ham w/ cheese, no dressing and it's 8 PP. The veggies should be free, maybe 1 point for olives though? So you're definitely close!

The tracking definitely gets easier as you learn/memorize portions and points.

[hermione]

Sept 3, 2015 10:54:33 GMT -5 djc315 said:

Sometimes I use weekly points, but I try not to use them all. You're allowed to use all of them, plus activity points (btw - did you know you can sync your fitbit to WW?)

I think that might be high - I usually get a 6" turkey or ham w/ cheese, no dressing and it's 8 PP. The veggies should be free, maybe 1 point for olives though? So you're definitely close!

The tracking definitely gets easier as you learn/memorize portions and points.

I haven't figured out how to do this yet! I'm going to try again.