Most of the women I know on WW'ers eat all their daily pts, all the APS and the flex pts. You said that works for you so don't skimp on them. Use them that is what they are there for. Also we don't count calories just pts it's less confusing. Do one or the other. 1pt can equal a wide variety of cal. based on the fat or fiber content. Most of my 1pt items are 110 calories( just an example). Make sure your calculating your activity pts correctly. You might be cutting yourself short and not realizing it. I did that a lot. If your running figure you've burned about 100 cal. per mile and add in the food you need based on that. Sometimes plateaues go away on their own. Hang in there. You can try Core plan for a week or two. Sometimes that is enough to get things moving again. Make sure your eating all the healthy guidelines in your book.

If your eating all the pts you mentioned and are calculating your pts properly you shouldn't be hungry. Sit down w/ your leader and make sure your doing things right. Good luck.

I follow ww and also wonder if I am eating enough. I plugged in my food into a computer program the other day and had only eaten 956 calories and had no points left for the day!

I had the same experience with WW. It seemed the more I ate, the more I lost. Especially if you are doing a lot of mileage, you are likely burning more calories than you get in exercise points in return.

Eventually I gave up and started counting calories--easier, and less frustrating.

Good luck whatever!

I agree with the recent posts. I don't know how much you run, but it may be that you are running enough to substantially boost your base metabolism (i.e., your metabolism even when you are sleeping), provided you are eating enough. However, if, compared to how much fuel your body "wants," you're starving it, your body may react the other way, slowing metabolism -- and making it more difficult to progress with your weight.

My own experience strongly suggests that the effect of running a lot -- perhaps 20 miles or more per week? -- on your base metabolism may not be captured by the WW activity points system. When I was using the system a few years ago, I had a daily points target of 25, yet after ramping up my running to train for a 10K, I found I needed more food -- and not just a little more. Specifically, I found, after trial and error, that I needed about 42 points per day -- and that's even when I banked points for activity.

Trial and error is what I recommend -- find what works best for you. Good luck and happy running!

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The key is to look at the quality of the foods that you are eating. You can use up all your points and not eat enough enough food very easily by eating too much junk food (a few candy bars could use of the majority of your points for the day). Not that you are necessarily doing that but it becomes really easy to stretch what you are eating the longer you have been on WW. I too have had some of my biggest losses when I ate the most, but those losses would not have happened if I had always ate that much. You just need to keep changing things up. Plus plateaus are completely normal, everyone has them. Just keep doing what you are doing (maybe switch it up a little) and you will eventually begin to lose weight again.


Flyweight: I couldn't disagree with you more about WW. There is a wide range of people participating from those who know very little about nutrition to those that know exactly which foods to eat. The idea is about portion control. Most Americans eat way too much food, even when they are eating good healthy foods. Weight watchers works for ANYONE who is willing to put in the commitment and I know many people who have lost and kept off large amounts of weight by following WW. I second melitoo that you need to actually try something and find out more about it before you make snap judgements. WW is not a diet...it is a healthy way to live your life. Points seem restrictive until you realize that all the good healthy lean and whole grain foods are low in points. I personally dont use activity points but they are caculated based upon time and exertion and there is a relatively low limit to how many you can earn. I am not dumb or "very obese" and I know quite a bit about nutrition (I did manage to earn both a bachelors and masters in biology), but weight watchers still managed to help me. You might want to open up your mind and not be so judgemental when you havent tried something. My buddy that I attend meetings with doesn't even have any weight to lose and constantly gets harassed by others for going, but she always just tells them that it reminders her to be healthy and she feels better when she is following WW, even though she rarely loses any weight.