moonwatcher
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So, a bit of background info - I have lost 33lbs in about 10 months - 16lbs of this on Slimming World and 17 on WW. Not an especially quick loss I know, but averaging about a pound a 'working' week - by that I mean if you take off a few weeks over Christmas and New Year, and a really awful time in my life in April and May when I was off plan, it comes out at around a pound a week. The thing is, I still have over 6st to lose to get to my first target, and I'm small boned, so may end up reducing this more when I get there.
The online WW tracker wants me to reduce my points to 27. I know this is technically correct as I have checked it on another calculator too, and I suppose my age (50) and height (5ft 2in) account for it, but it seems low to me when I still have 6 stone plus to go. As the minimum is 26 points I don't feel that reducing to 27 now leaves me very much leeway over what is likely to be a longish journey ahead! I don't want to set myself up for a failure by trying to stick to it and failing.
At the moment I am averaging around 20 - 30 Activity Points a week, having built this up from around 10 a week (well actually from around nothing a week at the start!) Generally I don't use these - although some weeks I dip into them a little, and a couple of 'bad' weeks have used them all. I accept that the weeks I do that I will probably STS, as this is about a lifestyle change to become a 'normally slim' person, by making long term changes which will help me to stay slim and healthy, whilst at the same time accepting that in the real world, bad weeks happen. After all. 'naturally slim' people sometimes overeat, and sometimes don't exercise.
I know that the counter-argument is that if I drop to 27 points then I may lose the weight more quickly, and can then move onto a maintenance level sooner, and of course I would love to lose it quickly, but after literally years of failed dieting I have come to realise that a quick fix, for me, becomes a quick failure! I am eating happily and more healthily now than I have for years. It could be more healthy some days, but there is always room for improvement! I am also toning up and becoming fitter. I wonder if I drop to 27, then I may end up dipping into my APs more often, and that is surely similar to eating more daily points, but not using the APs! Well mathematically it is similar, but I think psychologically it wouldn't be so good for me!
Anyway I'm waffling now! If you've got this far, then thanks for reading! I know ultimately the decision is down to me but... thoughts anyone?
Feel free to take a look at my diary http://www.minimins.com/weight-watc...mwwwd-moonwatchers-weight-watchers-diary.html if that would help with any comments.
The online WW tracker wants me to reduce my points to 27. I know this is technically correct as I have checked it on another calculator too, and I suppose my age (50) and height (5ft 2in) account for it, but it seems low to me when I still have 6 stone plus to go. As the minimum is 26 points I don't feel that reducing to 27 now leaves me very much leeway over what is likely to be a longish journey ahead! I don't want to set myself up for a failure by trying to stick to it and failing.
At the moment I am averaging around 20 - 30 Activity Points a week, having built this up from around 10 a week (well actually from around nothing a week at the start!) Generally I don't use these - although some weeks I dip into them a little, and a couple of 'bad' weeks have used them all. I accept that the weeks I do that I will probably STS, as this is about a lifestyle change to become a 'normally slim' person, by making long term changes which will help me to stay slim and healthy, whilst at the same time accepting that in the real world, bad weeks happen. After all. 'naturally slim' people sometimes overeat, and sometimes don't exercise.
I know that the counter-argument is that if I drop to 27 points then I may lose the weight more quickly, and can then move onto a maintenance level sooner, and of course I would love to lose it quickly, but after literally years of failed dieting I have come to realise that a quick fix, for me, becomes a quick failure! I am eating happily and more healthily now than I have for years. It could be more healthy some days, but there is always room for improvement! I am also toning up and becoming fitter. I wonder if I drop to 27, then I may end up dipping into my APs more often, and that is surely similar to eating more daily points, but not using the APs! Well mathematically it is similar, but I think psychologically it wouldn't be so good for me!
Anyway I'm waffling now! If you've got this far, then thanks for reading! I know ultimately the decision is down to me but... thoughts anyone?
Feel free to take a look at my diary http://www.minimins.com/weight-watc...mwwwd-moonwatchers-weight-watchers-diary.html if that would help with any comments.
