I don't eat a lot of fruit, so I won't feel the benefit of it being now 0 pts. However I am worried that in a way I'll be getting less food daily because before I was on 24, on PP I'll be on 29, but I know the PP values of food are higher. [...]
(ps I know I get 49 extra points a week, so maybe that would balance out but I think I'd prefer not use them all the time).
It seems to me that anyone who was 18 pts a day on Discovery is really going to benefit from switching to PP, but for us who were already on higher, I worry about going hungry.
Hi Bastet! You don't need to go hungry, just make smarter food choices. Yes, there are some foods that have gone up, but there are some foods that have stayed the same or not increased as much. On a quick rule, foods with a lot of carbs have increased or also doubled in points, foods with a lot of proteins have stayed the same or just slightly increased. An egg, as you rightly say, was 1.5 points and is now 2pp, probably just because there's no half points in the new system. Things like low fat cheese have stayed the same between old and new system, for example the WW cheese slices were 1point with Discover and are now 1pp with propoints. 30g of ham was 0.5 points with the old system and is now 1 point just because of the no 0.5 points in the new system. Overall, one of my guilty pleasures, a "cheese and ham sandwich" (basically 2 slices of WW cheese with 4 slices of ham in between, no bread
) went from being 2.5 points to being 3 points, so it's not much of a difference. There's a low fat greek natural yogurt called "Total 0%" that is only 1pp per 100g. I normally have that with 50/60g banana crushed with it and it's DELICIOUS and only 1pp! Vegetables are all 0pp except the ones that were to be counted also with discover, so it doesn't change much, all fruit is 0pp also.
I understand that you don't eat much fruit... well, that's the moment you could change your habit. Fruit is very important as it fills you up and contains vitamins that are important for your body. It also helps the digestive system and *going there* if you see what I mean. Maybe start adding one fruit a day one week and another fruit a day another week until you get to a good intake of 4 or 5 a day?
The 49 points extra are there to be used. So if you feel hungry you shouldn't feel guilty in using your weekly points. When you were on Discover, did you feel guilty about using ALL of your 24 points? Or did you always stop at 20 and never used the "banked" points? If you were on 24 per day on Discover, it's as if with Propoints WW told you that you have 20 points per day and then a slushfund of 28 points for the week that you can either have 4 per day (hence 24) or save for one evening out or have here and there. This means that the equivalent of your 24 points is 36 propoints per day. Then, YOU decide if you want to save the points and use them in one go or if you prefer to have every day 36!
You won't go hungry, I'm sure. You just need to get on with the new system! xx
