What's new in WW World?

[zinnia]

I've just bitten the bullet and fired up my online membership again after being in denial at the nearly 1.5 stone I've put on in the last year or so. Trying to see this as a positive step rather than a regressive one! (have lost weight v successfully before with WW and never gone back anywhere near the weight I was when I first started, thank god)

Nosing around the site I see there are all these variations on the basic ProPoints plan now. Is anyone actually doing any of them? does it make a difference? Am contemplating the low-carb version, but surely it just means - erm - eating fewer carbs...?

I think they're a bit confusing, all these new variations. They're all just the regular pro points plan, just showing people ways of adapting the pro points to ways they want to eat.

Hmm as I suspected. Trying to market to the different diet crowds there are out there these days. I half expected hoped there would be a 5:2 version! Thanks

^ I agree with the 5:2 idea but driving home I heard on the radio the weight watchers advert with all the different plans and I'm sure I heard the 'intermitent' plan unless that refers to F&H. I don't have access to all the online materials but I'm sure you could find out that way.

ooh thanks, so there is! I have all bells & whistles with online plan so here's c&p from the site:

"Popular diets such as the 5:2 and FAST are based on the intermittent fasting concept; however we don’t advocate fasting. This is because fasting can make it extremely difficult to meet the nutritional needs from food to be fit and healthy.

How the Intermittent approach works
We want to show you how you can use your daily and weekly ProPoints allowance to eat ‘small’ on some days and ‘big’ on others. It’s a flexible approach that means you can indulge when the time is right, and keep to a slighter stricter eating plan when the occasion fits. This way, you can enjoy eating big and small throughout a week, without depriving yourself of the nutrition your body needs and the treats we all like to enjoy from time to time.

Some guidelines

Make sure you use your daily ProPoints allowance every day (given to you by your Leader or when you sign up online. Everyone has an individual ProPoints allowance that is based on height, weight, gender and age.
Take a few minutes to look at your week ahead to decide when can you stick to your daily ProPoints allowance and which days would you like to, or need to, use some of your weekly allowance. Planning ahead will ensure you don’t go over budget.
How you split your weekly allowance is completely up to, but if you’re not too sure here are a few examples.

Example 1: We’ve based it on someone with a daily allowance of 26 ProPoints values, using 49 weekly ProPoints (which everyone gets) with 2 ‘small’ days and 5 ‘big’ days.
Monday 35 total ProPoints values
Tuesday 26 total ProPoints values
Wednesday 26 total ProPoints values
Thursday 36 total ProPoints values
Friday 36 total ProPoints values
Saturday 36 total ProPoints values
Sunday 36 total ProPoints values"

they give another example with more 26pt days and fewer "big" ones so up to 41/45 points on those.

so it's basically spreading your 49 extra points around the week, which is more or less what I end up doing anyway!

If I use my 49 I don't lose any weight! I think I am more sedentary than the lowest points allow for....

Somewhere I belong start walking a bit more, exercise is the thing that bumps your metabolism up and gets the weight off a bit quicker...

I also think it depends slightly on what you spend your everyday points on. If it's healthier food you get away with more, if there is a lot of dodgy food but it is still in your point levels, I don't seem to lose as much if I eat my weeklies! I aim for using 1/3 to 1/2 of them each week generally, so there are always a few left over for emergencies!

I have a target - going on holiday in May half term, 20lbs in 11 weeks (5 gone already in 1st week, which makes it more realistic!) so am trying to only dip into the 49 if I have to. Am also running (couch to 5k, it's amazing) as honeyroar says, so hoping that will help shift it.