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Post by fullmahina on Jan 8, 2017 0:18:28 GMT
Oh, I get it now. I would just be playing it, saying HAHAHA after eating a Mickey bar and swigging down a few shots of vodka and getting my blue dot. Wouldn't help me at all.
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Post by luanne on Jan 8, 2017 0:44:18 GMT
I know I am really out of it. What are these blue dots of which you speak?
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Post by jamescat1 on Jan 8, 2017 0:50:23 GMT
I know I am really out of it. What are these blue dots of which you speak?
It's on the app. You get one if you are at your point target zone for the day. If you get 30 points I think your zone is 27-33.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2017 0:54:13 GMT
I guess we people who just track on our computers instead of the app get no wiggle room.LOL.I think that may be the problem.I've had too much wiggle room all my life.
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Post by pbnj on Jan 8, 2017 0:56:03 GMT
I know I am really out of it. What are these blue dots of which you speak?
luanne Look at the photo I posted on page 1 of this discussion.
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jan 8, 2017 1:03:35 GMT
wildcat, I am totally stealing that idea for the notes section of MFP thanks!!
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Post by luanne on Jan 8, 2017 1:24:13 GMT
I know I am really out of it. What are these blue dots of which you speak?
It's on the app. You get one if you are at your point target zone for the day. If you get 30 points I think your zone is 27-33. Well, that explains it. I don't like the app so I don't use it, just the computer. Oh how will I ever live without the blue dots?
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Post by luanne on Jan 8, 2017 1:24:48 GMT
I know I am really out of it. What are these blue dots of which you speak?
luanne Look at the photo I posted on page 1 of this discussion. Thanks Pat.
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Post by zazzles on Jan 8, 2017 1:39:38 GMT
I'm dotless this month. I'm just quick tracking since I'm back to tracking NI on MyNetDiary, and apparently WW doesn't deem quick tracking, no matter how accurate, to be worthy of dots.
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Post by girlyfied on Jan 8, 2017 2:09:39 GMT
Yes, but I only get maybe a blue dot a week. The blue dot craziness can be borderline, if not outright, disordered eating. I agree; I have to be careful of anything I need to be perfect about, long history of compulsive eating, and I can still be compulsive about many things. I tried the blue dot challenge and didn't last a week. I felt discouraged that I couldn't get my dot every day. If I feel bad just for eating food, it's not for m. Sometimes I minipulate my points to get a blue dot. I wonder who I'm kidding other than myself. This is what I found myself doing. I would reach the end of my zone then want an extra glass of wine or something. I would track it the next day. I know it evens out in the end, but I didn't like manipulating the system that way. The GHG are gone because they didn't mesh with all the different eating styles out there. Now no one has to worry about counting almond milk as a dairy or coconut oil as a healthy oil. They wanted people to be able to eat Paleo or whatever and still be able to follow WW.
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Post by pamthomas46 on Jan 8, 2017 2:31:47 GMT
I have to track honestly with the blue dots. That is sometimes a challenge for me. I too much prefer the ghgs.
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jan 8, 2017 2:49:02 GMT
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Post by newheavensearth2 on Jan 8, 2017 3:59:46 GMT
Sometimes I minipulate my points to get a blue dot. I wonder who I'm kidding other than myself. I planned to eat 34 grams of cottage cheese for dessert because it came up as 0 pts and I would get my blue dot. When I weighed it and saw how sad it looked I said screw it and ate the full 1/2 cup (ran out of fruit and I'm snowed in). No blue dot today. Missed it by one point. Gaming the system sometimes is just crazy.
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Post by finreporter on Jan 8, 2017 5:07:04 GMT
yeah the blue dot thing just seems like one more thing to obsess over and for people to feel dejected about for not getting them.
plus I'm sure there is a lot of bragging from people who get their dumb dot everyday similar to what we used to experience at ww.com message boards (and i experienced in real life at meetings and with my MIL) - people who would brag that they stayed under their points each day.
at least this is a range, so sounds like one could get their dot by being at the high end of the range and thus over their daily points target. at least they're not encouraging under-eating, but does sound like something people would feel competitive about, resulting in others feeling shitty for not achieving what the braggarts will say they achieved. if any of that even makes sense!
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Post by wildcat on Jan 8, 2017 11:59:44 GMT
The very first post had a link that told what the blue dots were.
Although I don't do WW anymore, I think I'd like the blue dot. I don't see why trying to get that dot would be any more disordered than wanting to check off all the GHGs, or wanting to avoid seeing red on the tracker (is it still red if you go over?). It just seems like one more tool.
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