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Post by bbbearsmom on Dec 12, 2021 20:32:23 GMT
kantaji, Another vote for you to retake the assessment. You can do the questions where you end up with only one protein as a zero-point food other than non-starchy veggies. You have to answer that you don't eat things when they ask.
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Post by lindasb12 on Dec 14, 2021 16:40:28 GMT
kantaji,I don't have any real answers for you but I will tell you my experience. I haven't had any real losses since the start of the new program. I was doing green previously since Feb. and although it was slow losses, i was losing on it. I am currently about 12 lbs down from where I was in feb. When the new program started, I had just recovered from a month-long illness where I was not really that interested in eating and lost 6+ lbs while I was sick. I did expect at least some of that to come back. And it did but only 2 lbs. So I guess you could say I've kind of been maintaining since the new program. I've been frustrated with it because of fewer weeklies and getting into negative numbers. When i was on green, I rarely saw negative numbers, felt like it was more forgiving of a slip up or even a planned treat, and it didn't feel like a diet. PP was making me feel like I was on a diet. I am currently double tracking on healthi. I feel like green is my "safe zone". I use blue dots to improve my attitude about PP. If I have negative weeklies at least I can aim for 5 blue dots a week. (I never make 7 days as a goal because high point days happen.) I've been on WW since 2009. I've never gotten to goal but have come close. Although I'm higher than than weight now, I have been down as much as 50 lbs. I felt that momentum was where I lost most of my weight. I was able to lost slowly on points plus. I didn't like smart points and always felt I couldn't get it working for me. but this year I did get green going in the least "feels like a diet" way from any program I tried before so I guess I'm saying green was my favorite. I think the current program has potential but I haven't figured it out for me yet.
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Post by Kitty on Dec 14, 2021 23:35:28 GMT
kantaji, I can solve your activity issue. Download BlueStacks app from the Google store. Then download from that store the WW phone app. This is on your computer. This allows you to run the phone app on your computer and you can record your activity. Also if you have a Fitbit or Apple Watch you can connect it on the computer and it will automatically record activity. Still I would install the phone app to your computer in case you want to manually add something.
Different programs work for different folks. I agree about redoing the assessment to limit the number of zero point foods you have. I generally don't eat more than 1 (rarely two) servings a day of a particular zero point food. I also make sure that I am eating it instead of something else rather than as an add on. The last program (SmartPoints) didn't work well for me but I am losing on this one. It just works for me. But if you try it and it doesn't work for you then I don't blame you to try something else. If you are at goal and you just are not able to make your points but are still maintaining then take advantage of lifetime and increase your number of points. They should be set at what will maintain you. WW makes a guess of what that is. But, it is only a guess and you can change it.
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Post by squid on Jan 1, 2022 18:25:07 GMT
I'm back at Personal Points as of yesterday. Not really a question but an observation. I wish we could earn a point or two per day for fruit servings. Eating fruit in lieu of cookies, candy, etc. is a good health habit, and giving us 1 or 2 pts. would encourage fruit eating without going overboard. For example, the members who eat 6 bananas 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 per day and wonder why they're not losing. 😁
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jan 1, 2022 20:15:13 GMT
squid, I remember when fruit was first zero points, on the old WW message boards people would well I could eat a dozen bananas completely missing the intuitive eating part of the equation.
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Post by lavonm on Jan 1, 2022 20:36:34 GMT
I'm back at Personal Points as of yesterday. Not really a question but an observation. I wish we could earn a point or two per day for fruit servings. Eating fruit in lieu of cookies, candy, etc. is a good health habit, and giving us 1 or 2 pts. would encourage fruit eating without going overboard. For example, the members who eat 6 bananas 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 per day and wonder why they're not losing. 😁 I'd like that as well but fruit is higher in calories than vegetables. You know members would eat too much & then whine when they didn't lose.
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Post by squid on Jan 1, 2022 20:42:11 GMT
I'm back at Personal Points as of yesterday. Not really a question but an observation. I wish we could earn a point or two per day for fruit servings. Eating fruit in lieu of cookies, candy, etc. is a good health habit, and giving us 1 or 2 pts. would encourage fruit eating without going overboard. For example, the members who eat 6 bananas 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 per day and wonder why they're not losing. 😁 I'd like that as well but fruit is higher in calories than vegetables. You know members would eat too much & then whine when they didn't lose. That's why I suggested limiting extra pts. to only 1 or 2 fruit servings.
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Post by carrie on Jan 9, 2022 4:36:39 GMT
Used a recipe tonight. When I input nutrition values to calculate Personal points, it comes up as 16. But, if I instead enter the ingredients separately it comes up as 2 pts as all but one ingredient is zero points. Which do I use??
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jan 9, 2022 4:42:26 GMT
Hi carrie ! Welcome to the boards. Go with the separate ingredients and save as a meal OR use the recipe builder, the only time you should go by nutritional values is when you can't break something down. *To get to the recipe builder -tap search bar > create > create recipe
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Post by Laura M on Jan 30, 2022 15:45:52 GMT
I just got a new fitbit which is the only reason I'm asking but what happened to the activity tab in the app?
I'm on android.
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Post by DebDoesWW on Jan 30, 2022 15:59:20 GMT
Laura M I don't think anything changed on the app, it is the website (weightwatchers.com) where the activity section has been removed.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jan 30, 2022 17:36:17 GMT
Laura M, Two ways to get to the Activity tracker on an Android phone: you should have a blue round circle with a plus sign in it at the bottom right of your screen. It you press on this one of the options is the activity tracker. The other way is there are three horizontal lines in the upper left-hand corner, press on that and as you scroll down the list activity is one of the options.
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Post by Laura M on Jan 30, 2022 17:51:03 GMT
Well duh...
Thanks!
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Post by catfishbabs on Jan 31, 2022 4:54:23 GMT
Also if you scroll down from your MyDay screen where it shows Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snack points, directly below that you should see Activity box on the left and Sleep box on the right. If you click on Activity it will take you to the activity screen that will show you all info for the day, and week.
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Post by lavonm on Jan 31, 2022 17:44:48 GMT
I just got a new fitbit which is the only reason I'm asking but what happened to the activity tab in the app? I'm on android. WW has a widget that you can download to an android phone. It lets you go directly to activity. You can also go to food or weight if you want.
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