RE: Best strategy

[Guest guest]

Me, I would go with #1, I would forget about it, journal it, and snap back to

OP. No use beating yourself up/starving yourself. If your weigh in is days

away, you could wind up doing more damage atoning for a mistake for too long.

WW is supposed to be for life, so if you have one less than great WI, analyze

it and move on

[Guest guest]

Our leader told us to never eat fewer than your daily points. For instance if

you are allowed x number of points you have to eat that but do not have to use

the 35. I had wondered if you would not lose faster eating a lower amount.

Just wondering.

Best strategy

Hello everyone,

I have been an enthusiastic member of WW since October. Have lost 56

pounds so far. I rarely lose control, but when I do, I don't know what

might be the best way to recover. I am talking about an incident where

you are SURE you have exceeded your 35 flexpoints for the week. No doubt

the answer may be different for everyone. Here are some of the

possibilities I see:

1. Just forget about it, but don't have any more flex points till your

new week starts.

2. Try to eat way below your minimum points till your next weigh in.

(so you'll hopefully still show a loss at your weigh in)

3. Eat only 20 points per day (that's below my target).

I think for me the first answer is the best. But it doesn't address the

desire to still see a loss at the scale. (But then why should you see a

loss when you had a less than ideal week).

I would LIKE to do #2, but would get way too hungry, and am afraid it

would throw me entirely off track.

I know some of you are veterans, so I am curious what you think works

best in order to recover and get beyond a slip.

I know that when it happens to me, I obsesss about my " failing " until the

end of that weigh-in week. Only with the start of a new week do I feel

like I am starting fresh.

C in MN

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[Guest guest]

I forgot to add as an option...do more than your usual exercise. I do

that, too.

C

> Hello everyone,

>

> I have been an enthusiastic member of WW since October. Have lost

> 56

> pounds so far. I rarely lose control, but when I do, I don't know

> what

> might be the best way to recover. I am talking about an incident

> where

> you are SURE you have exceeded your 35 flexpoints for the week.

> No doubt

> the answer may be different for everyone. Here are some of the

> possibilities I see:

>

> 1. Just forget about it, but don't have any more flex points till

> your

> new week starts.

>

> 2. Try to eat way below your minimum points till your next weigh

> in.

> (so you'll hopefully still show a loss at your weigh in)

>

> 3. Eat only 20 points per day (that's below my target).

>

>

> I think for me the first answer is the best. But it doesn't

> address the

> desire to still see a loss at the scale. (But then why should you

> see a

> loss when you had a less than ideal week).

>

> I would LIKE to do #2, but would get way too hungry, and am afraid

> it

> would throw me entirely off track.

>

> I know some of you are veterans, so I am curious what you think

> works

> best in order to recover and get beyond a slip.

> I know that when it happens to me, I obsesss about my " failing "

> until the

> end of that weigh-in week. Only with the start of a new week do I

> feel

> like I am starting fresh.

>

> C in MN

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Agree - forget, get back to journaling and get OP asap. If you opt to

starve yourself, you may set yourself up for frustration, then bingeing,

then more bad feelings, then more eating.

And thus the cycle continues.

Yep, option #1 is best!

Bette