RE: Question on exercise points.

[Guest guest]

Hi, everyone.

I joined the group about a month ago and, with the exception of one

post, have been just " hanging out " and reading other members' posts. I

am the proud mother of a nine month old baby; I gained 70 pounds during

my pregnancy, and returned to WW to lose those unwanted pounds. I have

lost 63 pounds to date; 7 more to pre-pregnancy, 12 more to being

satisfied, 17 more to being truly happy!

I generally exercise 5 times/week - 35 minutes on the elliptical, 15

minutes of weight lifting and 5 minutes of abs every other day, and then

45 minutes of elliptical and 5 minutes of abs every other day. Until

today, I calculated 3 AP points for both workouts. I use WWCalc the

Palm handheld program created by Bob Withers, and had calculated my

workouts as moderate. Today, I decided to classify my workout as high.

Why? I hit a plateau a few weeks ago, so I changed my workout

routine, added another couple of weight exercises, etc. and still no

change. Then, I started eating more food, and my plateau broke. I

continued to eat a little more food than my target + 3 AP points/per day

+ whatever flex points I wanted to use for that day, and noticed that I

continued to lose weight. So, I've now concluded that I need to eat

more in order to lose weight. That sounds weird to me, but I think it

will work. On today, when I imputed my exercise, I switched the

intensity to " high " and now my workout earns me 7 AP rather than 3.

We'll see how this goes.

Hope

240/177/160

Thea B. wrote on 9/13/04, 10:52 AM:

> Does everyone use extra points for exercise.... and if so do you limit

> how many you would count.. I'm still new to the flex plan.

>

> Thanks

> Thea

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, everyone.

I joined the group about a month ago and, with the exception of one

post, have been just " hanging out " and reading other members' posts. I

am the proud mother of a nine month old baby; I gained 70 pounds during

my pregnancy, and returned to WW to lose those unwanted pounds. I have

lost 63 pounds to date; 7 more to pre-pregnancy, 12 more to being

satisfied, 17 more to being truly happy!

I generally exercise 5 times/week - 35 minutes on the elliptical, 15

minutes of weight lifting and 5 minutes of abs every other day, and then

45 minutes of elliptical and 5 minutes of abs every other day. Until

today, I calculated 3 AP points for both workouts. I use WWCalc the

Palm handheld program created by Bob Withers, and had calculated my

workouts as moderate. Today, I decided to classify my workout as high.

Why? I hit a plateau a few weeks ago, so I changed my workout

routine, added another couple of weight exercises, etc. and still no

change. Then, I started eating more food, and my plateau broke. I

continued to eat a little more food than my target + 3 AP points/per day

+ whatever flex points I wanted to use for that day, and noticed that I

continued to lose weight. So, I've now concluded that I need to eat

more in order to lose weight. That sounds weird to me, but I think it

will work. On today, when I imputed my exercise, I switched the

intensity to " high " and now my workout earns me 7 AP rather than 3.

We'll see how this goes.

Hope

240/177/160

Thea B. wrote on 9/13/04, 10:52 AM:

> Does everyone use extra points for exercise.... and if so do you limit

> how many you would count.. I'm still new to the flex plan.

>

> Thanks

> Thea

>

>

[Guest guest]

The official Wwers stance is that you can eat all the Aps you earn as long

as it is the same day you earn them. You can't bank them or use them the

next day. This is according to their website.

The limit of 4 was the old program.

> Re: Question on exercise points.

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> I don't consciously use my exercise points as I assume that

> during the

> course of the week some extra calories have slipped in and

> the exercise

> points are a margin of safety.

>

> There appears to be some discrepancy regarding maximum number of

> points. My understanding is that you are limited to using 4 per day

> unless you have discussed with your own nurititionist, trainer or

> doctor. This is to limit people over-exercising as a form of bulimia.

> Others seem to think that you can use unlimited exercise points -- I

> would think the issue is a little moot since anyone who is exercising

> that vigorously on a daily basis is probably in training for

> something

> and should seek personalized nutritional advice of some kind. I do 45

> minutes of vigorous cardio every day and I only earn 3 points

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> > Does everyone use extra points for exercise.... and if so

> do you limit

> > how many you would count..  I'm still new to the flex plan.

> >

> > Thanks

> > Thea

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> >