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killa · Dooney & Bourke

Joined WW last night ... am confused!

lizardbreath · Nine West

In your materials they gave you, or online there is a calculator that tells you how many points each activity is worth according to how intense you do it or for how long. For instance, 30 minutes of Pilates can be one point.

Also, it is going to be much easier to use up those 35 points than you think. I usually use them on alcohol. You just add up your points of what you ate for the day, and anything over 18, goes to your 35 flex points. OR if you are working out, you can swap the "Activity Points" for food.

I've been doing it a while, I'll help ya or PM me

Good luck!

-- Edited by lizardbreath at 09:52, 2007-01-23

LoMish · Kate Spade

Also, another way to use the 35 points is to be really good all week long and then save them for the last day of the week and make that your "free day". I had a good friend that did WW this way and she never got bored or discouraged with the diet because her "free day" allowed her to eat whatever she wanted to. So every day you would eat your 18 points, and then on the last day you would have 53 points for food. Just a thought.

This is some info on activity points that I found. I hope it is helpful!

Activity Points:

These are harder to calculate. The calculation is based on perceived exertion. Light, Moderate and Heavy. They base the levels on sweating and breathing levels, which leaves asthmatics and heavy sweaters in a strange conundrum.

In January 2005, Weight Watchers released recommendations for Activity Levels based on Heart Rate:

WeightWatchers.com - Exercise Intensity Levels

They use the typical calculation for Maximum Heart Rate:

Maximum Heart Rate = 220 - Age

They state you can calculate your activity levels based on the following:

Light is about 40-54% Maximum Heart Rate.
Moderate is 55-69% Maximum Heart Rate.
Heavy is equal to or greater than 70% Maximum Heart Rate.

I used much more vigorous percentages in my estimations, so this bit of news made things much easier for me.

Once you’ve calculated how much time you’ve exercised at a certain activity level, here is the registered calculation for Activity Points:

Light Activity Points = Weight X Minutes X .000232
Moderate Activity Points = Weight X Minutes X .000327
Heavy Activity Points = Weight X Minutes X .0008077

You can add Activity Points into your total for the day. The Flex Points plan states that you need to use the Activity Points on the day that you use them. The older plan used to let you Bank a maximum of four Points and save them for up to a week.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

there should be a slider for activity points on the back of your points slider. It works out to approx 1 point for every 100 calories you burn.

the 35 extra are up to you. I usually use an extra point or 2 a dy, and then use them to have a few treats on the weekends.

blubirde · Chanel

You get the activity points slider/calculater thing on Week 3, I think. They give you info that week on how to calculate exercise, how to calculate activity points, etc. Maybe you could ask your WW meeting leader for a AP slider ahead of time?

killa · Dooney & Bourke

I found out the best way for me to figure things out is to use the online calculator. Now I don't have to worry that I am not doing things right.

Thanks for your help!

Barbie · BCBG

I have just started back on WW too. 18 points sounds really low.....that only equals out to about 900 calories a day!

If you look at your week 1 booklet, they now have a totally new formula to determine your daily points. It now is based upon your sex, weight, age, and lifestyle activity level.

tri_sarah_tops · Marc Jacobs

Barbie wrote:
I have just started back on WW too. 18 points sounds really low.....that only equals out to about 900 calories a day!

If you look at your week 1 booklet, they now have a totally new formula to determine your daily points. It now is based upon your sex, weight, age, and lifestyle activity level.

I agree that 18 points sounds kind of low.

When I was on WW I got 20 points. I did lose a little but the weight came off very slowly, as in four pounds in a month. I think it was because I wasn't eating enough. One day I calculated calories and points and I had only eaten about 1000 calores even though I had used 24 points.

killa · Dooney & Bourke

Tri_Sarah_Tops, are you on WW now?

It seems like 18 is way too low. I am STARVING and thinking I must've been eating like a PIG before WW ... I guess we'll see at my first weigh-in.

I am working out hard-core tonight, so I'm going to get a couple extra points for that!

I did use the new formula. I think, because I am already in my "range" and my weight is in the 120s, that is why I only get 18 points.

I want to lose 12 pounds (which will still keep me well within my healthy weight range).

I don't mind if the weight loss is slow ... I just hope I actually lose something!

LoMish · Kate Spade

Does anyone know the formula for this new way of calculating points?

I've been doing WW but have never been to a meeting...just doing it based on what a friend told me and what I read on blogs and such.

TIA

tri_sarah_tops · Marc Jacobs

Killa, I'm not on WW anymore. I did it for about a month and a half after having my baby and then stopped because I was hungry all the time and still not losing weight.

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

I don't have the link saved but i posted the "new" calculator in tati's thread yesterday. I think 18 seems really low but I hate the idea of 35 flex points a week so I haven't ever switched to that program. I am still on the winning points plan from 2001 or something. I find it much easier because I stick to a range each day and don't have to worry about a specific point target or using up flex points.

if anyone is doing ww from home (ie not paying ww) and needs recipe calculators, point calculators, etc let me know. i have a bunch from other websites that I can send you via email.