Yes, I’m feeling MUCH better. Thank you!

That’s fabulous, congrats on your loss! My theory is to eat all the points you have now, because believe me when I tell you that as your daily points target drops and you NEED to eat those APs and weeklies, you may have trouble continuing to lose because your body has become accustomed to shedding weight without them. Starting to eat them later in your weight loss journey could confuse your body into thinking you’re eating more food than usual…which, as we all know, might not be such a good thing.

In any case, don’t feel bad about eating your WPAs – they’re built into the program because you can eat them and STILL lose! I’d continue doing EXACTLY what you’re doing. Mine are almost always allotted for weekend dinners out, and honestly, I lose much better when I DO eat them than when I try to cut back and leave them untouched.

Let’s see…I use a Polar heart rate monitor so I can see exactly how many calories I burn during each workout, and I try to keep it to at least 500-600 calories burned (or 5-6 APs). Then I eat at least half of the APs I earn.

So, that makes (hold on, let me get my calculator…haha), 40ish APs a week. Most of which I then proceed to eat.

Jen

How many AP’s do you earn a week? You are impressive.

Hope you are feeling better by now!

Thanks so much for your advice, and for checking out my blog. What baffles me is that I did just what you said – I looked through my journal (I use the Weight Watchers on-line tracker), and saw it was essentially one of my ho-hum, typical weeks. (I, too, know all about getting stuck in a food rut, that’s for sure!)

HOWEVER…the one thing I did notice was that I wasn’t feeling well enough to eat out over the weekend. Since I weigh in on Sunday mornings, I’m especially careful about what I eat on Friday and Saturday nights – but that never stops me from having a meal out with my boyfriend on one or both nights.

I was thinking that perhaps my lack of restaurant meals while I was sick – even though I do make good choices and try to stay away from sodium when I dine out – could have had something to do with my great loss. Not that I’m going to avoid going out to eat now, but definitely something to think about…

I’d really love your input – if you have Twitter, feel free to follow me! I post my blog updates there. I’m @jenniferlnelson

Thanks again!

Jen