Is It Bad Not to Eat Flex Points on Weight Watchers?
Friday, June 18th, 2010 at
6:07 am
I get 25 points a day on weight watchers. I generally have no problem staying in that range, therefore I usually do not use the 35 flex points per week.
I have heard that you should eat those points, but my question then is- wouldnt you lose less weight by eating those points?? I guess I am confused!
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The recommendation at my meetings was to only use the flex points for special occasions (birthday, holiday, etc) and then to use as few as possible.
At the start you will lose weight faster. But usually the way people keep within the 25 point limit is an extremely low fat diet. You have to get 20-30% of your calories in fat to avoid going into "famine mode" where your body conserves fat and consumes muscle. You need fat for the proper operation of your nervous system so your body conserves it. So as your body loses fat, at some point you will hit a plateau and stop losing. This is the famine mode, and you will need to increase your fat consumption (preferably unsaturated fats) to maintain healthy weight loss. It happened to me after about 14 weeks, the staff reviewed my eating records and explained all this to me.
Check out http://www.webmd.com/ for more.