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The Lifetime meeting I attended Saturday this came up. Our leader quickly made the point about learning to eat until full and not be a kid in a candy shop and the idea was to encourage healthier food choices. Tracking, portion control, measuring/weighing, etc were still life skills needed for sustainable success. I think it is enough for me to give it a try. I am a SmartPoints refugee.
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jasper60103 wrote: »Question. I was curious if the WW leaders stress tracking like they used to? With the new program, freestyle kinda implies tracking is optional? I've been a lifer/maintenance for over 6 years, and still track meals and activity in eTools.
@jasper60103 , I'm a little late with this but when the plan was rolled out at my meeting last week, our leader stressed that part of the intention with 0-point foods was to be able to cut back on tracking (but not eliminate it). She made the point that a lot of people start gaining weight when they stop tracking. So, by eating to satisfaction and only tracking the point-bearing foods, the idea is to have a little more freedom.
In my own experience over the last week, I've really appreciated that. While tracking can't be viewed as any type of real chore to me, it does take a little time. I live in the land of slow internet. I can track but the added time per item to enter it in the tracker is certainly noticeable. I've bumped up the serving size on some of the 0-point foods, ate and enjoyed them and kept moving (literally and figuratively). I've maintained my weight about the same as with SP. So far, I'm integrating the new program without much fanfare and doing well with it.0 -
TOL and I have always tracked zero point foods also, so no changes here.0
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minimyzeme wrote: »jasper60103 wrote: »Question. I was curious if the WW leaders stress tracking like they used to? With the new program, freestyle kinda implies tracking is optional? I've been a lifer/maintenance for over 6 years, and still track meals and activity in eTools.
@jasper60103 , I'm a little late with this but when the plan was rolled out at my meeting last week, our leader stressed that part of the intention with 0-point foods was to be able to cut back on tracking (but not eliminate it). She made the point that a lot of people start gaining weight when they stop tracking. So, by eating to satisfaction and only tracking the point-bearing foods, the idea is to have a little more freedom.
In my own experience over the last week, I've really appreciated that. While tracking can't be viewed as any type of real chore to me, it does take a little time. I live in the land of slow internet. I can track but the added time per item to enter it in the tracker is certainly noticeable. I've bumped up the serving size on some of the 0-point foods, ate and enjoyed them and kept moving (literally and figuratively). I've maintained my weight about the same as with SP. So far, I'm integrating the new program without much fanfare and doing well with it.
minimyzeme,
it sounds like you've done well, and congrats!
Tracking, exercise and weekly meetings (while loosing) were the 3 components that worked for me.
I admit, I'm skeptical about trying new things, especially if its not broken.
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We discussed tracking zero point foods, it was about 50/50 or so in the group. The main concern was to be aware of what you were eating. But tracking is generally considered the primary key along with portion control0
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And, you can look back for meal ideas.0
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At our meeting, the leader emphasized the difference between zero points and free!
As for the effectiveness of the new program (at least short term), not a single person at my meeting said they followed the program and didn't lose, and several 'mostly' worked it and lost some. One girl who's a diligent tracker, went over by 54 and still lost 1.40 -
Possibly/probably because of tracking and/or more awareness of the program, portions, weights, etc.0
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Totally agree Al. Although the program does have to promote an appropriate amount of calories, or tracking would be useless.
The consensus was that this is much more livable long term (like PP, IMHO)0
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