Trying to Decide

Over the past five years I have put on 25 lbs. am trying to decide the
best way of dealing with it. I looked at the Atkins Diet, but find it
a bit bizarre and, certainly for the first two weeks, way too
restrictive.

I am a 60 year old male who is 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. Under WW, how
many points a day would I start out at, if my goal was 160 lbs? What
would be the steady state point count, if I wanted to stay at 160lbs?

In ww the daily point allowed is based on only your current weight. I can't find
anything on the website right now, but I believe that if you are between 175-200
pounds you would be allowed 24 points per day, plus 35 flexpoints to be used over
the course of the week. If you exercise to earn activity points, those points are
also added into that particular days point count.

Maintaining weight is a lot tougher to figure, darn near impossible to do so
before you are even there. It will depend on how active a lifestyle you have,
etc. Just going by the ww charts, it would appear that to maintain a weight of
160, 24 points per day (plus the additional flexpoints) would be the beginning
point. If you find you gain or lose weight with that number, then you adjust the
points up or down accordingly.

Joyce
WW starting weight: 228.8 - 2/5/02
current weight: 133.3
Lifetime: 4/4/03

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:50:48 GMT, wrote:

Over the past five years I have put on 25 lbs. am trying to decide the
best way of dealing with it. I looked at the Atkins Diet, but find it
a bit bizarre and, certainly for the first two weeks, way too
restrictive.

I am a 60 year old male who is 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. Under WW, how
many points a day would I start out at, if my goal was 160 lbs? What
would be the steady state point count, if I wanted to stay at 160lbs?

Joyce wrote:

In ww the daily point allowed is based on only your current weight. I can't find
anything on the website right now, but I believe that if you are between 175-200
pounds you would be allowed 24 points per day, plus 35 flexpoints to be used over
the course of the week. If you exercise to earn activity points, those points are
also added into that particular days point count.

Maintaining weight is a lot tougher to figure, darn near impossible to do so
before you are even there. It will depend on how active a lifestyle you have,
etc. Just going by the ww charts, it would appear that to maintain a weight of
160, 24 points per day (plus the additional flexpoints) would be the beginning
point. If you find you gain or lose weight with that number, then you adjust the
points up or down accordingly.

Joyce
WW starting weight: 228.8 - 2/5/02
current weight: 133.3
Lifetime: 4/4/03

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:50:48 GMT, wrote:

Over the past five years I have put on 25 lbs. am trying to decide the
best way of dealing with it. I looked at the Atkins Diet, but find it
a bit bizarre and, certainly for the first two weeks, way too
restrictive.

I am a 60 year old male who is 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. Under WW, how
many points a day would I start out at, if my goal was 160 lbs? What
would be the steady state point count, if I wanted to stay at 160lbs?


On the UK system, men of your weight start with 28 points (men get more
points, but I don't know why!) You don't have much to lose to reach the
top of the BMI for your height. 160 looks like a good mid range goal to
aim for.

WW will give you a much better ballance and better training for the the
future than things like Atkins - which seems to have serious
consequences down the line, if my latest reading is anything to go by.
I should try WW, starting on 28 points per day. If you use their menus
as a starting guide, and add a few more potatoes or a little more rice
to the main meals to up the points a bit, you will do better than using
those 'extra' points on fatty salty snacks and chocolate. And remember,
you can earn more points with exercise, and exercise is good: tones the
muscles and has other great benefits. It doesn't have to be hard
work-outs in the gymn either - a good brisk walk every day counts.

I have yet to reach my goal, so I can't help on the maintenance thing
yet...
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I did the aktins for a while before switching to ww. Many folks find that
while atkins does work in the beginning, it is very hard to stay on it. Many
stop losing weight after a few months. Too restrictive for most people. Too
many hidden carbs in foods that make following the plan difficult. There are
also reports of Atkins causing health problems in the long run.

WW, on the other hand, stresses good eating habits and exercise as a way of
life and not a diet. It is also a lot easier to follow especially now with
the new Flex Points plan. I went out to dinner last night and had plenty of
points for the day since I exercised to have a Fried chicken salad at
Applebees with a little bit of dressing on the side. I even had enough
points left over to have a mini-bag of popcorn.

Start reading some of the posts in this newsgroup to get a feel for the
types of long term sucess stories the folks on WW are having. Most are
reporting 1-2 pound losses each week. This is the recommended amount of
weight to lose safely. Anything higher than that is not healthy plus is
difficult to keep off.

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Over the past five years I have put on 25 lbs. am trying to decide the
best way of dealing with it. I looked at the Atkins Diet, but find it
a bit bizarre and, certainly for the first two weeks, way too
restrictive.

I am a 60 year old male who is 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. Under WW, how
many points a day would I start out at, if my goal was 160 lbs? What
would be the steady state point count, if I wanted to stay at 160lbs?

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:50:48 GMT, wrote:

Over the past five years I have put on 25 lbs. am trying to decide the
best way of dealing with it. I looked at the Atkins Diet, but find it
a bit bizarre and, certainly for the first two weeks, way too
restrictive.

I am a 60 year old male who is 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. Under WW, how
many points a day would I start out at, if my goal was 160 lbs? What
would be the steady state point count, if I wanted to stay at 160lbs?

180 is a little overweight and 160 is about right according to
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm
The following link will tell you your estimated calorie requirement.
This can then be turned into ponts fairly easily.
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/CalRequire.html
unfortunately your calorie requirement is dependent on a lot of
variable like how much exercise you do etc.

Atkins is having some bad press in the UK at the moment. They claim it
causes problems in the longer term. I know a couple of people who have
use it to good effect. WW seems to be a non-contraversial way of
losing weight.

Good luck

Ray
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rmnsuk
overall - 273/203/182
swwc - 205/203/192

wrote:
Over the past five years I have put on 25 lbs. am trying to decide the
best way of dealing with it. I looked at the Atkins Diet, but find it
a bit bizarre and, certainly for the first two weeks, way too
restrictive.

I am a 60 year old male who is 5'10" and weighs 180 lbs. Under WW, how
many points a day would I start out at, if my goal was 160 lbs? What
would be the steady state point count, if I wanted to stay at 160lbs?

Welcome to the ng, anonymous!! We love a crowd!! I think some others
have answered your questions about the program. I just want to make you
feel welcome here at ASDWW.

Connie

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Cheers,

Connie Walsh

241.5/218.5/155
10% 241.5/218.5/217.5
25 lbs lost 241.5/218.5/216.5