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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? |
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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? |
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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... -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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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. wrote in message ... 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? |
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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 -- rmnsuk overall - 273/203/182 swwc - 205/203/192 |
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