Hi Karan, welcome to the group.

Brenda

welcome and good luck, Lee

Welcome to the group and to WW Karan.  I used to use a simple excel
spreadsheet - one column for the name of the food and one for the
points.  One problem though - you have to be near your computer to
track!  On a piece of paper you can track anytime, anywhere :)

Here's our welcome notice to get you started in the group.  Best of
luck, and stick around to let us know how you go.

Welcome to this great newsgroup where you'll receive lots of support,
advice, and encouragement. Once a week on Sundays, I post a list of
links that newcomers to asdww might find useful. You may want to look
for that later in the week, or do a backwards search for last Sunday's post.

In the meantime, here's our FAQ:
http://www.didian.com/asdww/
our welcome notice:
http://www.geocities.com/welcomenotice/index.html

Frequently seen acronyms on this NG:
NSV = Non-Scale Victory
WOE = Way of Eating
WOL = Way of Life (Living)
OP = on Points or On Program
DH = Dear or Darling Husband
DS/DD/DGD/etc = Dear or Darling Son, Daughter, Granddaughter, etc
WI = Weigh-in

Other acronyms:
http://www.wwlissa.com/dwlz100+/100+acronyms.htm

Here's a short synopsis of the USA Flexpoints program by Joyce -

How many points you can eat is only based on your current weight, as you
lose weight those points allowed will decrease (logic is that your body
will need less to operate).   At 183 pounds and based on the new US
flexpoints system, you will have a set point target of 24.  In addition
to this you are allowed 35 flexpoints to be used throughout the week ...
as well as any activity points you earn on a particular day.  When your
weight drops to 175, your target drops to 22 points ... weight reaches
150, target once again drop to 20 points.  3 servings of dairy of
recommended per day, 5 servings of fruit and veggies, minimum of 6
glasses of water.

The basic plan is easy.  Eat at least your minimum daily number of
points.  Points do not carry over from day to day.  You are allotted 35
weekly flexpoints to be used at your discretion ... can divide them up
and use daily (would be an additional 5 points per day) or save them and
use them for a special occassion during the week.  Activity points are
earned based when exercising, but can ONLY be used on the day they are
earned.

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

And here's an explanation of Core/No-count by Laura -

It is a great plan. You DO however need to make sure that you are eating
at your normal Flex plan target number of points. This can be difficult
for some and you WILL stop losing.

Here is the summary of the plan: http://ahwww.home.comcast.net/summary.htm
Here is the detail list of foods:
http://ahwww.home.comcast.net/wwcoreplan.htm

Basic rules:
1. Eat as much of the core foods as you need to feel "satisfied" (not full).
2. If you want to eat foods that are not on the core foods list use you 35
weekly points allowance (WPA).
Note: use these points on healthy foods and not junk.
3. Activity points are used to supplement the 35 WPA for Non-core food items
only. They must be used on the day they are earned.
Note: most people find that they will increase the amount of core foods
because they are hungrier due to exercising.
4. 2 teaspoons of heathy oil daily is required.

~Laura

Please note that if you live in onther countries (UK, Australia, NZ,
Europe), the Points plans are different.  The UK and Australia/NZ
calculate points based on saturated fat and total kilojoules.  Most of
Europe calculates based on total fat and total kilojoules.  The desktop
calculator above can handle all of these programs.

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freely share their experience with and knowledge of WW, weight loss, and
maintenance. Yet occasionally, spammers, trolls, and flamers show up to
post advertising, false information, insults, and the like. Nearly all
of the time, people like this are just trying to yank someone's chain.
Most of the regulars on this newsgroup offer their experience as a
suggestion to try if you're stuck, but are quick to advise that each
person has to find what works for him/herself. If someone posts
something that doesn't sound right to you, ask the newsgroup, ask your
WW leader, or ask your health professional.

Much success on your weight loss journey! WW works!

Hi Karen,
I'm not very successful at losing weight but I have been a breastfeeding
counsellor in the past. I'd suggest waiting until baby is at least 6 weeks
old before you start trying to lose. In the meantime your milk supply is
establishing, you are still losing extra fluid from the pregnancy too. You
may find you don't have as much to lose as you think.
Your baby is going to need calories every day from you as you are providing
his food, so please allow extra points for that, I'd imagine about 6 to 8
points more than you'd be on if not breastfeeding.
More than at any other time you body will use what you put into it very
efficently so do beware cutting your intake and ending up with a super
frugal metabolism which does fine and doesn't lose on a restricted diet.
Perhaps now track and point what you are eating and spend some weeks
figuring out good portions for yourself and the points for various foods you
normally eat. As you are nursing fluids are important so now is a great time
to make friends with no points soup and water of course. Most women when
they eat normally will gradually lose weight when nursing without making an
extra effort. Conversely there is a minority whose bodies will not let go of
their "stores" while still nursing, a sort of survival trail I suppose from
times when today's food needs met didn't guarantee tomorrow's. I'm not sure
how long you will be nursing the baby but you might consider checking out
your local breastfeeding support group and seeing how other mothers of such
young babies are managing to nurse and get back to a pre-pregnancy weight.
What I'm saying applies to the extra pounds 10-20 which people get left with
after having a baby, if you have more than that to lose it may be ok to
start right away on a strict points ration, but my instinct is not to try to
lose for a little while yet.
Louise
missing babies, my youngest is 5 :-)