Boot Camp or Spa?

Hard Bed or Soft Bed?
67 on the Thermostat or 72?
Fleece Sweatshirt or Silk Underwear?
Plastic, Paper or Re-Usable Shopping Bag?

We make choices every day and don't give it a second thought.  Do you make decisions about your eating with the same ease?

The updated PointsPlus 2012 Weight Watchers program hands the ability to make significant choices right back to you, the member, by offering flexibility with regard to tightening or loosening your daily eating budget.  The new flexible daily PointsPlus Target delivers the control directly into your hands; it allows you to assess your current circumstances and make decisions about how strict or liberal you plan to be in the short term.

Did you make a change over the course of this last week?  If you came to the meeting and were motivated to make a change - drop me a line and let me know what happened and then come to your meeting this week and share your story with your meeting community.

Want to know more?
If you did not make it to a meeting this week - take a look at your schedule right now and make a date (and a commitment to yourself) to get to your meeting this week.

Oh and by the way, on a personal note... I decided to do eating bootcamp this week, I have eaten PPV each day as follows:
Sunday 33
Monday 27
Tuesday 27
Wednesday 27
Thursday 27
Friday 27
RESULT at my weigh in on Sat AM - down 3.4 LBS!

Next Question:
Do you sometimes have a hard time counting your PPV?
Would it be helpful to stay on track with the program without having to count?
This week in the meeting room "A Powerful Option"  we're going to brainstorm how to take a day or two off from tracking.  See you in your meeting.

ON SALE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

• 2012 DELUXE MEMBER KIT $10 OFF Usually $44.95 Currently $34.95
• 2012 ESSENTIAL MEMBER KIT $5 OFF Usually $24.95 Currently $19.95
• WEIGHT WATCHERS FOOD SCALE $5 OFF Usually $39.95 Currently $34.95
• WEIGHT WATCHERS PEDOMETER $5 OFF Usually $23.95 Currently $18.95

Weight Watchers Power Foods Cookbook

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From Weight Watchers... OOPS!
Wine and Beer: Let’s Be Clear
Avocado is Appealing

Thanks to all who noticed the PointsPlus® value discrepancies for wine this past week! Here’s the clarifying information: 

With Regard to Wine 
Rounding rules determine the following: As you know, we don't count 1/2 PointsPlus values; we round up or down to whole numbers. That means that a 4-fluid ounce glass of white wine, which is slightly below 3.5 PointsPlus values, is rounded down to 3 PointsPlus values, whereas a 4-fluid ounce glass of red wine, which is slightly above 3.5 PointsPlus values, is rounded up to 4 PointsPlus values. Though red and white wine are very similar, the rounding process creates a 1 PointsPlus value difference. Ultimately, both an 8-ounce glass of red or white wine counts as 7 PointsPlus value.

On eTools, due to a database error, the PointsPlus value for 4 fluid ounces of red wine is incorrectly listed as 3; it's listed correctly at 4 for if you select a portion of a half cup (which is equal to 4 fluid ounces). The IT folks are working on correcting this in the database.

.Besides too many glasses of 
.any drinkie can have you 
.falling face first into your plate

With Regard to Beer  
The PointsPlus values, by brand listed, on eTools are correct.  
The rule of thumb for estimating PointsPlus values for products with alcohol (not sugar alcohol) is as follows: enter the alcohol grams as fat in the calculator. And if there is fat in the food, add the alcohol to the fat and put in the fat box. Why does this work? Alcohol has a similar calorie content per gram as fat.

Keep in mind that our eTools database is updated regularly to account for changing nutritional information. In the event that you have any questions regarding PointsPlus values, please defer to the information on eTools.

With Regard to Avocado  
~ Avocado (1 medium): was 3 now 3 PointsPlus values ~~~ eeek!  I wish that was correct :(     It should read Avocado (1/4 of 1 medium).
Refer to the "Insider Trading" Tab above for other PPV Changes to last year's Pocket Guide.

HERE'S A CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK...
Since we're going to talk about NOT COUNTING POINTS this week in the meeting room, how about keeping track of the FOODS you SAY "NO" to for the week - how amazing would that be to fill up pages of foods you were able to resist?


Come back to the blog on Wednesday for a sweet treat recipe!


Have a wonderful week :)