Maybe change wigs me out

Last week I saw on the Weight Watchers website that some things were changing. The interface, the way we track, etc. There were rumblings from the members. I thought they were being ridiculous. Come on, who cares? They're changing the screens, they're changing some of the things we track - like exercise. Now we'll set goals for how many points we want to earn for activity. All sounded fine to me. If you don't like it, don't pay for it and do something else. Sounds reasonable, right?

On Wednesday I opened my little WW screen to track my breakfast and BOOM! My points had been lowered from 29 to 26. GASP! Three points! That's a wrap (literally) or a piece of bread or whatever. That may not sound like a big deal to you, but HEY! I just got my groove on. Plus, I like to drink a small 7.5 oz. coke a day and... you guessed it... it's 3 points!! Some heads may roll if I give up my little "treat". I may have wigged out been slightly concerned.

I pondered it and stressed and thought about NOT having my little treat and got all worked up internally. I started to have thoughts about just eating whatever I wanted. Isn't that weird? Something as small as a coke made me feel like I needed to panic. WHO THE HECK AM I? WHERE DO THESE ISSUES COME FROM? Seriously, tap tap, is this thing on? Can you hear me? Wait for it... I may have issues. I know! It's shocking. The extra weight wasn't a clue to said issues already.

So, I talked to two very sensible friends, one of them that has done this and had great success, and have decided, for now, to stick with 29 points. Whew. What a relief. If I hit a plateau, I'll reconsider. My friend, Britta, that has done this and done it well, did it on THIS plan with THESE points. Thank you, Britta!!

My new activity target suggested by WW is 30 points. They come up with this number based on your previous tracking history, your weight loss goals, etc. I won't lie, that's a pretty big number (for example: walking 30 minutes = 2 points so I'd have to like walk to China to hit 30) and I'm EXCITED to crush that goal! Boot camp is around 7 points so that's 21 and then I have to purpose to be active on the other days. Which works well since my 14 year old is all about being fit right now = work out partner = excuses are bogus. He's signing up to do the Warrior Dash this year, yay for something fun to do together!

Here's my adjusted WW plan:

29 points per day
20 splurge points per week (I lowered this from the 49 because well...I just needed to)
30 activity points per week

I've been rocking it out and sticking to my plan.