PointsPlus (new WW plan)

Weightwatchers came out with a new plan this past week called PointsPlus. What does that sound like to you?? Plus means more, right? Well, that's kinda how you can look at it. It's the Points program redesigned based on today's scientific and nutrition research. I haven't started this new plan yet but I plan on starting day 1 of the new plan on Sunday. That's usually when I get back on the horse and ride until the following Saturday. Anyway, the best thing that I've learned from reading about the new PointsPlus program is that ALL FRESH fruit is FREEEEEEEE!!!!! That's right, people, fresh fruit has a value of 0 points, as do most veggies-but that was the same in the last Points program. Anyway, I am so overjoyed at this new development. I was always kinda resentful of the fact that if I chose to eat a banana, I'd have to give up 2 of my daily points and when you've already got a low daily target of points to start out with, well, that just didn't seem fair. I mean, there were a lot of ridiculously unhealthy things I could've chosen to eat besides the banana...SO--with this new development, when I'm hungry for a snack or I just want to eat a lot of fruit, I can do just that without being penalized by using up points. This whole plan is of course, to try and get people to pick up those fruits and veggies more often rather than the 100 calorie chip bag or the brownie. I'm so excited about this. Now, this doesn't mean that I can gorge myself either. I have to use common sense and listen to my body signals and eat only when I'm hungry. I still have to get all my good health guidelines in such as healthy oils (psh, I don't even make it a point to count those because I use olive oil each time I put something in a pan to cook it) and dairy and whole grains and what not...which leads me to my next point: daily target and bonus allowance pointsplus.

My daily target of points was a whopping 24 points. My weekly allowance of bonus points was 35--this all sounds like a lot but it really wasn't when you factored in everything you were "supposed" to eat versus everything you wanted to eat. haha.. So now my daily target is 29 and allowance is 49! However, most of our foods we've been used to eating regularly have gone up in pointsplus values so it kinda evens it out, probably. Anyway, since I haven't tried it yet, I will write an update on Saturday more than likely to tell you how it went. That poor orange bin at WinCo will be emptied by all the people (specifically me) trying out this new plan. I LOVE ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUITS!!!!