Weight Watchers Activitiy points help

[Carrots]

Hi there,
I am having trouble calculating my activity for today. DH and I took the kids for a 10 mile bike ride over 3 hours this morning/afternoon. It was a great workout, but I am having trouble converting the ride into activity points. I wasn't peadling continuously over 3 hours, but we hit some great hills and I was also pulling an extra 25lbs (DD K) on my bike.

I logged it as 60 minutes on a stationary bike at a moderate level. It counts as 7 points. However, I feel like I got a much better workout than my usual 45 minutes on the eliptical, which is also 7 points. Would you increase the point value?

Thanks,
Kristen

[weech]

I tend to err on the side of caution with activity points. I usually do the whole "well I earned x activity points today so I can eat THIS much extra." If I rounded up regularly, it would not be good for weight loss

Whether you calculate it perfectly or not, you still did the workout, so go you! That is awesome!

[DietCokeLover]

You probably did get more than 7 points, but I tend to calculate down too because I'm worried about giving myself tot much leeway.

[Carrots]

You probably did get more than 7 points, but I tend to calculate down too because I'm worried about giving myself tot much leeway.

Thanks! I am keeping it as 7 points. I also tend to be conservative with the activity points. We'll see what the scale says on Wednesday!

[DietCokeLover]

I had to work this weekend cleaning hotel rooms (story in BP), but I worked for 7.5 hours straight. If I calculated it as moderate effort, I would get 39 points for it! I only counted 10, but 39 is probably legitimately correct.

Weigh in tomorrow, so we'll see!

[Carrots]

DietCokeLover, I weigh in on Wednesdays, but I weighed in this morning "just to see" how I was foing. I DIDN"T LOSE AN OUNCE. I have not changed anything about my exercise routine, eating, tracking, etc. I have lost 10 lbs so far, but this "maintain" week is killing me. Ugh!!!

[DietCokeLover]

Kristen, I lost 1.6 this week for a total of 18. How'd your weigh in go today?

Also, I asked my leader about activity points. She said that no matter how many you earn, you are to only act as if you have earned 4 per day max. So, like me, I earned 64+ last week, I need to assume I only earned 4 per day.

[Carrots]

That is good to know about the activity points! I will keep that in mind.

I maintatined the same weight as last week, but I have lost 10 lbs total. I looked back at my progress report from last week and earned 61 activity points. I need to meantally "dial that number down".

I need to look more closely at my points tracker. Some days I do really well and use under my daily point allowance. Other days I do have to dip into the weekly points plus allowance, but I have never used *all* the weekly points plus.

I am trying to find more satifying dinners because I find at the end of the night, I am really hungry (and tired).

Nice work on losing 18+ lbs!!! That is fantastic!!!