week five

I am going to try something this week to see if it makes a difference in my weight lose. A friend, who has been exercising a lot and actually ended up gaining last week, got me to thinking. I'm not using my exercise points. On the Weight Watchers FLEXPoints plan you get points to add to the daily points you have to use for food based on the amount of exercise you do. I get 2 extra points per day for the exercise I do. I have not, in the past, used these additional points but this week I am going to and see if it makes a difference. They put a lot of stress on the fact that if you don't eat enough your metabolism will slow down. Maybe my friend (we'll call her Elizabeth) is not actually eating enough to compensate for the exercise she is doing? We'll see if this makes a difference on Thursday.