The Zero List

Above is the zero list of foods.  You're daily points are lower to accommodate the eating of these foods.

I eat absolutely no Tofu or Tempeh.  Yogurt, Cottage Cheese, Beans and Lentils are occasionally eaten but not on a regular basis.  Fish and shellfish I do love to eat, but that's not a daily or even a weekly thing.  I can eat A LOT of popcorn.

This is where zero points fail..... I don't have points to eat the things I do eat regularly (and I'm not talking unhealthy things) but I have zero foods that I either don't eat or not regularly.  And gosh, they gave me a zero that I can eat a whole lot of!!!

I've decided to experiment.  I went into the Food Settings on the WW app and changed the Current Focus to maintain weight.  That upped my dailies from 23 to 29; I upped them 1 more point.  So I sat my dailies at 30.  Why?  Well I thought I deserved some points back since I don't eat everything on the zero list.  I also decided since popcorn can be a trigger food for me, I needed to count points for that.  I'm just going to give it a try and see how it goes. Can't hurt right?

Some people are choosing to switch to the diabetic plan - which is fine.  On that plan I would get 29 dailies and lose fruits as a zero.  Please keep that in mind.  The only zero foods you will lose on the diabetic plan is the fruit, corn & popcorn - all those others will remain the same.

Though choosing your own zero foods wasn't my favorite plan, I now do understand it a little better than I did back then.  You lose points to accommodate the zeros; if it's something you don't eat - that can hurt you point wise; rarely eat? well....the points will cover it.  I now wish I had the option to choose my own.

Sigh......