After you’ve reached your 5% goal, a 10% goal may be the next logical step. It offers further significant
health benefits, including lowered blood pressure, reduced risk of stroke and type 2 diabetes, less strain
on your joints, and more. As you achieve your 5% and then your 10% goals, you may continue to set
incremental goals of 5kg and 10kg. These will help you stay motivated on your way to your Goal weight.
What should my ultimate weight-loss goal be?
Speak to your Leader about an ultimate goal. You can work together to choose a weight to aim for.
In your Weight Record Card, you’ll find a Healthy Weight Range chart that you may find helpful.
When you reach your Goal weight, complete 6 weeks of maintainence, and you are within your Healthy
Weight Range, you will qualify for Lifetime Membership (LTM). For more information on this, refer to
the 'Your Rewards' section of your Pocket Guide.
How should I keep tabs on my weight loss?
We recommend that you weigh in once a week — it’s usually the first thing you do when you arrive at
your weekly meeting. Your weight will be recorded in your Weight Record Card. Feel free to add notes
about what was different that week in terms of how you ate, tracked, exercised, and so on. Your eTools
Plan Manager and Weight Watchers Mobile Tracker app also has a weight tracking option for you to
record your weight each week. As you lose weight, your body shape will change. Keeping track of your
body measurements and clothing size can be a great indicator of weight-loss success and a brilliant way
to stay motivated if the scales don’t always show a change in your weight.
Tracking and ProPoints values
How do I track what I eat and drink?
The easiest way to track is with Weight Watchers eTools*, which calculates ProPoints values as you enter
food and drink items. One-click access to a database of over 20,000 foods and their ProPoints values is
available on your computer and your smartphone (make sure you download the Weight Watchers Mobile
Tracker app*). If you prefer pen and paper, you can use your My Tracker book. At the beginning of each day,
fill in your daily ProPoints allowance. Throughout the day, track the foods you eat and drink — even the 0
ProPoints value ones. Subtract from your ProPoints allowance as you go along. Track activity ProPoints
values you have earned and used as well as any weekly ProPoints values you have used. Track
the use of Weight Watchers Filling & Healthy foods as well as those foods you have eaten as recommended
by the Good Health Guidelines. On eTools, the Good Health Guidelines are called “Healthy Checks”.
How does the daily ProPoints allowance help me lose weight?
Your daily ProPoints allowance (you can find yours on your Weight Record Card, on the eTools Plan
Manager or in the Weight Watchers Mobile Tracker app*) is optimised for your needs based on a
calculation that factors in your current weight, height, age and gender. The minimum daily ProPoints
allowance is 26. This is the lowest daily value that allows for the balance of nutrients that your body
needs. Plan to eat to your daily allowance each day. This will ensure you get the kilojoules your body
needs while you lose weight at a healthy rate.
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