maddy, just remember that staying at the low end of the target heart rate range will result in more fat burn-off than the higher-intensity zone. One other thing I'd suggest (and Lil mentioned it once here) is getting a pedometer. It's recommended that everyone take 10,000 steps a day for good health, more if you're trying to lose weight. I keep mine on daily, and it helps keep me motivated to be more active as well as showing me exactly how *inactive* I am some days. If I notice my total's not jumping up much during the day, I'll make a point to try to get up and move around a bit. I would, however, recommend you go with a "nicer" pedometer--I just bought one at Target with a pulse meter for around $30--as they seem to be both more accurate and durable.


osuche~I understand. Oftentimes I wonder if I'm givng myself too few or too many points for the things I eat, especially when eating out. For instance, yesterday I had lunch with my friends from work, and we went to our favorite Italian place. That's a bad, bad place to go for someone on WW, let me tell you. But I ordered a mini cheese pizza, 7", about the best thing under the circumstances. I went back to the office and logged on to put in my points. I did a search under "cheese pizza" and got 23508295820395 hits with varying points levels. Because the place we went isn't a national chain, I kind of had to guess on an appropriate point value.

As fzzy states, the prepackaged dinners, etc. are excellent when you need to know *exactly* what you're consuming, even though they unfortunately can't cover every situation.

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