I feel like I get a TON of points on my plan. I'm a M/6'2" and SW was 363.6lbs - I get 60 points a day.

Is there any benefit to having rollover points and NOT using all of your Weekly Points budgets? Because... I'm doing that. I'm also down 20lbs as of my 3rd weekly weigh-in, so maybe that's part of it?

I'm asking because I've seen videos that are adamant about making sure you USE ALL OF YOUR POINTS EVERY WEEK. They make it out like if you don't use all the points you're doing something wrong.

I think I understand this method of instruction from a "sanity" perspective. Just not a logical/impact perspective.

It's good to have the flexibility of being able to cheat a little every day... and the flexibility being built in means you're not even really "cheating".

I've been going very heavy on zero point foods for my meals. The result is that I'm barely using the points in my "buckets"... and so then I end up eating less healthy stuff as snacks because I feel free to do that... and I'm just concerned maybe I'm doing it wrong somehow.

Example: Yesterday

• I ate some eggs for breakfast (0 points)
• I splurged on some taco bell at lunch (19 points)
• I had a grilled chicken breast, riced cauliflower and mixed veggies for dinner (0 points).
• I had some valentines chocolates (3 pieces for 10 points), fruit (0 points), fat free small curd cottage cheese (0 points), veggie tray veggies w/o dip (0 points) and a sugar free pudding cup (2 points) throughout the day as snacks.
  • Then, since I had SO MANY points left for the day I ended up splurging again on snacks and had some ice cream in the evening( 22 points)
    • SNACKS TOTAL FOR THE DAY = 35 POINTS
    • DAILY POINTS USED = 54 POINTS

As you can see, this left me with 6 points left for my day yesterday. I still have 37 points left for the week. Didn't even really come close to feeling a need for them.

Today I log in and I have 4 rollover points from yesterday. So far today, I have consumed zero points - again just some eggs for breakfast.

The only thing I'm not including, is the activity. I don't think my activity is tied to points currently. I try to hit 15 minutes a day. Often I hit more like 30 or 45 total. When I check my app it looks like I get 1 weekly points for the steps it's counting but that's it. If that's helpful to making sense of the equation, there it is I guess.

I'm just trying to build a sustainable thing for me. Currently what I'm doing is very sustainable. The days I eat zero point items mean that I can "bleed out" a little when it comes to eating out on the weekend or whatever... but I noticed by week 3 my weight loss has started to slow and I want to make sure it's not because I'm being stupid because I feel like I have freedoms that I shouldn't have and eating a bowl of ice cream or something like that.

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