1- People make way too much out of starvation mode.. for that to happen you
have to really starve.. it DOES happen.. happened to me, but that was beyond
what is called starving. Out of stupidity I returned to my anorexic ways
instead of just following the program. Some people do that, but not many.
Generally when people don't loose or gain it's because they eat too much,
not too little. What DOES happen is, they eat too little.. get really hungry
and then go overboard..

2- The points are not based only on calories.. but also on the amount the
fat grams and fiber grams the food contains.. so there's not a set number of
calories to it..

The number of points you are allowed depends on how much you weight.. so
again there isn't a set number of calories. 227lbs means 28 pts as a daily
target(minimum in a day) plus 35 pts a week.. 231 pts per week plus your
activity pts which you earn by being physically active..

I don't think you're undereating so much as overthinking.. I can't help you
with the calories counting.. because I don't do it, and I think it's a very
bad system.. it doesn't take account of the quality of the foods you're
eating.. only the calories..

I can tell you that the Weight Watchers system works as is.. and that to me,
it's the easiest and healthiest way to go. plateaus happens, slow downs
happens, gain happens.. it's all part of loosing weight.. there's no perfect
solution.. but there's only two things that will bring you to long lasting
success, patience and perseverance..

--
Will~

"... so that's how liberty ends, in a round of applause."

Queen Amidala, The revenge of the Syth.


"Doug Lerner" wrote in message
...
With all this talk about avoiding metabolism slowdowns by eating too
little,
etc., I wonder...

I am 174 cm (5'8") and weigh 103.8 kg this morning (227.5 lb). I'm 49
years
old. I've lost about 47 lb over the last 25 weeks on a low-calorie diet.

Some people here are saying I should be sure not to eat too few calories
or
my metabolism will slow down making it even harder to lose weight. A few
people are saying I should eat fewer calories.

What I wonder is... what does Weight Watchers recommend? I was under the
impression that WW recommended points for an adult male of my height,
weight
and age only came to about 1500 calories per day. Is that not the case?

Thanks,

doug