I weighed in this morning, and I've lost 4 pounds since last Monday!
Lynne, your guidelines sound perfect. I took yoga twice last week and stuck to my WW points. My knees and back feel marginally better, but I'm sore from the exercise, too. Unfortunately, I'm missing yoga today because I'm home with a sore throat and nascent cold. It's good to be back in the groove, though.
I've been drinking whole milk, using real cream in my coffee, etc... because I'm being paranoid about not getting enough Ca. It seems to dampen the appetite even though it's more calories.
Try going down to 2% now. There's a lot of fat in whole milk along with that calcium.
Meryl - I'm glad you're having luck with the WW points. I love their on-line points counter and other tools. I've used it a couple of times over the years, but basically all it does is tell me where I go wrong. I don't have any problems until dinnertime, then it's a free-for-all.
Yep, dinner's a problem, but if you're writing down your points, there's more of an incentive to stick to them. I didn't care for the online point-keeping for some reason. The booklet works better for me. I keep it handy by my bedside along with the points-counting pamphlet.
We're in about the same place weight-wise. I'd like to get down to 150, too.
Chuck, I've been worried about you not keeping up the program. Glad to hear you're back on it, too. Good luck to us all!