Tracking

Tracking Food, Activity, and Weight
Why track food and activity?
Experts in the field of weight loss have found that tracking food and activity on a regular basis increases weight-loss success. (For more information, see the Science Center). Compare it to staying on a financial budget, and tracking your spending: Not only are you paying attention to what you’re eating, but you’re writing it down, which helps you stay honest, accountable, and focused on your goal.


Tracking food in the PointsPlus™ Tracker
Each day, track everything you eat and drink, keeping an eye on your PointsPlus values and portion sizes. You should also keep track of the physical activity that you do. At the end of the day you’ll see if you stayed within your Target.

You can also use the PointsPlus Tracker to track how well you’re doing with the Good Health Guidelines, such as getting enough water and fruits and vegetables. Plus you can track your hunger levels, so you can learn to avoid hunger’s “peaks and valleys.”

Your key tool for tracking your PointsPlus values is the PointsPlus Tracker in the Plan Manager.



Tracking activity
You can also keep track of activity PointsPlus values in the Plan Manager’s Activity Tracker. Log the activity you do, and you can swap activity PointsPlus values for food PointsPlus values.

The PointsPlus Tracker will automatically swap your earned activity PointsPlus values.




Tracking weight
Finally, it‘s important to weigh yourself each week, so you can follow your progress as your weight changes, and so your PointsPlus Target is accurate.

Some tips for weighing yourself:
Weigh yourself on the same day each week, at the same time of day.
Wear similar clothing each week. (And don’t forget to take off your shoes!)

Don’t worry; if you decide to change the day of the week you weigh yourself, or change your starting weight, you can always update them in your profile.
In the Weight Tracker, you can see when you hit important weight-loss milestones, and see a graph of your progress over time. You can track measurements, too.