The Wendie Effect?

Does anyone remember the Wendie Plan? It was a twist on the old Weight Watchers point system when they used to have you consume a range of points. The Wendie Plan was supposed to shake up your metabolism when you hit a plateau. The premise was that if food was fuel, and your metabolism the furnace, an occassional high food/fuel day would make the metabolism/furnace kick into high gear.

Well, my point here (and there is one) is that I think there just might be some truth to the theory! I've been fairly lo-cal for a week and then had a little mini-binge last night. I was stressed out (long story) and ended up eating dark chocolate M&M's, red wine, and garlic bread for dinner!

And I was down a pound this morning after being "stuck" since Friday. Hmmm. Not that I'm going to stick to the chocolate/wine/bread diet but I think my eyes have been opened to the fact that a little slip now and again does not doom one's weight loss efforts to total failure.

Anyone else with similar experiences?

Yes!

I remember it!

You have the same number of points for the week as if you had not done the Wendie Plan, but you vary the calories, having one very high calorie day, followed by two low calorie days, then a high calorie day, followed by three low calorie days. I tried it to break a plateau once, and it seemed to work.

I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for your words of encouragement on my blog!