On Friday, November 5th, 2010, Weight Watchers made a pretty major announcement.

They are changing the POINTS system.They haven’t given out any details yet, but if the video below is any indicator this isn’t like the changes we’ve seen in the past where they have given you options other than POINTS to track your food intake (options such as Core or Filling foods). No, from the sound of it they are going to fundamentally change the way POINTS are calculated.

This scares the crap out of me.

January 21st, 2011, will mark my 10 year anniversary on Weight Watchers. While I have not yet hit my ultimate goal weight, I have managed to lose and keep off approximately 170 pounds. I know the POINTS system like the back of my hand, and I can tell you the POINTS values of many foods without having to look them up. Now? All of that may change. I’m going to have to re-learn the program all over again.

Then again, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. I’ve definitely gotten “comfortable” with the program, and in the last few years my weight loss has been pretty minimal. I’m largely maintaining, and I have anywhere between 25 and 50 pounds left to lose. Maybe the fact that I’m going to have to re-evaluate my food from scratch will finally help to kick start me toward the finish line. Who knows?

In any case, check out the announcement. I, for one, am eagerly (and anxiously) waiting to see what they have to say on November 29th.

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