March 23
This is what Weight Watchers is doing with “flex points”. They are not a gift. They have been skimmed from your daily budget in advance and given back to you to play with, as if you would not be smart enough to figure out how to do this for yourself. It is sort of like “fibbing” to you about your new salary (telling you it is lower than it is) and then giving it back to you in a bonus. Aside from not arming you with the facts, another problem is that you may need more than 35 extra points on any given week (or day for that matter), and if you spend 70 points, you have to pay back 70 points. By the same token, the number of skinny days you need is also determined by how much you spend on the other days. It is specific to your eating/spending patterns.