So six months ago, she committed what was once the ultimate Weight Watchers no-no and cut her own points allotment.
In December, in a move that seemed to acknowledge the difficulty many dieters were having with the new system, Weight Watchers recommended that all members consider reducing their daily food intake, or points allotment, by 10 percent, not counting fruits and vegetables.
A Twitter user with more than 70,000 followers, Ms. Gasteyer began sending Twitter messages about Weight Watchers and its points system, where foods have point values related to caloric content, and users can raise daily point allotments by exercising.
In Hong Kong, the only smoke-free housing policy is the penalty point allotment to residents who smoke or carry a lighted cigarette in common areas in public rental housing, and tenancy will be terminated when certain points have been accrued.
(For those who've missed a few meetings, that means most women might cut their daily Points Plus allotment to 26 per day, down from 29).
Guidelines published in 2014 on when councils are allowed to dispose of allotments pointed out that "allotments are valuable community spaces that provide people with the opportunity to enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle".
As Ms. Ruiz made her choices, the system subtracted points from an allotment of 200 for the month (healthy items count for fewer points).
Part of the point of the allotments and polytunnels is to bring people together and such things as barbecues and Halloween parties are encouraged.
We thought there could be a little visitors' centre explaining the history, and the fact that Arthur Villiers was good friends with Winston Churchill, and we could stress the very British philanthropic tradition and the point that our allotments have been copied all over the world.' There is another scheme, surely a public relations coup.
Yet councils are actually required to provide land for allotments, she points out.
