OT: Weight Watchers

[stitchlover]

Totally off topic...anyone currently doing Weight Watchers that could give me a quick hand with something?

TIA!

 

[remark44]

I'm not currently doing it. But I have in the past. Can I help?

 

[stitchlover]

You might be able to...

I have been maintaining a 118 pound weight loss for 2 years now but since summer have put on 15 pounds, so I am sitting right at my WW goal now. I am going back to a meeting later this week but have no current materials.

I'm trying to find out red wine points. I have a points calculator but of course the bottle doesn't have any nutritional information. Any idea how many points and for what quantity?

Any clue?

 

[wishspirit]

According to Yahoo answers:
125 ml of red wine is 1 point, which adds up with what my mother said whilst she was doing it.

Hope this helps!

 

[Minnie&Mickey]

I just checked on the Weight Watchers website and it says that one serving is 2 points. Unfortunately it doesn't say how many ounces a serving is. Hope this helps!

 

[stitchlover]

I have a conversion thing around here somewhere...I can convert ml to oz.

Thank you so much for the help. I have a goal to get this 15 pounds back off by our trip...we arrive at Disney on March 12th. I'm pretty sure I can do it. I hope I can!

I set my WW goal as 160 because at 5'7" that is the top of my goal range. I decided I was more comfortable hanging out in the 145 range or just a tad below. In fact for 1-1/2 years if I saw 146 on the scale I knew it was time to rein it in.

Well this summer was VERY hectic. Turned 40 June 4th, bought a new house June 5th, the very next day left on 2 weeks vacation, came home totally jet lagged on a Saturday, moved on Tuesday the very next Saturday my brother-in-law and his two kids arrived for a week long visit, the other house took a few months to sell, our daughter with an anxiety disorder had to start in a new school district with no friends, one of the dogs ran away but came back, we are waiting for breast cancer test results for my father right now.

That is the HIGHLIGHT of my last 6 months! So my eating has been a little erratic and I have slipped back into eating more of what I WANT and not what I SHOULD. I have put together 3 back to back days of being good and the scales have budged a little. I realize it is important to get back to meetings and I am finding one out where I live now. Well actually I'm gonna have to drive about 20 miles East into Fort Worth but I don't ever want to weigh 262 again. 160 is breaking my heart.

Anyway TMI I'm sure...but it is cathartic to get some of it out there and off my chest. It's amazing how just a 15 pound weight gain can change how you see yourself and feel about yourself.

 

[wishspirit]

Thats really great!

Sorry, I forgot America wasn't metric! There is a converter somewhere!

Best of luck, and have fun on your trip!

 

[msteddom]

Both red and white wine are two points per glass.

Melissa

 

[kiddoc]

Just FYI...1 oz = 30 ml.

 

[Tink rules]

1/2 cup of wine is 2 pts...(that's 4 oz)

 

[stitchlover]

Thanks! I think I've decided I am going to give up the wine until I get back to the weight I like to be at. I do like a glass of red wine every few days in evenings! I am now on day 6 of being 100% on track and "good". I now have 12 pounds more to go.

 

[Stacy's a freak]

I hope I don't get flamed, but I LOVE the fact that the most important food item in this thread is wine. YAY! My kind of WW!

 

[msteddom]

I hope I don't get flamed, but I LOVE the fact that the most important food item in this thread is wine. YAY! My kind of WW!

That's why I like the fact that it's 2 points a GLASS, that way I get to decide how large my glass is

Just kidding!!!

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Geez, I wonder how many points in a 5L box of red wine????

 

[wishspirit]

Geez, I wonder how many points in a 5L box of red wine????

It's your birthday Mindy, points don't count today!

 

[Tink rules]

Don't ask... I have a friend who is a WW leader... he could probably give me the number pretty fast...


If you like wine - once in a while... have a spritzer...

 

[stitchlover]

Yes, and birthday cake is 0 points on your birthday too.