Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[robinb]

Another week of maintenance, and I have lost another pound. I am trying to find a balance to try and hover around the same weight, and so far, it isn't happening!! So far on maintenance, I have lost 1.2, gained 2.8, lost 3, and lost 1.

I've heard that maintenance is the hardest part of the program for a lot of people. I would say that it's especially hard for someone who lost as much weigh as you did in a relatively short period of time . Hang in there. It's all part of the learning process.

I did the SFT for the whole week and am loving it!

Me too .

 

[Sandi]

Checking in after my last WI. I'm down another 1.8 . That puts me almost exactly where I was in mid-december before my last WDW trip. *sigh* The Simply Filling Technique seems to working well for me this time. I'm really finding it a lot less stressful to eat things that are *good* for me and not have to worry about how many points something is.

Yea Robin! I'm finding the SFT to be a lot better for me emotionally, too. I still track every day, but instead of seeing the number of points go down, down, down, I just see the little green triangles. When I do eat something that isn't a power food, those points are subtracted from the weekly points. The first week I did SFT, I used all of those WPs and some of my APs. This week, I used about half of the WPs and none of the APs. DD17 and DH say I'm in a better mood, too. So, everyone wins!

Are you eating any new Power Foods? One thing I found that I just love is wheat berries. I mix those with pinto beans or meat and its really filling with a nice mouth feel.

 

[GSD4ME]

Okay . . . after gaining 49 pounds last year and having to go back on blood pressure medication, I've decided to get back on WW and lose the weight - for good!! I want to lose 115 pounds total and, seven weeks in, I'm down 18.5 pounds. I really need to exercise more, but I'm dealing with some tendonitis and it's keeping me from really exercising as much as I want/should.

But, I'm staying focused and I KNOW I can get there!!!

 

[robinb]

Okay . . . after gaining 49 pounds last year and having to go back on blood pressure medication, I've decided to get back on WW and lose the weight - for good!! I want to lose 115 pounds total and, seven weeks in, I'm down 18.5 pounds. I really need to exercise more, but I'm dealing with some tendonitis and it's keeping me from really exercising as much as I want/should.

But, I'm staying focused and I KNOW I can get there!!!

Welcome back! You are doing great! You've lost over 2 lbs per week. My guess is that your tendonitis will improve as your weight goes down and you will be able to exercise more later in your journey.

 

[NC State]

After an eating binge at Disney and being sick at home, I lost 1.4 lbs (34.4 total lost). I'm still 1.6 lbs away from what I was before Christmas. I hate having to spin my weight on what I regained over Christmas. But my running has also picked up. Yesterday (Tuesday) I ran for 2.6 miles in 35 mins.
I'm going to continue with my power mile (walk) at lunch, running every afternoon (4 days a week) and on weigh in nights I can walk 1.5-2 miles before my meetings....I'm just moving more!

-Stephanie

 

[Sandi]

After an eating binge at Disney and being sick at home, I lost 1.4 lbs (34.4 total lost). I'm still 1.6 lbs away from what I was before Christmas. I hate having to spin my weight on what I regained over Christmas. But my running has also picked up. Yesterday (Tuesday) I ran for 2.6 miles in 35 mins.
I'm going to continue with my power mile (walk) at lunch, running every afternoon (4 days a week) and on weigh in nights I can walk 1.5-2 miles before my meetings....I'm just moving more!

-Stephanie

You are doing great with the exercise. That's a lot. I'm really impressed. You're an inspiration Stephanie.

 

[lisajl]

I forgot to check in here! Mondays weigh in was good. I am almost at my 10%. I have .2 lbs to lose so hopefully on Monday I will get my keychain!
Still have a long way to go, but so inspired by everyone on here!

Good luck everyone!
Lisa

 

[RF536]

I'm on my 2nd week of WW, so Tues. was my 1st WI, I lost 3.6lbs. I need to lose about 100lbs. So far I am find the program pretty east to work. I take my breakfast, lunch and snacks to work with me and track everthing at the begining of the day. I also plan at least the main dish of my dinner, so I have an idea how many points I have to play with during the day.

 

[sjms71]

Thanks Stephanie. At my WI today, I was down 3#. Yippee! This follows a gain last week, but I lost more this week than I gained last week (substantially), so I'm very happy. I even got the Dory this week!

I did the SFT for the whole week and am loving it!

Checking in after my last WI. I'm down another 1.8 . That puts me almost exactly where I was in mid-december before my last WDW trip. *sigh* The Simply Filling Technique seems to working well for me this time. I'm really finding it a lot less stressful to eat things that are *good* for me and not have to worry about how many points something is.

Sandi & Robin, great job! I was talking about you two at my meeting yesterday and how you are having success on SFT. When I come back from vacation I think I will try it too.

Okay . . . after gaining 49 pounds last year and having to go back on blood pressure medication, I've decided to get back on WW and lose the weight - for good!! I want to lose 115 pounds total and, seven weeks in, I'm down 18.5 pounds. I really need to exercise more, but I'm dealing with some tendonitis and it's keeping me from really exercising as much as I want/should.

But, I'm staying focused and I KNOW I can get there!!!

Welcome back to WW, congrats on your success so far

After an eating binge at Disney and being sick at home, I lost 1.4 lbs (34.4 total lost). I'm still 1.6 lbs away from what I was before Christmas. I hate having to spin my weight on what I regained over Christmas. But my running has also picked up. Yesterday (Tuesday) I ran for 2.6 miles in 35 mins.
I'm going to continue with my power mile (walk) at lunch, running every afternoon (4 days a week) and on weigh in nights I can walk 1.5-2 miles before my meetings....I'm just moving more!

-Stephanie

Hey Stephanie you are doing great, even though you are a little frustrated you are still staying motivated. Keep up the good work walking and running. We sure have had awesome weather here in NC.

I forgot to check in here! Mondays weigh in was good. I am almost at my 10%. I have .2 lbs to lose so hopefully on Monday I will get my keychain!
Still have a long way to go, but so inspired by everyone on here!

Good luck everyone!
Lisa

You can do it Lisa

I'm on my 2nd week of WW, so Tues. was my 1st WI, I lost 3.6lbs. I need to lose about 100lbs. So far I am find the program pretty east to work. I take my breakfast, lunch and snacks to work with me and track everthing at the begining of the day. I also plan at least the main dish of my dinner, so I have an idea how many points I have to play with during the day.

Hello, sounds like you are focused and have a great plan with your meals. Good luck.

 

[jadeblue13]

Way to go everyone, it sounds like you are working hard!

I gained .4 last week and lost 2.2 this week for a total 15.6 since Sept. Yay!
I finally got my 5lb. sticker. Eight more lbs til I hit 10%-I bought a treadmill, just need hubby to help put it together. I have tried the simply filling on my really busy days and apparently that did the trick this week.

Having some issues with my preteen DD-we are seeing a counselor and I feel my stress level going down already- hoping that helps with the weight loss.

 

[Sandi]

Way to go everyone, it sounds like you are working hard!

I gained .4 last week and lost 2.2 this week for a total 15.6 since Sept. Yay!
I finally got my 5lb. sticker. Eight more lbs til I hit 10%-I bought a treadmill, just need hubby to help put it together. I have tried the simply filling on my really busy days and apparently that did the trick this week.

Having some issues with my preteen DD-we are seeing a counselor and I feel my stress level going down already- hoping that helps with the weight loss.

Yea for your success. Aren't those 5 pound increment stickers great!?! I feel like a little kid enjoying the stickers.

Good luck with your DD. I think the junior high/middle school years are the hardest. Now that my DD is a junior in HS, life it much more calm.

 

[Tracyvp]

Weighed in this morning and was down another 1.4lb for a total of 14.4lb since December 9. I was really hoping for that 5# sticker, but I'm not going to complain!!

I'm also pleased that I managed to exceed my AP goal for the week. I've missed it a couple of times, but I've so far exceeded it on other weeks that the average according to eTools is still over my goal.

I'm a happy camper going into the weekend!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I was down 0.6 at my weigh-in Wednesday!

 

[averill94]

I havent posted in a while but have been watching everybody do so well!

We are having a big weekend- today we have a baptism where the party after is at a gret catering hall....
Tomorrow my Aunts 90th birthday at a yummy Italian restaurant.

I will restrain myself as much as possible today because weigh in is tomorrow.
I have been dreading this weekend for the past month because I know I will want to east everything I see!

OT - If you guys eat pizza how many points do you count? For a take out pie from a pizza parlor (are they even called that anymore?) I always counted 7 pp per slice (per the book). My leader said no way they should be more like 12 pp!!!!!

Who can eat one slice of pizza?

Margaret

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

OT - If you guys eat pizza how many points do you count? For a take out pie from a pizza parlor (are they even called that anymore?) I always counted 7 pp per slice (per the book). My leader said no way they should be more like 12 pp!!!!!

Who can eat one slice of pizza?

Margaret

I know!! Who CAN eat just one slice of pizza?!! I find pizza is the hardest thing to determine points for. But I do agree with your leader -- it's probably more like 12.

Here is what I usually do. I do try to limit myself to just one slice but I will charge myself about 11 points for it. Since one slice is definitely not enough, I usually make squash fries and zucchini noodles and sometimes a salad as well. I need to make myself feel full so that I dont feel deprived or hungry soon afterwards.

 

[RF536]

I am facing pizza tonight, we are getting together with the families from my cub scout den to celebrate the boys earning their arrow of light awards. I am hoping this place has salad bar, so I won't be as tempted by the pizza.

Today we are packing up our dinning area, so the DH and FIL can lay laminate flooring on Mon.

Hope everyone as a good weekend.

 

[JDBlair]

I almost quit WW 2 weeks ago when I weighed in with a 2.2 gain. I was really angry and upset and tired of this yo-yo situation I seem to find myself in. I sat and waited for the meeting to begin and seriously thought about leaving. I didn't leave and I listened to our leader and members sharing. I had thoughts of going home and just blowing it, ordering exactly what I wanted at Chipotle and giving up!

But as I left the meeting, I decided I needed to do a serious self evaluation. After all, my leader had requested I bring my tracker to the next meeting. Well, I don't need my leader to tell me some of the things I could figure out for myself. I stopped at Chipotle for my dinner, got the 8 pt salad.

The next day I went back over my week and assessed where I can make changes. I honed in on a couple of bad habits I had that I was trying to incorporate in to my program. But honestly, I needed to scale them back. I could keep them but limit it to a 1-2x a week ordeal, instead of daily.

Thursday was my weigh-in and I lost 2 of the lbs I had ganed. I handed over my tracker to my leader with confidence. I can't imagine she's going to find things in there that I haven't already addressed and demonstrated by my actions.

I am resolved to keep going. I am resolved to letting go of some of those habits. I am resolved to letting this be the year about me losing this weight and not letting excuses or bad habits stand in my way. But my drive, my motivating factor, is that when I run my next half marathon in September, I won't look like the same as I did when I ran my previous half marathon in January. That's my goal!

 

[book_junkie]

Woo! Did my online weigh in yesterday, and I am 2# away from my 10% goal!

Just wanted to share with peeps who would understand!

 

[JDBlair]

Woo! Did my online weigh in yesterday, and I am 2# away from my 10% goal!

Just wanted to share with peeps who would understand!

Great job!

 

[Sandi]

I almost quit WW 2 weeks ago when I weighed in with a 2.2 gain. I was really angry and upset and tired of this yo-yo situation I seem to find myself in. I sat and waited for the meeting to begin and seriously thought about leaving. I didn't leave and I listened to our leader and members sharing. I had thoughts of going home and just blowing it, ordering exactly what I wanted at Chipotle and giving up!

But as I left the meeting, I decided I needed to do a serious self evaluation. After all, my leader had requested I bring my tracker to the next meeting. Well, I don't need my leader to tell me some of the things I could figure out for myself. I stopped at Chipotle for my dinner, got the 8 pt salad.

The next day I went back over my week and assessed where I can make changes. I honed in on a couple of bad habits I had that I was trying to incorporate in to my program. But honestly, I needed to scale them back. I could keep them but limit it to a 1-2x a week ordeal, instead of daily.

Thursday was my weigh-in and I lost 2 of the lbs I had ganed. I handed over my tracker to my leader with confidence. I can't imagine she's going to find things in there that I haven't already addressed and demonstrated by my actions.

I am resolved to keep going. I am resolved to letting go of some of those habits. I am resolved to letting this be the year about me losing this weight and not letting excuses or bad habits stand in my way. But my drive, my motivating factor, is that when I run my next half marathon in September, I won't look like the same as I did when I ran my previous half marathon in January. That's my goal!

Aren't you glad you didn't quit! Great job finding and addressing your challenges.

Woo! Did my online weigh in yesterday, and I am 2# away from my 10% goal!

Just wanted to share with peeps who would understand!

We totally understand your joy. You'll be at that 10% soon.