Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[NC State]

Sandi your ticker says "one day to go"...I would not be able to sleep tonight!
-Stephanie

 

[sjms71]

Sandi,

Have a magical time . Hope you can check in with us.

 

[Sandi]

Sandi your ticker says "one day to go"...I would not be able to sleep tonight!
-Stephanie

I woke up every couple of hours and was out of bed for good by 6:00; just like a work day. We leave for the airport in 20 minutes. Yea!

Sandi,

Have a magical time . Hope you can check in with us.

Thanks! I'll try to check in with you for support and to be supportive. I appreciate your good wishes. Soon enough it'll be your family.

 

[NC State]

I found a new fruit, well new to me. Went to Sam's today and purchased a "lemon drop melon". It's so good!

 

[acf_1991]

I finally joined weight watchers. After much debate within myself I've decided to take the advice of a couple of fellow DISers and joined weight watchers online. They had a promotion going on for a while and I decided to go ahead and take a risk. I'm very excited and looking forward to my hopefully positive end result. Since day 1 for me just ended I think i did fairly well, I realized a small bag of hot cheetos is 9 points! :O I am hypothyroid so needless to say I am very desperate to lose the weight I have gained due to both hypothyroid and carelessness. I would really appreciate It if someone took me under there wing and showed me the ropes of a successful weight watcher. I go through times where i am very hopeful and times where I feel I will never lose the weight.
My main goal is to go from 165lbs to 115-125lbs by July 29th 2012 for our first WDW TRIP!

So far i have only two questions, how would I calculate a food that does have nutrition info? I have tortillas that are store,bought and the packaging doesn't give,any information and when i try to find it on the ww website I get a lot of different options with different points. How do i know which one Is correct?
And also, on the ww website, if a recipe serves 4, and the points value is 4 does that mean each serving is worth 4 points or the recipe in its entirety?
I know these questions are a bit silly but I'm trying very hard. Thank you for those who read this, good luck to you all!

 

[cepmom]

just back from my WI and I am down 2.4 this week. I am happy to have lost the .4 gain from last week and an additional 2 lbs. So in 4 weeks, I am down 6.2 lbs total.

I have to weigh in for work by the 25th of each month, so I had set a goal for myself to try my best to get back to my Lifetime window(2 lbs above my goal weight) by the 25th of August. I have 2.8 to get there and 2 weeks to get it done. Not sure if it will happen, but I'm going to try my hardest to make it as close as I can. Hope everyone is having a good week!

 

[cepmom]

I finally joined weight watchers. After much debate within myself I've decided to take the advice of a couple of fellow DISers and joined weight watchers online. They had a promotion going on for a while and I decided to go ahead and take a risk. I'm very excited and looking forward to my hopefully positive end result. Since day 1 for me just ended I think i did fairly well, I realized a small bag of hot cheetos is 9 points! :O I am hypothyroid so needless to say I am very desperate to lose the weight I have gained due to both hypothyroid and carelessness. I would really appreciate It if someone took me under there wing and showed me the ropes of a successful weight watcher. I go through times where i am very hopeful and times where I feel I will never lose the weight.
My main goal is to go from 165lbs to 115-125lbs by July 29th 2012 for our first WDW TRIP!

So far i have only two questions, how would I calculate a food that does have nutrition info? I have tortillas that are store,bought and the packaging doesn't give,any information and when i try to find it on the ww website I get a lot of different options with different points. How do i know which one Is correct?
And also, on the ww website, if a recipe serves 4, and the points value is 4 does that mean each serving is worth 4 points or the recipe in its entirety?
I know these questions are a bit silly but I'm trying very hard. Thank you for those who read this, good luck to you all!

welcome and good for you for taking the steps to become healthier! I think your feelings are completley normal! One day at a time and you will get there.

As for the tortillas, I don't know how they are being sold without nutritional info...I thought it was a regulation that all foods have nutritional info on them Personally, I would not use them if I couldn't figure out the Points Plus values of them. Can you try another tortilla brand?

For the recipes, the Points Plus values listed will be per serving, not the whole recipe. One other thing I want to suggest....figure the PPV of things before you eat them...too often I've eaten first, then figured and was shocked to say the least when I found that the PPV were way higher than I thought they would be

No questions are silly! don't feel like you can't ask any question here. You're new to this, so ask away!

 

[sjms71]

I finally joined weight watchers. After much debate within myself I've decided to take the advice of a couple of fellow DISers and joined weight watchers online. They had a promotion going on for a while and I decided to go ahead and take a risk. I'm very excited and looking forward to my hopefully positive end result. Since day 1 for me just ended I think i did fairly well, I realized a small bag of hot cheetos is 9 points! :O I am hypothyroid so needless to say I am very desperate to lose the weight I have gained due to both hypothyroid and carelessness. I would really appreciate It if someone took me under there wing and showed me the ropes of a successful weight watcher. I go through times where i am very hopeful and times where I feel I will never lose the weight.
My main goal is to go from 165lbs to 115-125lbs by July 29th 2012 for our first WDW TRIP!

So far i have only two questions, how would I calculate a food that does have nutrition info? I have tortillas that are store,bought and the packaging doesn't give,any information and when i try to find it on the ww website I get a lot of different options with different points. How do i know which one Is correct?
And also, on the ww website, if a recipe serves 4, and the points value is 4 does that mean each serving is worth 4 points or the recipe in its entirety?
I know these questions are a bit silly but I'm trying very hard. Thank you for those who read this, good luck to you all!

WELCOME

just back from my WI and I am down 2.4 this week. I am happy to have lost the .4 gain from last week and an additional 2 lbs. So in 4 weeks, I am down 6.2 lbs total.

I have to weigh in for work by the 25th of each month, so I had set a goal for myself to try my best to get back to my Lifetime window(2 lbs above my goal weight) by the 25th of August. I have 2.8 to get there and 2 weeks to get it done. Not sure if it will happen, but I'm going to try my hardest to make it as close as I can. Hope everyone is having a good week!

Great Job! Good luck on trying to reach your next goal.

 

[sjms71]

yes that sums up my weekend. I have totally been eating everything since last Friday. I haven't workout in 3 days too. I am trying to pull myself out of this funk but i just am exhausted. I don't even want to see the scale . Hope everyone had a better weekend.

 

[cepmom]

yes that sums up my weekend. I have totally been eating everything since last Friday. I haven't workout in 3 days too. I am trying to pull myself out of this funk but i just am exhausted. I don't even want to see the scale . Hope everyone had a better weekend.

hang in there Stephanie! You can't change what happened the past few days, but you can change today. Make today the day you stick to it!

One thing that helped me get back into a routine is to work out after dinner. I didn't plan it that way but instead of walking in the morning, DH said he'd walk with me at night after work. A nice result of that was that I was no longer eating mindlessly after dinner and into the night. I believe it really helped me get back on track with sticking to my daily target.

Maybe switch things around a bit...do you have a time of day where your eating gets out of control? If so, maybe plan to take a walk or get on the treadmill or something just to get yourself away from the food until that habit is broken. Hope things are better for you today!

 

[BabyTigger99]

Mmmm, chips and taco dip this weekend...that is about all I can say about that...

 

[robinb]

Good morning everyone (it's still barely morning here in Wisconsin)!

I finally weighed myself last week and ! Denial ain't just a river in Egypt . I am up 6 lbs from May when my personal/family troubles all began. I FINALLY buckled down and tracked for 6 out of 7 days last week . I went over 31 points on my weekly points, but at least I tracked and I will probably be up on Wednesday when I weigh in again. But at least I tracked!

I am back to Chicago today or tomorrow for a couple of Cubs games and to see my mom who is still in rehab. My sister, who lives a mile away, has done NOTHING to make my mom's house more livable so it's all up to me to drive 160 miles to do it . Oh joy.

Anyway ... I seem to do OK until dinnertime and then I lose it. I think I might try to add a nice protein snack into the middle of my afternoon and to eat dinner earlier.

I'm now going to try to page back to see how everyone else is doing. I am sorry I have been away for so long ... I just wasn't up to facing all of you when I was doing so poorly.

 

[BabyTigger99]

Robin! Good to see you back here!! With everything going on to only gain 6 pounds?? I would totally see that as success!!

 

[sjms71]

hang in there Stephanie! You can't change what happened the past few days, but you can change today. Make today the day you stick to it!

One thing that helped me get back into a routine is to work out after dinner. I didn't plan it that way but instead of walking in the morning, DH said he'd walk with me at night after work. A nice result of that was that I was no longer eating mindlessly after dinner and into the night. I believe it really helped me get back on track with sticking to my daily target.

Maybe switch things around a bit...do you have a time of day where your eating gets out of control? If so, maybe plan to take a walk or get on the treadmill or something just to get yourself away from the food until that habit is broken. Hope things are better for you today!

Thank you for the encouraging words. I have been on track and doing well for so long, I just had a moment of eating everything. I am back on track but the scale was NOT pretty . I am so mad at myself I am so close to goal and now have pushed myself back further over a stupid weak moment.

Mmmm, chips and taco dip this weekend...that is about all I can say about that...

Hope you're back on track .

Good morning everyone (it's still barely morning here in Wisconsin)!

I finally weighed myself last week and ! Denial ain't just a river in Egypt . I am up 6 lbs from May when my personal/family troubles all began. I FINALLY buckled down and tracked for 6 out of 7 days last week . I went over 31 points on my weekly points, but at least I tracked and I will probably be up on Wednesday when I weigh in again. But at least I tracked!

I am back to Chicago today or tomorrow for a couple of Cubs games and to see my mom who is still in rehab. My sister, who lives a mile away, has done NOTHING to make my mom's house more livable so it's all up to me to drive 160 miles to do it . Oh joy.

Anyway ... I seem to do OK until dinnertime and then I lose it. I think I might try to add a nice protein snack into the middle of my afternoon and to eat dinner earlier.

I'm now going to try to page back to see how everyone else is doing. I am sorry I have been away for so long ... I just wasn't up to facing all of you when I was doing so poorly.

Robin, glad to see you back! Good luck getting back on track, take it one day at a time.

 

[acf_1991]

welcome and good for you for taking the steps to become healthier! I think your feelings are completley normal! One day at a time and you will get there.

As for the tortillas, I don't know how they are being sold without nutritional info...I thought it was a regulation that all foods have nutritional info on them Personally, I would not use them if I couldn't figure out the Points Plus values of them. Can you try another tortilla brand?

For the recipes, the Points Plus values listed will be per serving, not the whole recipe. One other thing I want to suggest....figure the PPV of things before you eat them...too often I've eaten first, then figured and was shocked to say the least when I found that the PPV were way higher than I thought they would be

No questions are silly! don't feel like you can't ask any question here. You're new to this, so ask away!

Thank you for making me feel so welcome day one went well, day 2 was horrible. I went out to eat fast food and the day just plumetted from there. counting points and tracking what I eat is harder than I thought. Any tips? I really want to lose all this weight.

WELCOME



Great Job! Good luck on trying to reach your next goal.

Thank you!

 

[acf_1991]

I also have another question, since I am doing ww online my weigh ins are at home. I plan on weighing in every sunday, Is there a specific time i should be weighing in to get the most accurate results? morning? afternoon? Night?

 

[cepmom]

Thank you for making me feel so welcome day one went well, day 2 was horrible. I went out to eat fast food and the day just plumetted from there. counting points and tracking what I eat is harder than I thought. Any tips? I really want to lose all this weight.

I also have another question, since I am doing ww online my weigh ins are at home. I plan on weighing in every sunday, Is there a specific time i should be weighing in to get the most accurate results? morning? afternoon? Night?

It's a lot of new information, so dont' be too hard on yourself. It will get easier, I promise! Persistance, not perfection

I find I do better if I track the points (to my best ability) even if I go overboard. And don't forget, in addition to your daily points target, you also have the 49 weekly points to use as well.

For weighing in, try to weigh at the same day and time of day each week, whether that is in the morning, afternoon or evening. Weight can fluctuate throughout the day but if you are weighing the same time of day each week, it will get you a consistant read on the changes in your weight from week to week. I personally weigh only in the morning.

 

[stitch1986]

howdy everyone!! been a while since i posted on here and weighted in yesterday and gained .2 but kinda slacked off but now back in the grind and got 22 lbs to be under 200 which is my goal to be around by nov well hope everyone has a good week

 

[BabyTigger99]

Weigh in was yesterday, it was crazy busy at work and home, so I didn't get to post, but I am down another 1.4 pounds! Probably not going to make my goal of getting 40 pounds by next weigh in, but I am okay with that! Every pound is another pound gone for good!!

 

[diskids2]

Hi all...thought I would check in. So last week was my 6 month weigh-in...not very good timing since I just returned from 10 days in Montreal! I was very happy with a loss of .8. I guess it paid off to make choices between appetizers and dessert and using the hotel's gym every morning, plus all the walking!!!!!!! I have a pedometer...the one from WW and one day we walked almost 10 miles and I had 19 points! YIKES!

Anyway, I am almost half way to my goal. Total loss right now is 88 pounds. By next summer I want to be at goal, I'll be 50 July 2nd and we are celebrating with a two week trip to WDW! First 5 nights, just DH and I and then next 9 nights (5 more WDW and 4 at Universal) with my DD and DS (ages 21, and 17). I am so looking forward to it. DD and DS are having mixed feelings between having the house to themselves for six days and missing WDW for six days, lol!

Even though this will be our 8th trip as a family we are still so excited!

Have a good week everyone!

P.S. If you like coffee flavored ice cream try the WW Giant Latte bar...only 2 points and sometimes I push it off the stick into a bowl and add different fruits. I feel like I am having a sundae!