Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[Sandi]

I have a question about smoothies. When you make them with frozen fruit, do you count the fruit? I used frozen fruit and when I used the recipe builder, it said the fruit was 0 pts but then added points to the total. Hope this makes sense. I used 3/4 cup ff milk, 1 cup water, and 2 cups of frozen peaches, strawberries, and pineapple. I've never made a smoothie before but my DS13 loves it. I'd like to use yogurt next time.

Oh my goodness. I never put the stuff into a recipe builder because I was just throwing the WW smoothy mix, water, and frozen berries into the blender. Just counting the component parts, it's a 2 point thing. I just put it into the recipe builder and it came out to 4 points. I clicked on the "why is the total higher" and it came out with a lame "well, the nutrition info is calculated for the whole recipe including fruits and veggies." How can drinking a smoothy without fruit and eating the fruit on the side be different from combining everything? This one confuses me, too. I remember arguments about cooking fruit and how, when you cook fruit it becomes more dense, blah, blah. But this is the exact same form of the food.

 

[GoofyMomInOhio]

Oh my goodness. I never put the stuff into a recipe builder because I was just throwing the WW smoothy mix, water, and frozen berries into the blender. Just counting the component parts, it's a 2 point thing. I just put it into the recipe builder and it came out to 4 points. I clicked on the "why is the total higher" and it came out with a lame "well, the nutrition info is calculated for the whole recipe including fruits and veggies." How can drinking a smoothy without fruit and eating the fruit on the side be different from combining everything? This one confuses me, too. I remember arguments about cooking fruit and how, when you cook fruit it becomes more dense, blah, blah. But this is the exact same form of the food.

Thanks Sandi! That is what I was thinking but wasn't sure. I'm going to grab some of the WW smoothie mix at my next meeting. With this heat I needed something low in pts and refreshing.

 

[Julia M]

Oh my goodness. I never put the stuff into a recipe builder because I was just throwing the WW smoothy mix, water, and frozen berries into the blender. Just counting the component parts, it's a 2 point thing. I just put it into the recipe builder and it came out to 4 points. I clicked on the "why is the total higher" and it came out with a lame "well, the nutrition info is calculated for the whole recipe including fruits and veggies." How can drinking a smoothy without fruit and eating the fruit on the side be different from combining everything? This one confuses me, too. I remember arguments about cooking fruit and how, when you cook fruit it becomes more dense, blah, blah. But this is the exact same form of the food.

You know, I try and use some common sense. If I am putting apples into an apple pie, all the points would count. But, if I'm making a waldorf salad, I don't count the apples and celery, just the yogurt dressing and nuts. Or if I am sauteing apples and onions for a side dish for pork, I don't count it either.

I wouldn't count the fruit in a smoothie.

JMHO

Julia

 

[stitch1986]

hello all, I just joined WW about 3 weeks ago, havent been really into it yet until just recently I got a personal trainer to help me out as well. I have about 65l bs to lose depending on when I get to 160 will see if I could lose more or not. I am shy so I feel like a loner when I respond to these boards cause I dont know anyone. Well have a good evening.

 

[NC State]

Stitch1986 you have found the best place to come for support. Please don't feel shy, this is a good group and we are here to help each other. Welcome!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

hello all, I just joined WW about 3 weeks ago, havent been really into it yet until just recently I got a personal trainer to help me out as well. I have about 65l bs to lose depending on when I get to 160 will see if I could lose more or not. I am shy so I feel like a loner when I respond to these boards cause I dont know anyone. Well have a good evening.

Hi Stitch and welcome to the thread! Dont be shy about joining the conversation or even about starting a conversation. We're pretty friendly here and no one gets flamed so please feel comfortable be become part of the group. All the best in your weight loss journey. Are you an online member or will you be attending the meetings?

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

hello all, I just joined WW about 3 weeks ago, havent been really into it yet until just recently I got a personal trainer to help me out as well. I have about 65l bs to lose depending on when I get to 160 will see if I could lose more or not. I am shy so I feel like a loner when I respond to these boards cause I dont know anyone. Well have a good evening.

Hi Stitch and welcome to the thread! Dont be shy about joining the conversation or even about starting a conversation. We're pretty friendly here and no one gets flamed so please feel comfortable be become part of the group. All the best in your weight loss journey. Are you an online member or will you be attending the meetings?

 

[ElizK]

Were you able to find a meeting? I would just assume that if it was a statutory holiday, everything including WW would be closed. Welcome to the thread.

Thanks! Nope, no meeting on Monday. Boo hoo. I was excited to go this week, because I should meet my 1st goal - 5%! Oh, well. I'll just throw a big number up there for next week, right?

Today is DD's 16th birthday, so I hope I don't have too much trouble navigating through her dinner and cake choices.

 

[Sora777]

I weighed in on Monday. I was down 2.4. for a total of 20LBS!!!!
I have .5 pounds till my 10% goal!
DH did get me another pandora charm (its my weight loss goal bracelet.)
I still have a ton of weight to go, I'd like to lose another 47 pounds.

My personal goal all along was to lose 5 pounds per month. I feel like my momentum is slowing down. I really need to kick it up a notch. My goal for June is to lose 7 pounds. i hope its realistic.

March 7.4 pounds lost
April 6.8 pounds lost
May 5.8 pounds lost

 

[BabyTigger99]

Weigh to go, Sora!! That's awesome!!! Keep your momentum up there. You can do this!!!

Welcome Stitch!! I am pretty new here, too. Only been doing WW since May 10. Great group of people here, super supportive!!!

 

[sjms71]

hello all, I just joined WW about 3 weeks ago, havent been really into it yet until just recently I got a personal trainer to help me out as well. I have about 65l bs to lose depending on when I get to 160 will see if I could lose more or not. I am shy so I feel like a loner when I respond to these boards cause I dont know anyone. Well have a good evening.

Welcome! We are a great group, if I do say so myself , so don't be shy

Thanks! Nope, no meeting on Monday. Boo hoo. I was excited to go this week, because I should meet my 1st goal - 5%! Oh, well. I'll just throw a big number up there for next week, right?

Today is DD's 16th birthday, so I hope I don't have too much trouble navigating through her dinner and cake choices.

You are right next week will be a great weigh in for you. Happy Bday to your DD too!

I weighed in on Monday. I was down 2.4. for a total of 20LBS!!!!
I have .5 pounds till my 10% goal!
DH did get me another pandora charm (its my weight loss goal bracelet.)
I still have a ton of weight to go, I'd like to lose another 47 pounds.

My personal goal all along was to lose 5 pounds per month. I feel like my momentum is slowing down. I really need to kick it up a notch. My goal for June is to lose 7 pounds. i hope its realistic.

March 7.4 pounds lost
April 6.8 pounds lost
May 5.8 pounds lost

Way to go Keep up the good work.

 

[sjms71]

I know your life has been more than crazy lately. Just wanted to make sure you are ok and still hanging in there

 

[vickalamode]

I stuck to my word and went WW grocery shopping yesterday and started again today! I forgot to weigh myself this morning though and now I have eaten and drank so I will just WI tomorrow morning.

So far today, I have had fruit salad for breakfast for 0PP and then my snack was carrot sticks with 1tbsp light ranch dressing for 1PP, gotta love those power foods! Hehe.

For lunch I am going to have a turkey sandwich with lots of veggies on it and some mustard. I will probably make a little salad on the side with some dressing for an additional point or two. Lunch should run me between 4-6PP depending on what I end up eating.

Snack later will probably be more carrots or some fruit.

Dinner I think that we are going to try the Grilled Chicken Skewers with Peanut Satay Sauce from the WW site. It's supposed to be 4PP per serving but I never quite understood how someone could be satisfied after eating what WW considers a "Serving" of meat so I will probably have 2 servings So around 8PP for that, and I will probably make some basmati rice on the side for 4PP.

That brings my planned total for the day to 19PP, which leaves me with lots to play with at 10 left over. I'm sure I will find a way to eat all of them LOL.

 

[robinb]

Good morning everyone! I had a NSV today. I skipped my weigh-in because of my stress eating but I went to the meeting anyway.

My mom is still in the hospital in Chicago and my kitty is still really sick. He needs to be fed every 4 hours through a feeding tube . I am trying to stay home though next Tuesday but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it. In any case, I am back to tracking as of today!

 

[mommykds]

Good morning everyone! I had a NSV today. I skipped my weigh-in because of my stress eating but I went to the meeting anyway.

My mom is still in the hospital in Chicago and my kitty is still really sick. He needs to be fed every 4 hours through a feeding tube . I am trying to stay home though next Tuesday but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it. In any case, I am back to tracking as of today!

Continued good thoughts for you Robin.

 

[robinb]

Oh my goodness. I never put the stuff into a recipe builder because I was just throwing the WW smoothy mix, water, and frozen berries into the blender. Just counting the component parts, it's a 2 point thing. I just put it into the recipe builder and it came out to 4 points. I clicked on the "why is the total higher" and it came out with a lame "well, the nutrition info is calculated for the whole recipe including fruits and veggies." How can drinking a smoothy without fruit and eating the fruit on the side be different from combining everything? This one confuses me, too. I remember arguments about cooking fruit and how, when you cook fruit it becomes more dense, blah, blah. But this is the exact same form of the food.

Fruits and veggies are "free" on the program, but they still have nutritional values. The recipe builder takes the sum total of ALL ingredients and calculates the point value from that total. So, if you're adding a cup of strawberries you are really adding: 0 g fat, 12 g carbs, 3 g fiber and 1 g protein to your smoothie. Personally, I wouldn't count the fruit.

The recipe builder adds all

I stuck to my word and went WW grocery shopping yesterday and started again today! I forgot to weigh myself this morning though and now I have eaten and drank so I will just WI tomorrow morning.

So far today, I have had fruit salad for breakfast for 0PP and then my snack was carrot sticks with 1tbsp light ranch dressing for 1PP, gotta love those power foods! Hehe.

For lunch I am going to have a turkey sandwich with lots of veggies on it and some mustard. I will probably make a little salad on the side with some dressing for an additional point or two. Lunch should run me between 4-6PP depending on what I end up eating.

Snack later will probably be more carrots or some fruit.

Dinner I think that we are going to try the Grilled Chicken Skewers with Peanut Satay Sauce from the WW site. It's supposed to be 4PP per serving but I never quite understood how someone could be satisfied after eating what WW considers a "Serving" of meat so I will probably have 2 servings So around 8PP for that, and I will probably make some basmati rice on the side for 4PP.

That brings my planned total for the day to 19PP, which leaves me with lots to play with at 10 left over. I'm sure I will find a way to eat all of them LOL.

Congratulations on re-starting WW! I can't remember, are you just online only? Were you on WW under the old plan? I ask because it seems to me that you're not eating enough. 19 points was good under the OLD plan, but not under the NEW plan. Also, remember that you have all your weeklies to eat too. That's another 7 points per day so your daily target should be in the mid 30's and not in the low 20's. The good news is that I don't think your sandwich will only be 6 points. The bread alone will probably be at least 4-5 points.

Let us know how the grilled chicken skewers are. I love me some satay sauce!

 

[vickalamode]

Congratulations on re-starting WW! I can't remember, are you just online only? Were you on WW under the old plan? I ask because it seems to me that you're not eating enough. 19 points was good under the OLD plan, but not under the NEW plan. Also, remember that you have all your weeklies to eat too. That's another 7 points per day so your daily target should be in the mid 30's and not in the low 20's. The good news is that I don't think your sandwich will only be 6 points. The bread alone will probably be at least 4-5 points.

Let us know how the grilled chicken skewers are. I love me some satay sauce!

Yes I am online only. I wasn't on WW under the old plan. And my 19 points is just what I have planned out for the day, I am sure I will end up using up at least the rest of my dailies and maybe some weeklies with unplanned things and I still need to get in some of my GHG such as dairy.

 

[robinb]

Yes I am online only. I wasn't on WW under the old plan. And my 19 points is just what I have planned out for the day, I am sure I will end up using up at least the rest of my dailies and maybe some weeklies with unplanned things and I still need to get in some of my GHG such as dairy.

I'm sure you'll find enough to eat the rest of the day .

 

[Sandi]

Hi all,

I just returned from my WI and was down 2.4#. Yea! I'm getting much closer to my goal weight. I really wasn't expecting that much of a drop, but after last week's 2# gain I'm glad to have made up for that.

Robin, I'm glad you've posted today. Hopefully your kitty is on the mend -- same with your mom!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Dinner I think that we are going to try the Grilled Chicken Skewers with Peanut Satay Sauce from the WW site. It's supposed to be 4PP per serving but I never quite understood how someone could be satisfied after eating what WW considers a "Serving" of meat so I will probably have 2 servings So around 8PP for that, and I will probably make some basmati rice on the side for 4PP.

I just looked up that recipe on the website. It not only looks and sounds delicious, but also looks pretty easy to make. Let us know how it was.

Good morning everyone! I had a NSV today. I skipped my weigh-in because of my stress eating but I went to the meeting anyway.

My mom is still in the hospital in Chicago and my kitty is still really sick. He needs to be fed every 4 hours through a feeding tube . I am trying to stay home though next Tuesday but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do it. In any case, I am back to tracking as of today!

Hi Robin! I'm glad you popped in today. I'm happy to hear that you're on track today and I hope life gets a little less stressful for you very soon.

Hi all,

I just returned from my WI and was down 2.4#. Yea! I'm getting much closer to my goal weight. I really wasn't expecting that much of a drop, but after last week's 2# gain I'm glad to have made up for that.

Robin, I'm glad you've posted today. Hopefully your kitty is on the mend -- same with your mom!

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