Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[cepmom]

Wi yesterday was not so good....up 1.6 lbs. It wasn't unexpected though as I know I went over on points most days last week. No idea why I couldn't control it....it was just a bad week I guess. trying to think first this week, instead of just shoveling whatever looks good at the moment into my mouth

had a cookout yesterday at MIL's...had no idea what they were doing for food since they can never plan ahead, so I brought my own salad, fruit and a veggie burger just to make sure I had some healthy options. I stuck to my points for the day and went to bed feeling very happy about that.

Good Morning. I was up .6 at weigh in this morning. I am so incredibly discouraged, I almost started crying right then and there. I I've been at this plateau since mid May, with no end in sight. The lady who weighed me in wanted me to talk to the leader. At the end , she asked me if I was staying for the meeting. I told her honestly I couldn't stand to be in there right now. I could not hear how other people lost this or that, or especially someone saying "I had a bad week and lost 2 pounds"

I was .6 away from getting my 35 pound ribbon-I've been within a pound or two since May 14!

I just don't think I can do this anymore. I can't handle the weekly disappointment...of the anticipation of weighing in and being slammed again. I went out for breakfast 2 days ago with my boss and ordered cream of wheat with bananas!! Went to coffee with a friend yesterday and had a fat free latte, ate lunch with another friend and had a plain sandwich, no cheese, no mayo, just meat and veggies and didn't eat the bread and then out for dinner with other friends and had plain rotisserie chicken breast and steamed green beans. Earlier in the week I was at Red Robin and had a lettuce burger-no fries, just steamed carrots on the side!!

What's the use?? I had one "bad" meal this week, but still stayed within all my points. If using some of your weekly points once during the week screws you, then what's the point?

Sorry for being such a downer, but I am just overwhelmed right now. I was so pumped for today, thinking I had broken through this plateau, but I haven't, not at all.

Julia

Julia please hang in there.....you are worth it! Something is not right. I really, really suggest you talk to your leader about what's going on. Bring in your tracker so she can see what exactly you are taking in. Maybe something will click and she can help guide you to where you need to be. It sounds to me like you aren't getting enough food and/or meeting the good health guidelines.

 

[Sora777]

After two weeks of not losing, I lost 1.6 pounds.

 

[BabyTigger99]

Why am I not able to eat on weekends? During the week, I have no issues, but on the weekends, I never seem to be eating!!

 

[sjms71]

As I am sitting on the beach my family is snacking on nutterbutter cookies and bbq chips(my weakness)and I am munching on 2 green peppers

 

[LynnTH]

I had my first weight in on Saturday. Lost 3.8 pounds. Very happy. I have not been able to get the scale to move for quite a while. I have 11 pounds left to make my goal (but would actually like to lose 16 more). So, glad I decided to rejoin WW again...

 

[Sandi]

As I am sitting on the beach my family is snacking on nutterbutter cookies and bbq chips(my weakness)and I am munching on 2 green peppers

Aww, you are one tough cookie! Do you feel superior? (That's what DH always asks me when he and DD are scarfing on fun food and I choose the high road.) My problem is that I often fall off the wagon. You sound like you're doing better than I would.

 

[Sandi]

I had my first weight in on Saturday. Lost 3.8 pounds. Very happy. I have not been able to get the scale to move for quite a while. I have 11 pounds left to make my goal (but would actually like to lose 16 more). So, glad I decided to rejoin WW again...

Wow, what a great jump start for you. There are a lot of us who are serial joiners -- I'm never leaving again.

 

[NC State]

As I am sitting on the beach my family is snacking on nutterbutter cookies and bbq chips(my weakness)and I am munching on 2 green peppers

I think you need a big BRAVO sticker

 

[sjms71]

Hello everyone. My life continues to be pretty stressful. My mom is still in the hospital, my 12-year old cat Nikkei (who I adored) died and my 11-year old DD needs a MRI for a possible hairline fracture of her spine She is a competitive swimmer (as you can see in my avatar ) and it's not an uncommon condition for swimmers, gymnasts and dancers.

I skipped my weigh in 2 weeks ago (but went to my meeting) and weighed in last week with a 4.8 lb gain. I managed to lose 1.6 of it this week. I'll try to continue that trend next week, but I need to go to Chicago and deal with my mother's house so I get to eat out 3 meals a day for 10 days. Yippie.

Nikkei is the black and white kitty ... both kitties are Japanese Bobtails.

Here's a picture of him from when my DD was a baby:

Hey Girly, sorry you are still having a tough time. Hang in there, I think you are in much need of a ..........Disney vacation when everyone is well and things settle down.

Hi Everyone,

Had a good weigh in today, down 3.8lbs getting me to my 5% goal! Thought I'd hit it next week in week 4 so I am thrilled. I hope everyone else does well this week. Thanks for inspiring me and helping me stay on track!

Sue

Great Job Sue

Good Morning. I was up .6 at weigh in this morning. I am so incredibly discouraged, I almost started crying right then and there. I I've been at this plateau since mid May, with no end in sight. The lady who weighed me in wanted me to talk to the leader. At the end , she asked me if I was staying for the meeting. I told her honestly I couldn't stand to be in there right now. I could not hear how other people lost this or that, or especially someone saying "I had a bad week and lost 2 pounds"

I was .6 away from getting my 35 pound ribbon-I've been within a pound or two since May 14!

I just don't think I can do this anymore. I can't handle the weekly disappointment...of the anticipation of weighing in and being slammed again. I went out for breakfast 2 days ago with my boss and ordered cream of wheat with bananas!! Went to coffee with a friend yesterday and had a fat free latte, ate lunch with another friend and had a plain sandwich, no cheese, no mayo, just meat and veggies and didn't eat the bread and then out for dinner with other friends and had plain rotisserie chicken breast and steamed green beans. Earlier in the week I was at Red Robin and had a lettuce burger-no fries, just steamed carrots on the side!!

What's the use?? I had one "bad" meal this week, but still stayed within all my points. If using some of your weekly points once during the week screws you, then what's the point?

Sorry for being such a downer, but I am just overwhelmed right now. I was so pumped for today, thinking I had broken through this plateau, but I haven't, not at all.

Julia

Julia, hang in there I feel your pain. I feel the same way most days lately but, I don't know what exactly keeps me going. I guess the fact that I have loss 63lbs and I have great friends on here that I know have my back no matter what. I know it's not easy but you can do it!!

Wi yesterday was not so good....up 1.6 lbs. It wasn't unexpected though as I know I went over on points most days last week. No idea why I couldn't control it....it was just a bad week I guess. trying to think first this week, instead of just shoveling whatever looks good at the moment into my mouth

had a cookout yesterday at MIL's...had no idea what they were doing for food since they can never plan ahead, so I brought my own salad, fruit and a veggie burger just to make sure I had some healthy options. I stuck to my points for the day and went to bed feeling very happy about that.

being up is never fun even when expected. I am glad you were able to get right back on track at the cookout.

After two weeks of not losing, I lost 1.6 pounds.

Yeah!!

I had my first weight in on Saturday. Lost 3.8 pounds. Very happy. I have not been able to get the scale to move for quite a while. I have 11 pounds left to make my goal (but would actually like to lose 16 more). So, glad I decided to rejoin WW again...

Way to go Lynn

 

[sjms71]

Aww, you are one tough cookie! Do you feel superior? (That's what DH always asks me when he and DD are scarfing on fun food and I choose the high road.) My problem is that I often fall off the wagon. You sound like you're doing better than I would.

I think you need a big BRAVO sticker

Thanks guys!! Last week at Disney I was totally off plan so really trying this week. I didn't go crazy at disney but still ate more than my WW 29 . All day today I kept saying to DH, I wish I had a scale......DH was like why so we can here it all the way home if you are up. Am I really that obsessive .

 

[Twingle]

Twingle -- Glad to hear you had a great time at WDW. Give us some highlights! Besides being WW people, we're here because we love Disney.

Sure! I can *TOTALLY* talk about Disney We stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge for the 1st time, and loved it . This was our first trip with just our family of 5, and we had an amazing time. All three of my kids rode Expedition Everest for their first time, and they all lived to tell the tale. We made the 13+ hour trip to Disney and back and still adore each other, lol. The weather was perfect - it was almost 20 degrees cooler in Florida than here in Virginia! We wanted to make sure we took our time and relaxed, really enjoyed ourselves - and it totally worked! This is the first time we've come home from Disney not needing a vacation from our vacation! But, big happy banana dance I love all our photos! Whoo hoo for WW, it really gave me my self confidence back!

 

[Twingle]

Thanks guys!! Last week at Disney I was totally off plan so really trying this week. I didn't go crazy at disney but still ate more than my WW 29 . All day today I kept saying to DH, I wish I had a scale......DH was like why so we can here it all the way home if you are up. Am I really that obsessive .

Hi! When were you at Disney? We were there the 7 - 16!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Hi all, is there room for another WW'er? I joined last Monday, and lost 4 lbs the first week. My biggest challenge....giving up full-sugar Pepsi. We've have had a love affair for 45 years, and it's the hardest thing to give up. I know I don't HAVE to give it up as long as I count the points, etc....but I'm appreciating the term "empty points" right now, and know I should be eating something vs. drinking.

One thing cool I've found (i'm sure it's probably been mentioned somewhere before) is an ap for my IPhone that scans bar-codes from packaged food and gives calories/fat/fiber, etc, so it's easy to convert into points with the point calculator. It'd be really cool if WW got a scanner ap! (I do use their tracker on my IPhone)

This is actually a re-start on WW (it's been several years)...it's been hard for me to accept the whole fruits & veggies are no points things. I feel I should be counting something for fruit...especially bananas.

Anyway, I look forward to hearing all your stories, and rooting for each other as we go on this journey. Thanks for listening!

 

[stitch1986]

hey everyone!! how was everyone's weekend?
so weighted in and after having a slacking off weekend I knew number wasnt great, so weighted in and lost .2 lbs and i will take that hope everyone has a good day

 

[sjms71]

Hi! When were you at Disney? We were there the 7 - 16!

We overlapped, had I known. We were there the 11-18. This was our first time in YEARS not staying on property. We rented a condo from people we did years ago. We couldn't get what we thought was a good AP rate. It was great for our wallet but, you lose some of that disney feel. Glad you all enjoyed AK lodge. We left Disney on Saturday and now we are spending a week at the beach on Anna Maria Island on the Gulf. We have stayed here before too and it is beautiful.

 

[Sandi]

Sure! I can *TOTALLY* talk about Disney We stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge for the 1st time, and loved it . This was our first trip with just our family of 5, and we had an amazing time. All three of my kids rode Expedition Everest for their first time, and they all lived to tell the tale. We made the 13+ hour trip to Disney and back and still adore each other, lol. The weather was perfect - it was almost 20 degrees cooler in Florida than here in Virginia! We wanted to make sure we took our time and relaxed, really enjoyed ourselves - and it totally worked! This is the first time we've come home from Disney not needing a vacation from our vacation! But, big happy banana dance I love all our photos! Whoo hoo for WW, it really gave me my self confidence back!

Thanks for the Disney fix! You're actually in the photos this time, right? And, with your new look -- cute hairdo and nice bod -- you've earned that confidence. Glad you and the family had a good trip.

 

[sjms71]

Hi all, is there room for another WW'er? I joined last Monday, and lost 4 lbs the first week. My biggest challenge....giving up full-sugar Pepsi. We've have had a love affair for 45 years, and it's the hardest thing to give up. I know I don't HAVE to give it up as long as I count the points, etc....but I'm appreciating the term "empty points" right now, and know I should be eating something vs. drinking.

One thing cool I've found (i'm sure it's probably been mentioned somewhere before) is an ap for my IPhone that scans bar-codes from packaged food and gives calories/fat/fiber, etc, so it's easy to convert into points with the point calculator. It'd be really cool if WW got a scanner ap! (I do use their tracker on my IPhone)

This is actually a re-start on WW (it's been several years)...it's been hard for me to accept the whole fruits & veggies are no points things. I feel I should be counting something for fruit...especially bananas.

Anyway, I look forward to hearing all your stories, and rooting for each other as we go on this journey. Thanks for listening!

Welcome , I love that app! Great Job on the 4lbs. Honestly, if you can give up the Pepsi you will be better off. Even with counting the pts. It has so much sugar in it that it will just make you want more. I never drank Pepsi but diet and now I don't even really want soda at all. Good luck!!

hey everyone!! how was everyone's weekend?
so weighted in and after having a slacking off weekend I knew number wasnt great, so weighted in and lost .2 lbs and i will take that hope everyone has a good day

Down is Down and it all adds up .

 

[BabyTigger99]

I did it!! I lost 3.4 pounds today, for a grand total of 21.2 pounds lost since May 10, which also gives me 10% of my weight lost!!! Set my WW goal at 146 pounds (which is the top of the weight range for my height), but would like to get under 135.

 

[uicbear]

Glad to have found this section of the DISboards. My brother and I just went to our 1 week weigh-in last night and he lost 6lbs and I lost 4lbs. I don't know if I would have joined on my own, but my brother needs the support, and we both need the weight to go.

Our trip to Disney is now 3 weeks away and we are discussing our plan for when we're down there. We'll have a kitchen and are just going to look for healthly alternatives. All other suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[NC State]

Sounds like eveyone is having a good week. Last Wednesday night I set a goal to go to the gym 5 days out of 7. I made my goal today and I even walked 1.75 in 30 mins, it was hard but I feel great! My WI is tomorrow, I hope I have a good lost for the week.