Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[Twinklee]

A newbie here....I think I posted for the first time a couple of weeks ago...
I got off track 4th of July weekend. We had a cookout and birthday cake and ice cream since my dad's birthday was on the 5th. I'm really bad to think that if I'm already blowing the weekend I may as well eat what I want the rest of the weekend..... Anyway, its taken me til now to loose the pounds I gained that weekend, which puts me several lbs. behind on my mini goal to loose 20 lbs. before our WDW in September.

On the positive side our church has started a TOWS(taking off weight sensibly) program and our first meeting was Thursday. Since I'm doing WW online, I'm hoping that TOWS will make me more accountable. They are also trying to set up Zumba classes and yoga classes and keeping our new gym open for walkers. Now I just have to get motivated and take advantage of these opportunities.

I'm also going to try to cut back on the sugar. I ate the last Fiber One Brownie today and won't be buying any more for awhile, which is easy since I have to drive 30 minutes to Target to buy more. Our Walmart has stopped selling the Light Lays which makes me mad. I love WW because I can still eat my sandwich and chips for lunch, but now if I want chips I'll have to either drive to town to buy them or eat baked chips that are more points. Grrrr.

I'm taking my mom to an outdoor theater tonight to see a musical and there will be all kinds of venders selling treats...hotdogs, corndogs, popcorn...all the good stuff. lol I'm planning to take a cooler full of water and some healthy snacks, but I will so want to buy a bag of kettle corn. I love that stuff. Anyone know how much kettle corn(the yummy kind they sell at fairs) are point wise? Probably not too bad as long as you eat a serving, but they sell it in HUGE bags. It seems like there is always something that tries to sabatage my diet. lol

 

[Twinklee]

Decided to try to find an answer to my own question and found this. Very helpful if you go to any outdoor activities this summer where they have food venders. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/nutrition-facts-calories/state-fair

 

[Holly324]

Had a date night with DH last night, and then had a women's brunch with my church this morning, so my weekly points are about gone already, and they don't reset until Thursday. Here's hoping for a few REALLY good days of staying OP!!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I was up 3.6 on Wednesday and I did it all in just 2 1/2 days! Seriously back on track since Wednesday and promise to behave for the rest of the week.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Just back from WI and down .8.........and finally got a 5lb star for a total of 65.4 lbs . I haven't received a star in months, now on to tackle my last 5.8 YES!!

Woohoo!! You've waited a long time for that 5lb star! So happy you're almost at goal.

Question re: weekends. I know for a lot of people, weekends are trouble time in that they are eating too much. Does anyone have an issue that they don't eat enough? I find myself not eating on the weekends, just too much going on.

Ummmm...no, I've never had that problem! I always seem to find the time to eat.

 

[sjms71]

Jess I love your new avitar.

 

[sjms71]

A newbie here....I think I posted for the first time a couple of weeks ago...
I got off track 4th of July weekend. We had a cookout and birthday cake and ice cream since my dad's birthday was on the 5th. I'm really bad to think that if I'm already blowing the weekend I may as well eat what I want the rest of the weekend..... Anyway, its taken me til now to loose the pounds I gained that weekend, which puts me several lbs. behind on my mini goal to loose 20 lbs. before our WDW in September.

On the positive side our church has started a TOWS(taking off weight sensibly) program and our first meeting was Thursday. Since I'm doing WW online, I'm hoping that TOWS will make me more accountable. They are also trying to set up Zumba classes and yoga classes and keeping our new gym open for walkers. Now I just have to get motivated and take advantage of these opportunities.

I'm also going to try to cut back on the sugar. I ate the last Fiber One Brownie today and won't be buying any more for awhile, which is easy since I have to drive 30 minutes to Target to buy more. Our Walmart has stopped selling the Light Lays which makes me mad. I love WW because I can still eat my sandwich and chips for lunch, but now if I want chips I'll have to either drive to town to buy them or eat baked chips that are more points. Grrrr.

I'm taking my mom to an outdoor theater tonight to see a musical and there will be all kinds of venders selling treats...hotdogs, corndogs, popcorn...all the good stuff. lol I'm planning to take a cooler full of water and some healthy snacks, but I will so want to buy a bag of kettle corn. I love that stuff. Anyone know how much kettle corn(the yummy kind they sell at fairs) are point wise? Probably not too bad as long as you eat a serving, but they sell it in HUGE bags. It seems like there is always something that tries to sabatage my diet. lol

Hang in there, you can do it!

Had a date night with DH last night, and then had a women's brunch with my church this morning, so my weekly points are about gone already, and they don't reset until Thursday. Here's hoping for a few REALLY good days of staying OP!!

Hope you had fun, be strong

I was up 3.6 on Wednesday and I did it all in just 2 1/2 days! Seriously back on track since Wednesday and promise to behave for the rest of the week.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

sorry, summer with kids home is so hard

 

[cepmom]

One week in on Maintenance, and I actually lost .8 pounds. I was SHOCKED, considering I ate far more this week than any in the last 5.5 months (what with more daily points on top of the weeklies available). I'm told that isn't uncommon though until your body gets used to the new way of eating and figuring out the new "balance". I guess my metabolism is higher now, given the increased exercise since starting WW, so that is probably some of it. I'm not complaining about the extra pound gone but I don't expect this losing to last!

County Fair season is here -- so far, I've only had two bites of elephant ear. The Indiana State Fair opens three weeks from today, and given I'll be working 13-16 hours a day, I'll have to plan two -- if not three -- meals to take with me to work and snacks. I'll have a BIG grocery trip in the next two weeks!

Cheers to smart choices this weekend, all! It is supposed to be beastly hot and humid here in Indiana...

great loss(even if it wasn't intentional!) I had the same thing happen when I first went on maintenance...it eventually balanced itself out. Good luck with the County Fair..those type events are so hard since I always feel the need to indulge in those type foods since I only see them once per year!

Okay, I'm going out for dinner with DD16 tonight. We have some shopping to do and I have a coupon and gc for Outback. They have a really nice interactive site to figure out nutritional information. When I entered the numbers in the WW PointsPlus calculator, I couldn't believe the number for some combinations I was considering. My first choice meal (which didn't even include the loaded potato because I was trying to not overdo) was a whopping 30 points. I'm going to settle for the crab stuffed tilapia, house salad (no dressing), and steamed green beans (no butter). That totals 15 PointsPlus (with no bread -- boo, hoo). Anyway, I'm really glad I looked BEFORE we went so I can make an informed decision and not be kicking myself later. In fact, I think I'll enter those points now so I will feel constrained to stick with the plan.

So, that is typically how I am beaten down by the weekends. We are on the run a lot, but wind up going out for meals. That's what catches up with me. If I didn't feel hungry on the weekend and didn't eat, I wouldn't be where I am.

I am always shocked when checking the PPV of restaurants! It's scary sometimes how high they can be. Bravo to you for checking first though...nothing worse than checking after you've eaten something you thought was a good choice

A newbie here....I think I posted for the first time a couple of weeks ago...
I got off track 4th of July weekend. We had a cookout and birthday cake and ice cream since my dad's birthday was on the 5th. I'm really bad to think that if I'm already blowing the weekend I may as well eat what I want the rest of the weekend..... Anyway, its taken me til now to loose the pounds I gained that weekend, which puts me several lbs. behind on my mini goal to loose 20 lbs. before our WDW in September.

On the positive side our church has started a TOWS(taking off weight sensibly) program and our first meeting was Thursday. Since I'm doing WW online, I'm hoping that TOWS will make me more accountable. They are also trying to set up Zumba classes and yoga classes and keeping our new gym open for walkers. Now I just have to get motivated and take advantage of these opportunities.

I'm also going to try to cut back on the sugar. I ate the last Fiber One Brownie today and won't be buying any more for awhile, which is easy since I have to drive 30 minutes to Target to buy more. Our Walmart has stopped selling the Light Lays which makes me mad. I love WW because I can still eat my sandwich and chips for lunch, but now if I want chips I'll have to either drive to town to buy them or eat baked chips that are more points. Grrrr.

I'm taking my mom to an outdoor theater tonight to see a musical and there will be all kinds of venders selling treats...hotdogs, corndogs, popcorn...all the good stuff. lol I'm planning to take a cooler full of water and some healthy snacks, but I will so want to buy a bag of kettle corn. I love that stuff. Anyone know how much kettle corn(the yummy kind they sell at fairs) are point wise? Probably not too bad as long as you eat a serving, but they sell it in HUGE bags. It seems like there is always something that tries to sabatage my diet. lol

welcome and good luck with your journey. I'm glad to see you have a what sounds like a great support group with your church. It's nice to have others in the same boat as you and be able to do some of those activities together.

Had a date night with DH last night, and then had a women's brunch with my church this morning, so my weekly points are about gone already, and they don't reset until Thursday. Here's hoping for a few REALLY good days of staying OP!!

hope things go well this week!

I was up 3.6 on Wednesday and I did it all in just 2 1/2 days! Seriously back on track since Wednesday and promise to behave for the rest of the week.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

good luck this week Jess...had one of those weeks a couple weeks ago.


just back from my WI and my offical WW weigh in was up .8. I used a NWI last Sunday, but weighed myself at home and I'm down 3 lbs from that weight, so I am very happy. I tracked all week, everything that went in my mouth. I used about 34 of my weekly points and I walked 5 days out of 7, about 24 miles. My walking buddy ditched me so DH has taken her place. But he's tied up now working on a project at home and will not be able to walk with me this week. I would rather walk with someone, but I'm going to just suck it up and walk alone!

We are going away on Saturday to the beach but I should be okay since we will eat in most nights and I can walk every day on the beach. Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

 

[sjms71]

So, my company has left. Loved seeing my friend but glad to have quiet in my house. Haven't been on the scale yet, didn't really track however, don't THINK I over did it.

Sandi or actually anyone going to Disney during free dining. Are you doin it or not on your trip this Aug/Sept?

 

[Twinklee]

Well, I didn't end up at the outdoor theater last night after all. Instead my mom and I took my dad to the ER......for the third time in the last two months. How do you impress on a stubborn, hard-headed, grouchy old man that you have to take you meds EVERY day for them to be effective?

Anyway, I ended up getting something like a hot pocket and a bag of sun chips out of a vending machine at 11:00 p.m. and that was my dinner. I don't think I did terribly bad points wise. I have the package from the hot pocket thing so I can figure out the points later today. I did end up being down a lb. this morning on the scales, but my real weigh in will be Thursday at my new TOWS meeting....Friday for WW.

 

[BlondeViki]

I lost 2 pounds this week

I did then go out and have a curry for our anniversary dinner, but I tracked it and though it took up more points than I expected, it's only the beginning of my ww-week, so I hope I can make up for it with plenty of activity

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Jess I love your new avitar.

Thanks!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

sorry, summer with kids home is so hard

Yah, yah, that's what happened!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Sandi or actually anyone going to Disney during free dining. Are you doin it or not on your trip this Aug/Sept?

We're not going this year but that is the time of year that we do go. I think we will probably do free dining again but next time, it will be just the Quick Service dining plan. I think at the counter service restaurants there will be less food then at the TS restaurants and the desserts will probably be smaller. However, we will get an extra snack credit per day with that plan which means more butter finger cupcakes for me !

Anyway, I ended up getting something like a hot pocket and a bag of sun chips out of a vending machine at 11:00 p.m. and that was my dinner. I don't think I did terribly bad points wise. I have the package from the hot pocket thing so I can figure out the points later today. I did end up being down a lb. this morning on the scales, but my real weigh in will be Thursday at my new TOWS meeting....Friday for WW.

Congratulations on your loss and good luck at your TOWS meetings. My church offered the Weigh Down Workshop once upon a time and after the meetings were over, I found all the weight I had lost plus more! I'm glad you're backing it up with Weight Watchers.

I lost 2 pounds this week

I did then go out and have a curry for our anniversary dinner, but I tracked it and though it took up more points than I expected, it's only the beginning of my ww-week, so I hope I can make up for it with plenty of activity

Wonderful -- 2 pounds! I'm glad you're staying on track.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

good luck this week Jess...had one of those weeks a couple weeks ago.

Thanks! I haven't had the urge to bake anything so things are going pretty good. I have been trying to avoid using my WP's because I want to ensure a weight loss this Wednesday. I will admit though, that I have been hungry several times.

Have fun at the beach!

 

[ProudMomTo3Boys]

So, my company has left. Loved seeing my friend but glad to have quiet in my house. Haven't been on the scale yet, didn't really track however, don't THINK I over did it.

Sandi or actually anyone going to Disney during free dining. Are you doin it or not on your trip this Aug/Sept?

I am going during free dining. I am not a dessert person so I think I will be okay in that regard. I plan on enjoying myself but not going crazy. If I can get fruit for a dessert that is what I plan on doing. As for meals, I love fish so I am going to try for fish at my TS. Don't really have a plan for CS. I will try to avoid fries, but they are a weakness of mine. Any suggestions from anyone are more than welcome.

 

[sjms71]

Well, I didn't end up at the outdoor theater last night after all. Instead my mom and I took my dad to the ER......for the third time in the last two months. How do you impress on a stubborn, hard-headed, grouchy old man that you have to take you meds EVERY day for them to be effective?

Sorry, you missed your play . My FIL is the same way. We spent the 4th of July in the ER, he fell and couldn't get up he's on blood thinners. My MIL called 911, EMS insisted he go to hospital. He kept saying no and being stubborn. EMS called the police to almost force him to go. When he got to the ER finally he was giving all the nurses a hard time they called him Archie Bunker on steroids . Let me stress this is my MIL's 2nd husband and he didn't raise my husband as he was already out of the house then. So, if you figure out how to get your dad to listen let me know .

 

[sjms71]

We have gone to Disney every September for free dining since it started. Although, I feel I do ok with eating I always gain weight. We went to Disney in June on our way to the beach. We did our own "eating" plan and I lost weight. So, I am getting down to the wire of making changes to my package, should I cancel dining plan or keep it? This will be our last September to go as DD will be going to high school. Not sure what to do so thought I'd ask what you all would do?

 

[NC State]

This is the one thing I do fear. Free dining at WDW and when I get back home it will be hard to get back onto the WW train. I leave two months from today!

 

[sjms71]

This is the one thing I do fear. Free dining at WDW and when I get back home it will be hard to get back onto the WW train. I leave two months from today!

I have had no trouble getting back on track once I have gone I just have gained everytime and hate the set back but enjoy the dining. I think you will be able to get back on track when you get back.