Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[CdnBuzzFan]

Welcome princess4life! Come back and let us know how your first weigh-in went.

 

[NC State]

My weekends are really bad but yesterday was great and I didn't go over my points. I hope I'm a good girl today! I did try this last night and my husband loved it.

Awesome Banana Split
1 banana (split)
6 oz fat-free vanilla yoguart (2 pts)
sliced strawberries
2Tbsp sugar-free hot fudge topping (3 pts)

I'm going to save 5 points tonight to have another sinful treat!
-Stephanie

 

[sjms71]

My weekends are really bad but yesterday was great and I didn't go over my points. I hope I'm a good girl today! I did try this last night and my husband loved it.

Awesome Banana Split
1 banana (split)
6 oz fat-free vanilla yoguart (2 pts)
sliced strawberries
2Tbsp sugar-free hot fudge topping (3 pts)

I'm going to save 5 points tonight to have another sinful treat!
-Stephanie

You can do it Steph! I had a pretty awful day eating yesterday, but also hoping to make it through the day with being good.

 

[kisaacs]

I had no idea there was a WW thread on the DIS boards! I've been doing WW for 10 weeks now and I really like this program. I did it on my own about 4 years ago (pre kids) and this program is much easier to follow and makes me feel good about what I'm eating.

A little about me:
I have 2 kids (DD 3 and DS almost 2) and since I'm done having kids, I want my body back. I'm down to my pre-kid weight, but still overweight. I've lost 13 so far and have 14 to go to goal. I have kind of an odd strategy in that I'm focusing solely on what I eat and ignoring the exercise piece for now. I know it's not conventional, but I've learned from past attempts that when I try to focus on both simultaneously, I burn out. So I've given myself a pass on the exercise for now til I feel really good about making the food choices a solid part of my lifestyle.

And as for Disney, we're planning a trip to WDW next July/August for 10 days with DH, DS, DD, my mom, my dad, my brother, and my SIL. Can't wait!!!

So that's me. Hoping for at least a tiny loss this week (Weigh in day is Wed), but it's going to be tough. I'm on plan, but have used most of my weeklies this week and I usually use only 1/2.

Nice to meet you all!

Kristen

 

[sjms71]

I had no idea there was a WW thread on the DIS boards! I've been doing WW for 10 weeks now and I really like this program. I did it on my own about 4 years ago (pre kids) and this program is much easier to follow and makes me feel good about what I'm eating.

A little about me:
I have 2 kids (DD 3 and DS almost 2) and since I'm done having kids, I want my body back. I'm down to my pre-kid weight, but still overweight. I've lost 13 so far and have 14 to go to goal. I have kind of an odd strategy in that I'm focusing solely on what I eat and ignoring the exercise piece for now. I know it's not conventional, but I've learned from past attempts that when I try to focus on both simultaneously, I burn out. So I've given myself a pass on the exercise for now til I feel really good about making the food choices a solid part of my lifestyle.

And as for Disney, we're planning a trip to WDW next July/August for 10 days with DH, DS, DD, my mom, my dad, my brother, and my SIL. Can't wait!!!

So that's me. Hoping for at least a tiny loss this week (Weigh in day is Wed), but it's going to be tough. I'm on plan, but have used most of my weeklies this week and I usually use only 1/2.

Nice to meet you all!


Kristen

Hey Kristen, nice to meet you. Glad you are liking the new program and have done well so far. As far as your strategy as long as it's working for you then don't worry about it. You know what works for you. And with 2 little kids I am sure you are running around like crazy anyway . Good luck!

 

[uicbear]

It's been a while since I've been here. We had our Disney trip in the middle of July and had a great time. It's been hard to come back to the DISboards as I know our next trip to the world is a whole 2 years away.

As for WW, my brother and I are still workin it. Our WI today put him at losing over 27lbs and I just passed 20lbs. I am really happy with the progress so far, even though, to be honest, even though the scale is telling me and my clothes are telling me, I don't feel any lighter.

I am however feeling more rested when I wake up in the morning which was one of the main motivators to start this journey. I just hated "sleeping" for 7-8 hours and waking up feeling like mush.

So, good luck everyone with the week ahead!

 

[princess4life]

Greetings everyone! I'm so excited to report I had a first week loss of 6.8 lbs. I'm trying to keep my goals small so that I'm not overwhelmed by the ultimate goal. I have less than 4 lbs to make the 5% goal they set for me so that's the focus. It was a good week, but I have to say I was intensely focused on my food/meals. I can see that without that I would have not been able to stay on course.

A little about me: I'm 39 with 4 kiddos, DD 12, DS 10, DS 7, and DD 4 & of course DH (who is very supportive!) Our next trip will be with my sister & parents in June 2012.

Good luck to everyone at WI this week!

Amy

 

[sjms71]

My weekend enough said

Hope everyone else was able to stay on plan. I've allowed foods to enter my home for my family thinking it wouldn't be a problem....well I was wrong, time to clean out the refrig and cabinets.

 

[sjms71]

Greetings everyone! I'm so excited to report I had a first week loss of 6.8 lbs. I'm trying to keep my goals small so that I'm not overwhelmed by the ultimate goal. I have less than 4 lbs to make the 5% goal they set for me so that's the focus. It was a good week, but I have to say I was intensely focused on my food/meals. I can see that without that I would have not been able to stay on course.

A little about me: I'm 39 with 4 kiddos, DD 12, DS 10, DS 7, and DD 4 & of course DH (who is very supportive!) Our next trip will be with my sister & parents in June 2012.

Good luck to everyone at WI this week!

Amy

Welcome Amy, great start . You are very smart to make small goals rather than focus on the big picture. Good luck!

 

[sjms71]

It's been a while since I've been here. We had our Disney trip in the middle of July and had a great time. It's been hard to come back to the DISboards as I know our next trip to the world is a whole 2 years away.

As for WW, my brother and I are still workin it. Our WI today put him at losing over 27lbs and I just passed 20lbs. I am really happy with the progress so far, even though, to be honest, even though the scale is telling me and my clothes are telling me, I don't feel any lighter.

I am however feeling more rested when I wake up in the morning which was one of the main motivators to start this journey. I just hated "sleeping" for 7-8 hours and waking up feeling like mush.

So, good luck everyone with the week ahead!

20lbs Is great, keep it up

 

[Sandi]

Greetings everyone! I'm so excited to report I had a first week loss of 6.8 lbs. I'm trying to keep my goals small so that I'm not overwhelmed by the ultimate goal. I have less than 4 lbs to make the 5% goal they set for me so that's the focus. It was a good week, but I have to say I was intensely focused on my food/meals. I can see that without that I would have not been able to stay on course.

A little about me: I'm 39 with 4 kiddos, DD 12, DS 10, DS 7, and DD 4 & of course DH (who is very supportive!) Our next trip will be with my sister & parents in June 2012.

Good luck to everyone at WI this week!

Amy

Congratulations Amy. That's a terrific start and should help be a motivator to keep going.

My weekend enough said

Hope everyone else was able to stay on plan. I've allowed foods to enter my home for my family thinking it wouldn't be a problem....well I was wrong, time to clean out the refrig and cabinets.

Ha, ha Stephanie. I'm there with you. We celebrated my mom's birthday this weekend and I prepared Mexican food. At least we celebrated at my parents' house and I left all the left-overs for them and my brothers. Unfortunately, I ate too much while there. Today is a new day . . . (how many times have I said that?!)

One good thing, this weekend I bought a new dress for a wedding I am attending next month. I went to The Loft and the dress is a size 10. When I started this journey, I was squeezing into size 16. Now I'm an 8-10 on the bottom and usually a 12 on top. It's so much more fun shopping now.

 

[sjms71]

Congratulations Amy. That's a terrific start and should help be a motivator to keep going.



Ha, ha Stephanie. I'm there with you. We celebrated my mom's birthday this weekend and I prepared Mexican food. At least we celebrated at my parents' house and I left all the left-overs for them and my brothers. Unfortunately, I ate too much while there. Today is a new day . . . (how many times have I said that?!)

One good thing, this weekend I bought a new dress for a wedding I am attending next month. I went to The Loft and the dress is a size 10. When I started this journey, I was squeezing into size 16. Now I'm an 8-10 on the bottom and usually a 12 on top. It's so much more fun shopping now.

You know what I think, saying "today is a new day" is better than heck with it give me a spoon and the peanut butter and let's call it a day!!!

Congrats on the small dress size, you should be very proud! I would have to agree that shopping is more fun. I too started at a very tight 16 (probably more a 18) and have been buying size 8 bottoms and bought my first small shirt the other day

Today IS a new day, good luck, although I know most of us don't have a problem during the week, it's those dang weekends that are hard to stay focused .

 

[Princess Mindy]

Hi there! I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been on WW for about a year now and have lost about 42 pounds so far. I've got another 38 to go before I reach goal. I've been struggling this summer to lose due to emotional stress and family visiting, so I can't say the last couple months have been all that productive. I hope to get back on plan completely. AFTER Disney. In prep for my trip I've added more activity. I had 40 activity points last week and I gained a pound. I was SO mad. But my leader said that is what happens when you just start working out-that you retain water. So I'm hoping to do better this week, although with the way I ate over the weekend I'm not very confident.
Glad to find you and look forward to sharing the weight loss journey with you!

 

[sjms71]

Hi there! I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been on WW for about a year now and have lost about 42 pounds so far. I've got another 38 to go before I reach goal. I've been struggling this summer to lose due to emotional stress and family visiting, so I can't say the last couple months have been all that productive. I hope to get back on plan completely. AFTER Disney. In prep for my trip I've added more activity. I had 40 activity points last week and I gained a pound. I was SO mad. But my leader said that is what happens when you just start working out-that you retain water. So I'm hoping to do better this week, although with the way I ate over the weekend I'm not very confident.
Glad to find you and look forward to sharing the weight loss journey with you!

Welcome Mindy! Congrats on the 42 lbs. you have already loss . We all share your frustration with a tough summer and working hard and not seeing results right away. Have a great time at Disney, I still have 3 weeks . Keep us posted on your success .

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

My weekends are really bad but yesterday was great and I didn't go over my points. I hope I'm a good girl today! I did try this last night and my husband loved it.

Awesome Banana Split
1 banana (split)
6 oz fat-free vanilla yoguart (2 pts)
sliced strawberries
2Tbsp sugar-free hot fudge topping (3 pts)

I'm going to save 5 points tonight to have another sinful treat!
-Stephanie

Holy cow!! Guess what I had for dessert last night and tonight!! Thanks for the idea. I used ice cream instead of yogurt and cool whip instead of strawberries. It was sooo good!

I had no idea there was a WW thread on the DIS boards! I've been doing WW for 10 weeks now and I really like this program. I did it on my own about 4 years ago (pre kids) and this program is much easier to follow and makes me feel good about what I'm eating.

A little about me:
I have 2 kids (DD 3 and DS almost 2) and since I'm done having kids, I want my body back. I'm down to my pre-kid weight, but still overweight. I've lost 13 so far and have 14 to go to goal. I have kind of an odd strategy in that I'm focusing solely on what I eat and ignoring the exercise piece for now. I know it's not conventional, but I've learned from past attempts that when I try to focus on both simultaneously, I burn out. So I've given myself a pass on the exercise for now til I feel really good about making the food choices a solid part of my lifestyle.

And as for Disney, we're planning a trip to WDW next July/August for 10 days with DH, DS, DD, my mom, my dad, my brother, and my SIL. Can't wait!!!

So that's me. Hoping for at least a tiny loss this week (Weigh in day is Wed), but it's going to be tough. I'm on plan, but have used most of my weeklies this week and I usually use only 1/2.

Nice to meet you all!

Kristen

Hi Kirsten! Thanks for joining us. We've been here for a while now, in fact, this is our second thread. WW doesn't recommend that you dont exercise but it can be done. I lost 70 pounds without increasing my normal activity. I've never actually exercised on purpose. Good luck on your weight loss journey and congrats on your successes so far. Hope you stick around and continue to get to know us.

It's been a while since I've been here. We had our Disney trip in the middle of July and had a great time. It's been hard to come back to the DISboards as I know our next trip to the world is a whole 2 years away.

As for WW, my brother and I are still workin it. Our WI today put him at losing over 27lbs and I just passed 20lbs. I am really happy with the progress so far, even though, to be honest, even though the scale is telling me and my clothes are telling me, I don't feel any lighter.

I am however feeling more rested when I wake up in the morning which was one of the main motivators to start this journey. I just hated "sleeping" for 7-8 hours and waking up feeling like mush.

So, good luck everyone with the week ahead!

Congratulations on losing 20 pounds. I actually didn't feel any different until I has lost about 33 pounds but people kept noticing that I was losing weight even though I couldn't see it or feel it.

Greetings everyone! I'm so excited to report I had a first week loss of 6.8 lbs. I'm trying to keep my goals small so that I'm not overwhelmed by the ultimate goal. I have less than 4 lbs to make the 5% goal they set for me so that's the focus. It was a good week, but I have to say I was intensely focused on my food/meals. I can see that without that I would have not been able to stay on course.

A little about me: I'm 39 with 4 kiddos, DD 12, DS 10, DS 7, and DD 4 & of course DH (who is very supportive!) Our next trip will be with my sister & parents in June 2012.

Good luck to everyone at WI this week!

Amy

6.8!

My weekend enough said

Hope everyone else was able to stay on plan. I've allowed foods to enter my home for my family thinking it wouldn't be a problem....well I was wrong, time to clean out the refrig and cabinets.

Quit your whining! Don't make me google North Carolina!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

One good thing, this weekend I bought a new dress for a wedding I am attending next month. I went to The Loft and the dress is a size 10. When I started this journey, I was squeezing into size 16. Now I'm an 8-10 on the bottom and usually a 12 on top. It's so much more fun shopping now.

Congrats on the small dress size, you should be very proud! I would have to agree that shopping is more fun. I too started at a very tight 16 (probably more a 18) and have been buying size 8 bottoms and bought my first small shirt the other day

One of the reasons that I joined WW (and there were several) was because I hated shopping. I had just gotten to the point where I couldn't stuff any more of me into a size 16 and there was no way I was going to start wearing size 18. Now I wear sizes 6 and 4 and the occasional size 2. Funny thing though, 20+ years ago (DO NOT DO THE MATH!) when I was in college I was about 15 pounds lighter than I am now but I was wearing size 7 and 9.

Hi there! I'm so glad I found this thread. I've been on WW for about a year now and have lost about 42 pounds so far. I've got another 38 to go before I reach goal. I've been struggling this summer to lose due to emotional stress and family visiting, so I can't say the last couple months have been all that productive. I hope to get back on plan completely. AFTER Disney. In prep for my trip I've added more activity. I had 40 activity points last week and I gained a pound. I was SO mad. But my leader said that is what happens when you just start working out-that you retain water. So I'm hoping to do better this week, although with the way I ate over the weekend I'm not very confident.
Glad to find you and look forward to sharing the weight loss journey with you!

Welcome Princess Mindy! 42 pounds gone is awesome!

 

[kisaacs]

Wow, Princess Mindy, you're doing great! Well done!

WW doesn't recommend that you dont exercise but it can be done.

Yeah, I know. It's not like I've never exercised. I ran 1 mile every single day in 2010, for example. I just have a hard time focusing on exercise and changing my food habits at the same time. I tend to burn out. I figure maybe I can get the weight off and get some good habits built and then build in the exercise (which I admit, I can't stand to do!) May be a silly theory, but for now it's working

What an awesome group here! Love hearing all the successes! My day was meh. I had a meeting go long and then ended up grabbing something with coworkers, which is usually fine...except that they wanted to go to Wendy's. I can't stand spending that amount of points on food I don't even like. Urgh. Ah well, stayed just about within points for the day - just used 2 weeklies, so I'm calling it a victory.

Smiles,
Kristen

 

[kisaacs]

Oh, and speaking of tasty treats, have you made a banana into ice cream yet?

Take a banana, peel and slice it and freeze it. When it's completely frozen put the banana and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in a food processor or blender. It'll get chunky first and then turn exactly the consistency of softserve ice cream. The fats in the banana are enough to create an emulsion. It's very cool.

Highly recommended with some strawberries and a little chocolate syrup!


My other favorite dessert is a bowl of fresh berries topped with
1/4 cup low fat ricotta mixed with 2 splendas and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Tastes like cannolli filling!

Kristen

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Oh, and speaking of tasty treats, have you made a banana into ice cream yet?

Take a banana, peel and slice it and freeze it. When it's completely frozen put the banana and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in a food processor or blender. It'll get chunky first and then turn exactly the consistency of softserve ice cream. The fats in the banana are enough to create an emulsion. It's very cool.

Highly recommended with some strawberries and a little chocolate syrup!


My other favorite dessert is a bowl of fresh berries topped with
1/4 cup low fat ricotta mixed with 2 splendas and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Tastes like cannolli filling!


Kristen

Ohhhhh! I'm so glad you found us! Dessert is my favourite meal!

 

[BabyTigger99]

Well, I have found the one thing I don't like about the WW at Work program. We need to have 15 paying members each session. As of last night, we were 3 members short, so no meeting this week! Boo!! I need to know my number!!! Hopefully we can find enough people this week that we can start back up. We are the longest running WW at Work program in the area (22 years!).