Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[dis-happy]

I did notice the Disney quote!! Also, I was looking around on the WW site and they have a "Destination Walt Disney World" feature that says where to eat. I was very happy to find that! I leave in 4 days and I need all the help I can get to stay on track. It will be during the F&WF, so I am already expecting to go over a bit. I'll try to make up for it by eating the right things in the other parks. But Epcot is definitely getting ALL my points next week.

That's awesome to hear!!! We are headed there the end of this week for F&W and I was wondering how to best stay on plan. Thanks!!!

 

[sjms71]

GOOD MORNING ALL! I hope everyone had a great weekend. It was very cool here in NC, did yard work on Saturday, my landscaping looks awesome now. Kids went back to school today after their 3 weeks off and it was only 40 degrees here . , Here's to a great week for everyone and hoping we are all a bunch of losers!

 

[dis-happy]

GOOD MORNING ALL! I hope everyone had a great weekend. It was very cool here in NC, did yard work on Saturday, my landscaping looks awesome now. Kids went back to school today after their 3 weeks off and it was only 40 degrees here . , Here's to a great week for everyone and hoping we are all a bunch of losers!

I broke down an turned on the heat this morning! Only one day off between running the a/c and running the heat.

 

[sjms71]

I broke down an turned on the heat this morning! Only one day off between running the a/c and running the heat.

Yea, I switched mine from cool to heat last night, figured if it got cold enough it would come on and sure enough it did this morning. Sandi, Jess, did you guys get snow?

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Yea, I switched mine from cool to heat last night, figured if it got cold enough it would come on and sure enough it did this morning. Sandi, Jess, did you guys get snow?

SNOW???! In October????!! I'm not that far north!

 

[npmommie]

hi all,
I haven't joined ww yet, but I just watched Dr. Oz and he had the ww lady on. They talked about the program. so now I am intrigued.
I don't know if I really have time to get to a meeting each week though, do any of you do the online program?

 

[sjms71]

SNOW???! In October????!! I'm not that far north!

The mountains of West Virginia got some so thought you may have seen some action

 

[robinb]

Last night I made chicken breast which was rolled/stuffed with shredded zucchini skim mozzarella. 4 PP per portion it was very yummy. If you havent checked her site out you can google "ginas skinny recipes" and it comes right up. (not sure if I am allowed to link?)

I made this dish and it was DELICIOUS! I took a big chicken breast, cut it in half width wise (like a butterfly cut, but all the way trough) and pounded each one thin. I then added the filling and breaded it with panko instead of bread crumbs. Yummy!

I couldn't believe it. I lost 1.4 lbs since 9/14. (I didn't stay for meeting, I just slipped in while the meeting was taking place.) This brings be to a total of 33 lbs gone!

Awesome! I have NEVER lost weight at WDW.

Down 1.4 lbs today. Happy about that!

I am having trouble figuring out points,especially for foods already prepared and frozen. I did 30 day cooking at the end of summer and still have a pretty full freezer. Is the complete book with food values a worthwhile purchase?

I have been guessing and trying to just eat a small portion supplemented with salad and veggies. Fruit seems to make me want more food-maybe the acid?

Do you have eTools? If so, you could re-create the recipes. I don't know how much more the complete book will give you than the starter book. I think it has more processed foods and your meals are all home made. Personally, I would eat regular portions and estimate to your best guess.

Fruit still has natural sugars in it, so that may be a trigger for you . What kind of fruits have you tried?

Lost 0.6 this week. Not really sure how. I haven't been tacking very well, and I feel like I'm doing A LOT of mindless eating. I won't look a gift horse in the mouth though. I will use this 0.6 as a spring board.

0.6 is still great in my book! There are weeks that I am begging for *any* positive weight loss.

My Spartans won today!

Why, oh why, did the Spartans let Ohio State score?!? My Badgers won too and we're ranked 4th! We were at the big game on Saturday ... Welcome to the Big Ten Nebraska. chomp. chomp.

I broke down an turned on the heat this morning! Only one day off between running the a/c and running the heat.

Here in Madison we are still hanging on. The house was down to 63-degrees yesterday, but we are expecting a nice warm up this week so we probably won't be turning on the heat for a couple of weeks.

 

[robinb]

Hello everyone!
I really need a lifestyle change and thought this was the best place to do it. WeightWatchers and I go way back! I've been going back to meetings and missing a few weeks and never going back. I would do this every year! The last WW meeting I went to was when we did the switch to the new PointsPlus program. I don't like change and it seemed to be alot of things happening at once. I was totally confused. But...today..I'm willing to try again! I can't go to meetings due to school and work but I thought this thread would be a great place to discuss the good times and the bad. And maybe all of you can help me figure out this PointsPlus program! One smart thing I did after the last meeting I went to was buy/keep my WW things!
This is what I have (all PointsPlus):
Getting Started
Dining Out Companion
Complete Food Companion
Pocket Guide
Calculator
Ultimate 3 month Tracker

Yep, that's alot of stuff that I haven't even opened yet! I read the "Getting Started" after the meeting but was still totally confused about it. I think I used that as an excuse to get out of the program. yada yada....I'm my own worse enemy.
Well tomorrow I will give you all my start weight and then every Friday morning I will give you my progress. I'm committed on making this work! Thanks!

my first weigh in this morning and the evil number is: 192.7

Not good. I plan on reading through some of my books this afternoon after school. Get the gist of the program. I plan on eating more fruits and veggies during meals this week. Lay off junk and drink more water!

Someone asked if I could try to go to a meeting but I really can't.
School and work are my life right now and I just bought books so money is tight right now. Meetings are during work as well...sorry. I will have someone measure me tonight.

Can you afford doing things online with eTools? I really like it a lot and it's fun entering my points into it. I would recommend that you try to actively embrace the Points Plus program. It really works for a lot of people once they get their head around having more points. The fact is, the food costs more points so it all works out.

May I join? I just started WW on Sept 19th My first weigh in was 179.4, my weigh in on the 26th was 175.8. HOORAY!

I started an aerobics class in July (yoga too) and it helps me but there is no way I could have lost weight without the WW plan.
It is making me accountable for all the food I eat. It helps me see where my low time is, and why I feel so hungry.

Congrats to all of you that have been following this and meeting your goals.
I have a long way to go, but have an end date in mind.

I would like to lose at least 40 lbs. maybe 50.
My sons french class is going to Quebec in June and I am going with him.
He has peanut allergies and the school would prefer if I went just in case of emergency. So, I want to be at least 30 lbs lighter by then.

Do you think it is do-able?

Of course you can join us! I think 30lbs by June is totally doable if you set your mind to it. My DH has family in Montreal, but I have not been there in years. My DD is taking French now so a trip back to Quebec may be in our future too. Our current plan is to go to France in August (on airline miles and hotel points).

Hi everyone!

I just got back from my 2nd weigh in and I am down 3.2 lbs! I am very excited by this!! This means that I am down 30 lbs in the past year

Thanks for all of the warm welcomes and motivation. I reallt enjoy this thread!

Yippie!!! 3.2 is a great loss for week 2.

Everyone has had great losses this week! I had been hovering around a 2# loss through the week (I step daily just to see if I'm having too much sodium) so when I got up at 5:30 AM (internal clock be darned!), it was the highest all week. But I went back to bed and read a book for a couple of hours and by the time I got back up and weighed in, the loss was there. 3# lost this week!!

Congratulations on your 3 lbs! That's great!

Lost 4.2lbs my second week, 9 total since I joined. I just know WW is going to work for me. I have a long long way to go (still too embarrassed to tell my starting weight) but I can do this. Some winning WW recipes this week with the family were Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas, Roasted Sirloin Beef and the Tomato Pepper Lasagna. I also get some good recipes from skinnytaste dot com. They give you the points plus on everything there. I am going to make their pumpkin cupcakes today for a picnic tomorrow.

Wow! We had some spectacular weight losses this week! Congratulations on your 4.2 . Yum ... pumpkin cupcakes. Let us know how they turned out.

After being "off-plan" for the summer months (laid up with an injury and eating whatever) I have to say I feel so much better being back "on-plan"! Tracking really helps me out, otherwise I am a non-stop eater.

Sad to say, first weigh-in has me almost back to where I began, ugh. But I know this works for me, so there's hope. I see the cardiologist again in early Nov. and want to have good stats for him (weight + cholesterol), so that is a motivation.

Ugh too. I was the same way two weeks ago. I asked one of the employees to "reset" my start weight to my weight on 9/21 after coming back from a stressful summer off. That way I am eligible for 5lb stars and a new 10% goal. Otherwise, I would have had to lose over 15lbs before I saw another 5lb star .

hi all,
I haven't joined ww yet, but I just watched Dr. Oz and he had the ww lady on. They talked about the program. so now I am intrigued.
I don't know if I really have time to get to a meeting each week though, do any of you do the online program?

Some people here do the online only. I do the Monthly Pass which includes unlimited meetings and the online eTools. I really like going to the meetings myself. It keeps me motivated and focused. One of the people in my meeting was on Oprah's last weight loss show ... he lost over 100lbs! We also have a LOT of lifetime members who are very inspiring. Why not try an initial meeting and see if it's something you might like? You'll meet with the leader at the end of the meeting who will explain everything and get you started on the program.

 

[BabyTigger99]

I am sooo nervous to weigh in tomorrow. I have been weighing at home, and I really need to stop that!! I have been all over the board. I just really, really, REALLY want to hit 50 tomorrow!! It was a crazy weekend around here, LOTS of awesome sports going on in Wisconsin. Hopefully I didn't do anything to sabatoge myself!! Tomorrow will be my 20th weigh in!!

 

[jadeblue13]

Thanks, robinb, for your answer regarding how to figure points for previously prepared/frozen foods. I can't use etools right now since I am paying a trainer for a couple months to get me started on the right track with exercise, but I can use that money for etools prob. in Dec. DH is supportive that I am starting this program but a little unhappy with the money outlay so far.

I have tried various fruits, apples, less ripe bananas, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple. Blueberries, bananas or apples are the most satisfying. I don't know if that means anything-maybe they have less sugar?



Not sure how to multi quote-I'll give it a shot in my next post. I appreciate your thoughts and your support. Keep up the great work everyone!

 

[robinb]

I have tried various fruits, apples, less ripe bananas, grapes, blueberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple. Blueberries, bananas or apples are the most satisfying. I don't know if that means anything-maybe they have less sugar?

Not sure how to multi quote-I'll give it a shot in my next post. I appreciate your thoughts and your support. Keep up the great work everyone!

You will probably want to stick with low glycemic fruits like berries. I googled "low gycimic fruits" and found a list on a South Beach Diet website: http://www.southbeach-diet.info/low-carb-fruit.php I would stick with the Low and Medium fruit on that list and watch any that trigger you.

To multi-quote, click on this button

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on the last one. Everything will come up in one big reply.

 

[Disneylvr]

hi all,
I haven't joined ww yet, but I just watched Dr. Oz and he had the ww lady on. They talked about the program. so now I am intrigued.
I don't know if I really have time to get to a meeting each week though, do any of you do the online program?

From what they said at my WW's meeting on Saturday, you don't have to actually join to participate in Dr. Oz's challenge. But you do have to visit a ww, get weighed and have your starting weight recorded by them. And then I think you have to lose 10% by a certain month, again getting weighed in at ww to make it official. They have the registration sheets there and I filled mine out! I want to win that million dollars, LOL!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I am so jealous, and without exercise! But good for you.

Yup! No exercise for me. I knew if I started a routine and lost that it wouldn't last and just figured I'd regain everything after I stopped exercising so I never bothered to start.

Can you give us some ideas of what worked for you?

Guessing you tracked and stayed on plan everyday? And my big question is...did you use the 49 extra weekly points?

Right now I have averaged about a half pound per week. Okay but very slow!

Thank you
margaret

Hi Margaret! Really, all I did was stick to my points. If I couldn't count it or didn't have points for it, I just didn't eat it. (I don't seem to possess that kind of will power and determination anymore.) If I couldn't make my meeting any particular week, I always at least weighed in. I did track -- I planned my meals out for the entire week after I got home from my meeting, made my shopping list and went grocery shopping the next day. As for my weekly points allowance points (it was 35 back then), at first I was afraid to used them. I was so hungry the very first week that I thought I was going to die. I started September 6, 2006 and gradually introduced the WPA points but it wasn't until sometime in January 2007 that I had a week where I used all 35 in one week.

There was no real secret to my loss. I just decided that I was done with the weight and wanted it off so I did what I knew I needed to do.

That first week I lost 6.0lbs, got my first 10 lbs two weeks later and reached and exceeded my 10% on week 7. I didn't even let Christmas stop me that year -- I lost 8.4 lbs between Nov 29/06 and Jan 3/07.

I am sooo nervous to weigh in tomorrow. I have been weighing at home, and I really need to stop that!! I have been all over the board. I just really, really, REALLY want to hit 50 tomorrow!! It was a crazy weekend around here, LOTS of awesome sports going on in Wisconsin. Hopefully I didn't do anything to sabatoge myself!! Tomorrow will be my 20th weigh in!!

I think I would be nervous too! Good luck tomorrow!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I may has well confess... I'm up about 3.5 lbs on my scale from the weekend. DS turns 10 tomorrow and we had a birthday party for him on Saturday. DH bought a $20 cake from Costco and the kids ate about 50 cents worth. So... I ate a lot of cake.

 

[sjms71]

I am sooo nervous to weigh in tomorrow. I have been weighing at home, and I really need to stop that!! I have been all over the board. I just really, really, REALLY want to hit 50 tomorrow!! It was a crazy weekend around here, LOTS of awesome sports going on in Wisconsin. Hopefully I didn't do anything to sabatoge myself!! Tomorrow will be my 20th weigh in!!

sending you lots of pixie dust, good luck, I so hope you hit it. And if not that's ok too, you're still doing a great job.

From what they said at my WW's meeting on Saturday, you don't have to actually join to participate in Dr. Oz's challenge. But you do have to visit a ww, get weighed and have your starting weight recorded by them. And then I think you have to lose 10% by a certain month, again getting weighed in at ww to make it official. They have the registration sheets there and I filled mine out! I want to win that million dollars, LOL!

That's how I understood it too, go to center for an " official" weigh in.

I may has well confess... I'm up about 3.5 lbs on my scale from the weekend. DS turns 10 tomorrow and we had a birthday party for him on Saturday. DH bought a $20 cake from Costco and the kids ate about 50 cents worth. So... I ate a lot of cake.

It is so not funny about the cake eating but Jess, I love the way you word things. It cracks me up. It's only Monday, maybe you can recover before Wednesday. Oh and to your son ( is it Sam) if not sorry, that's what popped into my head .

 

[robinb]

I may has well confess... I'm up about 3.5 lbs on my scale from the weekend. DS turns 10 tomorrow and we had a birthday party for him on Saturday. DH bought a $20 cake from Costco and the kids ate about 50 cents worth. So... I ate a lot of cake.

Cake happens. It's how you bounce back from it that matters.

 

[sjms71]

Cake happens. It's how you bounce back from it that matters.

As always, very well said robin

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

sending you lots of pixie dust, good luck, I so hope you hit it. And if not that's ok too, you're still doing a great job.


That's how I understood it too, go to center for an " official" weigh in.

It is so not funny about the cake eating but Jess, I love the way you word things. It cracks me up. It's only Monday, maybe you can recover before Wednesday. Oh and to your son ( is it Sam) if not sorry, that's what popped into my head .

It's Sam. I cant believe he's 10.

Cake happens. It's how you bounce back from it that matters.

Thanks but I haven't officially bounced back yet...hopefully tomorrow.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

So here's more of my Dinner Survival cookbook reviews.

This is the Spiced Cheddar Burger. It's probably the best burger that I've ever made! 5 pts for the bun, 7pts for the burger, 2 cheddar points and 1 turkey bacon pts. I refuse to count ketchup! I served it with zucchini noodle fries for 2pts from the oil. So there are 15 points on the cutting board (17 pts once it made it onto my plate with the zucchini). It's a lot of points but it was really good!


This is a picture of the Udon Noodle Soup. Don't be fooled by the picture -- it's actually much more boring than it looks. It was supposed to have ****ake mushrooms and green onions in it and 'yuck' to both. What I should have done was replaced those things with something else but it didn't occur to me until after it was already in the bowls and on the table. I was glad I didn't make enough for leftovers. We had to eat it with a spoon and a fork because the noodles were so long and couldn't be picked up with the spoon! I think if I make it again (and I probably wont) that it would be better as a lunch meal than a supper meal. There are 8 points in the bowl and I served it with a 2pt salad. I just previewed the post and that should say s*h*i*t*a*k*e mushrooms!


Lastly, this is the Sweet & Sour Chicken. It was excellent. Not too many any points here. I made it into 4 servings but there was lots and should have been made into 5 or 6 servings. We both had to force it down and I couldn't finish mine. Only 8 points for the entire sauce mixture (divided into 4 servings @ 2 pts each) and was served with 2 rice points and 2 chicken points so there are 6 points on the plate. I will be making this recipe again.