Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[Sandi]

YAHHHHH! I survived Thanksgiving Dinner with the inlaws yesterday!!!!! I managed to escape dessert even though the food pushers were out in full force. My SIL brought a homemade chocolate 4-layer cake with custard on the inside and chocolate icing on the outside and it looked and smelled soooo good. I just knew that one bite would set me off and I would have eaten everything in sight until the end of the day tomorrow.

I didn't tell you but at my weigh in last Wednesday I was up 4.7 pounds and I did it in just 4 days. This week will be different.

Oh, Jessie, I'm right there with you. Why is it so easy to gain weight? I have been "on a break" and I stepped on the bathroom scale this morning to a 4.5# weight gain over the last week. I totally expected it and it was enough to be a kick in my behind to get back on track. So far, I'm following all the rules for the whole day!

Excellent work saying no to the chocolate cake. You are a stronger woman than I.

Let's make this a great week.

 

[Disneylvr]

Is anyone else having trouble logging into the WW web site this afternoon?

 

[izzy]

Is anyone else having trouble logging into the WW web site this afternoon?

I just came here to ask the same question! I was able to get in early this morning, but couldn't get in this afternoon. Just tried again and I still can't get to my points tracker.

 

[lisajl]

Hey everyone!
Did anyone have a meeting tonight?

I am in my third week of following the program and as of tonight I have officially lost my first five pounds with WW!
It's not much, but I am in this to lose at least 40 lbs.

Good luck everyone!

Lisa

 

[Sandi]

Is anyone else having trouble logging into the WW web site this afternoon?

I can finally get in this morning. I'm blaming the website for my cheesecake disaster last night!

 

[sjms71]

Weighed in yesterday...down 1#! I will take it.

THis has been so slow for me but at least I am still on the road to goal and I have kept off 33 lbs.

This week will be my year anniv with WW!

Way to go! My anniversary is this week too, 2 years with WW .

So, I was in pity mode all week since my weigh in last week. Tracked in my head, but not on eTools like I usually do. Didn't put anything in my WISH journal. Had chips 4 nights (cookies, too!). Didn't exercise at all on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday...and now I have come to my conclusion!!! I was burnt out. I wasn't eating enough. I was being a miserable hag. Stepped on the scale this morning for a peek, and I am down at least a pound!! And, I am a much happier person!!!

It's so easy to get burnt out especially if we deprive ourselves. Glad it worked out and your happier /

YAHHHHH! I survived Thanksgiving Dinner with the inlaws yesterday!!!!! I managed to escape dessert even though the food pushers were out in full force. My SIL brought a homemade chocolate 4-layer cake with custard on the inside and chocolate icing on the outside and it looked and smelled soooo good. I just knew that one bite would set me off and I would have eaten everything in sight until the end of the day tomorrow.

I didn't tell you but at my weigh in last Wednesday I was up 4.7 pounds and I did it in just 4 days. This week will be different.

I thought I read it was your Thanksgiving! I am already starting to stress about ours next month.............and not because of food. I don't have much family here in NC just my inlaw. My MIL really has been a good MIL for the most part but the last few years she is getting unbearable, I think she's losing her mind in her old age. Anyway, sometimes I want to enjoy a holiday just me, DH and our kids.

Great Job Jess on not touching chocolate cake.......no way I would have been able to do that.

Oh, Jessie, I'm right there with you. Why is it so easy to gain weight? I have been "on a break" and I stepped on the bathroom scale this morning to a 4.5# weight gain over the last week. I totally expected it and it was enough to be a kick in my behind to get back on track. So far, I'm following all the rules for the whole day!

Excellent work saying no to the chocolate cake. You are a stronger woman than I.

Let's make this a great week.

Glad to see ya back posting girl . I agree with the gaining so easily. I know I am still working on Disney weight but, I don't feel I will ever be able to really maintain, 35 is way to many points for me. Really not sure where I will balance out.

Hey everyone!
Did anyone have a meeting tonight?

I am in my third week of following the program and as of tonight I have officially lost my first five pounds with WW!
It's not much, but I am in this to lose at least 40 lbs.

Good luck everyone!

Lisa

5lbs is awesome . Great Job!!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Oh, Jessie, I'm right there with you. Why is it so easy to gain weight? I have been "on a break" and I stepped on the bathroom scale this morning to a 4.5# weight gain over the last week. I totally expected it and it was enough to be a kick in my behind to get back on track. So far, I'm following all the rules for the whole day!

Excellent work saying no to the chocolate cake. You are a stronger woman than I.

Let's make this a great week.

I have a training session coming up next weekend and they will be weighing us so I had to get that 4.7 lbs off and not add anymore to it. I dont want my Territory Manager to weigh me and be above goal so I have to be good for another whole week and a half. I normally weigh in in the morning but this will be in the afternoon so I have to be extra careful.

Hey everyone!
Did anyone have a meeting tonight?

I am in my third week of following the program and as of tonight I have officially lost my first five pounds with WW!
It's not much, but I am in this to lose at least 40 lbs.

Good luck everyone!

Lisa

Congrats on your 5 pounds lost-- and it is a lot. That's a little more than 3 bags of chocolate chips. My meeting is on Wednesday morning.

I can finally get in this morning. I'm blaming the website for my cheesecake disaster last night!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Way to go! My anniversary is this week too, 2 years with WW .

I thought I read it was your Thanksgiving! I am already starting to stress about ours next month.............and not because of food. I don't have much family here in NC just my inlaw. My MIL really has been a good MIL for the most part but the last few years she is getting unbearable, I think she's losing her mind in her old age. Anyway, sometimes I want to enjoy a holiday just me, DH and our kids.

Great Job Jess on not touching chocolate cake.......no way I would have been able to do that.

WOW -- you lost 73 pounds in two years! Your dedication and commitment is something to be envied. Many people cant wait to lose their weight and just give up after a while. For me, keeping it off is the hardest part and I know that without tracking and my meetings, the weight would all be back by now so just make sure to stay dedicated and committed.

Take your picture on Thursday when you reach Lifetime and post it for us.

I knew if I had taken even one teeny tiny bit of that cake I would fall off the wagon and I can't seem to get back on track any more until Wednesday no matter which day of the week I fall off. Like I posted above, I had that huge gain last week and have to have my weight taken by my TM next week so there was no way I was going to have dessert. There was also pumpkin pie and pumpkin cake which was a lot easier to turn down than the chocolate cake. I think I'll take a bravo sticker for that at my meeting tomorrow.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

This week, from the DINNER SURVIVAL Cookbook, we had beef and tomato hash with mashed potatoes and veggies; and sweet soy chicken with rice and veggies.

Beef Hash


This was actually pretty good. Please ignore the mashed potatoes. I put too much liquid in them and the were a little gluey. Oh, well... they still tasted good. The hash was good too. I tasted it while I was making it and it was great right up until I added the chipotle powder. It's the first time I had tried chipotle and I didn't really like it but thankfully I didn't add the whole amount. It was still pretty good though but if I make it again I'll omit that ingredient. It was a lot of points but you would make it a little less by using a zero point vegetable instead of corn, by not putting milk and butter in the potatoes and by using less ground beef. The hash was 7 pts and the potatoes were 4 points so there are 11 points on the plate.


Sweet Soy Chicken

This was excellent! I really like the taste from the combination of ginger and garlic. There are 5 points in chicken and I'm not sure how many sauce points -- maybe 2. The entire batch of sauce was a total 11 points from the brown sugar. One quarter of the sauce would be 3 pts and I didn't have very much so I'd say maybe I had 2 pts in sauce. That would make 7 points on the plate. It was very good and I'll likely make this again and possibly for company.

You've probably noticed that a lot of the dishes I've been making are for chicken but she has all kinds of meats in the cook book. There's is one where she makes hamburgers from portabella mushrooms and I hate mushrooms. There are a few with salmon or shrimp and I have an allergy to both. There's one where she stuffs pasta with four different kinds of cheeses and that recipe along with the ribs recipes are just too many points.

I have to say this cookbook is really making dinner more interesting for me. New flavours, new spices and most of the recipes are pretty easy. I'm really enjoying this book and I hope you are too!

 

[sjms71]

WOW -- you lost 73 pounds in two years! Your dedication and commitment is something to be envied. Many people cant wait to lose their weight and just give up after a while. For me, keeping it off is the hardest part and I know that without tracking and my meetings, the weight would all be back by now so just make sure to stay dedicated and committed.

Take your picture on Thursday when you reach Lifetime and post it for us.

I knew if I had taken even one teeny tiny bit of that cake I would fall off the wagon and I can't seem to get back on track any more until Wednesday no matter which day of the week I fall off. Like I posted above, I had that huge gain last week and have to have my weight taken by my TM next week so there was no way I was going to have dessert. There was also pumpkin pie and pumpkin cake which was a lot easier to turn down than the chocolate cake. I think I'll take a bravo sticker for that at my meeting tomorrow.

Thanks Jess for those encouraging words. Sometimes I feel it took forever. I am very proud of myself not just for the actual weight I loss but, for exactly what you said I stuck with it this time. Through all my vacations, holidays and ups and downs. Do you think working for WW has helped you stay on track? I planned on taking a picture officially on Thursday. I just hope I don't cry at my meeting.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Thanks Jess for those encouraging words. Sometimes I feel it took forever. I am very proud of myself not just for the actual weight I loss but, for exactly what you said I stuck with it this time. Through all my vacations, holidays and ups and downs. Do you think working for WW has helped you stay on track? I planned on taking a picture officially on Thursday. I just hope I don't cry at my meeting.

I wish I could answer "YES" to that question but I can't. I was hoping that it would keep me more accountable but it hasn't. I'm not sure why either. Are you thinking about becoming staff?? You should. You have lots of insight to share, you know that program and you're very supportive and encouraging. I would say go for it if that's what you're thinking. Has anyone approached you yet? You could talk to your leader about it.

 

[BabyTigger99]

Woohoo!!! FIFTY pounds!!! Well, technically 51.2 pounds!!! I wanted to do it before my wedding anniversary, which is this Friday. I have my sights set on getting to goal by DS's 2nd birthday (the end of January).

 

[sjms71]

Woohoo!!! FIFTY pounds!!! Well, technically 51.2 pounds!!! I wanted to do it before my wedding anniversary, which is this Friday. I have my sights set on getting to goal by DS's 2nd birthday (the end of January).

You rock girl

 

[sjms71]

I wish I could answer "YES" to that question but I can't. I was hoping that it would keep me more accountable but it hasn't. I'm not sure why either. Are you thinking about becoming staff?? You should. You have lots of insight to share, you know that program and you're very supportive and encouraging. I would say go for it if that's what you're thinking. Has anyone approached you yet? You could talk to your leader about it.

I bet it keeps you on track more than you think. Maybe not on a weekly basis but when you look at the big picture . That is not why I asked but, we have a new leader who has been with us 2 months now. After her 2nd week she was like you should be come a leader. Maybe down the road I will look into it but for now my goal is to settle into the next chapter of this lifestyle, trying to maintain. Oh, and Jess, I decided in your spare time you should do a food blog......., it could be the prequel to your 101 ways to cook with butterfingers!!.

 

[sjms71]

Something funny to get you through the day

 

[mlktwins]

Down 1.4# for a total of 10.6#. Heading towards my 10% goal in the next couple of weeks. Wish I hadn't bought that darn halloween candy so early -- I'd have been down even more this week!!! Heading to Disney in 7 weeks and I really want to make goal. On a good note, I had to buy smaller jeans this week because mine started really hanging on me. I can't tell you the last time I had to buy smaller jeans!!!

Keep up the good work everyone!!!!

 

[Sandi]

Woohoo!!! FIFTY pounds!!! Well, technically 51.2 pounds!!! I wanted to do it before my wedding anniversary, which is this Friday. I have my sights set on getting to goal by DS's 2nd birthday (the end of January).

Whoo, hoo. Top that with some awesome sauce!

 

[averill94]

Woohoo!!! FIFTY pounds!!! Well, technically 51.2 pounds!!! I wanted to do it before my wedding anniversary, which is this Friday. I have my sights set on getting to goal by DS's 2nd birthday (the end of January).

Whoo hoo is right!!! 50 pounds...amazing. Congrats

CdnBuzzFan - that sweet soy chicken looks yummy. You have such a nice plate there, piled with veg!

lisajl - Weigh to go! Keep coming back

mlktwins - smaller jeans are great! What an amazing feeling!

sjms71 - def take a pic we would love to see it!

Thanks for being here gang. Having a tough few days...meals are on program but all the snacking in between is not. Need to get back on FAST!

 

[AKbabe]

Hey everyone!
Did anyone have a meeting tonight?

I am in my third week of following the program and as of tonight I have officially lost my first five pounds with WW!
It's not much, but I am in this to lose at least 40 lbs.

Good luck everyone!

Lisa

Great job Lisa!!

Woohoo!!! FIFTY pounds!!! Well, technically 51.2 pounds!!! I wanted to do it before my wedding anniversary, which is this Friday. I have my sights set on getting to goal by DS's 2nd birthday (the end of January).

Yeah! I can't wait until I hit my 50# loss again. Of course, it will be quite some time from now.

Down 1.4# for a total of 10.6#. Heading towards my 10% goal in the next couple of weeks. Wish I hadn't bought that darn halloween candy so early -- I'd have been down even more this week!!! Heading to Disney in 7 weeks and I really want to make goal. On a good note, I had to buy smaller jeans this week because mine started really hanging on me. I can't tell you the last time I had to buy smaller jeans!!!

Keep up the good work everyone!!!!

New jeans, ahhhhh!! I wish I could just get into my old ones. I just tried on some old pants this morning hoping to increase my current wearable wardrobe, and while I can technically get a few on, they're too tight to be appropriate to wear to school.

 

[sjms71]

Down 1.4# for a total of 10.6#. Heading towards my 10% goal in the next couple of weeks. Wish I hadn't bought that darn halloween candy so early -- I'd have been down even more this week!!! Heading to Disney in 7 weeks and I really want to make goal. On a good note, I had to buy smaller jeans this week because mine started really hanging on me. I can't tell you the last time I had to buy smaller jeans!!!

Keep up the good work everyone!!!!

Great Job . And awesome about new SMALLER jeans!!!!