Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[NC State]

Cary Road Race, April 14 in the Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park

 

[slp1650]

At the beginning of the week my weight went up a few pounds and then today it dropped. I don't know what caused the drop (I know what caused the gain... carrot cake), but I'm happy the extra few pounds decided to disappear. Still have a few days before the weigh in and I'm still +.4. We'll see if I can't get it back down. Otherwise it will be my first week without a drop since I started...

 

[jadeblue13]

Gained 1.6 had a really hormonal weepy angry week for no apparent reason,
if this is pre menopause shoot me now. I just felt yucky, hungry and out of sorts all week.
Here's hoping for a better tracking week - got some cool tips at our meeting to avoid a major eating frenzy during the super bowl. We'll see how the rest of the family feels about the subtle changes to the menu.

Hello to all the new members - have a great week!

 

[Sandi]

Got home from work last night to find 4 boxes of paczki in my kitchen. DH and DD17 had gone to Meijer's to get milk (that they forgot) and came home with paczki, juice, and fruit. DH immediately went to into his defensive posture -- "we couldn't find anywhere to hide them!" They didn't get boston cream, so I don't want any. I just told them I can handle it and don't want any of their paczki. I had sugar free Jello with lite cool whip. Now, if the pre-Lent treat was cheesecake, I'd be in a world of hurt.

Hope everyone has a great Friday and a wonderful weekend.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Great job robin . Have fun in Quebec! What's a beaver tail, or will I want one if I know .

Beaver Tails...


http://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=mcafee&va=canadian+beaver+tails

...and you WILL want one if you know.

They are a deep fried pastry, stretched into the shape of a beaver tail, sprinkled with cinnamon and topped with just about anything... chocolate, bananas, reeses pieces.


I also found this quote...

"President Obama

The product received national media attention in the US and Canada when it was served at the Canadian embassy during Obama's inauguration and was mentioned in newscasts during the lead-up to U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa, as an example of how Canadian businesses were participating in Obama's visit. On the day of the visit, February 19, 2009, Barack Obama stopped at the ByWard Market on his way to the airport specifically to buy a BeaverTail. One variation of the product is called the "Obama Tail", in honour of the president."

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Beaver Tails...


http://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=mcafee&va=canadian+beaver+tails

...and you WILL want one if you know.

They are a deep fried pastry, stretched into the shape of a beaver tail, sprinkled with cinnamon and topped with just about anything... chocolate, bananas, reeses pieces.


I also found this quote...

"President Obama

The product received national media attention in the US and Canada when it was served at the Canadian embassy during Obama's inauguration and was mentioned in newscasts during the lead-up to U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa, as an example of how Canadian businesses were participating in Obama's visit. On the day of the visit, February 19, 2009, Barack Obama stopped at the ByWard Market on his way to the airport specifically to buy a BeaverTail. One variation of the product is called the "Obama Tail", in honour of the president."

I also thought I should mention that no beavers are ever harmed during the making of a beaver tail pastry!

 

[sjms71]

I also thought I should mention that no beavers are ever harmed during the making of a beaver tail pastry!

I'm gad to hear that. However, the fact that there is a variation called the "Obama Tail" completely cured my curiosity of wanting one. I proudly play on the other side of the playground .

 

[disbabyndaddy]

Beaver Tails...


http://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=mcafee&va=canadian+beaver+tails

...and you WILL want one if you know.

Look like a county or State Fair elephant ear with chocolate sauce & candy on it ~ YUMMMM!!

I'm gad to hear that. However, the fact that there is a variation called the "Obama Tail" completely cured my curiosity of wanting one. I proudly play on the other side of the playground .

The city of Indianapolis is ON FIRE with Super Bowl fever!! Very cool to live here at such a fun time. I'm not sure what DH & I are doing yet for the game, but I'm hoping to keep my food intake under control. Have a GREAT weekend everyone, and enjoy the game!!

 

[sjms71]

Ok, I'm sorry I keep finding them, not on purpose. That stupid pintrest website is addictive

http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Butterfinger-Dessert-Weight-Watchers-4-Ww-Pts-Recipezaar

 

[slp1650]

Ok, I'm sorry I keep finding them, not on purpose. That stupid pintrest website is addictive

http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Butterfinger-Dessert-Weight-Watchers-4-Ww-Pts-Recipezaar

Pinterest really is addicting. I found cheesecake strawberries on there the other day. Like they were literally strawberries that had a cheesecake mix (cream cheese and cream) inside of them. They looked so yummy and for a pound of strawberries, they really weren't too many points!

 

[sjms71]

Pinterest really is addicting. I found cheesecake strawberries on there the other day. Like they were literally strawberries that had a cheesecake mix (cream cheese and cream) inside of them. They looked so yummy and for a pound of strawberries, they really weren't too many points!

I saw those. I originally went on cause I am a big crafter/scrapbooker. Well, I never look at that stuff there is so much on there.

 

[book_junkie]

I love pinterest, and am having really good luck finding some great healthy recipes on there. Skinnytaste.com posts on there, so that helps, as well.

Weigh in yesterday, down 1 pound, so down 10 pounds for the first month!

 

[Sandi]

I love pinterest, and am having really good luck finding some great healthy recipes on there. Skinnytaste.com posts on there, so that helps, as well.

Weigh in yesterday, down 1 pound, so down 10 pounds for the first month!

Congratulations on a great first month!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Woot woot So, will you keep off the scale another week?

I haven't gotten on so far but I ain't promisin' nothin'!

Yippeeee is right! Congratulations.

I'm having my own happy dance. I was down 3.8# -- now, remember that I had a 3# gain last week, so I'm really at 0.8, just like Jessie.

I did Simply Filling all but one day last week and I think that was really helpful to me. I'd never really tried it before because you had to commit to a whole week under the old plan. Now, with the opportunity to change it up day by day, that flexibility allowed me to give it a whirl. I still tracked every day and I'm sure that was part of my success. One thing I really liked is that, with most food entries, I just saw a nice green triangle -- not a number of points that just kept going down. I did use up all of my WPs with stuff like light mayo, real cheese, salad dressing, etc., but I didn't touch my 25 APs.

Anyway, if you couldn't tell, I'm a happy camper today and I'm going to do Simply Filling this week, too!

Yay! 3.8!
I hope Simply Filling goes well for you this week. I've never tried that.

Well ... I'm down .4 and I'm fairly happy. I'm trying Simply Filling this week. We're going to Quebec for Winter Carnival and the crepes and beaver tails are going to be a challenge!

Congrats on your loss, Robin! I found this info and thought you might be interested...

Nutritional Facts for Canadian Beaver Tail Fried Pastries

Serving Size: 1 (1169 g)

Servings Per Recipe: 1

Amount Per Serving
% Daily Value
Calories 160.4

Calories from Fat 44
27%
Total Fat 4.8 g
7%
Saturated Fat 0.9 g
4%
Cholesterol 20.3 mg
6%
Sodium 188.7 mg
7%
Total Carbohydrate 24.6 g
8%
Dietary Fiber 0.9 g
3%
Sugars 3.4 g
13%
Protein 4.1 g
8%


This is actually from a recipe for them and not from the actually company that makes them but it may give you a rough idea of what to expect.

Have a great trip!

I missed my meeting today.....flat tire, which then turned into sitting at garage with 4 new tires and $550 later . Oh well, I guess that's life. I would have been down probably .6.

Ouch! I'm glad you are down even if it's not official.

We're only staying for three nights in the WL (Epcot Wed and MK on Thurs). Leave out of RDU on Tuesday morning return Friday about 8:00 pm. We're going to book a bounce back for October.

I broke my record today....2.23 miles in 30 mins. I'm going to run my first 5K in Cary (April)!!

Congratulations on your broken record! Have a wonderful time at Disney.

Gained 1.6 had a really hormonal weepy angry week for no apparent reason,
if this is pre menopause shoot me now. I just felt yucky, hungry and out of sorts all week.
Here's hoping for a better tracking week - got some cool tips at our meeting to avoid a major eating frenzy during the super bowl. We'll see how the rest of the family feels about the subtle changes to the menu.

Hello to all the new members - have a great week!

I hope you're still tracking. It will be a lot less painful then being shot and better for your weight loss too. Good luck with your super bowl menu.

At the beginning of the week my weight went up a few pounds and then today it dropped. I don't know what caused the drop (I know what caused the gain... carrot cake), but I'm happy the extra few pounds decided to disappear. Still have a few days before the weigh in and I'm still +.4. We'll see if I can't get it back down. Otherwise it will be my first week without a drop since I started...

See--I knew the carrot cake would eventually disappear! Good luck with your weigh-in.

I'm gad to hear that. However, the fact that there is a variation called the "Obama Tail" completely cured my curiosity of wanting one. I proudly play on the other side of the playground .

Ooops! Sorry about that. I actually thought that may be a selling feature. So I guess I'll just be glad that you're not googling for recipes!

Look like a county or State Fair elephant ear with chocolate sauce & candy on it ~ YUMMMM!!

I've never actually eaten one but I had to sit beside DS last summer while he ate a cinnamon and sugar one. It took a lot of restraint not to grab that thing from my 9 year old and devour it myself.

Ok, I'm sorry I keep finding them, not on purpose. That stupid pintrest website is addictive

http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Butterfinger-Dessert-Weight-Watchers-4-Ww-Pts-Recipezaar

YOU ARE SUCH AN ENABLER!!

 

[JDBlair]

I joined WW 12-8-11. I started running in August 2010 and thought the weight would fall off me, it didn't. Finally reached the point of absolute frustration and tired of the looks people would give me when I tell them I run half marathons. I had a physical in October 2011 and the doctor told me he'd like me to lose 30 pounds but if I don't lose the 30 pounds, he would rather I keep running. Apparently, he'd rather have an overweight patient who runs than a thin person that doesn't.

I'd lost a total of 8.2 lbs but at my weight in Thursday I'd gained 3 pounds. I was frustrated and my leader asked what I'd done that week. Ironically, I ran the Tinker Bell 1/2 marathon that Sunday. So she told me to eat more protein, drink lots of water and she thinks we'll see the 3 lbs gone at next weigh in. I sure hope so.

I'm going to join this group for the support in between meetings.

 

[slp1650]

Even though this week started out bad (but alas I did learn my lesson and no more carrot cake unless I have someone to help me budget it), it turned out to be really good in the end! I lost another 1.4 pounds taking my total weight loss to 10.4 pounds!

 

[sjms71]

I joined WW 12-8-11. I started running in August 2010 and thought the weight would fall off me, it didn't. Finally reached the point of absolute frustration and tired of the looks people would give me when I tell them I run half marathons. I had a physical in October 2011 and the doctor told me he'd like me to lose 30 pounds but if I don't lose the 30 pounds, he would rather I keep running. Apparently, he'd rather have an overweight patient who runs than a thin person that doesn't.

I'd lost a total of 8.2 lbs but at my weight in Thursday I'd gained 3 pounds. I was frustrated and my leader asked what I'd done that week. Ironically, I ran the Tinker Bell 1/2 marathon that Sunday. So she told me to eat more protein, drink lots of water and she thinks we'll see the 3 lbs gone at next weigh in. I sure hope so.

I'm going to join this group for the support in between meetings.

HELLO, AND WELCOME great job on your progress so far. Gaining is very frustrating especially when you are doing all the right things. Uping my protein always seems to work for me when I am in a slump . Good luck!

 

[sjms71]

Even though this week started out bad (but alas I did learn my lesson and no more carrot cake unless I have someone to help me budget it), it turned out to be really good in the end! I lost another 1.4 pounds taking my total weight loss to 10.4 pounds!

yay!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

So the Giants then.............

GO GIANTS

 

[sjms71]

GO GIANTS

That a girl!