Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[gilby]

I am very new at ww, I just started Monday. I signed up for the online tools to be able to use my iphone too. So far I am doing well staying in the points alloted. This weekend will be tough with going away for a few days, but I can do it.

 

[eh24fan]

Hi everyone! I just went to my first WW meeting last night. I had tried it online myself for a few months and just didn't have success. I think I need the accountability of someone else seeing the numbers on the scale. My mom joined with me and when we got to the meeting we saw familiar faces! Her friend that did WW with her 29yrs ago was there along with her daughter as well! So not only do we have each other, but we have friends there so we will have even more support.

My main goal is to lose at least 50lbs. That puts me back to where I was before I got pregnant with my 13yr old, a number I thought I'd never see again. Then after that, I'll make a new goal. My WW goal is between 120-150. I cannot imagine seeing those numbers...ever. It would be great of course, but for me, I need to think in the smaller losses first, if you can call 50lbs smaller! I weighed in at 244.6 last night, I nearly cried. I knew it was bad, just seeing that written down by someone else...well that was painful. I need to do this for my health, my mental well being and for my kids. I'm so glad to see an active group on here!

 

[NC State]

I had a shocking gain this week -- 5.4 lbs! Add that to .6 last week. I am back to just 80 off instead of 87. I am figuring that these past two months (since mid-May) are my plateau and I just need to keep on keeping on.

I feel your pain...I have been plateaued since December. I was up 8 lbs and now to 5 lbs. Just stick with it and try a new schdule.

 

[disneychick0412]

I lost 6.8 pounds!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

 

[Mom_Rides]

I lost 6.8 pounds!!!!!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!! So happy for you!

 

[Mom_Rides]

So I hurt my back somehow and it's really causing me grief. DH thinks I've been pushing myself too hard with exercise. He told me that going from being sedentary to working out twice a day likely caused whatever is hurting my back. The worst part of this for me is I'm beating myself up over it.

Oh and today I had a grilled cheese and chicken noodle soup for lunch out with co-workers and it used an obscene amount of points. And it made me feel so sick. So I'm pretty much just over today!

 

[bumbershoot]

I am very new at ww, I just started Monday. I signed up for the online tools to be able to use my iphone too. So far I am doing well staying in the points alloted. This weekend will be tough with going away for a few days, but I can do it.

Going away shortly after starting WW is definitely hard. You might think about redefining success this week as simply being mindful of your choices. Maybe not being perfect, but better than before?

Losing with WW (losing with any plan, really) is a lifelong process, and some gains are inevitable as you go through life, so sometimes success is defined differently.

Hi everyone! I just went to my first WW meeting last night.

Yay for you!

So I hurt my back somehow and it's really causing me grief. DH thinks I've been pushing myself too hard with exercise. He told me that going from being sedentary to working out twice a day likely caused whatever is hurting my back. The worst part of this for me is I'm beating myself up over it.

Oh and today I had a grilled cheese and chicken noodle soup for lunch out with co-workers and it used an obscene amount of points. And it made me feel so sick. So I'm pretty much just over today!

Stop beating yourself up, both mentally and physically! YES two times a day is too much for a newbie exerciser. Take a step back.

My question is...was your lunch tasty? Did it make your tastebuds happy? If so, at least that was worth it. If it wasn't tasty enough or make you happy enough, then you can learn from that, and that makes it worth it in another way!

Tomorrow is another day.

 

[eh24fan]

I find myself hoarding points! I look at my breakfasts and lunches and I think "oh no! I only have 20 points left for the day!!" And feel panicky. It's ridiculous because I know that is way more than I need for dinner and a snack. On top of that, I still have 34 weeklies! Seriously, I need to let go and know that it's ok to eat. I'm just so worried I will overeat or eat the wrong thing and "blow it." This being my first week, I'm motivated.....but too much so. Anyone else feel the same? Or similar??

 

[MIGrandma]

Hello everyone, Haven't checked in here in awhile, summer is always so busy. But congratulations to those who are losing, and to those who gained/hit a plateau just keep with it, one day at a time. It's a hard process, but so worth it.

I joined WW Online on May 16th, was 176 and weighed in today and was 158. Finally into the "150's" like I've been dreaming of, ha ha! Ten years ago I weighed 208, so have dropped a total of 50 since then. Starting to think more about my "goal weight" which WW said should be 102 - 128. I think I will aim for 125 and then "see how I feel."

I'm still aiming for 147 by mid-September when DD and I spend a week at Disney. Maybe even a little lower than that, we'll see.

Someone mentioned too much fruit and I have found that to be true. I can't eat so much of it and still expect to lose weight. I've been choosing more raw vegetables over fruit much of the time now.

And I found a great tip, instead of using sour cream for dip, I use the 0% Greek yogurt and dry Hidden Valley Ranch and a quarter-cup is only 1 point. I load up a small plate with raw carrots, celery, cauliflower and bell pepper and have my dip and I'm all set for the evening and only ONE little point!!

The other day I picked up another 24# bag of cat food at the store, and realized that was how much weight I'd lost since November. A whole bag of cat food! It was such a great feeling!

I'm enjoying my exercising a lot more as the weight comes off, and I'm setting another "goal" for myself...to be able to jog a full mile eventually.

Does anyone use the bar code scanner on your phone? I really love that feature and use it a lot.

My supper tonight was a 6" turkey sub on Italian bread, from Subway, loaded up with vegetables and I don't have them put any dressing on it. I put a little mustard (they always put too much!) on it, and used my bar code scanner and saw that my horseradish sauce was ZERO points for a teaspoon serving, so I put a squirt of that on it too. 7 points total. I've still got 4 points (daily) left for some popcorn and maybe a serving of sugar free jello!!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

 

[dbrn]

Weighed in today. Down another 2.5lb, for 60lb total loss so far. I've been having a tough time getting the scale to move much either way since December, so it's a relief. I decided to try Simply Filling, and that little change seems to be what helped. Hope I'm not jinxing it my talking about it!

 

[bumbershoot]

I find myself hoarding points! I look at my breakfasts and lunches and I think "oh no! I only have 20 points left for the day!!" And feel panicky. It's ridiculous because I know that is way more than I need for dinner and a snack. On top of that, I still have 34 weeklies! Seriously, I need to let go and know that it's ok to eat. I'm just so worried I will overeat or eat the wrong thing and "blow it." This being my first week, I'm motivated.....but too much so. Anyone else feel the same? Or similar??

I bet it's really common especially at the beginning. I doubt you're alone. I also doubt that the feeling will continue as you continue on this journey.

Hello everyone, Haven't checked in here in awhile, summer is always so busy. But congratulations to those who are losing, and to those who gained/hit a plateau just keep with it, one day at a time. It's a hard process, but so worth it.

I joined WW Online on May 16th, was 176 and weighed in today and was 158. Finally into the "150's" like I've been dreaming of, ha ha! Ten years ago I weighed 208, so have dropped a total of 50 since then. Starting to think more about my "goal weight" which WW said should be 102 - 128. I think I will aim for 125 and then "see how I feel."

I'm still aiming for 147 by mid-September when DD and I spend a week at Disney. Maybe even a little lower than that, we'll see.

Someone mentioned too much fruit and I have found that to be true. I can't eat so much of it and still expect to lose weight. I've been choosing more raw vegetables over fruit much of the time now.

And I found a great tip, instead of using sour cream for dip, I use the 0% Greek yogurt and dry Hidden Valley Ranch and a quarter-cup is only 1 point. I load up a small plate with raw carrots, celery, cauliflower and bell pepper and have my dip and I'm all set for the evening and only ONE little point!!

The other day I picked up another 24# bag of cat food at the store, and realized that was how much weight I'd lost since November. A whole bag of cat food! It was such a great feeling!

I'm enjoying my exercising a lot more as the weight comes off, and I'm setting another "goal" for myself...to be able to jog a full mile eventually.

Does anyone use the bar code scanner on your phone? I really love that feature and use it a lot.

My supper tonight was a 6" turkey sub on Italian bread, from Subway, loaded up with vegetables and I don't have them put any dressing on it. I put a little mustard (they always put too much!) on it, and used my bar code scanner and saw that my horseradish sauce was ZERO points for a teaspoon serving, so I put a squirt of that on it too. 7 points total. I've still got 4 points (daily) left for some popcorn and maybe a serving of sugar free jello!!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Yay for the new "decade"! (or "tens place" to be more exact, LOL)

It is SO amazing when you realize the value of what you have lost. Even if you put it in terms of however-many sticks of butter, that's amazing.

Weighed in today. Down another 2.5lb, for 60lb total loss so far. I've been having a tough time getting the scale to move much either way since December, so it's a relief. I decided to try Simply Filling, and that little change seems to be what helped. Hope I'm not jinxing it my talking about it!

Woo! Amazing!





I'm happy to say that DH lost all the water-weight from last weekend (he had been up 9.8 because of our weekend and forgetting to take his diuretic for 3 days) PLUS another pound. Woo!

 

[RapunzelsBFF]

Friday is the day I weigh myself for WW Online. I weigh myself using the Nintendo Wii. Well, one of my rabbits chewed on the wire that goes to the sensor bar on Thursday evening, so I was unable to use the remote and had to order a new sensor bar online.... so no scale for me. I decided to go to the store and buy an electronic scale, because why not? It is kind of a pain to have to turn on the wii just to check my weight. This makes things easier. Anyway, this new scale is WW brand, and is weighing me over 4 pounds heavier than last week's weigh in. I actually weighed myself using the Wii on Thursday (I know, sometimes I am guilty of multi-week weight checks) with a two pound loss. I doubt that i gained anything in that 24 hour period, so technically we are looking at a 6 pound difference., I know this sounds silly, but it's frustrating. Anyone have to change scales, or start using a different scale and see changes like this? I know every scale is different, but 6 pounds?

 

[Conway733]

Friday is the day I weigh myself for WW Online. I weigh myself using the Nintendo Wii. Well, one of my rabbits chewed on the wire that goes to the sensor bar on Thursday evening, so I was unable to use the remote and had to order a new sensor bar online.... so no scale for me. I decided to go to the store and buy an electronic scale, because why not? It is kind of a pain to have to turn on the wii just to check my weight. This makes things easier. Anyway, this new scale is WW brand, and is weighing me over 4 pounds heavier than last week's weigh in. I actually weighed myself using the Wii on Thursday (I know, sometimes I am guilty of multi-week weight checks) with a two pound loss. I doubt that i gained anything in that 24 hour period, so technically we are looking at a 6 pound difference., I know this sounds silly, but it's frustrating. Anyone have to change scales, or start using a different scale and see changes like this? I know every scale is different, but 6 pounds?

Yep, had a similar issue...but I just figured I'd just use the weight on the new scale...and continue to use the same scale from here on out. I bought a WW scale too! I just had to change my mind set, I guess, and just went with the new scale's weight.

 

[RapunzelsBFF]

Yep, had a similar issue...but I just figured I'd just use the weight on the new scale...and continue to use the same scale from here on out. I bought a WW scale too! I just had to change my mind set, I guess, and just went with the new scale's weight.

I read some reviews online that people had complained profusely about WW scales and how inaccurate they are. This morning I weighed myself three times in a row and got three different numbers ranging from a 20 pound to 30 pound difference!!! My boyfriend tried the same and each time was a completely different weight. We returned the scale this afternoon and got something else. It was just completely too inconsistent. The new scale works great!

 

[keahgirl8]

I read some reviews online that people had complained profusely about WW scales and how inaccurate they are. This morning I weighed myself three times in a row and got three different numbers ranging from a 20 pound to 30 pound difference!!! My boyfriend tried the same and each time was a completely different weight. We returned the scale this afternoon and got something else. It was just completely too inconsistent. The new scale works great!

I had the same issue, so I returned it. Did you get the same scale or a different one?

 

[MIGrandma]

I read some reviews online that people had complained profusely about WW scales and how inaccurate they are. This morning I weighed myself three times in a row and got three different numbers ranging from a 20 pound to 30 pound difference!!! My boyfriend tried the same and each time was a completely different weight. We returned the scale this afternoon and got something else. It was just completely too inconsistent. The new scale works great!

I had been thinking about buying a WW scale, now I don't think I want one!

Ours is old, but doesn't seem to fluctuate a lot from day to day so I guess I'll stick with it.

I am kind of bummed though because always, always in the past our doctor's scales have been 3-5 pounds LESS than mine at home. This last time I went to have my Coumadin level checked I asked to step on the scale, and it was a pound MORE than at home and I even took off my shoes. I had been hoping to weigh LESS at the doctor's office than at home. I expressed my disappointment to the nurse and she said nobody had been happy with their scales lately, so maybe they were "off" a bit? Yeah, let's go with that!

 

[RapunzelsBFF]

I had the same issue, so I returned it. Did you get the same scale or a different one?

I ended up getting "The Biggest Loser" by Taylor. scale. It doesn't have all the fancy features my WW one had (BMI, body fat %) but it is accurate as can be . Very happy with it. Highly recommended!

 

[Mom_Rides]

Week 4 update:

1.6 loss for a total weight loss of 15.1lbs.

What worked this week:
For the most part, I felt more in control of my food. I had a bad day (mind wise not food wise) on Thursday but other then that, I felt very good about how I did this week. I worked on eating all of my daily points and felt good about that. DH and I had a date night last night and I used all of my dailies, weeklies and activity pts. And I REALLY enjoyed my food (and my date!!!).

What didn't work this week:
I hurt my back somehow so I was not as active as I what I would have liked to have been.

Goal for this week:
I'm going to go easier on exercise this week (not push myself so much) so that I continue to move but not at a strenuous pace. I'm also going to continue working on eating all of my dailies.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Introducing myself to the group- I'm Mary, I just joined WW today and have my first meeting tomorrow.
Would like to lose 20 lbs by Christmas.

 

[bumbershoot]

Scales are tricky. There are several that are WW branded, so they aren't all bad or good. We got a WW branded scale at Costco and it has worked well. We try to keep it in one place, without moving it around, because I've read that that keeps it more accurate. I've also read that re-weighing inside of a few minutes can be inaccurate because they move, etc. I don't know about that, as our scale has been pretty good about staying the same. It also gets to deal with a 70ish lb child, me, and hubby, and there is quite a bit of difference between the 3 of us.



Sounds good, Mom_Rides! Keeping yourself injury-free is a very good thing.

Welcome, TenThousandVolts!

Read your materials, remember that we can expect an *average* of between .5 and 2 lbs loss per week (and of course it being an average means that sometimes the losses will be lower than .5, sometimes we'll maintain, and sometimes we'll gain, so never take any one week's weigh-in too horribly seriously unless you really know you did something massively wrong). Consider thinking about using all of your Weekly points, and maybe even your (carefully calculated) Activity points! Some of us can eat them all, some of us don't want to or can't, some of us fall in between. But it's good to know what works for our bodies and minds.



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I got involved in bragging on DH, and didn't mention that I'm now just .6 away from the top of my healthy weight range.

If I had a different leader, I would be able to set my goal at that top weight and then just see what happens, but my leader prefers it if we set a REAL goal. So, alas, it's going to still be awhile until my meetings and etools are free.


Oh, and yesterday while doing organizey and scrapbooky things, I braved looking at our Chef Mickey picture from Fall 2011 (I started WW Feb 2012). Oh gracious. No wonder people don't recognize me. There are so many women out there who carry their extra weight beautifully, dress wonderfully and well, and are still absolutely gorgeous even when at a higher weight than they want to be...I am most definitely NOT one of them.

Our photopass pictures appear to be the only place I appear in pictures for "before". So that'll be interesting to bring in when the time comes.