Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[dreamlinda]

Subscribing... Picture is of DH and I at near goal, that was 2 years ago and we have been going the wrong way ever since. Starting again this week, one of the many getting back on program, why oh why do we ever fall off!!!!!!!

 

[rainboots]

Hi Linda!
I am new here too, only posted two times so far, but it certainly is encouraging to be around people with the same struggle!

I totally get the world NOT revolving around food anymore, but there are those other days where I plan out every serving ahead, and it feels like my life DOES still revolve around food, but in a different way. I hope over time, the planning becomes more natural and simple as I add more healthy meals into our rotation!

I actually took a bite of a donut that looked so yummy today. I spit it out because it tasted bad, & I didn't want to count the points on something that was gross!!

 

[rainboots]

.2 down! Woo!

way to go!!!

 

[keahgirl8]

Hi Linda!
I am new here too, only posted two times so far, but it certainly is encouraging to be around people with the same struggle!

I totally get the world NOT revolving around food anymore, but there are those other days where I plan out every serving ahead, and it feels like my life DOES still revolve around food, but in a different way. I hope over time, the planning becomes more natural and simple as I add more healthy meals into our rotation!

I actually took a bite of a donut that looked so yummy today. I spit it out because it tasted bad, & I didn't want to count the points on something that was gross!!

It will become part of your routine and it won't be a big deal anymore!

 

[bumbershoot]

Subscribing... Picture is of DH and I at near goal, that was 2 years ago and we have been going the wrong way ever since. Starting again this week, one of the many getting back on program, why oh why do we ever fall off!!!!!!!

I don't know why we do it, but glad you're back!

Hi Linda!
I am new here too, only posted two times so far, but it certainly is encouraging to be around people with the same struggle!

I totally get the world NOT revolving around food anymore, but there are those other days where I plan out every serving ahead, and it feels like my life DOES still revolve around food, but in a different way. I hope over time, the planning becomes more natural and simple as I add more healthy meals into our rotation!

I actually took a bite of a donut that looked so yummy today. I spit it out because it tasted bad, & I didn't want to count the points on something that was gross!!

Life is too short for bad donuts!!!! Save yourself for the truly delicious ones.

For me so far it's mental shifts. Like tonight I really would like to eat more of my Weekly points (weigh in was today so my Weeklies are fresh and brand new, and it's my cycle and I want some darned cashews!), but then I remembered that tomorrow we're going to head up to a local festival, and I want some Indian food with rice, and maybe they'll have something else, and maybe if it's hot again tomorrow I'll have a beer. Those things along with more normal food for tomorrow mean I should probably conserve the Weeklies.

And my brain and stomach went (well, my stomach agreed until I started writing about it, so maybe I should just go to bed) "hmm, OK, sounds good". Before it would have been mental torture, would have felt like dieting, etc etc. But this was a shift of "well of course I'll save it up for the "fun" food tomorrow". Plus, we're walking there (uphill) so I'll get an activity point or two, too.

 

[pwdebbie]

It was worth it! Oh, yes, it was!

Had a big piece of cake yesterday from a bakery over an hour away from us. We had him make our parents' 50th anniversary cake nine years ago and yesterday my sister had his cake for her dh's retirement party. So it is not like I can get this cake any time I want. It is the. best. cake. ever. Having once been a cake decorator, I am picky about cakes. This one was awesome and worth every single point what I ate. I totally enjoyed it. Dd took a picture of me and said she was going to show it to our leader. I told her to go right ahead as long as she put a caption on it -- It Was Worth It!

I have until Tuesday evening now to lose the pounds I put on from the party, lol.

 

[Terry36]

Hi, I'm new to WW's as of Thursday! I've been walking and exercising for at least a month now but instead of loosing I've gained 5 lbs . So I decided to seek additional help/resources. I have several family members who're currently members and have lost a great deal of weight. Hoping to drop at least 20 lbs...

 

[StayCool]

Well I'm still hanging in there for the moment. I kind of feel like my life is so unpredictable that it makes it difficult for me to plan for food. I'm trying and I'm trying to plan for splurges instead of doing what I want all the time. I get tired of thinking about food all the time though.

Next week I am going camping and I am already wondering how it is going to plan out. I know I'm going to want some smores and I'm not sure what kinds of food to bring that will keep me full and happy but are simple and won't go bad. There will be some hiking and activity outside of my usual, but erf. It seems overwhelming. I don't want to mess up my whole week and I know that once I do screw up I have a bad tendency to fall off the wagon until the next time I am supposed to weigh in.

Does anyone have any suggestions or personal experience?

 

[bumbershoot]

Well I'm still hanging in there for the moment. I kind of feel like my life is so unpredictable that it makes it difficult for me to plan for food. I'm trying and I'm trying to plan for splurges instead of doing what I want all the time. I get tired of thinking about food all the time though.

Next week I am going camping and I am already wondering how it is going to plan out. I know I'm going to want some smores and I'm not sure what kinds of food to bring that will keep me full and happy but are simple and won't go bad. There will be some hiking and activity outside of my usual, but erf. It seems overwhelming. I don't want to mess up my whole week and I know that once I do screw up I have a bad tendency to fall off the wagon until the next time I am supposed to weigh in.

Does anyone have any suggestions or personal experience?

Right now calculate the points for a typical smore you might make. It's a good time to know yourself; how much chocolate do you put on it, etc. What brand of graham cracker. Get the EXACT info and calculate it right now so you know. It's so much easier to calculate splurges a day or more ahead of time than it is to right before you eat it or, worse, AFTER.

I think there's a menu thread on the camping forum; that might be helpful for you.

Not sure what sorts of things you eat while camping, but if by any chance what you like falls inside of the Power Foods list, maybe you could switch to Simply Filling for your camping-time? That way you just count the things that aren't part of SF. You can switch from Points to Simply Filling even day by day, so it might be easier for you to feel on plan if you're doing that.

 

[StayCool]

Right now calculate the points for a typical smore you might make. It's a good time to know yourself; how much chocolate do you put on it, etc. What brand of graham cracker. Get the EXACT info and calculate it right now so you know. It's so much easier to calculate splurges a day or more ahead of time than it is to right before you eat it or, worse, AFTER.

I think there's a menu thread on the camping forum; that might be helpful for you.

Not sure what sorts of things you eat while camping, but if by any chance what you like falls inside of the Power Foods list, maybe you could switch to Simply Filling for your camping-time? That way you just count the things that aren't part of SF. You can switch from Points to Simply Filling even day by day, so it might be easier for you to feel on plan if you're doing that.

I didn't think about the simply filling. I've never done it so I would have to do some reading. That might work out easier. I really am not sure what foods we will be eating because I'm going with a friend of mine who is NOT a planner and has children that she has to strongly encourage to eat. Our dietary goals/needs are not even close.

The only really not so great things that I am looking forward to are some beers by the fire and a couple of smores. Otherwise I'm ok with eating whatever.

 

[Mom_Rides]

Week 6 update:

Down 4.6!!!!!! Total lost 20.8.

I'm totally shocked. I really am. I did not eat well this week. Had a lot of junk, picked at things here and there and didn't exercise a single bit. But I will take it and its ramped me up to push on.

DH is tracking food, although not through WW and he has lost 30 lbs. I'm proud of us!!!

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Hi, I'm new to WW's as of Thursday! I've been walking and exercising for at least a month now but instead of loosing I've gained 5 lbs . So I decided to seek additional help/resources. I have several family members who're currently members and have lost a great deal of weight. Hoping to drop at least 20 lbs...

Welcome!!! Same thing happened to me when I started jogging
you aren't alone

 

[TenThousandVolts]

wow mom_rides! keep up the good work!

I feel like I have eaten way too much this weekend- I tracked everything and went over my daily points each day but I am fine overall. My week ended on Saturday and I finished with like 36 weekly points left.

pwdebbie- glad you enjoyed the cake- sounds worth it!

 

[bumbershoot]

I didn't think about the simply filling. I've never done it so I would have to do some reading. That might work out easier. I really am not sure what foods we will be eating because I'm going with a friend of mine who is NOT a planner and has children that she has to strongly encourage to eat. Our dietary goals/needs are not even close.

The only really not so great things that I am looking forward to are some beers by the fire and a couple of smores. Otherwise I'm ok with eating whatever.

I haven't done it, either, but someone was talking about it at my meeting and so it came to mind!

mmm, beer......

Week 6 update:

Down 4.6!!!!!! Total lost 20.8.

I'm totally shocked. I really am. I did not eat well this week. Had a lot of junk, picked at things here and there and didn't exercise a single bit. But I will take it and its ramped me up to push on.

DH is tracking food, although not through WW and he has lost 30 lbs. I'm proud of us!!!

Woo!

I'm continuing to try to figure out how long it takes the body to metabolize the loss of a pound, to figure out really when it happens. It's got to be behind things like "I ate really well for 2 weeks, didn't lose, ate a lot the next week, lost a bunch". Know what I mean? (of course sometimes I think that suddenly eating a bunch can shock our bodies, LOL, scare it into losing some poundage)

Congrats to the hubby, too!

 

[StayCool]

It's funny thinking about it, but camping is probably one of the few things that I enjoy doing that I don't associate with "I can't wait to go so I can eat (fill in the blank)!" So that's a good thing for me anyway. I'm already looking forward to going to the state fair so I can have fried dough.

Today was weigh in day for me and I was surprisingly down 1.4. Yesterday I had to take my dad for eye surgery and went down to the cafeteria. I picked up a yogurt parfait and when I calculated the points it was waaaay too many. It didn't even taste that great so I ate half of it. Blah. But I did have Taco Bell last night and I was not brave enough to figure out the points for that.

Keeping one foot in front of the other...

 

[pwdebbie]

Week 6 update:

Down 4.6!!!!!! Total lost 20.8.

I'm totally shocked. I really am. I did not eat well this week. Had a lot of junk, picked at things here and there and didn't exercise a single bit. But I will take it and its ramped me up to push on.

DH is tracking food, although not through WW and he has lost 30 lbs. I'm proud of us!!!

Kudos to both of you!

 

[rainboots]

I'm continuing to try to figure out how long it takes the body to metabolize the loss of a pound, to figure out really when it happens. It's got to be behind things like "I ate really well for 2 weeks, didn't lose, ate a lot the next week, lost a bunch". Know what I mean? (of course sometimes I think that suddenly eating a bunch can shock our bodies, LOL, scare it into losing some poundage)

Congrats to the hubby, too!

After a mostly off-track July, I tracked like crazy this week, and I have lost close to 3# in one week. I swear that my body does better when I change it up a little! I am excited about WI today, because I will hit my 10%! And I am thisclose to weighing what I did before having DD#1!

For camping, I took sugar snap peas (I can eat them by the bagful), Ball Park Lean Beef hot dogs (don't taste great, but for 2pts+ each, I make it work), egg beaters to cook in the skillet, and I can get Meijer brand Center Cut bacon, 3 slices for 1 amazingly delicious point!!! Mmmmmm!

Another thing I keep dealing with is that I *know* I am in smaller jeans, but in the mirror, I don't see myself as any smaller. I wish I could SEE the difference. Oh well, I will let my measurements & the scale tell me.

 

[coastgirl]

Just looking at rainboots' comment about wearing smaller jeans but not looking smaller. You know you do! I saw my sister last week and that's always good for "you look great, how much more have you lost?" It helps a lot.

I got my hair cut last night. I always HATE the mirror at the hairdresser's because with wet hair and in a black cape (I look terrible in black) I always look unrecognizable to myself. Fat face, fat neck in high contrast to that black cape. Last night I thought, hmm, my face is looking more like I see it in my minds eye, that's starting to look like me. (Me in need of an eye lift, but you know, you can't have everything!)

So rainboots made me think of that. May you find a mirror you don't expect, and see good things in it today!

I used every. Single. Point. at my disposal last week. We had friends over on Sunday whom we haven't seen in months, and while the food totals were not great, half a bottle of wine and a couple of glasses of sangria did the MAJOR damage. I used the last couple of days to eat frugally and build up my APs so I at least broke even on the week. (I think I had 4 APs left, but while I am a good tracker, I am not perfect, so I like to have more than that for wriggle room.) The home scale this morning isn't looking good...I should be happy if there's no gain, but I really wanted a loss. WI is after work. Only one more week until we go away, and I really wanted to be at a different milestone for that trip. I thought I'd make it, as I was 4 lbs from that goal a month ago...and I'm still 4 lbs from that goal.

 

[keahgirl8]

After a mostly off-track July, I tracked like crazy this week, and I have lost close to 3# in one week. I swear that my body does better when I change it up a little! I am excited about WI today, because I will hit my 10%! And I am thisclose to weighing what I did before having DD#1!

For camping, I took sugar snap peas (I can eat them by the bagful), Ball Park Lean Beef hot dogs (don't taste great, but for 2pts+ each, I make it work), egg beaters to cook in the skillet, and I can get Meijer brand Center Cut bacon, 3 slices for 1 amazingly delicious point!!! Mmmmmm!

Another thing I keep dealing with is that I *know* I am in smaller jeans, but in the mirror, I don't see myself as any smaller. I wish I could SEE the difference. Oh well, I will let my measurements & the scale tell me.

Congrats on the loss! You will see yourself differently. For me, it happened all of a sudden!

Try Applegate hot dogs. The smaller ones are also 2 points, but they are SO good!

 

[jmv223]

I can get Meijer brand Center Cut bacon, 3 slices for 1 amazingly delicious point!!! Mmmmmm!

Oh my goodness! I had no idea! Is all center cut bacon that low? We don't have Meijer here, but I can get my sister to bring it to me from Kentucky if I need to!

I'm still getting over the not seeing myself as big as I really was until I look at pictures of me. But I do remember a moment the first time I did WW about 7 years ago. I was at the gym and saw a woman's leg in the mirror out of the corner of my eye. It was a huge ah ha moment when I realized that was my thin, muscular leg! I will get there again!

I lost 1 pound this week, but considering I ate every point I had (I've been starving the last few days) and had salty hot dogs for dinner last night, I'm pretty pleased.

I'm still a little bummed it's not coming off as fast as it did in the past, but I keep reminding myself of my friend who lost 30+ pounds on WW, never losing a full pound at any weigh in. She just just kept plugging along and she did great, and 7 years later, she's still at her goal weight!