Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[rainboots]

I would take your points calculator to the store and check! I happened to run into my leader at the grocery store, and she pointed it out to me!

Down 4.6 here, too! YEEEHAAA!!! Hit my 10%! Feeling re-energized!

 

[Goofygirl17]

I'm back from a 2 1/2 week vacation and ready to get back on track! I know I overate at Disney and I definitely have some water retention but I'm going to weigh in on Saturday at my regular meeting.

 

[jdanjou]

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.

Fwiw-the Oscar Mayer extra lean franks taste soooo much better. My husband didn't even realize they were low fat hot dogs. And they are 2PP for 1 or 3 PP for 2. They are my new favorite!

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[eh24fan]

WI was last night....I'm down 3lbs from last week!!! I was thrilled. I'm at 8lbs total, which isn't HUGE but it's progress and I like progress.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

wow, looks like everybody is doing great!
Goofygirl- Good job getting right back to your meeting after vacation, that is hard to do, especially if you expect a gain, but sometimes the hard thing is the right thing.
Coastgirl- omg I hate the mirror at the hairdresser too!

May you find a mirror you don't expect, and see good things in it today!

What a nice sentiment!

I was down 2# at my meeting. That makes 3.4 in 2 weeks.
I have been really slack about exercise this week so I am heading out for a jog.

 

[NC State]

Up .8 so I just regain the past two weeks. I had attended a birthday party, a cookout and ate out a few more times than normal.

 

[pwdebbie]

I'm back from a 2 1/2 week vacation and ready to get back on track! I know I overate at Disney and I definitely have some water retention but I'm going to weigh in on Saturday at my regular meeting.

I hope you had a great trip. And good for you for being determined to weigh in Saturday even though you think you may be up a bit.

 

[jdanjou]

This I the first week in about 7 months that I've faithfully tracked all week and the scale is definitely agreeing with me. I'm actually looking forward to weighing in on Saturday. I have 24 weeks left until our Disney trip and want to lose 35 pounds. I know I can do it, I just need to stay committed. I know that if I track I lose, it just seems so hard sometimes.

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[eh24fan]

Tracking is huge for me. Anything that goes in my mouth, gets tracked on my phone immediately. Between that and weighing in at meetings, I'm accountable to myself and to my meeting. I have figured out that I need that accountability. I need someone to look at me and say you lost, you gained.

One thing I find myself thinking is "I won't be able to eat this when my points go down as I lose." LOL

 

[LockShockBarrel]

Tracking is huge for me. Anything that goes in my mouth, gets tracked on my phone immediately. Between that and weighing in at meetings, I'm accountable to myself and to my meeting. I have figured out that I need that accountability. I need someone to look at me and say you lost, you gained.

One thing I find myself thinking is "I won't be able to eat this when my points go down as I lose." LOL

I'm the same way. I eat mostly the same things so I don't always track immediately but I know in my head "this was X points so I have Z left". I definitely agree about being accountable. Without the meetings its like "Oh well no one cares but me so if I slip up its not a big deal". Not that my group condemns anyone for that type of thing but you sort of don't want to disappoint them either.

I have the same thought about the points though. I've already had to shift my thinking because I've lost 3 daily points in my journey so far and it does make a difference. But there's so much I eat still that's points dense and I don't quite know how to get around that. I'm relying on making small changes. For instance I know I've mentioned it before but my old burger of choice at Red Robin was 22 points, my new one is 17. I used to get a 14 point burger at McDonalds, now I get a 10 (well depending on what I have left for the day). I usually have frozen pizza once a week and the one I had been eating was supposed to be cut into 6 slices and eating three of them(half a pizza) came out to 23 points. Then I found a thin crust version where you're meant to cut it into 4 pieces and half of that pizza is only 16 points. So to me, I'm still eating those things I love and crave just not so much of them or different but comparable things. I can't go quite as far as those silly articles that say fresh berries are a substitute for cake when you want something sweet. Screw that, cake is cake and when I want it, stay out of my way

 

[bumbershoot]

So to me, I'm still eating those things I love and crave just not so much of them or different but comparable things.

Now for me, as time goes on, I'm more willing to try (and even crave) other substitutions. Like if I eat my Red Robin veggie burger with a bun, my stomach is seriously dying by the end. So I lettuce-wrap it. You get all the taste of the condiments and Boca patty (or for omnivores the hamburger), without the extra 10 points or so for the bun. And that gives me 10 points back for my ranch dressing that is split between salad and some fries.

And, weirdly, berries are working their way up the "this is dessert" scale for me. If I had a store-bought cake in front of me vs a bunch of wonderful organic berries, I'm choosing the berries. If I have a home-made cake, or a seriously deluxe gourmet cake with REAL ingredients, though, I'm going for the cake.

And the berries. Because berries are 0 points.



All that said, I've been having a really challenging week and a half! I have been taking WAY too many tastes of the kidlet's food, or snagging chips as I walk through the kitchen. Ack! I have a typical amount of bites that I'm able to get away with without tracking, but these 10 days have been above and beyond that. I'm finding myself having to track "3 points bites/licks/tastes"...but I never do it immediately, I have to have a proper meal where I'm full, and THEN track it. Mental games, you know. But I really just need to stop it.

 

[StayCool]

Okay, so I've put some planning into the camping and did prep work today. Marinated London broil and chicken tenderloins that I know the rough serving size and points for. Nectarines, bananas, and plums for snacks. Baby carrots and cut up celery and hummus for fresh veggies. Sandwich thins instead of bread. Lots of water and these 0 calorie sparkling ice drinks from Walmart.

Now that I've listed all the good stuff and made myself look like an angel here's the rest. Chips (kids mostly), all the makings for smores (I will definitely be having at least one!), blueberry beer and strawberritas (yum!), regular bread, peanut butter and jelly.

And then I had 2 pieces of pizza and 4 chicken wings tonight for dinner. But I stayed within my points... It's early yet though.

I think camping will work out ok. Honestly my goal is to just make it through without a gain. It's supposed to rain off and on the entire week so I'm hoping we are able to get out and about.

 

[jdanjou]

Woo hoo!!! Down 3 pounds this week. Man that feels good! Now I just need to keep this momentum going.

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[bumbershoot]

Woo hoo!!! Down 3 pounds this week. Man that feels good! Now I just need to keep this momentum going.

Wow, awesome!




I somehow managed to lose .4 despite all my snacking. Tracking is the key! Kept me from going wild. And, as usual, the running and weight-lifting helps.

DH is traveling. 2 weeks ago he thought he would have a gain (home meeting just before we dropped him off at the airport) so he wore his "street" clothes. Something like 4 lbs up from the week before. Then he did a Saturday meeting the next week while on his trip. Wore his normal WI clothes. Down something like 4.2 (so .2 over what just the clothes might have been). He did a Friday weighin before moving to his next work trip location, wore street clothes again, and he lost another .2. But that's in his heavier clothes. If he had worn his weigh in clothes it would have been more.

I think he's got this eating-while-traveling thing down at last! Very happy for him.

 

[jdanjou]

Wow, awesome!

I somehow managed to lose .4 despite all my snacking. Tracking is the key! Kept me from going wild. And, as usual, the running and weight-lifting helps.

DH is traveling. 2 weeks ago he thought he would have a gain (home meeting just before we dropped him off at the airport) so he wore his "street" clothes. Something like 4 lbs up from the week before. Then he did a Saturday meeting the next week while on his trip. Wore his normal WI clothes. Down something like 4.2 (so .2 over what just the clothes might have been). He did a Friday weighin before moving to his next work trip location, wore street clothes again, and he lost another .2. But that's in his heavier clothes. If he had worn his weigh in clothes it would have been more.

I think he's got this eating-while-traveling thing down at last! Very happy for him.

That's awesome for both of you! Traveling is always hard on me. I haven't quite figured out how to handle it yet, which isn't good because I have a lot of travel coming up in the next 6 months.

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[Goofygirl17]

Woo hoo!!! Down 3 pounds this week. Man that feels good! Now I just need to keep this momentum going.

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Yay!

Wow, awesome!




I somehow managed to lose .4 despite all my snacking. Tracking is the key! Kept me from going wild. And, as usual, the running and weight-lifting helps.

DH is traveling. 2 weeks ago he thought he would have a gain (home meeting just before we dropped him off at the airport) so he wore his "street" clothes. Something like 4 lbs up from the week before. Then he did a Saturday meeting the next week while on his trip. Wore his normal WI clothes. Down something like 4.2 (so .2 over what just the clothes might have been). He did a Friday weighin before moving to his next work trip location, wore street clothes again, and he lost another .2. But that's in his heavier clothes. If he had worn his weigh in clothes it would have been more.

I think he's got this eating-while-traveling thing down at last! Very happy for him.

That's great for you and DH!! WTG!

I went to my meeting yesterday after missing 4 meetings. I was sick the week before we left and then missed 3 because we were away. I was very nervous about weighing in but I'm only up 2

Now to stick with tracking and see what I can lose this week.

 

[djy252]

Hello Everyone - I just joined WW last Monday - Im hoping to lose 40 pounds - I don't think I am doing very good tracking my points - its confusing to me - my problem is I don't eat enough - I don't like chocolate and don't eat desserts, not a bread eater -I just don't eat right - I never eat breakfast and only once in awhile eat lunch - I have to learn to eat more - I have never been heavy in my life but the last 10 years I gained it all - I am 51 and have some stomach problems (acid reflex to where it has damaged my esophagus to where I had to have surgery on it last week) where my doc said it imperative that I lose weight - so here I am - looking for all the help I can get - I go tomorrow morning for my second meeting - do people lose much during the 1st week? Fingers crossed I atleast lost some!!

 

[bumbershoot]

I went to my meeting yesterday after missing 4 meetings. I was sick the week before we left and then missed 3 because we were away. I was very nervous about weighing in but I'm only up 2

That's pretty good for being sick and away.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Hello Everyone - I just joined WW last Monday - Im hoping to lose 40 pounds - I don't think I am doing very good tracking my points - its confusing to me - my problem is I don't eat enough - I don't like chocolate and don't eat desserts, not a bread eater -I just don't eat right - I never eat breakfast and only once in awhile eat lunch - I have to learn to eat more - I have never been heavy in my life but the last 10 years I gained it all - I am 51 and have some stomach problems (acid reflex to where it has damaged my esophagus to where I had to have surgery on it last week) where my doc said it imperative that I lose weight - so here I am - looking for all the help I can get - I go tomorrow morning for my second meeting - do people lose much during the 1st week? Fingers crossed I atleast lost some!!

welcome! just keep going to meetings and keep tracking and it will get easier and easier. Have you been trying to eat breakfast since starting ww? I know for me, skipping meals leads to binging later in the day. I hate to say "force yourself to eat" but I think if you just try to get some good quality calories in for breakfast, it will make the rest of the day easier. Also, I think skipping meals is probably bad for your acid reflux.
I think most people lose something the first week- but not everyone. I hope you have good news on the scale tomorrow

 

[TenThousandVolts]

wow bumbershoot! I am really inspired by you- consistently losing weight even at a healthy BMI! The less you have to lose the harder it is- but you make it look easy! Many times I have lost weight and come near a healthy BMI or I squeak into a healthy range, like 24.8 or so- but then I fall apart, I lose focus, or plateau or something. You are my role model to keep up the good work when I get to that goal. Proud of you!