Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[TenThousandVolts]

Hi all I am just back from my 10 day vacation- 7 days at WDW and 3 at the beach in Hilton Head, SC.

Much to my astonishment I did not gain any weight!!! I maybe lost a tiny bit, but I will let y'all know officially after my meeting and weigh-in. I feel so pro-weight watchers right now as I have NEVER, EVER not gained weight at Disney. I also did NOT deprive myself. I had all of my favorite goodies- I just tracked everything to the best of my ability and stayed within my points.

I have to spend some time catching up on everybody's business since I haven't been online in a while- but RapunzelBFFs post caught my eye- I hope you are feeling better! So scary!

 

[jdanjou]

Down 0.8 this week. This was by far the worst eating week I had in the last 3 (ate all of my WPA's, AP's, and then some) and it was the only week of those 3 I've lost. I don't get it, but hey, I'll definitely take the loss.

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[RapunzelsBFF]

So glad you are able to be here posting! I hope you are healing up well from the accident, so sorry that happened to you.

Feeling better, thank you!

Hi all I am just back from my 10 day vacation- 7 days at WDW and 3 at the beach in Hilton Head, SC.

Much to my astonishment I did not gain any weight!!! I maybe lost a tiny bit, but I will let y'all know officially after my meeting and weigh-in. I feel so pro-weight watchers right now as I have NEVER, EVER not gained weight at Disney. I also did NOT deprive myself. I had all of my favorite goodies- I just tracked everything to the best of my ability and stayed within my points.

I have to spend some time catching up on everybody's business since I haven't been online in a while- but RapunzelBFFs post caught my eye- I hope you are feeling better! So scary!

WTG making it through a Disney trip without a gain! & thank you, I am doing well

 

[dreamlinda]

Hi Everyone! I Re-joined WW in late July and joined this thread, but didn't actually attend a meeting and get started until last Tuesday. The first week went well - getting back in the groove and it feels good. Have let go of the "why oh why" did I lose my way and gain back some of the weight I had lost (first time took off 70 lbs). Big step forgiving myself! So -onward and downward

 

[LockShockBarrel]

Just checking in. Lost again, another 1.4 bringing the total to 21.4. My mother picked me up at work tonight and said she doesn't immediately recognize me when I walk up because she's used to looking for someone bigger so that was interesting to hear. My poor meeting leader seemed stressed out though, we had a sub that miscalculated some of our numbers so she was trying to make sure everyone was accurate.

 

[NC State]

Gained .6 this week and I thought I had done so well.
This will be a tough week. Today is my birthday. I told my husband I just wanted to go to the gym and I didn't want a heavy meal. So we are just going for Sweet Frogs! Then Saturday it's swimsuit shopping because we leave for a cruise on Sept 7th. It will be the Cheesecake Factory with my husband and daughter to celebrate...it's not going to be pretty at my next weigh in.

 

[kkmousealow]

Hi - I just started ww ... This is my 3rd week. I'm not going to meetings, just using the apps. I want to lose about 15 lbs I think. I've just slowly been growing out of my clothes. I love the structure that ww provides - it really helps me stay accountable to myself. But I miss my evening manhattans! S far I have lost about 3 lbs.
I turn 40 this weekend - saving my extra points for some pizza and ice cream!

 

[eh24fan]

Be sure to go to the classes your insurance almost certainly provides.

FWIW, my hubby had that diagnosis in 2009, took metformin for one week. He had all the really negative and embarrassing side effects, and when we read the package insert where it tells you it takes WEEKS to build up enough in the system to start working but his blood sugars were already going down, he realized he didn't want to take it. His endo bugged him about it for a few years, but with just diet changes and exercise the changes he made and kept on making couldn't be argued with. At his most recent endocrinologist appointment his endo declared him free of type 2; he has no signs or symptoms of it anymore. No metformin, just diet and exercise.

Second to last appointment DH was reading a magazine the doc had left in the waiting room, it was meant for health care providers. Had an interesting article stating that MOST people with type 2 can reverse it withOUT drugs, but that most people won't make the changes. So the article suggested that the docs always push it, as though there's no other way, because of those people who won't make the changes. DH felt incredibly justified in refusing metformin after that, because the docs know that most COULD do it if only they would make the changes.

Find what YOU can and cannot eat. It's not a pure or simple science of #s of carbs. For DH we found that it's the TYPE of carbs and where they are from that makes a huge difference as well. And as long as you're not allergic, try adding cinnamon to your cooking. That stuff just blasted DH's high blood sugars away, it's like a natural wonderdrug for DH.

I somehow NEVER replied to any of this!! Initially I didn't say yes to the education thing, but I've decided when I go back to the Dr in a couple of weeks, I'm going to ask her to suggest her favorite one. My mom is diabetic and a GREAT resource, but I think I definitely need to meet with the dietician/nutritionist.

I've been fortunate enough to NOT have the side effects from the metformin, but I really hope to be able to get off of it or at least only take it once a day. I've already made a lot of eating changes but could obviously stand to make more. I know that finding out which carbs/food are going to affect me the most is going to be trial and error.

So far, my numbers have been GREAT and I just recently started adding more cinnamon to my cooking and taking a daily cinnamon supplement. So we'll see how it goes....I know that by working on weight loss and eating better has given me a jump start!


And also, this week's weigh in results are in -- 0.8lbs down. LOL It's a LOSS not a GAIN and that's always good, no matter how little. But man, I really want MORE.

 

[bumbershoot]

And also, this week's weigh in results are in -- 0.8lbs down. LOL It's a LOSS not a GAIN and that's always good, no matter how little. But man, I really want MORE.

Woo! .8 is fabulous!

When DH got his diagnosis we called our insurance company and they told us all the resources available to us. We didn't even have to wait to get a meter for him; called the local hospital with the classes (that insurance included for all of us) and they told us to come right up. Met with nurses (no appointment needed for diabetes stuff!), they showed us the meters they had, once DH chose one they showed him (and us) how to use it, etc. It was pretty great.

Sadly DH had a rotten doctor. He was diagnosed by an urgent care doc who actually thought DH's pancreas had just tanked (from the way it showed up...he's a big guy and so blood sugar is always tested, and it had been fine fine fine fine for years then suddenly 400+). Sent him over to the family-doc side of the practice, and that guy said, and I quote, "you're fat; it's type 2"*. And said we would be wasting our time with an endocrinologist. I'm not sad to say that guy is no longer with their practice (we had nothing to do with that, though), and I found an endo through people I trust.

Through the endo DH also found out that he has a pituitary tumor, which was definitely causing the weight issues he was having, and the endo has confirmed that the tumor definitely went hand in hand with the hormone issues helping to cause the blood sugar stuff (endocrinology is fascinating).

The tumor is benign, but it creates prolactin (boys aren't supposed to have that), which was decimating his testosterone, causing weight gain, and it was about to be big enough to press on his optic nerves. Which would have ultimately caused blindness, and which, no doubt, the family doc would have blamed on the blood sugars.

I definitely like to have an endocrinologist when there are hormones involved, and since insulin is a hormone, I really recommend having one.



Glad you haven't had the side effects from metformin! Dh just wanted to die from the gastro problems it caused in him.



*it was, after all, type 2. but that's just shoddy healthcare. Years and years ago MIL's doctor diagnosed her with diabetes, and said, though in Korean, "you're thin so it's type 1". MIL refused insulin, but hasn't died yet. With metformin she sits at a level of around 150 most of the time, and no one has gotten on her case about insulin (but when she's in the hospital she is given insulin and gets to around 100 and is a totally different person), so obviously it's not type 1. There's simply no excuse for deciding what type you have based on what your body looks like, so even though that family doc did end up being right about type, I'm glad we're not in "danger" of seeing him again.... also, 10 years before all that he had given me a bad diagnosis as well...just slipshod work overall by him.

 

[pwdebbie]

Hi all I am just back from my 10 day vacation- 7 days at WDW and 3 at the beach in Hilton Head, SC.

Much to my astonishment I did not gain any weight!!! I maybe lost a tiny bit, but I will let y'all know officially after my meeting and weigh-in. I feel so pro-weight watchers right now as I have NEVER, EVER not gained weight at Disney. I also did NOT deprive myself. I had all of my favorite goodies- I just tracked everything to the best of my ability and stayed within my points.

That's wonderful! The walking helps, I'm sure.

Just checking in. Lost again, another 1.4 bringing the total to 21.4. My mother picked me up at work tonight and said she doesn't immediately recognize me when I walk up because she's used to looking for someone bigger so that was interesting to hear. My poor meeting leader seemed stressed out though, we had a sub that miscalculated some of our numbers so she was trying to make sure everyone was accurate.

That's exactly how I am with my daughter. She's lost 86 and looks so different. I'm still getting used to seeing her even though we attend meetings together and I see her all the time.

Hi - I just started ww ... This is my 3rd week. I'm not going to meetings, just using the apps. I want to lose about 15 lbs I think. I've just slowly been growing out of my clothes. I love the structure that ww provides - it really helps me stay accountable to myself. But I miss my evening manhattans! S far I have lost about 3 lbs.
I turn 40 this weekend - saving my extra points for some pizza and ice cream!

Welcome! I wish I had started this when my clothes started getting tight instead of buying new clothes.

Down .2 this week for a total of 90.6 now. Our leader is heading to Germany for the next month so she pledged to not gain more than 2 lbs and she asked us all to set a reasonable goal for ourselves and then we'll see how everyone did the first week she is back. I'm aiming to be 95 lbs off by the first week of October. (I had another goal, 100 off by the first day of fall but I have to be honest and say that isn't going to happen.)

 

[jmv223]

Glad you're feeling better, RapunzelsBFF!! And congrats to everyone on a great week! I was down 1.5 on Wednesday, so a net of .5 since I gained the week before. I'm thrilled. With school back in session (I'm a mid life crisis career change student!) it's been so hard to stay on track.

I realized the other day that I'm using snacking to procrastinate on my school work, hopefully now that I recognize it I can make good choices going forward. Also, I get up a lot earlier now so I almost feel like I need a second breakfast. I'm trying to plan ahead and bring low and no points snacks with me to avoid the junk in the bookstore.

This weekend is going to be tough. I'm going to a baseball game with my kids tonight, but I'm bringing my own sandwich and water. I plan to only buy one beer and one order of garlic fries and stay within my daily points. I want my weeklies for the Renaissance Festival tomorrow, where all bets are off! I go maybe once every 5 years so I'm going to splurge!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

 

[Aburns8]

Hello everyone! I just joined this morning (again). Hoping not to lose the motivation again!

 

[TenThousandVolts]

welcome aburns!!!

I wentto my meeting and was down 2.2! Pretty surprising considering the dirty things I did in Disney! You know the week before I went on vacation I was perfect and barely touched my weeklies and lost/gained zero. This is my last day of my week (get 49 new weeklies tomorrow) I have 30 weeklies left and dinner is done...

...(I'm a mid life crisis career change student!) ...

me too! but I was in school all summer too so I am already in the routine.

 

[bumbershoot]

Lost 1.6 last week, gained 3 this week. Whoops!

But I'm at my brother's: no food scale, can't eat many veggies or fruits (my brother's nose is highly sensitive, so I'm finding myself sneaking bananas on the way home from the store, LOL...I used to sneak chocolate! ), we have a social beer-drinking hour or two, etc. And yesterday DS and I went to SeaWorld and I got a nasty sunburn, which seems to make me swell a bit.

Oh well! I know what to do.


At the meeting today (for anyone in the Eastlake/Chula Vista area, the meeting near Von's on Saturday is a nice one!) they had us write a goal for the week before Thanksgiving. My goal is a combo: make Lifetime while running well. Running well is the biggie, because that's the one that can cause me to pass out if I'm not eating right. It'll be an interesting goal to work on!

And I even updated my ticker to show the 3 lbs. (harder to do than I thought it would be!)

 

[LockShockBarrel]

I always seem to lose more in weeks that I feel I've done badly. I can't figure it out...I can use 1 weekly and lose like 1 or use 15 weeklies and lose 2. Totally boggles me.

 

[pwdebbie]

At our meeting last week, we were asked to write down one piece of advice for someone just joining Weight Watchers. Did you do that in your meetings? I'd like to hear what everyone wrote down.

Here's what I wrote: Take a "before" pic when you join because you will be looking for pics of yourself after you've lost weight and you will discover that you had been hiding from the camera all those years. So take a full body picture of yourself when you join and you'll have a great "before" picture to show people.

Along with that, I would add that everyone should keep one set of clothes from "before" also. Imagine putting on those "before" pants and having them fall completely off (in privacy, of course). What a great feeling of accomplishment!

So, what is your advice for someone joining WW?

 

[dreamlinda]

We were also asked to write a tip. I shared one I picked up from a waiter (at Chili's I think). Don't try to change an offering on a menu. Review what they have and then just order what you want. Like: a plain grilled chicken breast with grilled or steamed vegies and a side of BBQ sauce or low-fat dressing. Takes less time than the "minus this, plus that" conversation and probably has a much better chance of being understood by the kitchen.

I have even done this at WDW, it works really well!

 

[bumbershoot]

At our meeting last week, we were asked to write down one piece of advice for someone just joining Weight Watchers. Did you do that in your meetings? I'd like to hear what everyone wrote down.

Weirdly, the meeting I went to did something different!

I love your ideas, though. Along with a picture and keeping one set of clothes, I say *take your measurements*!!!!!

Eventually you will want to start taking them, and then you will NEVER know what your measurements were before. You'll have incomplete information. For someone like me, that's maddening. But also for someone like me, the idea of measurements back in Feb 2012 was enough to make me burst into tears, have an anxiety attack, and hide in a closet. But *now* the feeling of wishing I'd done it is actually stronger than the fear was...and I wish I'd known that.

The picture idea is great, because otherwise, when you're working part time for WW, or want to join a contest for WW, you won't have a Before picture!


And then also my suggestion is to *read your materials*. Read them early, read them later. Schedule times to read them, like once every 3 months or so. And check foods you haven't calculated in a long time. Just today I realized that DH was going by "thin crust cheese pizza" for Little Caesars pizza. Yeah, that's NOT thin crust pizza! He was off by, oh, let's just say several points for the # of slices he had. And then he had OVERestimated for the Crazy Bread. Go to the websites of restaurants, look it up in the tracker to see if the restaurant/store has added it! Get the things you buy regularly and recheck it. Use the Nutrition Info for the actual item you're getting NOT the generic one. Again with DH, he was using the generic soy milk, when OUR soy milk was quite a bit different! I recently ran into a problem that is me vs Trader Joe's, because I say their Cilantro and Chive yogurt dip is one thing and they say it's another. I have to check their current NI label when I get another tub of it.


Wow that's a lot of advice.

 

[eh24fan]

So yesterday I took a 90 minute RPM/Spin Challenge class with my cousin at the gym. Can I just say HOLY COW!!????!!! That was tough but I loved it! I've never taken a spin class and what a workout. I was sweating like crazy...even my forearms. The classes are normally 45min to an hour, so this was nearly a double class. There were 2 instructors and after the first half I felt like I wasn't going to make it. LOL The lady next time asked if it was my first class at the gym and I told her it was my first spin class ever. Her face was priceless. She said "wow, you picked a tough day to try it out!" According to her, the first half was the hardest spin class you'll ever take b/c that instructor is "brutal" She had us doing pushups while riding, clapping, arm raises...it was nuts.

By the time we were finished my legs were like jello and my butt was screaming for mercy. Those bike seats are NOT meant for oversize rear ends. LOL I was looking forward to the hill climbs that required standing!!

With that said, I can't wait to go back on Saturday morning. We are doing a class together before we go to my brother in law's football game. I wish the gym wasn't 30 minutes from home and and hour from work because I would definitely go more often. It's quite a workout and I'm feeling it today!

 

[pwdebbie]

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Get the things you buy regularly and recheck it. Use the Nutrition Info for the actual item you're getting NOT the generic one. Again with DH, he was using the generic soy milk, when OUR soy milk was quite a bit different! I recently ran into a problem that is me vs Trader Joe's, because I say their Cilantro and Chive yogurt dip is one thing and they say it's another. I have to check their current NI label when I get another tub of it.

You are right about checking and rechecking. I've found PPV on labels that don't match the e-Tools tracker. You can drop a note to both the manufacturer and WW and eventually they will fix it. (And the manufacturer will probably send you a few coupons in return.)