Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[stayhomemom77]

Okay...I am very pleased to report that I used all my daily points yesterday, but none of my flex points, and earned 4 activity points.

I weighed in this morning 3 pounds lighter! I LOVE the first couple of weeks being back on track!!

So far, I've had a healthy, filling breakfast...I have a GREAT lunch planned and I've already earned 2 activity points and have another 2 for sure on deck and possibly another 3 after that (we are meant to do our 5K training today but the weather isn't great at the moment so it's a bit up in the air).

Tonight is taco night: lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, marble cheese, black olives, hot peppers, flour tortillas, lean ground beef, refried beans. I'm thinking of making a big taco salad and skipping the tortilla. I may nip to the store for some tostidos and cheese sauce.

 

[stayhomemom77]

Down 7.1 lbs as of this morning...only 90 to go!!

So far I have earned myself a respectable amount of activity points and I have been doing a great job of balancing healthy choices with little indulgences. It's been effective at staving off the junk food cravings, so I'm on

Have a great week everyone!

 

[Psychodisney]

Down 7.1 lbs as of this morning...only 90 to go!!

So far I have earned myself a respectable amount of activity points and I have been doing a great job of balancing healthy choices with little indulgences. It's been effective at staving off the junk food cravings, so I'm on

Have a great week everyone!

That's awesome! Don't beat yourself up about the 90 lbs...focus on a short term goal to help keep you motivated. You're off to an AWESOME start!

 

[bumbershoot]

DS had a dance convention last weekend so I didn't go to the meeting.

Today I made it back inside my goal range. But, after chatting with the receptionist...we raised my goal weight a little bit. At the very least that will mean I can wear more normal clothes instead of a yoga dress for weighin. And at the most it allows me to not worry about all of this new working out I'm doing with heavier weights and muscles holding in water and the spin classes making my leg muscles do that, too... Gives me breathing room.

And I've got my clothes to keep me from playing with that higher goal.

Whew.

 

[stayhomemom77]

Happy Monday!

Weigh in day for me.

I lost a staggering 8.8 lbs last week!!

Of course, I realized that week one was going to be a higher loss week, since it was the first week back on plan, but I didn't think it was going to be quite this high.

Anyway, I need to lose a minimum of 97.5 lbs to make goal so that means I have only 88.7 to go!

In terms of NSV's this week...I chose to eat a LOT of healthy food and stay away from excessive amounts of junk food, even though I still had 5 flex points left at the end of the week as well as ALL of my activity points (20).

So, overall...good first week for me.

 

[stayhomemom77]

I'm having some guilt issues.

I walk every day, do housework a few days a week...and three times a week we do our 5K training which is a walk/jog thirty minute workout. I earn between 4 and 9 activity points per day depending on what I have accomplished.

I also of course, have my weekly flex points.

I felt guilty yesterday AND Monday for using some of them. I used 5 flex points on Monday and earned 9 activity points and yesterday earned 7 activity points and (due to TOM issues) I used 9 flex points...mostly on healthy snacks.

What can I do to combat the guilt? I am not going buck wild here on junk food or anything...nor am I eating more than my allotted points for the week.

Any suggestions on how to fight the guilt??

 

[cepmom]

I'm having some guilt issues.

I walk every day, do housework a few days a week...and three times a week we do our 5K training which is a walk/jog thirty minute workout. I earn between 4 and 9 activity points per day depending on what I have accomplished.

I also of course, have my weekly flex points.

I felt guilty yesterday AND Monday for using some of them. I used 5 flex points on Monday and earned 9 activity points and yesterday earned 7 activity points and (due to TOM issues) I used 9 flex points...mostly on healthy snacks.

What can I do to combat the guilt? I am not going buck wild here on junk food or anything...nor am I eating more than my allotted points for the week.

Any suggestions on how to fight the guilt??

that's what those points are for!! Don't feel guilty about using them.... There will always be days when sticking JUST to the daily points is just not going to happen, TOM, a wedding, BBQ, just one of those days where you just want more to eat etc. Please know it's ok to use those extra points!!

I know people say it all the time, but it's so true...this a lifestyle change, not just a diet.if we restrict ourselves too much it always comes back to bite you in the end, you feel deprived and resentful that you "can't" eat something.

That's what's so great about WW is it teaches us how to indulge within limits. If someone told me that I'd never be able to enjoy a cannoli, or some other sinfully delicious thing again, I'd have run away screaming lol! Now I don't eat cannolis every day, but I do enjoy them on occasion, guilt free!

 

[bumbershoot]

I'm having some guilt issues.

I walk every day, do housework a few days a week...and three times a week we do our 5K training which is a walk/jog thirty minute workout. I earn between 4 and 9 activity points per day depending on what I have accomplished.

I also of course, have my weekly flex points.

I felt guilty yesterday AND Monday for using some of them. I used 5 flex points on Monday and earned 9 activity points and yesterday earned 7 activity points and (due to TOM issues) I used 9 flex points...mostly on healthy snacks.

What can I do to combat the guilt? I am not going buck wild here on junk food or anything...nor am I eating more than my allotted points for the week.

Any suggestions on how to fight the guilt??

I think it'll take time.

Remind yourself that you are still following WW and still eating less than you were before. And that IF you can eat those Weekly and/or Activity points and still lose, it's going to make for an awesome maintenance (rest of your life) because you won't have to eat such relatively small amounts.

I know many people I used to call "naturally thin". Now I realize that while some were born with rather thin bodies, what they choose to do with food is what has helped them keep those bodies even into their 40s. They indulge within limits. They eat reasonably quite a lot of the time. They know the relative value of their foods and keep track of it somehow; whether it's in their memory, it's in their fullness, it's in their notebooks, or if they can button their pants every day... Somehow, they are keeping track of it and not overindulging all the time.

I, on the other hand, overate with every meal, every day. Even dessert. Whoops!

Using the points beyond just Dailies is part of the program, and if you can use them and lose, why would you want to keep yourself from that?

 

[Psychodisney]

Had my WI yesterday and down another .8! Total of 17 since January.

My DH has decided he is going to try to lose some weight as well. Unfortunately, he expects me to make all his food choices and not accept the responsibility on his own. I have a hard enough time worrying about my choices. I know it sounds selfish of me when I write it down but he won't even take the time to read the materials. Anyway, he claims he is eating mostly power foods(simple start) and hasn't lost any weight in 1.5 weeks. I know what I feed him for dinner and breakfast but when he's out of the house who knows. I told him to stick with it even though he is quite discouraged. He is quite heavy so you would think he would lose something right? I'm hoping the scale will budge for him so he doesn't give up.

 

[stayhomemom77]

Had my WI yesterday and down another .8! Total of 17 since January.

My DH has decided he is going to try to lose some weight as well. Unfortunately, he expects me to make all his food choices and not accept the responsibility on his own. I have a hard enough time worrying about my choices. I know it sounds selfish of me when I write it down but he won't even take the time to read the materials. Anyway, he claims he is eating mostly power foods(simple start) and hasn't lost any weight in 1.5 weeks. I know what I feed him for dinner and breakfast but when he's out of the house who knows. I told him to stick with it even though he is quite discouraged. He is quite heavy so you would think he would lose something right? I'm hoping the scale will budge for him so he doesn't give up.

This doesn't sound selfish at all! It's not your job to make his food choices and do his tracking...that's his job.

Is he drinking his water? My hubs is about 40 lbs overweight but when he doesn't get his water...the food choices don't make nearly as much difference...even in the beginning. Also, he eyeballs things and "figures" the points on stuff...and then when wrong it makes the difference between a loss week and a stay-the-same week.

Keep cheering him on and setting the good example and hopefully he will see some success soon. Great job on your own losses!

 

[Psychodisney]

Thanks for the input. I did bring up water...of which he drinks very little. He's been on an unsweetened ice tea kick (but claims regular coffee makes him sweat so drinks decaf! LOL). Anyway, I suggested he try to drink 1 water bottle (16 oz) to start. He rolled his eyes.......

 

[stayhomemom77]

Forgot to post on Monday.

Weighed in Monday a.m. and was down 1.2 lbs for the week, making the total exactly 10 pounds since starting. So exciting. Only 87 lbs to go!

 

[keahgirl8]

Forgot to post on Monday. Weighed in Monday a.m. and was down 1.2 lbs for the week, making the total exactly 10 pounds since starting. So exciting. Only 87 lbs to go!

Congrats! Keep it up!

 

[Psychodisney]

How's everyone doing? I've been at a turtles pace for 3 weeks and finally had a 1.2 lb loss this week. Down 19 total. My DD will be done with school next week. I love summer but the change in routines gets tough!

 

[Love2Run]

Okay...I am very pleased to report that I used all my daily points yesterday, but none of my flex points, and earned 4 activity points.

I weighed in this morning 3 pounds lighter! I LOVE the first couple of weeks being back on track!!

Way to Go! That is so great. I know the feeling. I just started back on WW after having my son 5 weeks ago and the first week went great. Second week, not to great, but I've been doing well so far for week 3. I am excited to go to my meeting and weigh tomorrow. Being on track does feel amazing. I just wish I could remember how great it feels when I really want ice cream.

 

[pwdebbie]

Sticking with it even though I feel like I'm not getting anywhere. Down .8 this week but still need to lose another 2 to reach my previous low and still have about 30 lbs to goal. Sigh!

Bad news today. Our location is being downsized and moved. It will be farther away and only be open for meetings. Before, it was in the mall in its own room and had hours most days when you could just go weigh in or purchase product even if there wasn't a meeting happening. Now there will only be four meetings a week, and only on two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) and only open for thirty minutes before meeting and then closing after. It will be in a hotel meeting room about ten minutes farther away from me (I was already traveling 20 minutes to the meeting). I'm really disappointed and dh thinks I should quit and just keep tracking on my own. I love the meetings so much! But I don't love the new location or new hours. I guess I need to decide what to do.

 

[keahgirl8]

I am still playing with my goal weight. I am under my original goal, and a little above the lower weight that I changed it to. Maintenance is tricky stuff!

 

[Ariel484]

Hello everyone.

**WARNING...NOVEL BELOW!**

I think I posted in this thread, or one of the older threads, a couple of years back. This is my 4th round of weight loss (3rd time with Weight Watchers) and I think I'm finally ready for it to stick. It sounds weird, but I think before I mentally wasn't in a place where I was ready to accept that this (portion control, being diligent, etc.) is just how it's going to have to be.

First round of Weight Watchers was...15 years ago, maybe? Sometime in high school. The women in my family have already been pretty focused on weight loss (calling them "obsessed" seems too strong a word ) and while I don't remember how much I weighed or how much I lost during that first round, I have to think it couldn't have been more than 10 pounds or so. But my mom went to WW and wanted me to go, so I did.

Round 2 was NOT with Weight Watchers, it was through a nutritionist at work (I work at a hospital) in early 2009. I was definitely in denial about how much I weighed but figured that it wouldn't hurt to lose a few pounds for my upcoming wedding. I'd been avoiding the scale for years, and at my first appointment I was shocked to see I was a little over 28 pounds over the maximum healthy weight for my height. I'd thought it was more like 10 pounds! From there I followed a regiment that included lots of fruits and veggies, very few carbs, and no desserts (per the nutritionist's plan). I lost 21 pounds in about 5 months, and once the wedding and honeymoon were over, so was this new way of eating for me. Looking back, I knew I'd never stick with it - it just wasn't realistic for me to eat like that forever.

Round 3 of weight loss was with Weight Watchers At Work, which I started in early 2012. By then I'd gained back 12 of the pounds I'd lost for the wedding. Following the plan was super easy for me, and I lost 20 pounds in just under 4 months - probably should have went for Lifetime status at this point but didn't for some reason. I hit my lowest weight in September of that year (27 pounds lost from when I started Weight Watchers, almost 36 pounds lost from that first weight I saw on the scale at the nutritionist's office in 2009. I'd asked my primary care doctor - who has never told me to lose weight - for a number to shoot for and she said 8 pounds under the max weight for me height - and this was it!). But I remember not even being happy about it. All I remember is a nagging voice in the back of my head saying, "you know you won't stick with this. You know you'll gain the weight back." Maybe that's why I hadn't gone for Lifetime status yet - I just wasn't ready.

I stayed signed up for Weight Watchers but stopped trying right after I hit that low weight. I was training for Marathon Weekend in WDW and knew I'd gain a few pounds...but I also stopped tracking. So while I was still in Weight Watchers for all of last year, I didn't try at all (a lot of that was cockiness on my part, I think - that I didn't NEED to try anymore), and slowly the weight crept back on. I was back up to what I'd been at my wedding, which was 15 pounds more than that low weight I'd briefly hit in the fall of 2012.

It sounds like some of you have great meetings, but I'd become disenchanted with mine awhile ago (part of it was the leader, I think, but I also don't agree with the mentality that you can never have dessert or "bad" foods or whatever - isn't that what makes Weight Watchers work for so many people?! - and that's what my meetings were like at work), so when the last session ended in the beginning of May I decided to sign up for 3 months of Weight Watchers Online. Hooray for work paying for it!

It's been going pretty well so far. I really like having the app a lot, and I LOVE weighing in at home. I started on Monday, May 19 and my weigh-in day is Thursday (which I'm used to from going to the meetings for 2 years).

My first two weeks were great: Thursday 5/22 was a lose of 2.6 pounds.
Thursday, 5/29 was a loss of 2.2 pounds ...

...then I went to my cousin's bachelorette party on Saturday. Then the next day I just ate whatever I thought would cure how I felt from the bar hopping! So on Monday morning I was definitely UP. Like, 3 pounds. It's so discouraging that one evening + one day of not great choices can set me back like that.

But the good news is, I had my little pity party and got right back on track. I've been reading through this thread - all 201 pages! - for the past week or so, and it really helped me to see some of you have a similar issue, and then just get back to it and get back to losing. So thank you for posting so honestly! I still think I'll see a gain tomorrow, but at least I know why it will be there...and I know it'll be gone soon.

I've always been really good with the exercise (currently have a few more races - Disney and non-Disney - on my calendar, plus I strength train)...it's purely portion control and having everything in moderation that have been tough for me. I'm hoping that this will be the time it finally sticks.

Sorry for writing so much!!! I guess this is what happens when I stop going to the meetings.


TL/DR; it's my 3rd go-round with Weight Watchers and hopefully my last. Looking forward to chatting with all of you!

 

[Ariel484]

Today was weigh-in day for me! As expected, I was up - but only 0.2 pounds from what I was last week, so I'm pretty thrilled with that. I know I was up something like 3 pounds on Monday...I'm so relieved!

I logged my weight into the app and then there was a pop-up...said something like, "Oh...you gained." Um, thanks? I can see that! There were 3-4 other sentences in the pop-up that I didn't take time to read...then 2 hours later something else came up in my notification center about getting re-committed and re-inspired. All for a small gain! I'm sure it is just pre-programmed to say those things with any gain...but it seemed like a bit much. Oh well!

Here's to a new week! Have a great one, everyone!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Well, that's not really motivating, is it? I would be pretty hacked off if something like that happened to me.

Good luck with this week...I think you are doing great!!