Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[Psychodisney]

My favorite snack is a smoothie made with my nutribullet. I use baby kale, pineapple, frozen banana, frozen peaches and frozen mango. No added sugar. It's filling, cool and delicious. 0 points and knocks off 1 veg and 2 fruits.

 

[Ariel484]

My favorite snack is a smoothie made with my nutribullet. I use baby kale, pineapple, frozen banana, frozen peaches and frozen mango. No added sugar. It's filling, cool and delicious. 0 points and knocks off 1 veg and 2 fruits.

Just wanted to put this out there...

I love making smoothies too. But then I read online that WW recommends actually putting the smoothie into recipe builder and counting the points that way. I did that with the recipe I was using, and my 2-4 point smoothie (I forget exactly what it was - 0-point fruit, some pomegranate juice and almond milk) was suddenly 9 points! At the time I was going to meetings and asked my leader about it, and she said it's like that because since you are "drinking the fruit" it doesn't fill you up as much as it would if you were eating the fruit...the calories are still there. So they don't want people going nuts with smoothies. I was actually really mad to hear this!! I get it, but it seems inconsistent at the same time.

Ultimately she said to let weight loss be the guide as to how to count the smoothies. I think I might re-visit making a smoothie every once in awhile in the evening though, it's GOTTA be better than snacking on something else.

 

[keahgirl8]

Low point food...my favorite is spaghetti squash! You can substitute it for pasta and it is 0 points!

The thing about the recipe builder...I don't put any 0 point foods in it. As long as you don't go crazy with the smoothies, I think it is okay not to count them. I disagree about them not filling you up. Smoothies are very filling, and as long as you drink the pulp and not just the juice, it should be the same.

 

[lizzyb]

I have not tried spaghetti squash… just looks so unappealing to me.

 

[stayhomemom77]

Down another 2 pounds since yesterday! Love the first week back on track!!

I actually dropped down into the next 10's this morning and I was both surprised and thrilled!

 

[keahgirl8]

I have not tried spaghetti squash… just looks so unappealing to me.

It is really good! You put whatever you would put on pasta. Sometimes I use marinara sauce, sometimes I use a little bit of butter and parmesan cheese. Once I did a Mexican version with beans, cheese, Greek yogurt, and taco meat.

 

[lizzyb]

It is really good! You put whatever you would put on pasta. Sometimes I use marinara sauce, sometimes I use a little bit of butter and parmesan cheese. Once I did a Mexican version with beans, cheese, Greek yogurt, and taco meat.

Will have to give it a try!

 

[Psychodisney]

Wow, I've never heard that about smoothies! I don't add almond milk, seeds or anything other than fruits and veggies. It's been working for me so I'm sticking with it.

I was down 1.8 at WI today....hit my 10%!

My family had a good laugh at all the "plants" we are eating! My DD15 had asked me to bring her a snack when I picked her up from school. Her text said "No plants please".


I also surprised myself yesterday eating a plain FF Fage yogurt with some fresh berries....no sweetener and I liked it. That's another no point snack for me because I do Simply Filling.

 

[lizzyb]

Down another 2 pounds since yesterday! Love the first week back on track!!

I actually dropped down into the next 10's this morning and I was both surprised and thrilled!

That's fantastic! Keep it up!

 

[lizzyb]

Down 1.9lbs my first week. Was hoping for a bigger loss but I will take it.

 

[Ariel484]

Low point food...my favorite is spaghetti squash! You can substitute it for pasta and it is 0 points!

The thing about the recipe builder...I don't put any 0 point foods in it. As long as you don't go crazy with the smoothies, I think it is okay not to count them. I disagree about them not filling you up. Smoothies are very filling, and as long as you drink the pulp and not just the juice, it should be the same.

I agree...I find smoothies to be pretty filling too. I'm going to be trying smoothies again as it gets hotter, for sure. Gotta be better than having ice cream or something in the evenings (I KNOW it wouldn't work for me for breakfast).

I have not tried spaghetti squash… just looks so unappealing to me.

Agreed!!!

Down another 2 pounds since yesterday! Love the first week back on track!!

I actually dropped down into the next 10's this morning and I was both surprised and thrilled!

That's awesome!!! Way to go!

It is really good! You put whatever you would put on pasta. Sometimes I use marinara sauce, sometimes I use a little bit of butter and parmesan cheese. Once I did a Mexican version with beans, cheese, Greek yogurt, and taco meat.

Oh man...that does sound really good. All of those options you listed sound good. How long does it actually take to prepare the spaghetti squash portion?

Wow, I've never heard that about smoothies! I don't add almond milk, seeds or anything other than fruits and veggies. It's been working for me so I'm sticking with it.

I think that's key. If you're still losing weight, you're fine. If you start having smoothies and are gaining then you need to re-evaluate (if I understood correctly).

I was down 1.8 at WI today....hit my 10%!

Woohoo!!!

My family had a good laugh at all the "plants" we are eating! My DD15 had asked me to bring her a snack when I picked her up from school. Her text said "No plants please".

I also surprised myself yesterday eating a plain FF Fage yogurt with some fresh berries....no sweetener and I liked it. That's another no point snack for me because I do Simply Filling.

No plants please...that's funny!

Down 1.9lbs my first week. Was hoping for a bigger loss but I will take it.

Still a pretty awesome loss. Congrats!

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Challenging weekend for me. I was in my cousin's wedding so between the rehearsal dinner on Thursday, the wedding on Friday and Saturday/Sunday recovering (Friday was a 14-hour day and I didn't get to bed until 1:30...I just cannot hang like that any more!) I didn't exercise or track at all. I finally worked up the nerve to step on the scale this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see I was only up 0.4 pounds from my weigh-in on Thursday. I was expecting WAY worse.

 

[keahgirl8]

Oh man...that does sound really good. All of those options you listed sound good. How long does it actually take to prepare the spaghetti squash portion?

I actually have a post about it on my blog: http://healthybeautifulblessed.com/spaghetti-squash-awesome/

 

[Ariel484]

I actually have a post about it on my blog: http://healthybeautifulblessed.com/spaghetti-squash-awesome/

Thanks! Doesn't sound very hard at all. I'll have to try it sometime...the trick will be convincing my skinny, pasta-loving husband to try it.

 

[rlbklein]

But then I read online that WW recommends actually putting the smoothie into recipe builder and counting the points that way.

It has to do with the amount if energy needed to break down whole foods vs the fact that you've already started to break them down by blending into a smoothie. It's definitely less work for your body to process a smoothie vs raw foods. That's why!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Congrats to all the "losers"! Today I weighed and was 3 lbs down I was hoping for more my first week, but my love for Pepsi is killing me!! So far the best "diet" drink I can find is Ice carbonated flavored water (0 calories)….oh and Red Diamond sugar-free tea.

I'm trying to learn to like veggies more.

Me and DH got Fitbits this weekend along with their digital scale (he was just guessing at his weight) He weighed last night, fully clothed with shoes and wearing his weapon. He thinks he lost 10 pounds over night when he weighed nakkid Anyway the fitbit is kind of fun, I forced myself to get up and walk loops around the office every hour to get my step-count up.

Wishing everyone a successful week!!

 

[lizzyb]

Congrats to all the "losers"! Today I weighed and was 3 lbs down I was hoping for more my first week, but my love for Pepsi is killing me!! So far the best "diet" drink I can find is Ice carbonated flavored water (0 calories)….oh and Red Diamond sugar-free tea.

I'm trying to learn to like veggies more.

Me and DH got Fitbits this weekend along with their digital scale (he was just guessing at his weight) He weighed last night, fully clothed with shoes and wearing his weapon. He thinks he lost 10 pounds over night when he weighed nakkid Anyway the fitbit is kind of fun, I forced myself to get up and walk loops around the office every hour to get my step-count up.

Wishing everyone a successful week!!

Congrats on the loss! I hear you on hoping for a bigger loss the first week but a loss is a loss! Keep it up!

 

[Psychodisney]

3 Lbs is a terrific first week loss! Keep up the hard work!

 

[lizzyb]

How is everyone doing this week? I've been on plan all week but this weekend I won't be. Going to a wine festival so hopefully it doesn't mess my whole week up.

 

[Ariel484]

How is everyone doing this week? I've been on plan all week but this weekend I won't be. Going to a wine festival so hopefully it doesn't mess my whole week up.

Good luck!! If it were me I think I'm just enjoy and try to track everything as best I can. Seems like it should be okay if the rest of your week has been good.

 

[Ariel484]

Challenging weekend for me. I was in my cousin's wedding so between the rehearsal dinner on Thursday, the wedding on Friday and Saturday/Sunday recovering (Friday was a 14-hour day and I didn't get to bed until 1:30...I just cannot hang like that any more!) I didn't exercise or track at all. I finally worked up the nerve to step on the scale this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see I was only up 0.4 pounds from my weigh-in on Thursday. I was expecting WAY worse.

I posted this on Monday...ever since my crazy weekend I've been back on plan and today was weigh-in day. Down 1 pound! I don't totally understand why after the weekend I had, but I will take it! Maybe one of those situations I've read about where you don't lost for a bit, then eat a little more and your body is cool with it.

The app yelled at me again. It said I'm losing too fast. I sort of don't think so - I started on May 19...today is June 19 and my total loss so far is 5.2 pounds, still well within the 1-2 pound per week loss WW recommends. It might be screwed up because it has my original starting weight with WW which is from 2013 (I signed up for the app, didn't like it and didn't use it again until this May. Between the original sign-up and May I lost 12 pounds).

After getting yelled at for 2 straight weeks of small gains plus this morning's lecture, I have come to the conclusion that I just cannot please the WW app!

Hope everyone is having a great week!