Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[keahgirl8]

I've done it twice before on the old plan -- this is the first on the new Points Plus. I've been doing it since early August and have lost 20 pounds.

Now, age is a difference -- I am losing somewhat slower than I remember losing under the previous plan.

However, I find that the flexibility is much more, and I find myself being able to choose "real" food instead of the fat-free icky stuff.

Yes! What you said. I think people who are struggling are eating too much fruit. You do have to be careful of that!

It's weigh-in day! 1.4 pounds this week, 75.8 overall!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Good Morning Everyone!

I just got back yesterday afternoon from a week in Disney World. I tried to get back on track for the rest of the day and did pretty good, I think. Today I'm definitely on track so far but I have to go grocery shopping in a desperate way! I haven't been on the scale yet and I'm going to try to resist stepping on until my meeting on Wednesday morning. I think if I get on before that, I'll get mad at what I see and start eating. I'm hoping I don't have more than a 10lb gain.

 

[robinb]

I had a tremendous week, despite eating (or working hard to NOT eat) hospital food most of the week, with a 2.8 lb loss. I hit 45.4 (and got a hug from my leader) and was just smiling all day. I even *felt* thinner, which I'm sure many of you know doesn't always go along with *being* smaller.

Last week I fit into one pair of pants that's the next size down, and was able to wear them and look good. The "sister pants" to those, pants I bought at the same time, went on and zipped, but I should not be wearing them out anywhere, LOL. Not sure if I already mentioned that...if I have already said something about that here, ignore the second telling.

45 lbs in just 200 days? Wow! That is so great! You are doing a really great job.

We went out to dinner last night (just dh and I) after dropping dd off at the first dance of the year. Planned to go to Fridays, and OMG, it was incredibly hard to find anything to eat! Their whole menu is a WWers nightmare. On the way there, dh suggested BJ's Brewhouse, which I gladly agreed to. Had a light beer (but probably points for a regular beer! LOL) and three "little" plates: watermelon and arugula salad, mozzarella and tomato and 3 won tons. Calories were on the menu, but when I got home, there was nothing online with nutrition info. Grrr. I just made my best guess, based on calories and what the ingredients were. Still WAY better than Fridays!

Check out this website for some ideas of what to eat there next time:http://www.exercise4weightloss.com/weight-watchers-points-tgif.html
It looks like some of their salads are OK, as are their grilled items.

Good for you for going home and tracking as much as you could! Honestly, writing down what you eat is more than half the battle ... even if the point values are not exactly right.

 

[robinb]

I just finished the coolrunnings C25K program, and now that DH has seen the struggles I went through with the interval, the number of weeks I had to repeat, but that I stuck with it and graduated on Friday, he wants to try it, too! I think that will really amplify his losses, and if he can have a *program* to do, he'll do it. We always book him hotels with gyms and/or pools for his work trips, but without a program he has a hard time getting to use them. I'm excited for him that he wants to do the C25K!

Congratulations on graduating! I have tried it 3 times previously as decided to try it again because one of my friends just graduated. I am now on Week 2. My right knee is crap, so I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to finish but I was able to get up to 20 minutes last time before getting sick or becoming injured. I think I just need to plug along and redo weeks just like you did.

Good Morning Everyone!

I just got back yesterday afternoon from a week in Disney World. I tried to get back on track for the rest of the day and did pretty good, I think. Today I'm definitely on track so far but I have to go grocery shopping in a desperate way! I haven't been on the scale yet and I'm going to try to resist stepping on until my meeting on Wednesday morning. I think if I get on before that, I'll get mad at what I see and start eating. I'm hoping I don't have more than a 10lb gain.

You'll be FINE! Kudos to you for getting right back on track as soon as you got home. Your body will readjust in no time and if you don't shed your vacation weight this week, you'll do it next week {{hugs}}. I went shopping this weekend and spend almost $200 between the farmer's market, our local grocery store and the natural food coop. I don't know how the budget boarders spend so little!

 

[bigsis1970]

Thanks Stephanie and Sandi!

 

[Sandi]

Yes! What you said. I think people who are struggling are eating too much fruit. You do have to be careful of that!

It's weigh-in day! 1.4 pounds this week, 75.8 overall!

That's a terrific week this far into the program. Congrats on both the short term and the long term successes. You rock!

Good Morning Everyone!

I just got back yesterday afternoon from a week in Disney World. I tried to get back on track for the rest of the day and did pretty good, I think. Today I'm definitely on track so far but I have to go grocery shopping in a desperate way! I haven't been on the scale yet and I'm going to try to resist stepping on until my meeting on Wednesday morning. I think if I get on before that, I'll get mad at what I see and start eating. I'm hoping I don't have more than a 10lb gain.

Welcome home Jesse! Yeah, I think staying away from the scales until your Wednesday meeting is wise. I'm sure you didn't gain 10 pounds! Your hyperbole is funny -- I mean, you probably walked 1,000 miles, too! I'm jealous you were just at WDW. Hope you had a blast.

 

[Julia M]

Yes! What you said. I think people who are struggling are eating too much fruit. You do have to be careful of that!

It's weigh-in day! 1.4 pounds this week, 75.8 overall!

SO, I have been kind of a slow loser (from my previous weight loss efforts). So my question is, what do people think constitutes "too much fruit"?


Thanks
Julia

 

[sjms71]

Yes! What you said. I think people who are struggling are eating too much fruit. You do have to be careful of that!

It's weigh-in day! 1.4 pounds this week, 75.8 overall!

You go girl!

 

[sjms71]

SO, I have been kind of a slow loser (from my previous weight loss efforts). So my question is, what do people think constitutes "too much fruit"?

Thanks
Julia

I really do think it depends on the kind of fruit and everyone is different. I limit myself to no more than 3 servings a day on average. That seems to work for me. I also limit my banana intake to maybe twice a week. I would love to eat a banana everyday but I will struggle with that. Again, I think it depends on the person this is just my personal limits I found works for me after playing around with it for years.

 

[lovesmurfs]

SO, I have been kind of a slow loser (from my previous weight loss efforts). So my question is, what do people think constitutes "too much fruit"?


Thanks
Julia

I started in August like it was a free-for-all. Now I only have enough fruit to help me meet the Good Healthy Guidelines for the day, plus maybe one or 2 if I'm hungry and don't have points left. Seems to be working a bit better.

 

[bumbershoot]

You can get a side salad instead of fries -- I don't remember, but I don't think there was an extra charge for it. The customizer is really helpful -- as long as you plan ahead and stick to your plan (hard to do when being tempted by the Banzai Burger!), you can stay within your points range.

Oh yes, the side salad is good. But with DS at the table, there always seem to be fries, and I sometimes take a few. I have my tracker out and I make a check for each one I eat.

I'm finding that I "need" fewer and fewer fries each time we go, which is neat.

Note to all: their steamed broccoli is incredibly dry and boring. I have to be very in need of a LOW point meal or getting more veggies in, to order that anymore. My steamed broccoli at home isn't dry; I don't know how they do it!

Hey everyone. I have just a few questions about the WW new program. I have heard mixed reviews regarding success on the new plan vs. the older program, what is everyone's experience with the new program?

I joined in '00, '02ish, '04, and last Feb. Until February, my fave plan was in '00 and I didn't enjoy the later plans. I also always ate the low end of points, not eating "extra". I lost well, but ultimately felt deprived and freaked out at this being "forever", and I would quit. And regain. More each time.

I love love LOVE this program. I'm 12 years older than the first time I tried WW, and I'm losing nicely. I'm also exercising this time, which helps, especially since I've been able to run (well, jog). Running works really well for me, and I'm glad I can do it AND like it!

I make much better day to day choices with the fruits and veggies mainly being zero points, and by choosing to eat Weekly AND Activity points (and by having a metabolism that has been OK with those points so far), I'm not feeling deprived in any real way. I mean, OK, my husband gets 68 points still, so sometimes I get sad looking at the difference between our daily points, but as I continue on with the program my stomach doesn't *want* that many points on a daily basis.

So I like the new program. A LOT.

I did that with the cheesesteak. I ended up with tons of lettuce and very little cheesesteak. There was no way that the amount of meat on there was equal to what would have been in a roll. Even my companions were shocked. That said, maybe I should try the burger that way. A burger is a burger, right?

That is really too bad! If it happens again, complain. It's just not right.

But I took would feel that a burger is a burger.

But I have to say that this program is not the bondage I always perceived WW to be.

Great description. Have you read about what the plans were like in the 70s and 80s? The exchanges, the liver, etc etc? I have read that people would toast their ONE allowed piece of bread and cut the one slice of bread in two, to make two nearly see-through full slices of bread to make a sandwich with! Bondage indeed!

45 lbs in just 200 days? Wow! That is so great! You are doing a really great job.

It's crazy, isn't it? Maybe I have a tapeworm or something, LOL. A tapeworm that came to life once I stopped stuffing myself to the gills? (it's painful to think of how much I must have been eating before, given how much I feel I still do eat on the program yet am losing) Thank you. I still think that this version of WW is magic, though.

My right knee is crap, so I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to finish but I was able to get up to 20 minutes last time before getting sick or becoming injured. I think I just need to plug along and redo weeks just like you did.

OH the knees... I feel like I rejoined *just* in the nick of time, knee-wise. I feel like I'm in a race to lose the weight so I'm not destroying my knees more. By this age my mom already had a squeaky knee, and she never gained the weight I have. So I'm running scared, basically! But what's weird is that the running doesn't hurt like just walking does. I will literally be limping during my warmup walk on the treadmill, and this is a limp coming from my hip being weird, then I start running and feel great, then as I slow it down for my cooldown walk, I start limping again. People on the ellipticals behind me must think really weird things about me, if they notice that.

SO, I have been kind of a slow loser (from my previous weight loss efforts). So my question is, what do people think constitutes "too much fruit"?

I think you would figure it out if you are doing everything just right, measuring and weighing EVERYTHING, you've experimented with if you can or cannot eat Weekly and/or Activity points (for instance, I found that I lose just the same by eating those extra points, and sometimes I think I do better...but I definitely know that by eating the activity points I have the energy for good workouts), and you hit a plateau, THEN you can look to your fruits and higher calories veggies, to see if maybe you're overdoing it.

They want most of us to eat *at least* 5 servings total of fruits/veggies per day. That's a minimum. For those over 350, 9 is the minimum.

If you're eating high calorie things like bananas all day long, if you're drinking huge smoothies and maybe not realizing how many servings of things you're putting in there, etc etc, doing everything else perfectly, and aren't losing for a good number of weeks, THEN look to lowering the zero point things.


That's my own opinion.

 

[alizesmom]

I did it! I started tracking again.

 

[StayCool]

Weigh in is in the morning. I'm kinda looking forward to it. I used to hate the scale. Something that I've noticed over the last week or so is the fact that I physically cannot eat as much as I used to. It doesn't fit. My stomach must be getting smaller which is good. Just an odd feeling. Or a random thought. Lol

 

[keahgirl8]

Weigh in is in the morning. I'm kinda looking forward to it. I used to hate the scale. Something that I've noticed over the last week or so is the fact that I physically cannot eat as much as I used to. It doesn't fit. My stomach must be getting smaller which is good. Just an odd feeling. Or a random thought. Lol

It's so true! I can't eat as much as I used to or eat the types of things I used to. It is actually a big help in this process. I don't even want to eat the old way anymore!

 

[sjms71]

I did it! I started tracking again.

yay!

Weigh in is in the morning. I'm kinda looking forward to it. I used to hate the scale. Something that I've noticed over the last week or so is the fact that I physically cannot eat as much as I used to. It doesn't fit. My stomach must be getting smaller which is good. Just an odd feeling. Or a random thought. Lol

Good luck!

 

[lovesmurfs]

Grrr.....

Just need to vent. So I pack and track my breakfast (oatmeal), lunch (chicken sandwich with tomatoes) and snacks. I get to work and see that I have lunch out scheduled with two people from my office.

Sandwich will be soggy by tomorrow, so I forego the oatmeal (it's dry in a homemade packet) and eat the sandwich and cheddar mini rice cakes for breakfast -- more points than I want to eat for b'fast, but I figure I'll do soup/salad for lunch.

Now I'm feeling overfull (guess it's great that I noticed), and I just get a call that they've changed lunch to a "brown bag" so that we can watch a webinar together.

Bleh. I've got Ramen noodle cups here for emergencies, but I'm just irritated.

Okay. Thanks for letting me vent.

 

[pwdebbie]

Yes! What you said. I think people who are struggling are eating too much fruit. You do have to be careful of that!

It's weigh-in day! 1.4 pounds this week, 75.8 overall!

I find myself looking forward to your post each week. Another good week!

 

[pwdebbie]

I did it! I started tracking again.

You deserve a Bravo sticker.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I had my WI today and I lost 3.6! That's more than I lost my first week! I got my first 5 lbs star today, 7.6 lbs for my first month! I'm so shocked because I had salad works one day and it was not a WW friendly salad! Maybe I needed the extra points? Who knows but I'm happy!

 

[lovesmurfs]

I had my WI today and I lost 3.6! That's more than I lost my first week! I got my first 5 lbs star today, 7.6 lbs for my first month! I'm so shocked because I had salad works one day and it was not a WW friendly salad! Maybe I needed the extra points? Who knows but I'm happy!

Congratulations!