Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[alizesmom]

I know you lose points as you lose weight but how low do they go?

 

[christinascreative]

WI yesterday- up .8. Still at an even 30 but.. MEH!
I knew it was going to happen. Last week I only ran 1 day out of 3, I played golf 2x but it's not enough activity for me. I also think I may have eaten a few of my husband's extra points for the week
I hate to use it as an excuse, and I am sorry for any men on this board- but it was ahem.. THAT time.. so.. onward and upward (but DOWNward on the scale) for this week.

NSV-- I ran 5 miles for the first time ever today. My legs are sore but I did it in 1 hour and 6 minutes. Not too shabby for my first 5 mile run (at least I don't think?).

Good luck to all this week

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I know you lose points as you lose weight but how low do they go?

Pretty sure it's 26.

 

[pwdebbie]

Pretty sure it's 26.

Yep, it's 26. It forces you to eat more fruits and veggies to avoid starving to death.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

Yep, it's 26. It forces you to eat more fruits and veggies to avoid starving to death.

I'd like to know how it goes. I have lost 7.8 lbs and have already went from 31 to 30 to 29 points and I have a lot of weight to lose. 26 points a day scares me haha!

 

[lovesmurfs]

I'd like to know how it goes. I have lost 7.8 lbs and have already went from 31 to 30 to 29 points and I have a lot of weight to lose. 26 points a day scares me haha!

Every point I lose is like losing a friend!

I think it goes down to 26 to still lose weight, but I think they add some points once you're on maintenance?

 

[bumbershoot]

Four days in a row now of weigh in at home under 200! I thought the first time was just a fluke, but it has stayed consistent. I won't consider myself to be officially in onederland though until my WW WI puts me there. (My home scale in the a.m. in the buff and the WW scale in the p.m. fully dressed differ by three to four pounds.)

Crossing fingers for you!

Then this morning I pulled out our winter/fall clothes and got completly frustraited. I got rid of all my clothes from the last time I got this big and all I have left are my skinny clothes. I don't have pants that fit, I don't have shirts that fit, even my fall boots don't fit on my now massive legs. *sigh* I'm upset because even my wedding ring doesn't fit. I just need to remember this feeling and do something about it. I NEED TO DO THIS

Major hugs to you.

I had to buy new rings for the nearly 8 years I couldn't wear mine. My "real" ring is a hunk of platinum and there's just not way I was going to have that resized. So it sat there, and I bought cheapie rings from ice.com and some other website, just to have something on my hand. Even now I'm still not quite there; I figure it'll be another good 10 lbs before I can consistently wear my true ring.

I started WW 3 weeks ago and I am shocked at how well it works. I am down 13 lbs. in that time. I'm glad I found this thread. I can see there are plenty of others who love their WW.

At first you made my head spin, but then I saw "dad". Men do tend to lose in big chunks like that! Congrats!

I know you lose points as you lose weight but how low do they go?

26 with pointsplus2012.

BUT that's a switch for this year; it *was* 29 with the first PointsPlus. And they said that if you're losing with 29, feel free to keep it there rather than go down.

And, of course, if you're eating Weekly and/or Activity, you're usually not sticking soley to 26 anyway.

I'd like to know how it goes. I have lost 7.8 lbs and have already went from 31 to 30 to 29 points and I have a lot of weight to lose. 26 points a day scares me haha!

It does, me, too! It's why I started eating Weekly, then Activity points, because 26 felt so low! I ate only 25 on Friday (b/c I was negative 1 in Weekly and it just BUGGED me that I would have eaten over my entire allottment of points for the week) and it was painful!

I think it goes down to 26 to still lose weight, but I think they add some points once you're on maintenance?

Yep, they add them in.

 

[keahgirl8]

I did something this morning that I am proud of! We had left over candy from our movie night and I threw it out! I knew there is no way I could resist the junior mints so into the trash they went!

Good for you! I threw away half a bag of white chocolate Reese's cups a few months ago. It actually felt really good!

I started WW 3 weeks ago and I am shocked at how well it works. I am down 13 lbs. in that time. I'm glad I found this thread. I can see there are plenty of others who love their WW.

Welcome and congratulations! I agree. WW is amazing. Truly life changing.

I'd like to know how it goes. I have lost 7.8 lbs and have already went from 31 to 30 to 29 points and I have a lot of weight to lose. 26 points a day scares me haha!

I know! My mom has 28 and I think she was a little relived that it only goes to 26! She said if she lost many more, she didn't know what she'd eat! lol

 

[bumbershoot]

So frustrated I only lost .2 this week and last. I feel like I don't want to follow plan. This happens to me every time!

I hope you can get to the point where you realize that .2 is GREAT! If you had gained .2 would you call it "only"? Probably not, right?

.2 is a loss, and a loss is a loss. Between this week and last week you lost almost half a pound, which is pretty awesome!

Just keep on going! IF your plan needs some tweaking, look to that. Like if your portions aren't being measured as exactly, or you're not getting your fruits and veggies in, etc etc, make sure those are being done. Or if you just started exercising, or exercising harder, make sure you're getting extra water. But otherwise, just keep going.

 

[keahgirl8]

I hope you can get to the point where you realize that .2 is GREAT! If you had gained .2 would you call it "only"? Probably not, right?

.2 is a loss, and a loss is a loss. Between this week and last week you lost almost half a pound, which is pretty awesome!

Just keep on going! IF your plan needs some tweaking, look to that. Like if your portions aren't being measured as exactly, or you're not getting your fruits and veggies in, etc etc, make sure those are being done. Or if you just started exercising, or exercising harder, make sure you're getting extra water. But otherwise, just keep going.

I would agree with this! A loss is a loss, though I have been in your shoes and I beat myself up too. We're human, right? I just saw a YouTube video where she figured how many ounces .2, .4, etc. was and found household products with that weight. It is more than you think! I don't know if I can link a YouTube video here, so you can PM me if you want it! It gave me some perspective!

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I would agree with this! A loss is a loss, though I have been in your shoes and I beat myself up too. We're human, right? I just saw a YouTube video where she figured how many ounces .2, .4, etc. was and found household products with that weight. It is more than you think! I don't know if I can link a YouTube video here, so you can PM me if you want it! It gave me some perspective!

Oh I'd love to see that video!

 

[averill94]

Four days in a row now of weigh in at home under 200! I thought the first time was just a fluke, but it has stayed consistent. I won't consider myself to be officially in onederland though until my WW WI puts me there. (My home scale in the a.m. in the buff and the WW scale in the p.m. fully dressed differ by three to four pounds.)

Welcome to onederland!!!!! What a great place to be. CONGRATULATIONS

I really can't handle the diff between my home scale and the ww scale. Sometimes it seems to be exactly one pound and other times I cant even figure it out! Being insane I always wait for the same scale, wear basically the same clothes etc....

Taking the Thanksgiving challenge. Tracking EVERYTHING. Going one step further and only weighing my food this week, not my body!

Have a great week everybody.

 

[pwdebbie]

So frustrated I only lost .2 this week and last. I feel like I don't want to follow plan. This happens to me every time!

So many things can affect your weight loss. Whether you've been to the bathroom, whether you ate something salty, what time of the month it is, what clothes you are wearing.

I'm curious -- when you said "This happens to me every time" did you mean losing .2 or not wanting to follow the plan? Because I can tell you that there are some folks who would be jumping for joy at a .2 loss. If you mean that the discouragement sets in every time, well -- IT'S A NEW DAY! That discouragement was yesterday's news, today is a fresh start. Track today. And look forward to what is ahead of you. Won't it be great one day to look at pictures of yourself and be happy with them?

 

[keahgirl8]

So many things can affect your weight loss. Whether you've been to the bathroom, whether you ate something salty, what time of the month it is, what clothes you are wearing.

I'm curious -- when you said "This happens to me every time" did you mean losing .2 or not wanting to follow the plan? Because I can tell you that there are some folks who would be jumping for joy at a .2 loss. If you mean that the discouragement sets in every time, well -- IT'S A NEW DAY! That discouragement was yesterday's news, today is a fresh start. Track today. And look forward to what is ahead of you. Won't it be great one day to look at pictures of yourself and be happy with them?

You are such an inspiration Debbie! So positive!

 

[alizesmom]

WI this morning, down 2.1 pounds.

 

[Sandi]

WI this morning, down 2.1 pounds.

Congratulations on your good work!

 

[jacksmomma]

My WI was this morning, I am down 1.6. Only .2 pounds to my 5% goal!

 

[kathie859]

AAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!! My weekend has bitten me in my all to ample butt!!
I was up 1.4 lbs. DH and I spent a long weekend with friends at a B&B and the lady who runs it is a spectacular cook and we also ate several meals out.

So today I'm in for the WW 8 Week Countdown Challenge. Even though I've been struggling recently, I'm still over 10# down since I started WW this summer. <--thinking positive thoughts

 

[christinascreative]

Because I can tell you that there are some folks who would be jumping for joy at a .2 loss.

Count me in as one of those people!

 

[StayCool]

Well I kinda slacked this weekend. I didn't track anything, but I did pay attention to what I was eating and my portion sizes. I didn't make a pig out of myself so that is good right?

Today I'm back to tracking and doing my WW thing. I think I've posted this before but there are 2 times each month I am "snacky". Ovulation and AF time. So I'm thinking that was my problem this weekend.

WI is tomorrow and I was really hoping to hit my 10% but it might take me another week. Scale showed today that I was down about a pound so I'm good with that.

Hope everyone has a great night!