Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[christinascreative]

So here is a silly thing, but anyways. I just realized that I am not morbidly obese per my BMI anymore. it has dropped 3 points. It is silly but the more ways I can measure my success, the more motivated I am to stick with it. Looking in the mirror doesn't help a lot because I can't *see* the changes. I can tell because my pants are getting looser though. Lol

NOT silly. And I can relate to not seeing the changes in the mirror. For some reason I *can* see them in pictures though. You may want to take pictures of yourself standing in front of the mirror with your phone or camera. Keep the pics each week- you'll be able to see a difference from week 1 to present day.
And AWESOME that your pants are looser! I think I like the non scale victories better than the scale ones (though I don't mind finding out the scale supports what I *think* is happening )

 

[Mermaid02]

UGH! Just had Chinese. Why do I do this to myself? I feel so crappy already. Tomorrow I'll be all sodium bloated. It did taste good though.

 

[robinb]

UGH! Just had Chinese. Why do I do this to myself? I feel so crappy already. Tomorrow I'll be all sodium bloated. It did taste good though.

Make sure to keep yourself hydrated so you can flush out all the extra fluid .

 

[bumbershoot]

So here is a silly thing, but anyways. I just realized that I am not morbidly obese per my BMI anymore.

It's not silly at all! I see posts on the WW boards about "I'm just obese now!" and "I'm fat!"....it's something many people celebrate when they go down a notch. Congratulations!!!!!

I had a non scale victory tonight. My DD swims from 7-9:00ish almost every night and we leave home at about 6:40. It's hard enough for me to feed her before we leave (she's a vegetarian and often eats something different that what i eat) and I have been eating when I get back home at 8:30-9:45. I was planning to have pasta with a couple of meatballs but it occurred to me that pasta the night before a weigh in was stoopid. I was shopping at Costco so I pondered the limited restaurant menu and resisted the pizza and the hot dog and ordered the chicken caesar salad. I did eat about half the dressing but not all of it . Wish me luck tomorrow! I hope tonight's choice helps.

I always find that, um, "easily digestible" foods, even if higher in fat, are nicer just before weigh-in. I figure I can deal with the higher fat as the week goes on by making other choices, and I'd rather have that food digested. Salads and multi-grain cereals are often my go-to night-before-the-WI dinners. (both of which I LOVE)

I'm back from my WI. I went to the earlier one since my DD wanted to be at school early. I put on my lightest jeans to transition to fall and was happy to see a 3 lb weight loss! I tracked every single thing this week, including my 64 point Saturday (damn those Badger football games!). I earned 24 AP and was still over my limit by 28 points. I can now look back at that week and see where I went over (except for the Badger game and all that beer) and adjust this week for a better week of eating within my points.

What's going on with the jeans and great loss connection here? Congrats! mmm, beer.

 

[JavArmy]

Okay, got back from Disney on Thursday, I still ate like a pig on Friday. TODAY I WILL GET BACK ON THE PLAN! I gained a TON. It's so frustraiting that what takes me 4 weeks to loose, I can gain back in 4 days. *sigh* Oh well, lets get back to it!

 

[Mermaid02]

Make sure to keep yourself hydrated so you can flush out all the extra fluid .

Will do! On an up note, I really didn't eat as much as I would have "way back when" so I guess it's progress.... and I just really had a craving for it. Don't want to deny myself all the time, might end up going overboard!

 

[pwdebbie]

I'm back from my WI. I went to the earlier one since my DD wanted to be at school early. I put on my lightest jeans to transition to fall and was happy to see a 3 lb weight loss! I tracked every single thing this week, including my 64 point Saturday (damn those Badger football games!). I earned 24 AP and was still over my limit by 28 points. I can now look back at that week and see where I went over (except for the Badger game and all that beer) and adjust this week for a better week of eating within my points.

I think once in a while our bodies need that "64 point Saturday." On the few occasions when I've had a day where I ate well beyond my points, it was almost as if my body said, "Ah, thank you, now back to plan." It actually seems to help me lose. Obviously it helped you -- 3 lbs for as long as you've been doing this is amazing! Congrats!

Okay, got back from Disney on Thursday, I still ate like a pig on Friday. TODAY I WILL GET BACK ON THE PLAN! I gained a TON. It's so frustraiting that what takes me 4 weeks to loose, I can gain back in 4 days. *sigh* Oh well, lets get back to it!

It will come off in no time. Don't forget to drink lots of water! I'm starting to plan our dining for next April's Disney trip and while I'm going to be sensible, I am not going to try to stick to points at all. All that walking should help, right?

 

[lovesmurfs]

Well, a GI bug might be miserable, but having one for three days this week helped me have a great weigh-in....7.4 lbs. down, for a total of 27.8 lost!

Now off to make some tea and get some APs for cleaning house! Have a great day!

 

[Krissalee]

100 minute walk. That will earn me some APs! It was such a nice day, I just kept going and going....and then I realized I was going to have to turn around and get back home. LOL

 

[Julia M]

I had a nice weigh in yesterday...down 1.4! What's funny is I was kind of disappointed because I thought it was .8-turns out I didn't know my current weight correctly. I was happy when I realized I was wrong!!

We celebrated dd's 18th birthday last night with some of her friends at Maggiano's. I tracked 62 points!!! One beer and a glass of wine.........a slice of chicken piccata, a small serving of fettuccine alfredo, 2 fried zucchini pieces, 3 bread rounds with bruschetta, salad and 2 ravioli. Then one profiterole and just 2 small bites of cake (didn't really like it). I didn't have the chicken parmigiana. Unfortunately, the nutrition info for Maggiano's online isn't that clear-I can't figure out if it's a family style serving of individual plate.

I still have 8 of my weekly points and I typically earn about 10 activity points, so I'm not in a panic about points-last week I used 8 of my weekly points, the week before 9. I'm more just concerned I estimated correctly. Does anyone know anything about Maggiano's?

So, I am considering that I did stay on program. Even though I used a lot of points, I tracked them all and had points to use.

We had a huge amount of food left over and will have it tonight for leftovers. I think I may skip it though......have something a little lower in points!

Julia

 

[bumbershoot]

100 minute walk. That will earn me some APs! It was such a nice day, I just kept going and going....and then I realized I was going to have to turn around and get back home. LOL

Nice!



Julia, good for you for tracking!



I had a stunning WI today. 2.8 down, again. I'm a little mystified, and even talked about it with the receptionist (who is a new leader as well, but not for our meeting) b/c that's two weeks in a row with that large amount. I know I shouldn't complain, but it's freaking me out!

On the lighter side, turns out I could have transitioned to wearing pants (vs workout shorts) today and would have still shown a loss. Bummer that I didn't! The other happy side of it is that the receptionist said she almost didn't recognize me. I think I turned a corner here....

But I know I need to make sure I'm eating really nutritiously, because that much weight lost in two weigh-ins at my age and this far into the program, when I'm an "eat all points coming to me" person, is pretty weird!

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I kind messed up on WW today. We had a bunch of friends over to watch a movie outside tonight and I think I got a little carried away with my snacks. Whoops!

Back on track tomorrow!

 

[StayCool]

I have the munchies tonight bad! I went to a party at a friend's house this evening. I pretty much saved all my daily points for it so I think I was ok. I didn't eat a ton. But I have just wanted to eat, eat, eat when I got home! I made these cupcakes last night off of the Skinnytaste website. They are amazing but I keep eating them. So then I ate a bag of popcorn so I would stop eating! Idk why I'm so snacky right now but it is driving me bonkers.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I have the munchies tonight bad! I went to a party at a friend's house this evening. I pretty much saved all my daily points for it so I think I was ok. I didn't eat a ton. But I have just wanted to eat, eat, eat when I got home! I made these cupcakes last night off of the Skinnytaste website. They are amazing but I keep eating them. So then I ate a bag of popcorn so I would stop eating! Idk why I'm so snacky right now but it is driving me bonkers.

Brush your teeth! Sometimes that is the only thing that stops me!

 

[Aburns8]

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!

 

[pwdebbie]

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.)

 

[JavArmy]

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.)

Congrats!! That is amazing! Good luck on your official WI!

To all the previous posters who said they ate a ton last night, there must have been something in the air. Maybe a full moon? I did the same thing 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. I start a new job in about a week, so I'm hoping that helps keep me on track, having a schedule and all. The worst part is that I know I can do it, I've done it before. There is no excuse this time.

Okay, thanks for listening to me rant. I'm just having a really hard time getting on the bandwaggon. It really helps that I can come here and vent and it helps to see all the people being successfull. It motivates me.

Thanks again, and good luck to everyone on their upcoming WI

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

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!

 

[Ryansdad0727]

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.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

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.

That's awesome! Keep up the good work!