Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[jdanjou]

Week 5 update:

Down 1 pound. Overall 16.2 lbs lost

What worked this week: Obviously something since I lost but nothing comes to mind.

What didn't work this week: FOOD FOOD FOOD! I'm hungry. Have been all week. Maybe its hormones ( its "that" time), maybe its stress (car accident Weds, cleaning out MILs hoarde so we can move to her place, work, all of the above, IDK...) but I'm hungry and its honestly just stressing me out even more. I'm eating my points, went into my weeklies and I'm just not full. I hope it changes soon because I can't take much more.

I feel your pain! I have weeks like that too. What works for me is trying to incorporate a lot of power foods into my day. Granted that is usually the opposite of what I really want to eat, but it doesn't leave much room in my tummy for much of the bad stuff. Hang in there! Persistence, not perfection!

 

[eh24fan]

Good morning!! I'm finding weekends are my weakness. I need to work on being consistent with my eating on the weekends. I tend to not eat breakfast, have lunch and then I'm starving all afternoon b/c I didn't eat breakfast. Which leads to snacking and eating things to fill up before dinner.

I also need to stay off the scale every morning because as we all know, our weight really fluctuates daily and it's enough to make me nuts. I am just hoping for some kind of loss this week at weigh in. I have tracked everything, stayed within my points and only used a few weeklies, but I'm not seeing the big numbers like I did week 1. I know not to expect to lose 6.6lbs in one week normally...LOL I just need to get in that mindset.

 

[bumbershoot]

Good morning!! I'm finding weekends are my weakness. I need to work on being consistent with my eating on the weekends. I tend to not eat breakfast, have lunch and then I'm starving all afternoon b/c I didn't eat breakfast. Which leads to snacking and eating things to fill up before dinner.

I also need to stay off the scale every morning because as we all know, our weight really fluctuates daily and it's enough to make me nuts. I am just hoping for some kind of loss this week at weigh in. I have tracked everything, stayed within my points and only used a few weeklies, but I'm not seeing the big numbers like I did week 1. I know not to expect to lose 6.6lbs in one week normally...LOL I just need to get in that mindset.

That is the problem with losing a bunch one week; the smaller losses almost feel like gains. That feeling should diminish as you go on, though.

If weighing every day is messing with you, it's GOOD to stop doing it. You might be able to go back to it later on. I took about a 2 months break from weighing every day, and that was really good. Now I'm back to it because I want to.

Over time I figured out that on weekends I definitely needed to eat more. So I budget more of my weeklies for Sat and Sun (my weigh in is Sat morning, so it's easy to do that) and that works well for me. Hope you can figure out something that works well for you!

Good job, Bumbershoot! You truly are inspiring. Have you thought about working for WW?

Aw, thanks! I'm such a nervous public speaker that the idea of being a leader scares me. I'd like to just be a receptionist there, honestly. But then we've got the child problem, because I homeschool so DS is always with me and he's a few years away from being allowed to stay at home on his own. Not sure how open they would be to that.

Of course, I would have to stop giving my personal theories to everyone if I worked there. I mean, almost everything I do is inside of WW official info (except for the fact that if I made a fruit pie from scratch I wouldn't count the fruit while calculating it...that's not something they "allow", LOL) (but I will never make such a pie so it's moot), but I definitely have my way, and my way isn't everyone's way. It's hard for me to tone down my opinions (gosh, ya think? ) so I don't know how it would all play out.

Week 5 update:

Down 1 pound. Overall 16.2 lbs lost

What worked this week: Obviously something since I lost but nothing comes to mind.

What didn't work this week: FOOD FOOD FOOD! I'm hungry. Have been all week. Maybe its hormones ( its "that" time), maybe its stress (car accident Weds, cleaning out MILs hoarde so we can move to her place, work, all of the above, IDK...) but I'm hungry and its honestly just stressing me out even more. I'm eating my points, went into my weeklies and I'm just not full. I hope it changes soon because I can't take much more.

Week 5 and it's that week? Does that mean you started during or just after that week? Oh my goodness, you poor thing. I typically gain a bit the weigh-in AFTER, so that just sounds painful to me.

And yes, all those things can make you hungry. Dealing with cleaning, moving house, accidents, hormones...all you need is someone in the hospital (or maybe that went along with the accident) to make the "things that make you feel hungry" set complete!

Have you tried snacking on some zero point fruits and veggies? Or even throw in an avocado or something like that? (sidenote, don't use the "1/4 of an avocado" thing in the tracker...that's the most gigantic avocado ever...WEIGH the part of the avocado you'll be eating, and you get much more avocado for the points) Be sure to get in your healthy oils, especially, to help with feeling full.



Oh no, now I want guacamole. Did I mention that last week I ate 4 avocados in 4 days? And I also found out that I accidentally bought full fat Greek Yogurt instead of the 2% I was trying for. I ended up mixing it with my nonfat to make a sort of pseudo 2%, but still, last week was my "eat more good fats" week. And I felt SO good. Of course it went along with increasing my running and weights, so it was offset.

 

[keahgirl8]

That is the problem with losing a bunch one week; the smaller losses almost feel like gains. That feeling should diminish as you go on, though.

If weighing every day is messing with you, it's GOOD to stop doing it. You might be able to go back to it later on. I took about a 2 months break from weighing every day, and that was really good. Now I'm back to it because I want to.

Over time I figured out that on weekends I definitely needed to eat more. So I budget more of my weeklies for Sat and Sun (my weigh in is Sat morning, so it's easy to do that) and that works well for me. Hope you can figure out something that works well for you!

Aw, thanks! I'm such a nervous public speaker that the idea of being a leader scares me. I'd like to just be a receptionist there, honestly. But then we've got the child problem, because I homeschool so DS is always with me and he's a few years away from being allowed to stay at home on his own. Not sure how open they would be to that.

Of course, I would have to stop giving my personal theories to everyone if I worked there. I mean, almost everything I do is inside of WW official info (except for the fact that if I made a fruit pie from scratch I wouldn't count the fruit while calculating it...that's not something they "allow", LOL) (but I will never make such a pie so it's moot), but I definitely have my way, and my way isn't everyone's way. It's hard for me to tone down my opinions (gosh, ya think? ) so I don't know how it would all play out.

Week 5 and it's that week? Does that mean you started during or just after that week? Oh my goodness, you poor thing. I typically gain a bit the weigh-in AFTER, so that just sounds painful to me.

And yes, all those things can make you hungry. Dealing with cleaning, moving house, accidents, hormones...all you need is someone in the hospital (or maybe that went along with the accident) to make the "things that make you feel hungry" set complete!

Have you tried snacking on some zero point fruits and veggies? Or even throw in an avocado or something like that? (sidenote, don't use the "1/4 of an avocado" thing in the tracker...that's the most gigantic avocado ever...WEIGH the part of the avocado you'll be eating, and you get much more avocado for the points) Be sure to get in your healthy oils, especially, to help with feeling full.

Oh no, now I want guacamole. Did I mention that last week I ate 4 avocados in 4 days? And I also found out that I accidentally bought full fat Greek Yogurt instead of the 2% I was trying for. I ended up mixing it with my nonfat to make a sort of pseudo 2%, but still, last week was my "eat more good fats" week. And I felt SO good. Of course it went along with increasing my running and weights, so it was offset.

1. Yes. I don't want to work for WW for the same reason. I have lots of opinions and they don't always vibe with the "rules"! Don't get me wrong...WW is an amazing program and I don't think I would be where I am now without it. There are just certain things I think that I wouldn't be allowed to say. lol

2. LOVE avocados...and you definitely have to weigh them! I weigh pretty much anything that isn't liquid.

 

[Mom_Rides]

Week 5 and it's that week? Does that mean you started during or just after that week? Oh my goodness, you poor thing. I typically gain a bit the weigh-in AFTER, so that just sounds painful to me.

And yes, all those things can make you hungry. Dealing with cleaning, moving house, accidents, hormones...all you need is someone in the hospital (or maybe that went along with the accident) to make the "things that make you feel hungry" set complete!

Have you tried snacking on some zero point fruits and veggies? Or even throw in an avocado or something like that? (sidenote, don't use the "1/4 of an avocado" thing in the tracker...that's the most gigantic avocado ever...WEIGH the part of the avocado you'll be eating, and you get much more avocado for the points) Be sure to get in your healthy oils, especially, to help with feeling full.

Oh no, now I want guacamole. Did I mention that last week I ate 4 avocados in 4 days? And I also found out that I accidentally bought full fat Greek Yogurt instead of the 2% I was trying for. I ended up mixing it with my nonfat to make a sort of pseudo 2%, but still, last week was my "eat more good fats" week. And I felt SO good. Of course it went along with increasing my running and weights, so it was offset.

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[Mom_Rides]

Week 5 and it's that week? Does that mean you started during or just after that week? Oh my goodness, you poor thing. I typically gain a bit the weigh-in AFTER, so that just sounds painful to me.

And yes, all those things can make you hungry. Dealing with cleaning, moving house, accidents, hormones...all you need is someone in the hospital (or maybe that went along with the accident) to make the "things that make you feel hungry" set complete!

Have you tried snacking on some zero point fruits and veggies? Or even throw in an avocado or something like that? (sidenote, don't use the "1/4 of an avocado" thing in the tracker...that's the most gigantic avocado ever...WEIGH the part of the avocado you'll be eating, and you get much more avocado for the points) Be sure to get in your healthy oils, especially, to help with feeling full.

Oh no, now I want guacamole. Did I mention that last week I ate 4 avocados in 4 days? And I also found out that I accidentally bought full fat Greek Yogurt instead of the 2% I was trying for. I ended up mixing it with my nonfat to make a sort of pseudo 2%, but still, last week was my "eat more good fats" week. And I felt SO good. Of course it went along with increasing my running and weights, so it was offset.

I had a uterine ablation so I don't have anything anymore but the PMS and all of its friends are still very prevelent. I've really been trying to sub in fruits and veggies when I feel overly hungry. I'm not a fan of avocado, unfortunately. I really think a lot of it is stress and I just need to find a way to deal with it without food as I did in the past. Thanks for your suggestions and support!!

 

[LockShockBarrel]

Bumbershoot, did my pie week inspire you?

 

[bumbershoot]

1. Yes. I don't want to work for WW for the same reason. I have lots of opinions and they don't always vibe with the "rules"! Don't get me wrong...WW is an amazing program and I don't think I would be where I am now without it. There are just certain things I think that I wouldn't be allowed to say. lol

2. LOVE avocados...and you definitely have to weigh them! I weigh pretty much anything that isn't liquid.

I had a uterine ablation so I don't have anything anymore but the PMS and all of its friends are still very prevelent. I've really been trying to sub in fruits and veggies when I feel overly hungry. I'm not a fan of avocado, unfortunately. I really think a lot of it is stress and I just need to find a way to deal with it without food as I did in the past. Thanks for your suggestions and support!!

I wondered as I wrote it if you were an avocado fan or not. Win some, lose some.

Bumbershoot, did my pie week inspire you?

Mmm, pie.... In Olympia there used to be a pie place called Pie...When You Need It.

My friend and I thought it was a great name. Alas, they were almost never open.

They closed about a year later, but honestly, who could tell? They definitely did NOT have pie when WE needed it.

I had guacamole tonight. There were no ripe avocados. Drat.

 

[StayCool]

Well my weigh in was today and I was up 1.4 lbs. Not surprising to me in the least. I ended up having a crappy week and it went downhill from there. It wasn't as bad as it used to be, but obviously still wasn't great. So moving on. Hopefully some day I will be able to kick the emotional eating rollercoaster. For now, I'm starting fresh again today. Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[bumbershoot]

I feel your pain! I have weeks like that too. What works for me is trying to incorporate a lot of power foods into my day. Granted that is usually the opposite of what I really want to eat, but it doesn't leave much room in my tummy for much of the bad stuff. Hang in there! Persistence, not perfection!

Love that!

Well my weigh in was today and I was up 1.4 lbs. Not surprising to me in the least. I ended up having a crappy week and it went downhill from there. It wasn't as bad as it used to be, but obviously still wasn't great. So moving on. Hopefully some day I will be able to kick the emotional eating rollercoaster. For now, I'm starting fresh again today. Hope everyone has a great day!

Glad you didn't let it mess with your head!

 

[coastgirl]

How did I not know this??

The mobile ap has a restaurants tab, where you can view chains in their entirety. So for instance if I went to Tim Horton's (Cdn coffee chain) I'd search for key words in the "find foods" list and then check the restaurant tab, but could only find what I knew to look for. Now i know I can click on "Tim Horton's" in the restaurant list and see most of the menu items and choose THAT way. How did I not know that??

Good thing I (finally) read last week's weekly.

I see there are actually more US chains than Cdn, even in my Cdn version, so that should help when we're on vacation. I don't know if my app will "log in" to the US site while I"m there or just keep giving me the same old, same old. Still, this is really useful!

Up two weeks in a row and struggling to stay motivated. There were reasons, but if I don't see a loss tomorrow--even a relative loss if not a net loss--I'm going to be wavering, I fear. This week has been "good", I've got most of my weeklies left and I earned and ate a decent number of APs. Wish me luck for tomorrow's WI.

I promise I will try to catch up...we are less than three weeks out from our trip AND the new job is still whupping my butt, so time to play is diminished.

 

[bumbershoot]

Good luck for WI tomorrow!

 

[robinb]

And today I hit the top of my healthy weight range. I'm at a healthy BMI, which is just unbelievable!

Molly, how the heck did I miss this?!? Congratulations!!

 

[LockShockBarrel]

I don't know what the hell I was thinking today. Today was really the first day since joining WW that I really said 'screw it' and did what I wanted at least part of the day. I didn't even enjoy it.

I had a bagel for breakfast with a little peanut butter which was fine because I knew I wouldn't eat again for awhile. Then I ended up going out with a friend and ate my new "regular" order at Red Robin and was fine with that, didn't even eat all my fries and only had one pop. After that we ended up at Cold Stone Creamery. I don't even really care for their stuff because I think it's ridiculously priced. I had a small size but with a lot of mix in stuff (one of their signature thingies). We saw Pacific Rim then came home and I mixed myself a drink. I know I'm way over on daily points, I took a good chunk out of my weeklies which I shouldn't be that worried about because I rarely use too many of them, and we're skipping a week of the at work sessions (and yes I know I could go to a center) because over half the group is out of a town so I have time to "fix" things.

I know somewhere in my head that it's not like I ruined everything with my eating tonight and that its totally allowed with the weekly allowance, I guess my thought process is just skewed. In the "old days" this would have felt like nothing and I would have had a bigger burger, more pop and a bigger ice cream so technically this is an improvement, but compared to how I've been doing this feels like a huge failure.

I guess what throws me most is I didn't even enjoy it. I liked everything I ate and drank sure, but I've had this thought that "cheating" would be like OH YEAH I MISS THIS and its not. It doesn't feel like this big splurge like I thought it would...maybe because it wasn't something I was like..looking forward to like I'm dying waiting for our county fair. Now I sort of question how I'll feel then, or even how I'll feel during any future Disney trips because the fair and Disney to me are very food based events for me. Could it possibly be...the world doesn't revolve around food

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Well, I had my second meeting and so my first week of weight watchers gave me a loss of - drumroll ......... 1.4 lbs. Kind of lame but better than nothing. I was really perfect on the plan too. I ended up with about half my weeklies leftover and most of my activity points leftover. I am used to losing 4-6 lbs the first week of any diet so I am a bit letdown- but this eating plan feels healthy, smart, and sustainable over the long-term so I am not going to stick with it. They say it is better to lose slowly, right?

LockShockBarrell- your day of mayhem sounds like a letdown- I guess that is a good thing since you will be less likely to repeat it. I have only been doing weight watchers for a week so I have no desire to have a free-for-all YET, but I know it will happen eventually and I will try to remember what a lack of pay-off it was for you.

Yesterday I took my sons to NYC for a day of sightseeing. I was nervous about staying on track but it turned out fine. I inadvertently came in a few under on my points. Normally I would find something to eat to reach 26 but it was so late by the time I got home I had to hit the sack. I calculated our walking yesterday and it came in between 5 and 6 miles.

New challenge today- it is my birthday-and the kids will want cake.

 

[rainboots]

Hi!
My very first post on DISBoards, and it is about my weight loss journey.... Gotta find motivation wherever I can, right?
My name is Cari, and I started WW (this time) on May 1. By the end of June, I lost 20 pounds, and here I sit. It is the end of July and I am stagnant. I did WW back in 2004-2006, and was successful, never to goal, but close. Then along came the kids...

We are planning an early February trip to WDW, and I would really like to be close to goal by then. I would like to say it is because I want to be healthy and not have aches and pains while walking the parks, but mostly, I just want to look good in my pictures! I want to hold my head high and be confident, and not spend 30 seconds each picture trying to adjust to how I might look thinnest.

Anyhow! I am excited to join in, I can't wait to 'meet' you all!

 

[eh24fan]

I don't know what the hell I was thinking today. Today was really the first day since joining WW that I really said 'screw it' and did what I wanted at least part of the day. I didn't even enjoy it.

I had a bagel for breakfast with a little peanut butter which was fine because I knew I wouldn't eat again for awhile. Then I ended up going out with a friend and ate my new "regular" order at Red Robin and was fine with that, didn't even eat all my fries and only had one pop. After that we ended up at Cold Stone Creamery. I don't even really care for their stuff because I think it's ridiculously priced. I had a small size but with a lot of mix in stuff (one of their signature thingies). We saw Pacific Rim then came home and I mixed myself a drink. I know I'm way over on daily points, I took a good chunk out of my weeklies which I shouldn't be that worried about because I rarely use too many of them, and we're skipping a week of the at work sessions (and yes I know I could go to a center) because over half the group is out of a town so I have time to "fix" things.

I know somewhere in my head that it's not like I ruined everything with my eating tonight and that its totally allowed with the weekly allowance, I guess my thought process is just skewed. In the "old days" this would have felt like nothing and I would have had a bigger burger, more pop and a bigger ice cream so technically this is an improvement, but compared to how I've been doing this feels like a huge failure.

I guess what throws me most is I didn't even enjoy it. I liked everything I ate and drank sure, but I've had this thought that "cheating" would be like OH YEAH I MISS THIS and its not. It doesn't feel like this big splurge like I thought it would...maybe because it wasn't something I was like..looking forward to like I'm dying waiting for our county fair. Now I sort of question how I'll feel then, or even how I'll feel during any future Disney trips because the fair and Disney to me are very food based events for me. Could it possibly be...the world doesn't revolve around food

I did something similar last night -- I had a piece of pepperoni pizza, a slice of bacon pizza and an order of fries -- all from our local pizza place. It was really good, but then after dinner I just felt full and not good. In the end, it definintely wasn't worth the points!

 

[bumbershoot]

Molly, how the heck did I miss this?!? Congratulations!!

Thank you!

I don't know what the hell I was thinking today. Today was really the first day since joining WW that I really said 'screw it' and did what I wanted at least part of the day. I didn't even enjoy it.

I had a bagel for breakfast with a little peanut butter which was fine because I knew I wouldn't eat again for awhile. Then I ended up going out with a friend and ate my new "regular" order at Red Robin and was fine with that, didn't even eat all my fries and only had one pop. After that we ended up at Cold Stone Creamery. I don't even really care for their stuff because I think it's ridiculously priced. I had a small size but with a lot of mix in stuff (one of their signature thingies). We saw Pacific Rim then came home and I mixed myself a drink. I know I'm way over on daily points, I took a good chunk out of my weeklies which I shouldn't be that worried about because I rarely use too many of them, and we're skipping a week of the at work sessions (and yes I know I could go to a center) because over half the group is out of a town so I have time to "fix" things.

I know somewhere in my head that it's not like I ruined everything with my eating tonight and that its totally allowed with the weekly allowance, I guess my thought process is just skewed. In the "old days" this would have felt like nothing and I would have had a bigger burger, more pop and a bigger ice cream so technically this is an improvement, but compared to how I've been doing this feels like a huge failure.

I guess what throws me most is I didn't even enjoy it. I liked everything I ate and drank sure, but I've had this thought that "cheating" would be like OH YEAH I MISS THIS and its not. It doesn't feel like this big splurge like I thought it would...maybe because it wasn't something I was like..looking forward to like I'm dying waiting for our county fair. Now I sort of question how I'll feel then, or even how I'll feel during any future Disney trips because the fair and Disney to me are very food based events for me. Could it possibly be...the world doesn't revolve around food

Its weird how the world doesn't revolve around food, isn't it? I thought it did (and with wdw it kind of does but mainly so we have tasty "fuel" for our days).

For DH it would be blamed on the cold stone. He reacts weirdly to corn syrup and all their vanilla-base favors have it. He and DS can only Jane chocolate there bc it's not corn syrup based. Some people have wild reaction to that sweetener and it can be the cause of a binge. Not that yours was such a thing, you controlled it, but it seems to have surprised you!

Well, I had my second meeting and so my first week of weight watchers gave me a loss of - drumroll ......... 1.4 lbs. Kind of lame but better than nothing. I was really perfect on the plan too. I ended up with about half my weeklies leftover and most of my activity points leftover. I am used to losing 4-6 lbs the first week of any diet so I am a bit letdown- but this eating plan feels healthy, smart, and sustainable over the long-term so I am not going to stick with it. They say it is better to lose slowly, right?

LockShockBarrell- your day of mayhem sounds like a letdown- I guess that is a good thing since you will be less likely to repeat it. I have only been doing weight watchers for a week so I have no desire to have a free-for-all YET, but I know it will happen eventually and I will try to remember what a lack of pay-off it was for you.

Yesterday I took my sons to NYC for a day of sightseeing. I was nervous about staying on track but it turned out fine. I inadvertently came in a few under on my points. Normally I would find something to eat to reach 26 but it was so late by the time I got home I had to hit the sack. I calculated our walking yesterday and it came in between 5 and 6 miles.

New challenge today- it is my birthday-and the kids will want cake.

1.4 is great even for a first week. Did you eat more veggies and fruits than normal? More whole grains? Just keep going and see what happens the next couple weeks.

I'm biased but yes I think a bit slower is a nice way to lose. But I have horrid self esteem issues that I've needed to slowly work on, so a super fast loss would have been hard on my mind. Slowish and steady gets you there the same as if you'd lost 5 lbs this first week.

 

[StayCool]

How do you deal with the carb cravings? I'm a carb addict. I love bread, pasta, candy... My goal right now is to eliminate carbs from my morning at the very least. So no more cereal and I have been sticking to eggs most mornings. Does this get better? I know I can have *anything* in moderation, but I really need to get this under control. It's like I can be completely full, but I still have to have carbs before bed. Usually in the form of ice cream. Erf.

 

[jdanjou]

How do you deal with the carb cravings? I'm a carb addict. I love bread, pasta, candy... My goal right now is to eliminate carbs from my morning at the very least. So no more cereal and I have been sticking to eggs most mornings. Does this get better? I know I can have *anything* in moderation, but I really need to get this under control. It's like I can be completely full, but I still have to have carbs before bed. Usually in the form of ice cream. Erf.

Eat your carbs! I am a carb freak! I love potatoes and chips and ice cream and bread and pasta...and I eat them. I just make sure to pair it with some protein. I'm not willing to give that stuff up for the rest of my life so I plan them into my day and week. I can't function if I don't have carbs for breakfast. I try to make bread light, and whole grain, and I buy the high fiber pasta (hate whole wheat) and its lower in points than the real stuff, but satisfies my cravings.

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