Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[Ariel484]

Well, that's not really motivating, is it? I would be pretty hacked off if something like that happened to me.

No...I think it's supposed to be motivating, but for me it wasn't. Luckily I was in such a good place mentally about the gain that it didn't bother me TOO much, but if I'd been upset about the gain I think it would have bothered me more.

Good luck with this week...I think you are doing great!!

Thank you!!!

 

[keahgirl8]

No...I think it's supposed to be motivating, but for me it wasn't. Luckily I was in such a good place mentally about the gain that it didn't bother me TOO much, but if I'd been upset about the gain I think it would have bothered me more. Thank you!!!

Mine talks to me all the time. I am still figuring out maintenance, so I am constantly going up and down a few pounds. The app doesn't like that.

 

[Ariel484]

Mine talks to me all the time. I am still figuring out maintenance, so I am constantly going up and down a few pounds. The app doesn't like that.

The app just needs to chill.

Good luck figuring out maintenance...seems like it could be frustrating in a way, yet obviously awesome.

 

[keahgirl8]

The app just needs to chill. Good luck figuring out maintenance...seems like it could be frustrating in a way, yet obviously awesome.

Yes! Frustrating, scary, awesome, confidence building...lots of things.

 

[bumbershoot]

Welcome back Ariel484.

"It sounds like some of you have great meetings, but I'd become disenchanted with mine awhile ago (part of it was the leader, I think, but I also don't agree with the mentality that you can never have dessert or "bad" foods or whatever - isn't that what makes Weight Watchers work for so many people?! - and that's what my meetings were like at work)..."

Yep, t style doesn't work for me at all. I remember an early meeting with my leader and she was talking about how many points she had consumed in a week in coffee creamer, and how it annoyed her so she started using some even lower calorie creamer product. And I piped up with the idea of her just using cream, because if you portion it it's not THAT much. With half and half and sugar, my daily allotment of coffee is 3 points, and I just don't see that as bad. For her, multiplying it by the week felt bad. So my style didn't work for her, and vice versa. I make it a point every few meetings to mention that we eat food-foods mainly with few food "products", just to make sure newbies know that it can be done! Maybe not as much wiggle room, and a commitment to portion control is necessary, but that's ok.

It's also why I doubt I'll ever work for WW because I eat full fat cheese and rarely drink milk especially not nonfat, and I'd be hard pressed to tell others to do so. . And I'd drive my members who want to eat in other ways nutty lol.


Weekends....remember that a gain immediately after that sort of weekend is temporary and isn't really undoing anything. It's generally just the weight of extra food in the belly and swelling from dehydration and alcohol. Get right back to the plan, drink water, and you'll be ok. If we let ourselves think do it as a "gain", and not just a temporary rise in the number, that's when our brains start lying to us and convincing us that we might as well just eat whatever because we blew it, etc etc.

This was fourth time I through too. Finally realized that life isn't fair, and that I can't eat what I want while looking and feeling like I want. Boo on the universe, but that's the way it is.

And my leader hit goal and quit nine times. It was her tenth time that stuck!

 

[bumbershoot]

I logged my weight into the app and then there was a pop-up...said something like, "Oh...you gained." Um, thanks? I can see that! There were 3-4 other sentences in the pop-up that I didn't take time to read...then 2 hours later something else came up in my notification center about getting re-committed and re-inspired. All for a small gain! I'm sure it is just pre-programmed to say those things with any gain...but it seemed like a bit much. Oh well! Here's to a new week! Have a great one, everyone!

It's meant to be helpful but I find it annoying. Really hurt my husband's feelings the first time. Doesn't do that to me this time, but I've accepted that gains happen and it doesn't mean that I'm a loser or a bad person etc etc. DH is far more emotional about weight than I am and that's saying something. Those who dislike it should write in about it each time so they can see if they should rethink it. IMHO apps shouldn't say things like that. My irritation involves the "it's your birthday" messages. When it's not my birthday. Tare just using that phrase because I tracked something. Ridiculous. And the "your tracker looks like an empty" something or other, when I've tracked all day. Even if it were empty I think it's silly.

And then maintenance "problems" with their system....I'm only required to weigh in once per month. But the tracker gets "angry" when I don't weigh in each week, getting progressive more irritated with each further week. It shouldn't do that. If requirement is once a month, then let a full two months go before you say anything (because I could do it beginning of June en end of July and still be maintenance-legal).

 

[Ariel484]

Yes! Frustrating, scary, awesome, confidence building...lots of things.

I definitely admire you for making it this far and tackling maintenance. You can do it!!

Welcome back Ariel484.

Thank you!!

"It sounds like some of you have great meetings, but I'd become disenchanted with mine awhile ago (part of it was the leader, I think, but I also don't agree with the mentality that you can never have dessert or "bad" foods or whatever - isn't that what makes Weight Watchers work for so many people?! - and that's what my meetings were like at work)..."

Yep, t style doesn't work for me at all. I remember an early meeting with my leader and she was talking about how many points she had consumed in a week in coffee creamer, and how it annoyed her so she started using some even lower calorie creamer product. And I piped up with the idea of her just using cream, because if you portion it it's not THAT much. With half and half and sugar, my daily allotment of coffee is 3 points, and I just don't see that as bad. For her, multiplying it by the week felt bad. So my style didn't work for her, and vice versa. I make it a point every few meetings to mention that we eat food-foods mainly with few food "products", just to make sure newbies know that it can be done! Maybe not as much wiggle room, and a commitment to portion control is necessary, but that's ok.

It's also why I doubt I'll ever work for WW because I eat full fat cheese and rarely drink milk especially not nonfat, and I'd be hard pressed to tell others to do so. . And I'd drive my members who want to eat in other ways nutty lol.

Your philosophy sounds a lot like mine. I still eat some processed stuff but mostly I try to stick to the "real" stuff. Except for Skinny Cow ice cream...that stuff is goooood.

Your coffee cream example made me think of a meeting where our leader was asking about eating-out strategies. I piped up and said that I make sure to always exercise earlier in the day if I know I'm going to eat out. And she was like, "right, so then that way you'll eat less or choose lower-calorie things when you're out because you don't want to undo the exercise!" When what I really meant was so that I could earn APs and then eat them later when I was out!! Oops!

Weekends....remember that a gain immediately after that sort of weekend is temporary and isn't really undoing anything. It's generally just the weight of extra food in the belly and swelling from dehydration and alcohol. Get right back to the plan, drink water, and you'll be ok. If we let ourselves think do it as a "gain", and not just a temporary rise in the number, that's when our brains start lying to us and convincing us that we might as well just eat whatever because we blew it, etc etc.

I know you're right!! Just tough to see it on the scale...I probably should have given myself another day or two before checking my weight.

Like I said, I read back through this whole thread and I really feel like you think through this stuff so reasonably and calmly, so thank you for your posts!

This was fourth time I through too. Finally realized that life isn't fair, and that I can't eat what I want while looking and feeling like I want. Boo on the universe, but that's the way it is.

I think I'm finally to that point and am starting to accept it. Life just isn't fair...especially when I have a (very supportive) husband with ca-razy metabolism. Hopefully our kiddos will inherit that from him.

And my leader hit goal and quit nine times. It was her tenth time that stuck!

WOW!! So impressed that she stuck with it...and glad to hear that it's sometimes difficult even for the "pros."

It's meant to be helpful but I find it annoying. Really hurt my husband's feelings the first time. Doesn't do that to me this time, but I've accepted that gains happen and it doesn't mean that I'm a loser or a bad person etc etc. DH is far more emotional about weight than I am and that's saying something. Those who dislike it should write in about it each time so they can see if they should rethink it. IMHO apps shouldn't say things like that.

I think my feelings would have been hurt too if I hadn't already been expecting a gain - and knew why I was going to have the gain - and made peace with it ahead of time. Seeing the message pop up was just kind of like an, "ummmmm okaaaay?" moment for me, thankfully. But if I'd worked hard all week, gained and then had that message I probably would have cried. So I can totally understand where your husband was coming from with that.

My irritation involves the "it's your birthday" messages. When it's not my birthday. Tare just using that phrase because I tracked something. Ridiculous. And the "your tracker looks like an empty" something or other, when I've tracked all day. Even if it were empty I think it's silly.

I didn't realize what you were talking about at first with the "it's your birthday" messages...then I remembered I got one last week. "Go track star, it's your birthday," or something. Yeah, it's a little much. I can see myself turning the notifications off soon.

And then maintenance "problems" with their system....I'm only required to weigh in once per month. But the tracker gets "angry" when I don't weigh in each week, getting progressive more irritated with each further week. It shouldn't do that. If requirement is once a month, then let a full two months go before you say anything (because I could do it beginning of June en end of July and still be maintenance-legal).

Yeah, that's annoying! Seems like there could be a simple setting somewhere in your online account to indicate that you're Lifetime and that you'll be weighing in less frequently. Definitely not a perfect system just yet!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Hi guys! I hope you guys will welcome a newbie....well newbie WW, not DISboards! I've finally talked my DH into trying WW online with me....bummer seeing how many points that man gets!! Here's hopeing to all our sucess!!

 

[keahgirl8]

Hi guys! I hope you guys will welcome a newbie....well newbie WW, not DISboards! I've finally talked my DH into trying WW online with me....bummer seeing how many points that man gets!! Here's hopeing to all our sucess!!

Of course! Welcome welcome! Good luck to you! Keep us posted!

 

[stayhomemom77]

I'm having a hard time staying consistent.

I'm doing GREAT with exercise. I walk the kids to and from school most days of the week and we are doing a couch to 5K training program together as a family...which means I walk/jog for 30-40 mins, 3 times a week for the 5K and walking to/from school is about 45 minutes per day, 5 days a week.

But the dieting part...that's not going so well.

In the interest of full disclosure (since keeping myself accountable is the only way I'm going to be successful) I did great from April 30th to May 8th and lost 9.5 lbs.

From the 9th to the 11th (weekend) I didn't track and went over my points and had a bit of a gain. Got right back on track on the Monday (12th), which lasted until Thursday and lost the gain, plus another pound so that I was then down 10 lbs total (as of Thurs, May 15th). That weekend and the following week were a nightmare!!

Last week I tried to get back on track again and had some success early in the week, but then fell apart over the weekend (anyone sensing a pattern here??).

So when I weighed in yesterday, I had gained all but 1.5 lbs of my original starting weight back again.

However...I'm back on track (AGAIN) and in 24 hours have lost 3.2 lbs. So I'm down a total of 4.7 lbs.

I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself...but we leave for our Mediterranean cruise on July 3rd...so I'd like to see myself stay on track from now until then. That's 25 days from yesterday up to and including the 3rd (which is a Thursday ).

I'm going to need all the help/support I can get!! I've recruited DH and DD to the cause and my sister is going to hold me accountable too! Much of my summer wardrobe is snug at present, so I'm hoping I can lose enough to make wearing them a little more comfortable.

 

[Ariel484]

Hi guys! I hope you guys will welcome a newbie....well newbie WW, not DISboards! I've finally talked my DH into trying WW online with me....bummer seeing how many points that man gets!! Here's hopeing to all our sucess!!

Welcome!! That DOES sound frustrating!

I'm having a hard time staying consistent.

I'm doing GREAT with exercise. I walk the kids to and from school most days of the week and we are doing a couch to 5K training program together as a family...which means I walk/jog for 30-40 mins, 3 times a week for the 5K and walking to/from school is about 45 minutes per day, 5 days a week.

But the dieting part...that's not going so well.

In the interest of full disclosure (since keeping myself accountable is the only way I'm going to be successful) I did great from April 30th to May 8th and lost 9.5 lbs.

From the 9th to the 11th (weekend) I didn't track and went over my points and had a bit of a gain. Got right back on track on the Monday (12th), which lasted until Thursday and lost the gain, plus another pound so that I was then down 10 lbs total (as of Thurs, May 15th). That weekend and the following week were a nightmare!!

Last week I tried to get back on track again and had some success early in the week, but then fell apart over the weekend (anyone sensing a pattern here??).

So when I weighed in yesterday, I had gained all but 1.5 lbs of my original starting weight back again.

However...I'm back on track (AGAIN) and in 24 hours have lost 3.2 lbs. So I'm down a total of 4.7 lbs.

I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself...but we leave for our Mediterranean cruise on July 3rd...so I'd like to see myself stay on track from now until then. That's 25 days from yesterday up to and including the 3rd (which is a Thursday ).

I'm going to need all the help/support I can get!! I've recruited DH and DD to the cause and my sister is going to hold me accountable too! Much of my summer wardrobe is snug at present, so I'm hoping I can lose enough to make wearing them a little more comfortable.

Congrats on your loss so far!...and on the Med cruise. I'm jealous!

I'm finding that what is really working for me this time is to plan, plan, plan. I get our dinners planned for the week and basically eat a similar lunch every day - that makes it easier for me to know what's coming up. I use the app on my phone and I've been pre-tracking by entering in almost everything for the day into the phone pretty early in the morning. That way I know where I'll stand throughout the whole day in case something else comes up.

It's really frustrating to get stuck in an up-and-down pattern...I totally sympathize. You can do it!!

 

[bellebookworm9]

Hello everyone! I'm Gretchen, and this is my second time trying WW. I first started over the summer of 2011, and lost about 20 pounds through that fall. Then my depression started acting up again and I lost all my motivation. From January through August of 2012, I was working full time at WDW, and I did lose some weight, mainly because I was too poor to eat very much. In fall 2012, I began my doctoral program in clinical audiology. I've gained quite a bit of weight since then, and I need to get down. My clothes are a little tight, I hate how my thighs are constantly rubbing together, and I just feel unhealthy. I'm only 23, but I've been at least a little overweight my whole life, I don't even know how to be thin and fit. Hopefully this time I can stick with the plan and be successful.

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

I'm having a hard time staying consistent.

I'm doing GREAT with exercise. I walk the kids to and from school most days of the week and we are doing a couch to 5K training program together as a family...which means I walk/jog for 30-40 mins, 3 times a week for the 5K and walking to/from school is about 45 minutes per day, 5 days a week.

But the dieting part...that's not going so well.

In the interest of full disclosure (since keeping myself accountable is the only way I'm going to be successful) I did great from April 30th to May 8th and lost 9.5 lbs.

From the 9th to the 11th (weekend) I didn't track and went over my points and had a bit of a gain. Got right back on track on the Monday (12th), which lasted until Thursday and lost the gain, plus another pound so that I was then down 10 lbs total (as of Thurs, May 15th). That weekend and the following week were a nightmare!!

Last week I tried to get back on track again and had some success early in the week, but then fell apart over the weekend (anyone sensing a pattern here??).

So when I weighed in yesterday, I had gained all but 1.5 lbs of my original starting weight back again.

However...I'm back on track (AGAIN) and in 24 hours have lost 3.2 lbs. So I'm down a total of 4.7 lbs.

I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself...but we leave for our Mediterranean cruise on July 3rd...so I'd like to see myself stay on track from now until then. That's 25 days from yesterday up to and including the 3rd (which is a Thursday ).

I'm going to need all the help/support I can get!! I've recruited DH and DD to the cause and my sister is going to hold me accountable too! Much of my summer wardrobe is snug at present, so I'm hoping I can lose enough to make wearing them a little more comfortable.

Great job on the exercise!!! Weekends are hard for me too, that's usually when we order pizza/chinese. It's helping that DH is doing WW too, so he can experience the whole counting thing (he's NEVER dieted before) and not being able to eat what he wants, when he want, however much he wants. This will be our first WW weekend, ug! But you're doing fantastic on your exercise, keep up the great work!

Hello everyone! I'm Gretchen, and this is my second time trying WW. I first started over the summer of 2011, and lost about 20 pounds through that fall. Then my depression started acting up again and I lost all my motivation. From January through August of 2012, I was working full time at WDW, and I did lose some weight, mainly because I was too poor to eat very much. In fall 2012, I began my doctoral program in clinical audiology. I've gained quite a bit of weight since then, and I need to get down. My clothes are a little tight, I hate how my thighs are constantly rubbing together, and I just feel unhealthy. I'm only 23, but I've been at least a little overweight my whole life, I don't even know how to be thin and fit. Hopefully this time I can stick with the plan and be successful.

Hang in there Gretchen! I remember those days hibernating to study and wanting to munch constantly! I don't know how to be thin and fit either, maybe we can learn together with help here.

 

[Gramontherun]

Great job on the exercise!!! Weekends are hard for me too, that's usually when we order pizza/chinese. It's helping that DH is doing WW too, so he can experience the whole counting thing (he's NEVER dieted before) and not being able to eat what he wants, when he want, however much he wants. This will be our first WW weekend, ug! But you're doing fantastic on your exercise, keep up the great work!



Hang in there Gretchen! I remember those days hibernating to study and wanting to munch constantly! I don't know how to be thin and fit either, maybe we can learn together with help here.

Long time ww. New to the Dis. Doing mostly simply filling. Have a loss of about 40 lbs over two years. but having trouble getting the last 10-15 off!

 

[stayhomemom77]

Down another 1.5 lbs today!

Hoping for a great rest of the week!

 

[Scrappy_Tink]

Down another 1.5 lbs today!

Hoping for a great rest of the week!

Congratulations!

I have a question....does anyone else here calculate fruit with the calculator? I know it's "Free", but let me near a food that's free, and I'll eat 10 bananas a day and gain weight! My DH says "You see any fat monkeys?" But still!

 

[lizzyb]

Mind if I join you?

I have had success with ww in the past but let the bad eating habit back. Joined back and started in Monday. Going well so far. Hoping to lose at least 15lbs my our disney trip.

 

[keahgirl8]

Mind if I join you? I have had success with ww in the past but let the bad eating habit back. Joined back and started in Monday. Going well so far. Hoping to lose at least 15lbs my our disney trip.

Not at all! Welcome! Congrats on your new start!

 

[lizzyb]

Not at all! Welcome! Congrats on your new start!

Thank you!

Does anyone mind sharing their low point meals/snacks?

Last night I made a Cabbage Roll Casserole from Skinny taste and it was low in points and delicious. They have some great recipes on there

 

[Ariel484]

Weigh-in day for me this morning! I got a little sloppy over the past few days and was up 0.4 pounds The app scolded me again! I'm going to really make an effort to be more careful this week...sitting at 4.2 pounds lost over 4 weeks, which I am happy with overall.

Thank you! Does anyone mind sharing their low point meals/snacks? Last night I made a Cabbage Roll Casserole from Skinny taste and it was low in points and delicious. They have some great recipes on there

Love SkinnyTaste! I've tried quite a few things from her site and only had one loser (forget what it was). She has cream cheese cupcakes that are really easy to make and (I think) are 3-4 PP.