Weight Watchers Chat

[OneBadApple]

Hi all,

I just found this thread and would love to join in. I joined WW 10 years ago and lost 36 lbs in 6 months. Over the next 5 years I kept it off, but after that I start putting it back on. On Jan 2 of this year, I was almost back to my original starting weight from 10 years ago. Since then I have lost 23 pounds and only have less than 2 lbs to go to reach my goal. I'm really hoping to be there on my next weigh in this coming Saturday. I'm still doing it the way the program was set up 10 years ago, and since I have lost 23 lbs I know that it works. I'm also not counting activity points, but have bumped up my daily point allowance up by 2 points per day.

Yesterday I had 20 points:
1/2C oatmeal
1C 1% milk
3 slices Canadian bacon
Shakeology (Made with 1% milk)
tuna with light mayo on Arnold Sandwich thins
Progresso Light Chicken Noodle soup
2 pieces of 1pt chocolate.

60 minutes cycling class
15 minutes running on treadmill

Yesterday was bad as I had no fruits or veggies.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

I missed weigh-in last week, so today I went in. I had been on a plateau of sorts, losing very slowly. But I swam a little and walked a lot, tracked my points and I lost 6.2 pounds. So now I have lost 69 pounds!

A quick tip for summer time, a small peach (less than 6 oz) is 0 points according to the Complete Food Companion! Yummy!

This week is going to be hard, because today is my son's birthday, I made him a cake, then another friend has her daughter's birthday party Saturday, and my son's birthday party is on Sunday.

 

[mrzrich]

Weighed in last night. Down 2 lbs. For a total of 22 lbs. 1 more pound to my 10% goal.

 

[OneBadApple]

I missed weigh-in last week, so today I went in. I had been on a plateau of sorts, losing very slowly. But I swam a little and walked a lot, tracked my points and I lost 6.2 pounds. So now I have lost 69 pounds!

A quick tip for summer time, a small peach (less than 6 oz) is 0 points according to the Complete Food Companion! Yummy!

This week is going to be hard, because today is my son's birthday, I made him a cake, then another friend has her daughter's birthday party Saturday, and my son's birthday party is on Sunday.

Weighed in last night. Down 2 lbs. For a total of 22 lbs. 1 more pound to my 10% goal.

Congrats to you both on the weight loss.

 

[disykat]

Does any one else find themselves LOVING the stickers?

I finally lost 15 lbs after a three week plateau so I got another 5 pound sticker! In the next month, I'm hoping for my 10% goal, 20 pounds, and my 16 week stay and succeed award.

I never thought I'd be so excited about stickers, etc. but, I admit it, I am!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Does any one else find themselves LOVING the stickers?

I finally lost 15 lbs after a three week plateau so I got another 5 pound sticker! In the next month, I'm hoping for my 10% goal, 20 pounds, and my 16 week stay and succeed award.

I never thought I'd be so excited about stickers, etc. but, I admit it, I am!

Plateaus are so frustrating, congratulations on breaking through!

I love stickers too, and the keyring and charms are really nice rewards!

BRAVO!

 

[joha]

Hi peeps!
Congrats on the weight loss. I love the stickers as well...
Finally made my 10%! Hope to keep the momentum going.

 

[Karalea]

Hi All!

I weigh in tonight and hoping for more stickers either this week or next. Another 3.2 lbs and I get my 5% sticker and my 10 lb sticker. I really want that 10 lb sticker. I was so proud of my 5 lb sticker I showed it to my entire family. They didn't get it. I am glad I am not the only one who thinks those things they are great.

This is the 1st plan in 20 years that I have been successful on and feel like I can actually stick to for life. It is going slow - 6.8 lbs in 4 weeks but I am finally lossing

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

There is a recipe on Weight Watcher's .com that I am making tonight

Slow Cooker Burritos, they are great, my husband and daughter love them. DS doesn't eat much meat so he doesn't care for them, I just make him a cheese quesadilla and he is happy.

Using the slow cooker in the summer is great, you can fix it and leave it for the afternoon and come home to something yummy! ANd it doesn't heat up the kitchen.

 

[OneBadApple]

Hi All!

I weigh in tonight and hoping for more stickers either this week or next. Another 3.2 lbs and I get my 5% sticker and my 10 lb sticker. I really want that 10 lb sticker. I was so proud of my 5 lb sticker I showed it to my entire family. They didn't get it. I am glad I am not the only one who thinks those things they are great.

This is the 1st plan in 20 years that I have been successful on and feel like I can actually stick to for life. It is going slow - 6.8 lbs in 4 weeks but I am finally lossing

Good luck on your weigh in.

 

[OneBadApple]

There is a recipe on Weight Watcher's .com that I am making tonight

Slow Cooker Burritos, they are great, my husband and daughter love them. DS doesn't eat much meat so he doesn't care for them, I just make him a cheese quesadilla and he is happy.

Using the slow cooker in the summer is great, you can fix it and leave it for the afternoon and come home to something yummy! ANd it doesn't heat up the kitchen.

I'll have to go check it out.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I just discovered this thread today. Mind if I join in? I've been a Lifetime Member since March 2007 and lost 70lbs. I find that it's a daily struggle to keep if all off. I go to my meetings and track everything (I actually plan my meals for the week every week) and just joined e-tools about a month ago. I love that tracker! It's hard some days not to slip back into the old ways and just eat everything in sight. Some days I feel that I'm just one bite away from a major binge.

Anyway, congratulations to all of you on your weight losses.
I'm really enjoying this thread.

 

[Sandi]

Hi there,

I'm a lifetimer, too. I lapsed, however, and am back on the weight loss train. So far so good and look to be back at my goal weight in a few months.

In the intervening time, I have a trip to WDW scheduled (yea!). Is anyone aware of any website or other tool that has calculated the points values for any counter service restaurants at WDW? I know I can try to figure things out for myself, but if someone else has done the work, I'd love to find that.

Thanks for any help!

 

[robinb]

Hi everyone! I have now been doing WW for a year and managed to lose a whopping 18 lbs. OK ... I had some bad personal bumps in the road (my mom was in the hospital for all of August and I ate out 3 meals of comfort food per day) but even so I have been on a terrible plateau for months. I finally broke it today . I lost 3.8 lbs since my last weigh in on 6/2 and that is A LOT for me. I had a long talk today with my leader and I am going to be tracking and showing her my tracker every week. I think that will help. I am HOPING for my 10% goal next week even with the big holiday weekend ahead of me.

I think that part of my plateau problem was two-fold. First of all, I lose a point every time I go down to the next 10's spot and I really didn't want to do that. Secondly, I am around the weight where I was the LAST time I tried to seriously lose weight so I feel like I am still just starting. It's not a real success yet since I am still at what I consider my "fat weight". *sigh*

Once I lose another 10 lbs I'll feel like I am am really going.

The good news is that my leader says that I should have no problem on maintenance since I am going low and slow and it's obvious that I can maintain my weight. I don't know if she was half kidding or not .

Anyway ... today is the start of a new week for me. I hope to add some more walking since my physical therapy seems to be working.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Hi everyone! I have now been doing WW for a year and managed to lose a whopping 18 lbs. OK ... I had some bad personal bumps in the road (my mom was in the hospital for all of August and I ate out 3 meals of comfort food per day) but even so I have been on a terrible plateau for months. I finally broke it today . I lost 3.8 lbs since my last weigh in on 6/2 and that is A LOT for me. I had a long talk today with my leader and I am going to be tracking and showing her my tracker every week. I think that will help. I am HOPING for my 10% goal next week even with the big holiday weekend ahead of me.

I think that part of my plateau problem was two-fold. First of all, I lose a point every time I go down to the next 10's spot and I really didn't want to do that. Secondly, I am around the weight where I was the LAST time I tried to seriously lose weight so I feel like I am still just starting. It's not a real success yet since I am still at what I consider my "fat weight". *sigh*

Once I lose another 10 lbs I'll feel like I am am really going.

The good news is that my leader says that I should have no problem on maintenance since I am going low and slow and it's obvious that I can maintain my weight. I don't know if she was half kidding or not .

Anyway ... today is the start of a new week for me. I hope to add some more walking since my physical therapy seems to be working.

I'm glad you finally broken the plateau and congratulations on your 3.8lbs

I'm sure your leader wasn't kidding you when she said you would do well on maintenance -- I think she would know what she's talking about and I also think that she wouldn't be allowed to lie to you.

Please don't dismiss all of your hard work and your weight loss by saying that you still consider yourself to be at your "fat weight". Visualize 18 pounds of butter sitting on your counter and you may be able to change how you look at that.

Good luck with your next 10lbs!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I have 8 pounds to lose and I'm going for 1 pound per week. Anyone else want to make a commitment for over the summer?

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I'm talking to myself, aren't I?!

 

[mrzrich]

Nah, just normally slower on weekends, and this weekend being a holiday mad it even slower.

I had a rough weekend, chicken wings and Long Island Iced Tea

But did get on the treadmill tonight.

 

[sjms71]

I've been doing WW(meetings) since the end of October. I have lost about 43 LBS. Would like to have a goal of 8 more pounds by September's Disney vacation. However, I had a really tough holiday weekend too. Although I did walk a lot the last few days I just feel my eating wasn't the best. I'll be lucky if I break even at this weeks weigh in.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Well, I missed by goal of 1lb for this week but I am down 0.6. Since I can't post myself a sticker, I'm giving myself a smiley guy. Normally, I weigh in on Wednesday morning around 9:30 but this week I weighed in yesterday after lunch so that may have made a little bit of a difference. My goal was 8lbs in 8 weeks and at the moment I have 7.4 lbs to lose and 7 weeks to go. I weighed in exactly 1lb below my goal but I have an upcoming trip to Disney and I know I'll gain between 7 & 10 pounds while there (because it's all about the food for me!) so I want to get down as much as I can before I go so that I dont have to worry about what I'm eating and also so that I wont have as much to lose when I return if I'm above my goal.

I want to commit to sticking with my points this week. Maybe by telling everyone that this is what I want to do I will make myself more accountable. I can usually do really well for the first few days but once the weekend arrives, I usually lose my momentum and start eating points that I dont actually have. I dont excerise on purpose so I dont earn any extra points that way.

So today already I've had 3pts for breakfast (cereal + milk), 5 pts for lunch (cantaloupe + cottage cheese) and dinner tonight is 8 pts -- my FIL's homemade Italian sausage with rice and veggies. Then, after dinner, a 2pt bowl of yogurt and cool whip. Cant seem to get enough cool whip lately! That uses up all 18 of my daily points allowance for today and 0 weekly points.

Anyway, wish me luck. I need to lose 1.4 pounds this week!