Weight Watchers Chat

[dthogue]

Went to first meeting today I have so much to learn. They have no points calculators and have no idea when they will get any. I tried to get my bestfriend to try WW and she did not seem interested. I know that most times a buddy system works wonders Would love to hear what otehr snacks you all eat and how many points they are. I am am big sweets person, and of course must have diet coke.

Welcome Catira - I know its frustrating about the points calculator - it will be harder to shop without it. Hopefully they will be available soon. Sorry your friend didn't join with you, maybe once she sees how successful you are on the prgram, she will change her mind - in the meantime, we can all be your buddies.

tammy

 

[dthogue]

Woohoo, on going to your first meeting!!! Do you have etools? If so you can use the calculator there also if you have an iphone or android phone there are tons of ww apps.

As for snacks I love my chocolate, chocolate chip vitatop muffin 3pt+. Now that fruit is free I eat a lot more fruit for a snack. I also buy the blue diamond 100 cal. pack of almonds (3pt+). Sugar free black cherry jello(0pt+) is really good too. Those are a few of my quick go to snacks.

Stephanie - did you see the Hungry Girl special on the 24 pack of chocolate vitatops??? I think it was a chocolate variety pack of 24 for $29.00 w/ free shipping? I am trying to decide if I should buy it - I LOVE chocolate!

Tammy

 

[dthogue]

Sounds Yummy! Gonna try it as soon as I restock on apples!

I need to buy a scale. I am sure it will be an eye opener. I know just measuring stuff in a measuring cup was depressing


I think that is just sad that they dont have point calculators for you. Seems to me that is the core of the program, and if they take your money they should give you the keys.

Stayed on plan today. But I did calculate the points for a Shamrock shake (15 for those who care) so I think when I loose 15 lbs that will be my treat! lol

I love Shamrock Shakes, but 15 points on my goodness!

Tammy

 

[Sandi]

Sorry it took so long to reply. I attempted to reply yesterday and went to preview my post and some how must of hit the right combo of keys and X out of the Disboards some how! So let me try this again!

Not sure I have any secrets really or not but I believe a big portion of my 3lbs weight gain the week before the 4.2 loss was sodium and my really poor food choices the night before weigh in which had the sodium. I also only worked out 3 days that week and I normally get in 4-5 days a week. I also think in general that week I wasn't watching as closely as normal. So after my horrific weight gain I told myself that I was going to lose that 3lbs plus 1...or that's what I was hoping for. So that week I ended up working out 6 days and I increased my water in take. I typically drink at least 68oz a day at work. Last week I was probably getting 90+ a day last week. I also wasn't eating/snacking past probably past 7 last week. Not sure if the not eating past a certain time had anything to do with it though really.

I'm honestly not sure if I would of lost that much weight in a normal week. Like I said I believe most of it was water weight. I don't lose like that normally at all. And now that I'm closer to goal the harder it is getting that is for sure.

I think I wouldn't probably lose at all really if I didn't work out. I'm horrible on the weekends with tracking and I typically eat what I want in moderation and call my weekly points and activity points gone because of the weekends. So M-F I stay within my points typically. Ever so often I may have a bad day during the week.

Well I hope everyone is have a good week so far! Looks like we have a lot of new people posting on this thread these days.

I appreciate your taking the time to respond. I know working out is key to my having good results inches-wise, but sometimes I am so hungry from working out that I eat more (still within the acceptable points) and have little gains. It's frustrating.

I had my WI today and was up 0.8 pounds. I have been playing with this same couple of pounds for 6 weeks. It is very disheartening. The meeting theme was portion control and I think I'm just going to have to measure everything this week so that I can honestly say next week that I am doing everything right. I think the "measuring by looking" may be the culprit.

Our Leader's quote of the day was: "If you kinda follow plan, you'll kinda succeed. If you really follow plan, you'll really succeed." So, I'm going to "really" follow plan this week.

 

[Sandi]

Ok, this was probably my last check in before I leave for WDW Friday morning. Wish my luck staying on track, and I will let you know the damage , I have to weigh in almost as soon as I return...

Maria

So jealous Maria! We head to WDW in 6 more Fridays. Good luck on your trip, but make sure to have fun. You'll be getting lots of exercise, so be sure to count that, too. We all look forward to your checking in when you return.

 

[sjms71]

They are 3 pp each - sorry I forgot this isn't the WW message where we aren't "allowed" to post pps

Tammy

Thanks Tammy, that's pretty good. I use to keep a lot of the bars just for a quicky if I needed it. But ever since WW went to pts+ the bars I bought went up to like 5pts so decided it wasn't worth it

Stephanie - did you see the Hungry Girl special on the 24 pack of chocolate vitatops??? I think it was a chocolate variety pack of 24 for $29.00 w/ free shipping? I am trying to decide if I should buy it - I LOVE chocolate!

Tammy

I got an email on this and was looking at it myself. I buy mine at Costco. They only sell the deep chocolate and they are $9.99 for 12. So, that is pretty good. I also buy Better n peanut butter (2pts) and spread that on my heated deep chocolate vitatop and some ff whip cream. Yum, the entire thing is 5pts but worth it to me.

 

[sjms71]

I had my WI today and was up 0.8 pounds. I have been playing with this same couple of pounds for 6 weeks. It is very disheartening. The meeting theme was portion control and I think I'm just going to have to measure everything this week so that I can honestly say next week that I am doing everything right. I think the "measuring by looking" may be the culprit.

Our Leader's quote of the day was: "If you kinda follow plan, you'll kinda succeed. If you really follow plan, you'll really succeed." So, I'm going to "really" follow plan this week.

hang in there Sandi, it will come off, we are down to the nitty gritty and those are always the hardest. I think you are right that "eyeing" things sometimes can get you into trouble.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Well, I'm back and I'm down 0.6! I'll take it! I would have obviously preferred more, but that makes 4 pounds in two weeks and that feels wonderful to me especially with the way things have been going lately.

We havent been posting menus lately so I thought I'd let you know what my day is going to be like today...

Breakfast: (6pts)
Branflakes and milk and vitimans
I always eat light on Wednesday mornings because its Weigh In Day!

Lunch: (7pts)
Milk, Sole fillet, Salsa stir fry (1 green pepper, 2 onions, 1 zucchini, 2T soy sauce, 1/2C salsa) I have stir fry leftovers for tomorrow.
Vegetarian Chili (1 cup) Here's the recipe if you would like to have a look at that: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Insanely-Easy-Vegetarian-Chili/Detail.aspx
Strawberries

Lunch took a while to make with all that peeling, chopping and cooking so I snacked on grapes while I was making it. I was hungry!


Supper: (11pts)
Oktoberfest sausage, white rice, veggies, grilled zucchini with olive oil and basil.


That leaves me with 5 Daily points leftover so hopefully, I wont have to dip into my WPA points today.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Oh, I'm aching to return to Disney!! Reading about all your upcoming trips is really putting me in the mood to go back. I hope you all have a wonderful time and please post pictures when you come back to us!

 

[MinnieTink]

Hey everyone! This thread is great! It's great to share in others triumphs and also know many share the same frustrations...

Anyway, weighed in today, down 4.4 lbs! Much better than last week's gain! So my total is now down 11.8 in about a month.

Also thanks to whomever posted a link to skinny taste dot com. Great recipe ideas!

Good luck this week everyone!

 

[Sandi]

Well, I'm back and I'm down 0.6! I'll take it! I would have obviously preferred more, but that makes 4 pounds in two weeks and that feels wonderful to me especially with the way things have been going lately.

Yea Jess! Congratulations. You should feel wonderful.

Hey everyone! This thread is great! It's great to share in others triumphs and also know many share the same frustrations...

Anyway, weighed in today, down 4.4 lbs! Much better than last week's gain! So my total is now down 11.8 in about a month.

Wow, 4.4 is amazing. Congratulations.

hang in there Sandi, it will come off, we are down to the nitty gritty and those are always the hardest. I think you are right that "eyeing" things sometimes can get you into trouble.

Thanks Stephanie. I needed that hug. I'm back on the horse.

 

[sjms71]

Hey everyone! This thread is great! It's great to share in others triumphs and also know many share the same frustrations...

Anyway, weighed in today, down 4.4 lbs! Much better than last week's gain! So my total is now down 11.8 in about a month.

Also thanks to whomever posted a link to skinny taste dot com. Great recipe ideas!

Good luck this week everyone!

Awesome Job . I love skinnytaste!

 

[brookelizabeth]

Ok, now I am mesmerized by your PTR and all your pictures!! Your son is so adorable. Have a great time. We will be overlapping our two weeks. We will be arriving on 3/5-3/19 staying POR and then CBR.

Oh, thank you! Very sweet.

Maybe our paths will cross! If you spot a red head toddler with a brown stroller it just might be us!

I have got to check out this skinnytaste.com site - our regular routine of meals is getting a bit boring.

 

[MickeyMom82]

Hello all!
I joined Weight Watchers in Oct. 08. Had great success. I lost 70lbs in 7 months and became a lifetime member.

I somehow thought I knew it all and stopped going to meetings. I have since gained 20lbs!

So I have rejoined (online) and am now trying to get back on track! I love this thread. It helps to read about what others are doing to stay on track. I am hoping to be back to my goal weight before my next Disney trip in August.

 

[sjms71]

Hello all!
I joined Weight Watchers in Oct. 08. Had great success. I lost 70lbs in 7 months and became a lifetime member.

I somehow thought I knew it all and stopped going to meetings. I have since gained 20lbs!

So I have rejoined (online) and am now trying to get back on track! I love this thread. It helps to read about what others are doing to stay on track. I am hoping to be back to my goal weight before my next Disney trip in August.

Welcome! 70lbs in 7 months, WoW, congrats on that. Glad to see you are getting back on track. Good luck.

 

[disbabyndaddy]

Just joined WW on-line and DH is doing it with me. Our son is getting married at the end of the summer= big motivation!

I'm in my fifth week of WW online and going well -- really enjoy it. I asked my DH if he'd like to join, and we're curious -- I know it depends on weight, but in general, how many points a day to men get?

 

[sjms71]

Well, I'm back and I'm down 0.6! I'll take it! I would have obviously preferred more, but that makes 4 pounds in two weeks and that feels wonderful to me especially with the way things have been going lately.

We havent been posting menus lately so I thought I'd let you know what my day is going to be like today...

Breakfast: (6pts)
Branflakes and milk and vitimans
I always eat light on Wednesday mornings because its Weigh In Day!

Lunch: (7pts)
Milk, Sole fillet, Salsa stir fry (1 green pepper, 2 onions, 1 zucchini, 2T soy sauce, 1/2C salsa) I have stir fry leftovers for tomorrow.
Vegetarian Chili (1 cup) Here's the recipe if you would like to have a look at that: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Insanely-Easy-Vegetarian-Chili/Detail.aspx
Strawberries

Lunch took a while to make with all that peeling, chopping and cooking so I snacked on grapes while I was making it. I was hungry!


Supper: (11pts)
Oktoberfest sausage, white rice, veggies, grilled zucchini with olive oil and basil.


That leaves me with 5 Daily points leftover so hopefully, I wont have to dip into my WPA points today.

Great Job Jess! Your salsa stir fry sounds yummy!

 

[brookelizabeth]

I'll share my menu from today:

Fruit, yogurt & Fiber One - 4 pps

4 piece chicken nuggets, apple slices, diet coke - 5 pps
1/2 small shamrock shake - 6 pps (and worth every single sip!)

ww string cheese - 1 pps

pasta w/ turkey meatballs - 10 pps
1 slice ww wheat bread - 1 pps
1 c spinach - 0 pps

2 points left....I'm all thrown off in getting my Healthy Guidelines in because we were running around today (hence the McD's lunch).

ETA - made probably a bad choice for those last 2 pps, but chose a piece of chocolate! It's rare that I crave it, so I went for it!

 

[kjs1976]

brookelizabeth - thanks for the shamrock shake points post! These are DH and my favs! I was wondering the point value....good for you to only sticking to 1/2 of a SMALL! If I decide to go over into my PTSplus, I will be doing it for one of these!

 

[dthogue]

On the Points Plus Plan, I'm pretty sure you're going to have to count the apple since you've cooked it.

From everything that I have read, you don't have to count points if you cook fruit!!!

Tammy