Weight Watchers Chat

[Sandi]

You clicked, didn't you!!

I did. Just showed it to DD16 and I guess we'll be making a stop at Starring Rolls. One bite is probably 15 points plus.

 

[Good Ol Gal]

I did. Just showed it to DD16 and I guess we'll be making a stop at Starring Rolls. One bite is probably 15 points plus.

those looked sooo yummy!!

We'll be there the last week of March.. hope I can control myself!

 

[haleyknits]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I went to my first meeting today. I am really excited. A friend of mine is going to switch her weigh in days from Thursday to Wednesday so she can go to meetings with me.

I eat a lot of fruit and veggies, so I am having a difficult time eating enough points today. I am quite a few short

 

[disbabyndaddy]

Weigh in day... down .6 lbs. I am officially 10lbs lighter!!! I had a horrible weekend as far as making healthy choices, so I am pleasantly surprised to see a loss. I made 5% of my goal this week also. So a very happy weigh in for me!!!

Congratulations!!! Feels good, huh?? Have a great week!

 

[disbabyndaddy]

Sad to say I am doing the dining plan . This is the deal we are visiting some family from Sat -Mon. Then we will check into POR and do the dining plan for a week.

DH and I adore POR!! Have a blast and ENJOY! Yes, you're doing WW, but you'll also be on vacation. Make smart choices and enjoy your time at Disney World!

 

[GoofyMomInOhio]

Did you see the recipe for the Butternut squash fries in the Weekly this week? Well, I made them tonight -- they were really, really good! I'll definitely be doing that again! The thinner cut ones were the sweetest. I used the whole squash. Their recipe says that you will have the round part left over but I just decided to cook the whole thing. I used 4 tsp of canola oil on mine so that DH and I could get our oil points in. You guys should try it.

Thanks for the review! I'm going to try them this weekend.

 

[raykay23]

Hey everyone, dipping back in here.
Just had my 6 week weigh in, I didnt get to a meeting last week so in the last two weeks I am down 7 lb. That makes 20lb since I started in January.

 

[sjms71]

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I went to my first meeting today. I am really excited. A friend of mine is going to switch her weigh in days from Thursday to Wednesday so she can go to meetings with me.

I eat a lot of fruit and veggies, so I am having a difficult time eating enough points today. I am quite a few short

Hey Haley, glad you had a good first meeting and it's great you'll have a friend to do WW with. Make sure you eat all your points though. If you are struggling let us know and we can help. If I struggle with points I will eat higher point items instead of more food. Like regular cheese, milk instead of 0 fat, stuff like that. Also, what part of NC are you in?

DH and I adore POR!! Have a blast and ENJOY! Yes, you're doing WW, but you'll also be on vacation. Make smart choices and enjoy your time at Disney World!

Thank you, this will be my 3rd Disney trip while on WW so it is what it is. I will do my best and enjoy. We love POR too never stayed at CBR so figured we'd give that a try too since we have stayed at all the other mods. and POR being our favorite.

 

[haleyknits]

Hey Haley, glad you had a good first meeting and it's great you'll have a friend to do WW with. Make sure you eat all your points though. If you are struggling let us know and we can help. If I struggle with points I will eat higher point items instead of more food. Like regular cheese, milk instead of 0 fat, stuff like that. Also, what part of NC are you in?

Cheese I can do! I can just grab some cheese when I eat an apple. Yesterday I only ate 26 points. It would have been 15, but I had dh bring me a chicken sandwich on his way home from work. I don't want to add snacky type foods that I can overeat because that is what got me here in the first place, but portioned out things and milk are great.

I am in Gastonia, a little west of Charlotte. How about you?

 

[sjms71]

Cheese I can do! I can just grab some cheese when I eat an apple. Yesterday I only ate 26 points. It would have been 15, but I had dh bring me a chicken sandwich on his way home from work. I don't want to add snacky type foods that I can overeat because that is what got me here in the first place, but portioned out things and milk are great.

I am in Gastonia, a little west of Charlotte. How about you?

I am on the other side. I am in Holly Springs (Cary/Raleigh)

I love cheese so that's my go to higher point snack sometimes.

 

[disbabyndaddy]

Cheese I can do! I can just grab some cheese when I eat an apple. Yesterday I only ate 26 points. It would have been 15, but I had dh bring me a chicken sandwich on his way home from work. I don't want to add snacky type foods that I can overeat because that is what got me here in the first place, but portioned out things and milk are great.

Wow, I think I've only been under 29 points maybe twice in my six weeks on WW. I totally know what you mean about snacking -- I'm the same way. But I eat ALL my points every day, so my mind thinks I'm getting a lot to eat, and you know...I actually am! Love it!

 

[sjms71]

So back from my pre disney weigh in and I am exactly the same . I knew this morning when I was getting ready and my ring was tight that I must be retaining some water. Oh, well that's ok at least I didn't gain. Hope everyone else has a great weigh in today!!

 

[cepmom]

back from WI and I'm down 1 lb today so I'll take it! I did a good job tracking all week and did not use all my weeklies; I had about 10 left over yesterday and I also didnt eat any activity points.

I tend to underestimate my AP so I usually put moderate as the intensity level, but the other day I put my activity into eTools and it calculated my running as High (faster than a 12 min mile) and gave me 9 AP for my run! I was shocked! So with that knowledge, I would say I earned 37 AP last week. I wonder if I should try eating my AP too (or at least some of them) Any thoughts?

 

[cepmom]

So back from my pre disney weigh in and I am exactly the same . I knew this morning when I was getting ready and my ring was tight that I must be retaining some water. Oh, well that's ok at least I didn't gain. Hope everyone else has a great weigh in today!!

that dang water retention At least you know what it is though and that it isn't a gain.

I hope you have a wonderful vacation!!

 

[Sandi]

So back from my pre disney weigh in and I am exactly the same . I knew this morning when I was getting ready and my ring was tight that I must be retaining some water. Oh, well that's ok at least I didn't gain. Hope everyone else has a great weigh in today!!

Sometimes staying the same weight is a victory. I'd say it was a good WI. Have a great trip.

back from WI and I'm down 1 lb today so I'll take it! I did a good job tracking all week and did not use all my weeklies; I had about 10 left over yesterday and I also didnt eat any activity points.

I tend to underestimate my AP so I usually put moderate as the intensity level, but the other day I put my activity into eTools and it calculated my running as High (faster than a 12 min mile) and gave me 9 AP for my run! I was shocked! So with that knowledge, I would say I earned 37 AP last week. I wonder if I should try eating my AP too (or at least some of them) Any thoughts?

Congratulations on your loss! I'm surprised by the points I earn for running, too. It makes me feel great, but I question the exchange. I rarely dip into my APs, but I use them when needed. I think the best thing to do is to shake things up daily and we talked about that at our meeting this week. There are weeks where I have lots of APs and I don't lose and other weeks where I haven't been able to get in as many APs and I lose. I wish there was a perfect answer.

 

[MusiqChic99]

Yesterday and this morning were not good for me.

Yesterday I was 6 pts over my pt value for the day. Normally I'm right on target or shy 2pts. Then this morning I was sooooooo late for work and my son wasn't feeling good so I did not have time at all to make anything for breakfast. So I did have an egg mcmuffin from mcdonalds. I know I just account for those pts and do better the rest of the day but I really really really did not want to eat fast food at all. Last week I didn't have it and I felt like a whole new person. Today I feel kinda sluggish and I'm guessing that is why! Trying to push a little more water today too. I haven't had anything but water since starting WW but I'd like to drink more. Also starting my workout routine today too. I didn't do any last week because it was my first week and I was just trying to learn how to juggle planning for every meal.

Excited about my workout tonight but bummed about my choice of fast food this morning.

Anyone do Jillian Micheals workout dvds??? I was wondering how I calculate points for that?

 

[sjms71]

back from WI and I'm down 1 lb today so I'll take it! I did a good job tracking all week and did not use all my weeklies; I had about 10 left over yesterday and I also didnt eat any activity points.

Great Job

Sometimes staying the same weight is a victory. I'd say it was a good WI. Have a great trip.

You are right Sandi, at this point I really can't think of anything more to do to get the last few LBs off. They will just come off when they are ready too.

 

[Julia M]

Did you see the recipe for the Butternut squash fries in the Weekly this week? Well, I made them tonight -- they were really, really good! I'll definitely be doing that again! The thinner cut ones were the sweetest. I used the whole squash. Their recipe says that you will have the round part left over but I just decided to cook the whole thing. I used 4 tsp of canola oil on mine so that DH and I could get our oil points in. You guys should try it.

I lobe butternut squash and was thinking of getting a precut package from Trader Joes and roasting them. It won't be fries shaped, but I don't care. I'm glad to hear it is a good recipe!

Julia

 

[Julia M]

I am happy and excited to report I am down 1.8 this week. Especially good since I weighed in today and I usually weigh in on Saturdays, so it was only 5 days.

I am especially proud because Tuesday night I wanted to eat and eat. I had a bakery cake at home and really, what I wanted to do was eat a huge slice, which I know would have set me off to find more things to eat! I had one bite (and one bite only) of the cake (it was a gift to me) and stopped eating all night. I played on Facebook way longer than I should have, to keep myself distracted.

One little vent.......before I vent, let me say that I really like my WW location-the people are nice, it's convenient to my house, has lots of meeting times and 3 or 4 "open times", where you can come and weigh in or shop. Now, on to my vent......as of today, I have lost 16.4 pounds. I have hit my 5, 10 and 15 pound wight loss milestones, plus my 5%. It hasn't been announced once at a meeting! My regular leader will usually ask, "did we forget anyone?" but I feel funny standing up and saying "me, me me!!"

Okay, vent over.

I leave tomorrow on the 6:30am flight for Kansas City with dd. We come home SUnday night. I am once again going to pack food to carry me through the weekend. We have a banquet Saturday night I will have no control over, but otherwise I plan to be good. I will bring a couple of pieces of fruit, some hummus I package into individual containers (I buy 3 or 4 ounce souffle cups at Smart and Final), Laughing Cow cheeses and some bags of crackers I portion out, plus some mini bags of microwave popcorn. I have a well insulated lunch bag and put a ziplock baggie of ice in it and throw it out when we reach security. Then I put it back on ice (or a mini fridge) when we reach the hotel.

I know it's a little extreme, but we are so busy on these competition trips, I want to make sure I have good low point choices. And I want just a serving or two of a variety of items, so stopping at a store would be a pain.

Julia

 

[Sandi]

One little vent.......before I vent, let me say that I really like my WW location-the people are nice, it's convenient to my house, has lots of meeting times and 3 or 4 "open times", where you can come and weigh in or shop. Now, on to my vent......as of today, I have lost 16.4 pounds. I have hit my 5, 10 and 15 pound wight loss milestones, plus my 5%. It hasn't been announced once at a meeting! My regular leader will usually ask, "did we forget anyone?" but I feel funny standing up and saying "me, me me!!"

Okay, vent over.

Julia

Well, if they won't make a Big To-Do over you at WW, we'll just have to do it here. Congratulations on your 16.4 pound achievement. That is just about the weight of an average 6 month old child.

Why should you feel funny about asking people to celebrate with you? I think I would happily interject and say I have EARNED some recognition people. Everyone will applaud you and you'll start a new trend.

That's your mission next week Julia.