Weight Watchers Chat

[NancyIL]

Nancy, you are doing fine. It is OK to eat over your daily allowance as long as you have some of the 49 weekly pints or activity points to use. You can use those 49 points how ever you like. You can use every last one of them, or none of them. Many of us find we lose better when we use at least a couple of them. Its when members eat UNDER their daily allowance that many struggle.

Thank you!

 

[brookelizabeth]

Today was my 2nd day on WW. I used 35 points yesterday and 33 today. My daily allowance is 29 points, with 49 more for the week. Am I NOT supposed to go over the 29 points per day? And what about my activity points...when do I exchange those for food?

Looks like you got some info on this - also, your activity points will rack up through the week and will only start to be used after your Weekly Points are gone. On on the online eTools you can change this setting if you'd rather you Activity Points get used before your Weekly.

And yep, you can use your Weekly however you'd like. A little bit each day, a couple big splurges, etc.

I use these

La Banderita Fat Free Tortillas

They are 89 calories each
Fat 0
Carb 18
Fiber 3
Protein 4

Comes out to 2 points each

I'll look for those at my grocery store, thank you! I currently have Mission 96% Fat Free ones, I think they are 3 pts each.

The Smart and Delicious ones? I know I get mine from Costco.

I live in NYC, we have a Costco that is actually pretty close to my house, but you have to have a car to get there reasonably--and I don't have one. Sigh.

I wonder if Target has them? It's a bit of a pain to get to, but we go quite often. We have a bazillion shops here-natural foods, organic, ethnic, etc. I gotta be able to find something! I'm going to scope out a couple later today.

 

[Jeslynb]

Hi, guys. Sorry for the thread-jack. I am thinking of joining WW today, or starting a low-carb diet with my friend. I have done WW in the past, but not with this much to lose (80 lbs).

If you don't mind my asking, how did you decide on WW versus another plan? Have any of you also tried a low-carb diet and can compare/contrast for me?

I am sure any plan works, but I am super-committed once I choose to do something, so I want to get as much information as possible before I begin.

I'd love any feedback. And congrats to all for making a commitment to health.

Oh - and we are booked for WDW (offsite) for April 2011. That's 90 days from now, and I want those 90 days to be as healthy as possible so I can really enjoy the trip.

Thanks very much in advance!

Jes

 

[brookelizabeth]

Hi Jes!
I have never tried another weight-loss plan, I've only ever done WW. The reason I chose WW is because I saw success with many people I know. And I REALLY love that they make it a lifestyle instead of just a diet to loose weight. You are truly allowed to eat anything on the plan, you just have to count it and balance it with healthy things. For me, if I denied myself completely of something I would do really well for a while-determined and gung ho about it, but eventually go off due to wanting what I couldn't have.

However, if your friend is doing the low-carb thing, support is VERY important, so that is where you might find easier success....

 

[robinb]

If anyone follows Hungry Girl, she will be having her own show on the Cooking channel. It premiers Sat, January 8 at 4pm.

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Hungry Girl. I think she's a good personality and I enjoy watching her but I feel that she is paid by the prepared food industry. Even if her recipe has something simple like "shredded cheese" the ingredient is KRAFT shredded cheese. So, I find a lot of her recipes a bit suspect like she built the recipe around the product the company wants her to sell.

That being said, I really love her Alfredo Sauce and cook it at least twice a month.

 

[NancyIL]

Looks like you got some info on this - also, your activity points will rack up through the week and will only start to be used after your Weekly Points are gone. On on the online eTools you can change this setting if you'd rather you Activity Points get used before your Weekly.

And yep, you can use your Weekly however you'd like. A little bit each day, a couple big splurges, etc.

Thanks for the additional info. I'd like to be able to use my activity points as I earn them, so I will edit that option.

By the way - yesterday I told my husband that I joined WW and he said, "How much does that cost?" When I said $17.95/month, he said there were free web sites with the same info, and no web site was worth paying that much per month! He also asked if he could access my account, and I said it was just for me. I know I can tell him what the point values are for the foods he eats, but he can't track his progress online unless he also joins, right?

 

[robinb]

Hi, guys. Sorry for the thread-jack. I am thinking of joining WW today, or starting a low-carb diet with my friend. I have done WW in the past, but not with this much to lose (80 lbs).

If you don't mind my asking, how did you decide on WW versus another plan? Have any of you also tried a low-carb diet and can compare/contrast for me?

I did Atkins for a while and was pretty successful at it. I loved that I could eat all the meat and fatty food I wanted on it. Think fried chicken coated in crushed pork rinds . But, I am a carb-lover at heart and it was not something I could keep up long term and I eventually gained all the weight I lost on it back.

I re-joined WW because I really like the support I get from my meetings. I like having guidelines and accountability. I started this thread so I could have some on-going support between the meetings.

I happen to see nothing wrong with low-carb diets like Atkins or South Beach. They were just not for me. If your friend is a close one and you will get a lot of support from her in a buddy-system then I would certainly consider doing the low-carb thing with her. This website helped me a lot when I was doing Atkins: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/content/ . They have forums (like the DIS) for all phases of the Atkins diet including the most difficult induction phase. If she's not that close of a friend then I think you will find more support face-to-face at WW meetings, here on this thread and over on the WW website.

 

[LMO429]

SLAP IN THE FACE TIME! I got on the scale and I can not believe what I weighed

Trying to remain positive. Did TurboFire Fire 30 today and then Jillian Michaels 30 day shred Vol 2.

 

[robinb]

Trying to remain positive. Did TurboFire Fire 30 today and then Jillian Michaels 30 day shred Vol 2.

You did BOTH of those today? I heard that the 30 day shred is a killer!

 

[brookelizabeth]

Thanks for the additional info. I'd like to be able to use my activity points as I earn them, so I will edit that option.

By the way - yesterday I told my husband that I joined WW and he said, "How much does that cost?" When I said $17.95/month, he said there were free web sites with the same info, and no web site was worth paying that much per month! He also asked if he could access my account, and I said it was just for me. I know I can tell him what the point values are for the foods he eats, but he can't track his progress online unless he also joins, right?

MUCH of the old POINTS system is available online-including the formula that you can simply plug into an Excel Spreadsheet to figure out points and count them on your own - however, the new PointsPlus system doesn't have much info out there yet. It will eventually I'm sure.

I had a friend that did WW without subscribing - she would look up everything online through various websites. She was able to loose about 10 pounds doing this method, but there was no support of the message boards, and she had to do a TON more work to figure out points-esp if she ate out. eTools is a great thing and worth the cost to me. Plus, if I'm paying I'm more likely to do it!

Your husband could login under your account and look up Point values for foods, but if he input his info under your account it would mess up yours. He's have to keep track separately. Only one person per account to track. My DH joined with me last time in 2008 and he had his own account - we were hoping for some discount, but nope.

 

[brookelizabeth]

You did BOTH of those today? I heard that the 30 day shred is a killer!

So far today I have walked to the kitchen, made coffee and breakfast. Watched Special Agent Oso with the boy while eating breakfast. Now I'm watching Handy Manny Motorcycle Adventure while DISing.

Feel the burn!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

..................That's right our love for Disney. So, I know we are all here for our support of WW but we are all Disney lovers too. With the new year here when are you planning your next trip or trips?

We purchased AP's again, so far these are the trips that we have booked:

March 3-14, 2011
September 10-20, 2011

We may go down for a few days in June but not sure as we will miss Star Wars weekend this year.

Ok, I know some of you have tickers going already but, when are you going to WDW, Disneyland, Disney Cruise? If you don't have anything booked when do you hope to go on your next trip?

Sadly, I have nothing booked... (Thanks for the reminder, Stephanie!) DH is done for a while, I think. We went in September of '07, '08 and '10 and he feels he doesn't need to go back anytime soon. He did mention the other day that if we go again, he doesn't want to get the meal plan so maybe there is a glimmer of hope for another trip in his future. Me and DS, however, could go weekly!!!

I am hoping to convince him to take me for my 50th birthday. I've got a few years to work on him so, hopefully. I figure that is will eventually happen and since I'm not looking forward to turning that number the best place to be when it does happen would be the happiest place on earth and then perhaps I could forget that that's how old I will be. Drown my sorrows at Disney so to speak! I cried my last day at 39...

 

[LMO429]

You did BOTH of those today? I heard that the 30 day shred is a killer!

Yes I did both. I actually love to work out but I love to eat too so it kinda offsets each other.

I did 50 minutes total of exercise 30 minutes was the turbfire dvd and 20 minutes was the shred dvd. I try to do a minimum of 45 minutes a day when i can.

 

[Sandi]

Hey Paul, so how was the soup? I bought all the stuff and I'm going to make it tomorrow. Anything you would do different with it? Thx

I made the soup Paul mentioned. I thought it was good. My family was okay with it, but thought it would have been better with "real" bacon and half and half that wasn't fat free (who knew). Umm, yeah, they're probably right. It is a nice 4 point soup that I thought was filling.

Good afternoon everyone! I'm back from my whirlwind 2-coast, 6 park trip and the Rose Bowl game. The game was fun (my voice is gone ) and I am disappointed that we didn't win. A couple of botched plays and a bad call made all the difference. At least it was close and every single one of the TCU fans I met (even the ones who sat down for me but wouldn't for the other people who demanded them to ... *I* asked nicely.) were all SO NICE.

I weighed myself a few days ago with all my heavy clothes on and my shoes and I was up only about 5 lbs. So, I am hopeful that my net gain by the end of the week won't be too bad. I am already back to tracking. I entered my breakfast: a sausage McMuffin meal in the airport and it came out to 15 points. I counted 4 points for 2 small cookies from a tin that came from my aunt and uncle while we were gone and my lunch was a can of Progresso Light Southwestern Veggie soup for only 3 points so I have 14 points for dinner . Now that I have eaten I can go out grocery shopping.

I hope that everyone had a good holiday and a happy new year!

Happy New Year to you, too. I was thinking of you during the Rose Bowl. At least your team made it a real game. The Big 10 had a bad day. Not sure what happened to my Spartans.

Welcome back to reality.

 

[sjms71]

I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Hungry Girl. I think she's a good personality and I enjoy watching her but I feel that she is paid by the prepared food industry. Even if her recipe has something simple like "shredded cheese" the ingredient is KRAFT shredded cheese. So, I find a lot of her recipes a bit suspect like she built the recipe around the product the company wants her to sell.

That being said, I really love her Alfredo Sauce and cook it at least twice a month.

I see what you're saying. I've never watched her or do I own any of her cookbooks. I am guilty of visiting the website and have only made a handful of recipes. None which I have been jumping for joy over. I do however, like some of her product recommendations but, you're right on the "plugs".

SLAP IN THE FACE TIME! I got on the scale and I can not believe what I weighed

Trying to remain positive. Did TurboFire Fire 30 today and then Jillian Michaels 30 day shred Vol 2.

Hang in there we have all been there .

Sadly, I have nothing booked... (Thanks for the reminder, Stephanie!) DH is done for a while, I think. We went in September of '07, '08 and '10 and he feels he doesn't need to go back anytime soon. He did mention the other day that if we go again, he doesn't want to get the meal plan so maybe there is a glimmer of hope for another trip in his future. Me and DS, however, could go weekly!!!

I am hoping to convince him to take me for my 50th birthday. I've got a few years to work on him so, hopefully. I figure that is will eventually happen and since I'm not looking forward to turning that number the best place to be when it does happen would be the happiest place on earth and then perhaps I could forget that that's how old I will be. Drown my sorrows at Disney so to speak! I cried my last day at 39...

I'm sorry, wish you were going soon. My oldest will be going into high school in Aug 2012 so, we are getting this last year in before we are out of year round schools and she will only be off with everyone else. DH will not go with everyone else . Ok, so my last day of 39 is coming up in a few months so I'll need a shoulder to cry on.

I made the soup Paul mentioned. I thought it was good. My family was okay with it, but thought it would have been better with "real" bacon and half and half that wasn't fat free (who knew). Umm, yeah, they're probably right. It is a nice 4 point soup that I thought was filling.

Thanks Sandi, I just put it together and it's in the crockpot now. I'll let you know how it comes. Followed the recipe only thing I didn't add was carrots, DD hates them.

 

[Jeslynb]

Thanks so much, Brooke and Robin!

 

[LMO429]

I agree about Hungry Girl. I think her recipes are a good idea for when you might have company and want to have "fun/cheat foods" around to entertain others but still keep yourself in check. But she used splenda and other bad preservatives in her recipes. imo splenda is POISON with a capital P I use to use splenda in my coffee and other baking items but its super duper bad for you you are better off using sugar.

i think everyone has come to the conclusion that no fat..low fat diet soda are just filled with chemicals..the sooner we as a society stop purchasing these items the better

ok off the soap box

 

[NancyIL]

I agree about Hungry Girl. I think her recipes are a good idea for when you might have company and want to have "fun/cheat foods" around to entertain others but still keep yourself in check. But she used splenda and other bad preservatives in her recipes. imo splenda is POISON with a capital P I use to use splenda in my coffee and other baking items but its super duper bad for you you are better off using sugar.

i think everyone has come to the conclusion that no fat..low fat diet soda are just filled with chemicals..the sooner we as a society stop purchasing these items the better

ok off the soap box

Soda doesn't have fat...it has sugar (lots) or a sugar substitute. I don't like carbonated drinks so I rarely drink soda. I use Splenda instead of sugar in my cocoa mix and on cereal. What info do you have that says Splenda is "poison"?

 

[LMO429]

Soda doesn't have fat...it has sugar (lots) or a sugar substitute. I don't like carbonated drinks so I rarely drink soda. I use Splenda instead of sugar in my cocoa mix and on cereal. What info do you have that says Splenda is "poison"?

Do a google search on splenda..there are a myriad of articles that come up about the dangers of splenda/sweeteners

Jillian Michaels master your metabolism and Michael Pollan book also state the dangers of splenda and sweeteners

 

[NancyIL]

Do a google search on splenda..there are a myriad of articles that come up about the dangers of splenda/sweeteners

Jillian Michaels master your metabolism and Michael Pollan book also state the dangers of splenda and sweeteners

Thanks.