Weight Watchers Chat

[mrzrich]

For those that have stalled or are only small small losses, try mixing up the number of points you use a day. One day, use a high number and then the next day just stick to your minimum. Throw in some days using a mid range of points.

This is called the Wendi Plan. Many WW's give it praise for plateau busting. Basically one day you eat just your daily points, the next you use a lot of weekly points, etc. Google it for the specifics on how many points to eat per day. Disclaimer here to say I personally have never tried it.

Weigh in last night, I lost another 1.6 lbs. Got my 25 lb charm!

 

[sjms71]

This is called the Wendi Plan. Many WW's give it praise for plateau busting. Basically one day you eat just your daily points, the next you use a lot of weekly points, etc. Google it for the specifics on how many points to eat per day. Disclaimer here to say I personally have never tried it.

Weigh in last night, I lost another 1.6 lbs. Got my 25 lb charm!

yeah!!

 

[disykat]

A lot of successes today!

 

[OneBadApple]

Congrats to all the losers!!!!!!!!!

 

[OneBadApple]

This is called the Wendi Plan. Many WW's give it praise for plateau busting. Basically one day you eat just your daily points, the next you use a lot of weekly points, etc. Google it for the specifics on how many points to eat per day. Disclaimer here to say I personally have never tried it.

Weigh in last night, I lost another 1.6 lbs. Got my 25 lb charm!

I have never followed the wendie plan per say, but I normally always follow a high point day with a low point day and that seems to work for me.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Wow!! Congrats, what are you doing? I walk 3-5 miles a day and stay within my points and eat healthy within my point and I'm lucky if I hit a lost over 1lb. Good job. I weigh in tomorrow morning so, we will see.

Well, I didn’t do anything special. I don’t earn any activity points. I just try to follow the plan and stick with my points. To maintain, I need to eat 28 points per day and I always eat all of my Weekly Points Allowance points. I normally eat five of them each day. According to the WW OnLine Tracker, I need to eat 18 points per day lose so that’s what I did and I ate all of the 35 weekly points. I just stuck to my daily points allowance, didn’t go over and ate all of my 35. A couple of days I didn’t get all of my requirements in and sometimes I had to take them out of the extra points (18 points isn't much to live on!) but this week I just followed the plan. Nothing special. I was just really, really careful not to go above my points allowance.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I track online and through that system you have to use up all of your 35 weekly point before you use the activity points. So, during that one week I had a 0.2 gain, I had only used about 15 of the 35 weekly points and none of the 40 activity points. So, it was just a blip week.

I love online tracking. I can do it from my computers at work and home and also on my Blackberry. Much easier than writing things down.

I really like the on line tracker as well. I've only been using it for about a month but it's great. It doesn't let you get a way with anything. If something is half a point, it's going to charge you half a point! It's a lot easier to be careless on paper than it is with the online tracker.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I got my 10%! I actually lost 2 full pounds so that makes 20 by next week only .6 away. I should be able to do that - but I'm also trying to be realistic knowing that bigger losses are often followed by smaller ones.

I rewarded myself by buying the big measuring spoons. It kind of cracks me up that when my kids set the table they know to put a 1/2 c measuring cup by my place! I'm saving them a step.

WooHoo!! Congratulations on your 10%. As for that .6, you'll get it next week. Don't worry! You'll be so focused on the prize you'll just make it happen!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

SJMS71: Congratulations on your 1.2lb loss!

MRZRICH: Congratulations on your 1.6lb loss and your 25lb medal!

 

[robinb]

Hi everyone! An exciting day for me . I lost 1.2 lbs and I FINALLY made my 10% goal today. I have been at this for a year and came back in January with a new focus and was able to lose enough to finally make it . I am just one pound shy of losing 20 so I hope to have some good new next week too. I am such a SLOW POKE but I think I finally shook my plateau with tracking and then changing to the Simply Filling Technique. I ate all of my 35 points plus 6 AP plus 8 points more. And I still lost weight. I hope to get a better handle of what is on the program and what I have to count next week. It should be a good week for me to do it.

I also have some bad news. I made a goal back in April that I would lose 20 pounds my my WDW vacation in mid-August and that is just not going to happen . I thought that I could lose 1lb per week but hit too much of a plateau. I am really close to losing half of that weight and I am going to be happy with my teeny .5 lb average weight loss per week. That's .5 lbs per week that my crappy knees don't have to worry about anymore while walking all over WDW ... and a total of 13 lbs less than on my last WDW vacation over NYE. My husband said he would also lose 20 lbs and I think he might have gained . He is really, really close to buying clothes at the Big and Tall stores since he is at the biggest size that Kohl's sells. I wish he would join WW online. Does anyone here male or have a DH that does WW? I see guys at the meetings so rarely.

 

[sjms71]

Hi everyone! An exciting day for me . I lost 1.2 lbs and I FINALLY made my 10% goal today. I have been at this for a year and came back in January with a new focus and was able to lose enough to finally make it . I am just one pound shy of losing 20 so I hope to have some good new next week too. I am such a SLOW POKE but I think I finally shook my plateau with tracking and then changing to the Simply Filling Technique. I ate all of my 35 points plus 6 AP plus 8 points more. And I still lost weight. I hope to get a better handle of what is on the program and what I have to count next week. It should be a good week for me to do it.

I also have some bad news. I made a goal back in April that I would lose 20 pounds my my WDW vacation in mid-August and that is just not going to happen . I thought that I could lose 1lb per week but hit too much of a plateau. I am really close to losing half of that weight and I am going to be happy with my teeny .5 lb average weight loss per week. That's .5 lbs per week that my crappy knees don't have to worry about anymore while walking all over WDW ... and a total of 13 lbs less than on my last WDW vacation over NYE. My husband said he would also lose 20 lbs and I think he might have gained . He is really, really close to buying clothes at the Big and Tall stores since he is at the biggest size that Kohl's sells. I wish he would join WW online. Does anyone here male or have a DH that does WW? I see guys at the meetings so rarely.

I'm so glad we all had a fairly good week.

RobinB: Don't give up I sometimes set goals for myself that seem realistic but just isn't for me. I was talking to a good friend of mine and saying how I wanted to lose at least 1lb a week before vacation in September. And like this week I lost 1.2. Well, you would think I would be like great I hit above my goal. But oh, no, I'm saying to myself what could I have done to make it 1.6lbs. Weightloss is all in the head. Just keep doing what your doing and except life happens there's vacations and parties and just bad days.

Weekends are the worse for me, so weightloss wise I'm always glad when Monday comes .

 

[1DisneyQueen]

Hi everyone! An exciting day for me . I lost 1.2 lbs and I FINALLY made my 10% goal today. I have been at this for a year and came back in January with a new focus and was able to lose enough to finally make it . I am just one pound shy of losing 20 so I hope to have some good new next week too. I am such a SLOW POKE but I think I finally shook my plateau with tracking and then changing to the Simply Filling Technique. I ate all of my 35 points plus 6 AP plus 8 points more. And I still lost weight. I hope to get a better handle of what is on the program and what I have to count next week. It should be a good week for me to do it.

I also have some bad news. I made a goal back in April that I would lose 20 pounds my my WDW vacation in mid-August and that is just not going to happen . I thought that I could lose 1lb per week but hit too much of a plateau. I am really close to losing half of that weight and I am going to be happy with my teeny .5 lb average weight loss per week. That's .5 lbs per week that my crappy knees don't have to worry about anymore while walking all over WDW ... and a total of 13 lbs less than on my last WDW vacation over NYE. My husband said he would also lose 20 lbs and I think he might have gained . He is really, really close to buying clothes at the Big and Tall stores since he is at the biggest size that Kohl's sells. I wish he would join WW online. Does anyone here male or have a DH that does WW? I see guys at the meetings so rarely.

First, congrats. Not just for making your 10%, but for hanging in there.

As for the men and WW. We had two guys and then none. This time we have one male. He is an older guy. As for my DH, it is a no go. He is so rigid. He does not see how we can eat wht we want and lose. He thinks I should be eating salad and veggies and working our 2-3 hours a day. I want to scream...GET WITH THE PROGRAM. I figure I would only be wasting my time. The other day we were discussing my going from a 26 to an 18. I said see I told it works and I can still eat a snickers bar at night (1/2 of a king size onlu 5 pts). He then said..Well think how much more you could have lost if you had not eaten them. Ignorance runs rampid in his family. I just thought he may have been spared, but alas here is my reality.

I will tell you what I do though. I stop buying junk food. He wants it he can drag his lazy tail to the store and buy it. I buy him packs of gum so he will not snack (his request). Yet he manages to scour the cabinets and fridge. My new goal is to weigh less than him. I am 4 inches taller than him so I should look good then. HAHA

Thanks for letting me rant. Guess I am a little frustrated with him. Maybe next wek I will feel better. No worries, I will be thinner and he will still be chunky

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Hi everyone! An exciting day for me . I lost 1.2 lbs and I FINALLY made my 10% goal today. I have been at this for a year and came back in January with a new focus and was able to lose enough to finally make it . I am just one pound shy of losing 20 so I hope to have some good new next week too. I am such a SLOW POKE but I think I finally shook my plateau with tracking and then changing to the Simply Filling Technique. I ate all of my 35 points plus 6 AP plus 8 points more. And I still lost weight. I hope to get a better handle of what is on the program and what I have to count next week. It should be a good week for me to do it.

I also have some bad news. I made a goal back in April that I would lose 20 pounds my my WDW vacation in mid-August and that is just not going to happen . I thought that I could lose 1lb per week but hit too much of a plateau. I am really close to losing half of that weight and I am going to be happy with my teeny .5 lb average weight loss per week. That's .5 lbs per week that my crappy knees don't have to worry about anymore while walking all over WDW ... and a total of 13 lbs less than on my last WDW vacation over NYE. My husband said he would also lose 20 lbs and I think he might have gained . He is really, really close to buying clothes at the Big and Tall stores since he is at the biggest size that Kohl's sells. I wish he would join WW online. Does anyone here male or have a DH that does WW? I see guys at the meetings so rarely.

Sorry to hear that you will not make your WDW 20lb goal but it's exciting to know that you've reached your 10%!! (I love this little smilie guy).

My meeting has 3 or 4 men who show up from time to time. One of them lost 100lbs on WW and is now a leader/receptionist. I saw his 'before' picture one time and didn't even know it was him.

My husband who has no interest in joining WW has lost about 30lbs with me on the program. I measure everything out at the counter and put the food on the plates and don't usually cook enough for leftovers. Once we're at the table, he gets what he gets. He wanted to get some weight off so he was willing to go along with that and does try to cut back on the amount of junk that he eats but he doesn't count points.

 

[sjms71]

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!! Hope we all are one step closer to our goals this week .

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

My weekend at my FIL's went pretty good I think. I had to say, "No thank you", to zucchini loaf, strawberry rhubarb pie and ice cream . I knew that I wasn't going to eat dessert while I was there so I brought some of the WW 1pt bars with me. Good thing I did! Anyway, this morning on my own scale I weighed the same as I did Saturday morning before we left and I'm happy about that.

I hope everyone else made it through the weekend alright!

 

[cindycastle30]

I finally convinced my husband to join ww with me and to attend meetings, we started Oct 1st on 2009. He will hit his goal weight this week of 167 losing 50 pounds, he is 6'1". I on the other hand have lost between 15-20, it goes back and forth. My husband really embraced the program and it really did shock me, I have tried for years to get him to go so I wouldn't have to go alone. The downside is now he has lost all his weight and I am still trekking along. It is very helpful having your spouse do the program with you, makes it easier.

 

[sjms71]

I finally convinced my husband to join ww with me and to attend meetings, we started Oct 1st on 2009. He will hit his goal weight this week of 167 losing 50 pounds, he is 6'1". I on the other hand have lost between 15-20, it goes back and forth. My husband really embraced the program and it really did shock me, I have tried for years to get him to go so I wouldn't have to go alone. The downside is now he has lost all his weight and I am still trekking along. It is very helpful having your spouse do the program with you, makes it easier.

Hang in there, keep up the good work!!!

 

[sjms71]

My weekend at my FIL's went pretty good I think. I had to say, "No thank you", to zucchini loaf, strawberry rhubarb pie and ice cream . I knew that I wasn't going to eat dessert while I was there so I brought some of the WW 1pt bars with me. Good thing I did! Anyway, this morning on my own scale I weighed the same as I did Saturday morning before we left and I'm happy about that.

I hope everyone else made it through the weekend alright!

Good for you saying "no thank you". We went to Costco this weekend and huge soft chocolate chip cookies found their way home with us. However, I've not been tempted to eat a one!!!! Can't wait to hear eveyones
weight loss success this week.

 

[robinb]

My weekend at my FIL's went pretty good I think. I had to say, "No thank you", to zucchini loaf, strawberry rhubarb pie and ice cream . I knew that I wasn't going to eat dessert while I was there so I brought some of the WW 1pt bars with me. Good thing I did! Anyway, this morning on my own scale I weighed the same as I did Saturday morning before we left and I'm happy about that.

I hope everyone else made it through the weekend alright!

Good for you! My leader talked about "Non Scale Victories" in our last meeting and I would say that you had a number of them this weekend !

I finally convinced my husband to join ww with me and to attend meetings, we started Oct 1st on 2009. He will hit his goal weight this week of 167 losing 50 pounds, he is 6'1". I on the other hand have lost between 15-20, it goes back and forth. My husband really embraced the program and it really did shock me, I have tried for years to get him to go so I wouldn't have to go alone. The downside is now he has lost all his weight and I am still trekking along. It is very helpful having your spouse do the program with you, makes it easier.

6'1" and 167? Wow! That's pretty skinny. Good for him! And good for you to keep on trekkin'! At least you can keep on going to meetings together.

I think I might try to suggest that my DH join the online program. He travels on business 4-5 nights per week which is a HUGE problem because he eats out all the time.

My weekend was mixed. Friday and Saturday were good but the wheels fell off the bus at the Cubs game on Sunday. I have been sticking to all SFT foods today and I'll try to do so the rest of the week.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Good for you! My leader talked about "Non Scale Victories" in our last meeting and I would say that you had a number of them this weekend !

I hadn't thought of that as a non scale victory but I suppose you're right! Thanks for that!

Tomorrow morning is my meeting. I let you all know later how I did.