Weight Watchers Chat

[TandLMommy28]

Thanks!!

But I think you have the right idea cause that is what I did when we went in September 09 for FD. I hadn't started WW yet but, said my limit is to gain no more than 5lbs. I only gained 3 and had it off by weeks end after coming home. I did the same thing over Christmas I allowed myself 3lbs. So, that kind of thinking has worked for me. As long as you still set limits and then you know what to expect if that makes sense.
5lbs over a 10 day period. I believe with all our wa

I do the same thing on vacation as well. This past vacation, I didn't worry so much about WHAT I eat but about portion control and I ended up doing a ton of walking and swimming to balance it out (I would say I was in the pool or walking for an average of 3 - 4 hours each day). I ended up gaining 4 pounds (the 4 I'd JUST lost!) but because that weight is usually more just bloating, a week of healthy eating usually knocks it right back off. In the end it is frustrating to have two weeks that are a bit like treading water but I guess that's the price of vacation. It's nearly impossible to go on vacation and still eat like you would at home--especially when you have to drive 2,000 miles!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I agree. I tried the WW boards, but I much prefer y'all!

Now, as for your upcoming trip to the World, maybe you're going in with the wrong attitude. Think of how much exercise you'll be getting. There are good ways to deal with the food at Disney, too. What if you said you wanted to stay flat or have a gain of no more than X#? Would that give you more control than just saying there is no control?

We're going 8/14 through 8/22 and are not doing the Dining Plan because I know I can't do the DP with any brains. Whenever I do the dining plan, I always feel like I have to get the most food possible. We put a stop to that! I think free dining would be a disaster for me.

sjms71 -- good luck tomorrow. you're doing great.

I know that I will be getting a lot of exercise from all the walking but I also know that when we went in 2007, I gained 5lbs and then in 2008 when we were there I gained either 7lbs or 9lbs. I'm just expecting, based on the previous years' weight gains, that it will be more this time. The desserts are going to be my biggest challenge -- I know that. So what I thought I would do is order from the adult dessert menu something for DS and eat the one that he gets with his kids meal at the TS restaurants and at a few of the CS restaurants. That might help a bit but I know that I will be snacking in the parks and I'm not going to carry WW 1pt bars around with me. I AM having a cinnamon roll from the Main Street Bakery and I AM having a Butterfinger Cupcake from Starring Roles in HS.

Another thing that I could do is look at all of the menus for our TS ADR's and pick what I'll eat BEFORE I get there. That might help. I'm really not sure what else I could do. You're probably wright -- maybe my attitude is wrong but I also think that it's somewhat realistic as well. Maybe I'll try to mental rehearse for the next few weeks that 5 pounds is my max. (Feel free to remind me of that!) I also find it quite difficult after I return home to stop eating. Maybe if I remain conscious of what I'm doing while I'm there, the over eating wont be so bad when I get back.

 

[sjms71]

Ok WW friends I'm down .2 so, although not thrilled I didn't think I would be down at all. My mini goal was 10lbs in 10 weeks. I'm down 4 (thank goodness I lost more the past 3) 6wks to go before Disney and 6lbs.

 

[Sandi]

Ok WW friends I'm down .2 so, although not thrilled I didn't think I would be down at all. My mini goal was 10lbs in 10 weeks. I'm down 4 (thank goodness I lost more the past 3) 6wks to go before Disney and 6lbs.

A success is a success. Just imagine a stick of butter gone from your butt! Good work.

It's also important to remember that the small losses are more likely to stay off. It's a much healthier way to go. (Yeah, I know, it's not as much fun as a 2# loss, but it'll be gone forever.)

 

[sjms71]

A success is a success. Just imagine a stick of butter gone from your butt! Good work.

It's also important to remember that the small losses are more likely to stay off. It's a much healthier way to go. (Yeah, I know, it's not as much fun as a 2# loss, but it'll be gone forever.)

Too funny but you're right. I would have been more unhappy if it was .2 gain. It just makes me look forward to next weeks weigh in. I'm so close to that 50lbs gone I can taste it.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

A success is a success. Just imagine a stick of butter gone from your butt!

You're right about the weight staying off better when it comes off slow. There's a member that I know who has lost 46 pounds in 13 weeks and he's going to have one heck of a time keeping that off.

Congratulations, Sjms71, on your 0.2!

Congratulations, also, mrzrich on your 3.8!

 

[robinb]

First of all, congratulations to all the losers this week and to the rest of us.

I feel kinda guilty because I skipped my meeting this week. The time just got away from me and I know that I am up. Maybe I'll try to go on Monday right before leaving on vacation.

I know that some people can eat within their points at WDW but I also know that I cannot. I like the idea of planning to gain no more than 5 lbs. That will keep me somewhat on track but still give me permission to splurge a bit (can you say almond crusted cheesecake at Narcoossee's on our anniversary?!?). It will also help with the "I've splurged already so I might as well throw in the towel and eat my face off." problem I have had before. I will pledge to my WW pals here that I will try to concentrate on filling foods and I will try to eat some green every day.

Now for a little mom brag and update on my DD in her swim meet last week. The swim meet is HUGE with over 1200 kids and it is one of the biggest outdoor meets in the nation. First the good news ... she was 6th out of 144 girls in the 50 freestyle and 6th out of 67 girls on the 100 IM. She did great with personal bests on BOTH events! Her team in the free relay was 2nd out of 48 teams so she came home with a medal. Now for the bad news. She had a heartbreaker on her 200 medley relay. Their team not only finished first seconds ahead of the next placed team, but they broke the team record *and* the pool record. Unfortunately, two of the girls left early on their take-off and the team was disqualified . It's a lot for a team of little girls to process ESPECIALLY when it was the first event for them of the day. To their credit each and every one of those girls came back and swam well on their individual events (all 4 of them in the top 8) and the three who swam the 200 free relay took 5 seconds off their seed time all the way at the END of the day.

 

[sjms71]

First of all, congratulations to all the losers this week and to the rest of us.

I feel kinda guilty because I skipped my meeting this week. The time just got away from me and I know that I am up. Maybe I'll try to go on Monday right before leaving on vacation.

I know that some people can eat within their points at WDW but I also know that I cannot. I like the idea of planning to gain no more than 5 lbs. That will keep me somewhat on track but still give me permission to splurge a bit (can you say almond crusted cheesecake at Narcoossee's on our anniversary?!?). It will also help with the "I've splurged already so I might as well throw in the towel and eat my face off." problem I have had before. I will pledge to my WW pals here that I will try to concentrate on filling foods and I will try to eat some green every day.

Now for a little mom brag and update on my DD in her swim meet last week. The swim meet is HUGE with over 1200 kids and it is one of the biggest outdoor meets in the nation. First the good news ... she was 6th out of 144 girls in the 50 freestyle and 6th out of 67 girls on the 100 IM. She did great with personal bests on BOTH events! Her team in the free relay was 2nd out of 48 teams so she came home with a medal. Now for the bad news. She had a heartbreaker on her 200 medley relay. Their team not only finished first seconds ahead of the next placed team, but they broke the team record *and* the pool record. Unfortunately, two of the girls left early on their take-off and the team was disqualified . It's a lot for a team of little girls to process ESPECIALLY when it was the first event for them of the day. To their credit each and every one of those girls came back and swam well on their individual events (all 4 of them in the top 8) and the three who swam the 200 free relay took 5 seconds off their seed time all the way at the END of the day.

Don't totally throw in the towel. Just enjoy your vacation I've gone on 3 since starting weight watchers and never expected to stay on points. Just set a realistic goal for yourself. If you know you can't stay within your points don't set that as a goal. However, if you can say I will only gain X amount of weight then, it's not a goal you may want to reach but you know what to expect. And eating something green doesn't mean a cupcake with green icing (just kidding). Go, have a great time don't stress about it. When you get home you get back on track cause it's a LIFE change and vacations and swim meets are all a part of life.

On to proud mom......great job for your daughter to bad on the false start. But sounds like she had a lot of fun.

Will you be able to keep in contact over vacation? When do you leave? Have fun if it gets busy and we don't hear from ya!!!

 

[Sandi]

robinb -- congrats to your DD. That's quite an accomplishment.

I'm planning to check in with y'all a couple of times while I'm on my WDW vacation later this month. I think that will help me keep on track without too much pressure. Maybe we can convince robinb to do so, too.

 

[sjms71]

Have a FAB weekend everyone, eat well

 

[Rosiekins]

Hello! I just started WW online and find I am having a lot of questions. The few Message boards I have visited on the WW site seem to have a hostile attitude toward "newbies" so I am afraid to post there.

I have a long journey ahead but I think I can get there. I have never really tried dieting just 2 weeks on the carb free thing that left me starving and sick (too much processed junk I think). We keep trying to eat healthier but I have terrible portion control and find myself struggling to stick to any plans I lay I out. I felt lost and like I just couldn't figure out where to start. But 2 things really shook me in to actually doing something. 1 you will laugh but I really want to ride the castle at Harry Potter and am afraid I will not make it on. 2 the scale is getting closer and closer to a number I do not want to reach.

So I bit the bullet and joined WW. So far my biggest concern is that it is not hard at all. In fact my hardest thing is eating all my points everyday. Now I have a lot to loose (meaning I weigh a lot) so I have Mucho points, and I know as I loose I also loose points so I am a little worried how I will feel when I have less points but for now in the last 5 days I have been doing it I only ate every point 1 day. I find myself reaching for junk at the end of the night to fill those points. I am trying to grab fruit at night instead though so I am hoping I can make the conversion.

When I started I hit the store and bought a ton of 100 Calorie packs and such so I could have fast things that were sweet. Because I knew I would fail if I could not have sweets. So I have all those that range between 1 and 2 points and some fiber friendly stuff that is around 3 points. I like these but I am trying to limit them to no more then 3 a day of any combination of them.

So far I find I am eating more then I have in the past, and less at the same time. I used to skip breakfast daily, and sometimes lunch then eat junk because I was starving and a HUGE dinner then a treat after. On the plan I make sure I eat Breakfast even if I wake up at 11:30 like today lol, I will just have my lunch at 2pm which works because my DH is working today so we will be eating dinner later. So any way I make sure I eat Breakfast, then Lunch (before 4 o'clock which happened a lot before) Then my dinner around 6 or 7 instead of 8 or 9 like before. I pepper the day with snacks but I am happier with 6 small meals then 3 big ones so I like this. I am trying to pack Lunch and Dinner with Veggies and my breakfast and snacks with fruit. So far I have eaten out twice and have had a treat (candy, ice cream etc..) everyday.

This makes me feel like I must be doing something wrong. Eating all those meals and getting treats? But then I started looking at my portions. I measure my food now so I am eating way less (but more veggies which I love). Before I went out to eat I budgeted for what I could have, Sushi or Teriyaki Chicken but not both (sushi I could have way more for less points) I got the NI for one of my favorite restaurants and figured out what I would eat. I could have my favorite dish with all green beans instead of potatoes (I always get it that way anyway as I don't like the potatoes) and I could eat the whole thing and eat no bread or have half and 2 pieces of bread. I had half and the bread (instead of the normal whole thing and several pieces of bread). So I really think I am gaining portion control and understanding of what I eat and why. No more bored eating, if I am truly hungry I eat if I am not really then I grab some water or a Diet Dr Pepper. But I am still worried I must be doing some thing wrong

My husband asked me what I couldn't have and I looked at him and said nothing. There are things that I shouldn't have to much of or that if I ate I would be hungry later but nothing is off limits. I have had candy at the movies 3 times (it has been hot here so lot's of movies lol) and Ice Cream one night (Soft serve kids sized, no cone and I didn't eat it all because I realized I had had enough and was just eating because it was in my dish) And I am eating full fat cheese ( I hate the low fat stuff) not a lot just a half portion 3 times but still)

I am really concerned that I am doing something wrong still even though I seem to be following all the rules. I mean I am really eating all I want (smaller portions) and I am not hungry. I don't eat all my points and I have yet to touch the extras. My first weigh in is Tuesday so I guess I will see then, but for now I just needed to vent my worry to someone so thank you for listing to my very long story!

 

[TifffanyD]

Hi Rosiekins!

Congrats on your lifestyle change. From what I read, it seems you aren't really doing anything wrong. I found one small thing:

I don't eat all my points and I have yet to touch the extras.

You are supposed to eat all your points as that is your minimum. The "extras" are there to use or not use, as you see fit... but you should eat all your points. Also, are you checking out the good health guidelines? I know you said you get a lot of points, but if you eat your oils together you will use 2.5 points instead of 2 points if you eat them separately, so that will help a bit.

I only get 23 points a day (but I know there are ppl who get far less) so I do stuff like egg whites, reduced/no fat cheese, half portions of cheese, etc.

However, if you are finding you have points left over, you should eat the full servings of cheese and find other ways to work in the extra points. Planning your day out in advance will help a lot with this.

Good luck and I bet you see a nice surprise on the scale!

 

[Rosiekins]

Hi Rosiekins!

Congrats on your lifestyle change. From what I read, it seems you aren't really doing anything wrong. I found one small thing:



You are supposed to eat all your points as that is your minimum. The "extras" are there to use or not use, as you see fit... but you should eat all your points. Also, are you checking out the good health guidelines? I know you said you get a lot of points, but if you eat your oils together you will use 2.5 points instead of 2 points if you eat them separately, so that will help a bit.

I only get 23 points a day (but I know there are ppl who get far less) so I do stuff like egg whites, reduced/no fat cheese, half portions of cheese, etc.

However, if you are finding you have points left over, you should eat the full servings of cheese and find other ways to work in the extra points. Planning your day out in advance will help a lot with this.

Good luck and I bet you see a nice surprise on the scale!

Thanks, I really felt like I should be eating all those points and have had a hard time finding info on if I should or not. I have been doing the check points on the side and have been struggling with the dairy (mildly Lactose intolerant so I can't drink milk) but you know there is no reason I can't have some cheddar with my fruit and or switch my fav Tomato Mozzarella salad to a full serving of Mozzarella. Thanks for the idea!!!

 

[TifffanyD]

Thanks, I really felt like I should be eating all those points and have had a hard time finding info on if I should or not. I have been doing the check points on the side and have been struggling with the dairy (mildly Lactose intolerant so I can't drink milk) but you know there is no reason I can't have some cheddar with my fruit and or switch my fav Tomato Mozzarella salad to a full serving of Mozzarella. Thanks for the idea!!!

Can you handle yogurt or pudding? Those count. I drink almond milk for some of my dairy sometimes (although weight watchers doesn't count it - I still do) so you could try that or soy milk. It's not super pointy tho so won't help you there.

Sounds like you could add some olive oil to your tomato/mozz salad too to help with those oils!

 

[Rosiekins]

Can you handle yogurt or pudding? Those count. I drink almond milk for some of my dairy sometimes (although weight watchers doesn't count it - I still do) so you could try that or soy milk. It's not super pointy tho so won't help you there.

Sounds like you could add some olive oil to your tomato/mozz salad too to help with those oils!

I can have pretty much any dairy as long as it is not a straight glass of milk though as I am getting older I am finding I can have much less of the dairy amounts then before. I am doing a Yogurt a day but I could do some pudding. I add olive oil to my TMS but I could add a little more and up that point value (and save my struggle with where to slip it in later as we grill a lot in the summer so less oil) Thanks again! Boy am I glad I posted here.

 

[TifffanyD]

I can have pretty much any dairy as long as it is not a straight glass of milk though as I am getting older I am finding I can have much less of the dairy amounts then before. I am doing a Yogurt a day but I could do some pudding. I add olive oil to my TMS but I could add a little more and up that point value (and save my struggle with where to slip it in later as we grill a lot in the summer so less oil) Thanks again! Boy am I glad I posted here.

For oil I like to drizzle it on an english muffin and then put some Molly McButter on top (in the seasoning aisle - it is like in a shaker). Or I drizzle it on my brocolli at night and put some Molly McButter (lol - I love this stuff). Or I drizzle it on popcorn! I usually use canola oil though as I prefer it But I said olive oil cause that seems to be most ppl's favorite

Sometimes I struggle with getting in all my GHG's too. Like today we had Panera for lunch (they have some very points friendly options on the pick 2 menu) and then will figure out something light for an early dinner but then we are going to a beer festival tonight with food samples. I saved 30 of my weeklies for it and won't be having beer (I am the DD) so I should be fine with my points but may not get ALL my GHG's

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Hi Rosiekins! Welcome and thanks for posting.

Have you tried the Weight Watchers Smoothies? I know you're not a regular meeting member but you should be able to go to a WW Center and purchase them. If you add 1 cup water to the smoothie mixes, they count as a dairy serving. That may help you get in your dairy servings.

 

[sjms71]

Welcome Rosiekins Sounds like you are off to a good start. If you are having problems eating your points try choosing higher point foods. So, you are not eating more. Like regular cheese instead of low fat ect. Nuts are very filling also. I get the 100 cal. pack almonds. I eat a lot of greek yogurt which is very high in protein. I like also hard boiled eggs scoop out the yolk and put hummus in there. If your a sweets girl and you like ice cream Breyers has a new kind it's Smooth and Dreamy. They have fat free, 1/2 fat, sugar free and low carb. I go for sugar free butter pecan. Low points for a serving. You said your portions seem to be ok but invest in a food scale. If you have a WW center and can get that one it's great. Make sure you come back and let us know how you did on Tuesday. Good luck.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Welcome Rosiekins Sounds like you are off to a good start. If you are having problems eating your points try choosing higher point foods. So, you are not eating more. Like regular cheese instead of low fat ect. Nuts are very filling also. I get the 100 cal. pack almonds. I eat a lot of greek yogurt which is very high in protein. I like also hard boiled eggs scoop out the yolk and put hummus in there. If your a sweets girl and you like ice cream Breyers has a new kind it's Smooth and Dreamy. They have fat free, 1/2 fat, sugar free and low carb. I go for sugar free butter pecan. Low points for a serving. You said your portions seem to be ok but invest in a food scale. If you have a WW center and can get that one it's great. Make sure you come back and let us know how you did on Tuesday. Good luck.

Isn't the WW food scale wonderful? I dont own one, but I've used it before. As soon as the one I have breaks, I'm buying that one.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Also... not doing well so far this weekend. Ate a bunch of my weekly points yesterday and only have about 6 left and I still have 2 1/2 day left!