Weight Watchers Chat

[CdnBuzzFan]

ok I am back from WI and it was not pretty...up 3.6 in 2 weeks. but it was not unexpected. I put myself up to a challenge this week....I need new running shoes and I was going to get them on my way home from the meeting today but then I decided that I will get them next week, but only if I lose weight. I feel like that "dangling carrot" will help keep my mind in the game so to speak.

A great idea that our leader had today regarding Halloween was to give out full size candy bars instead of fun sizes...I know for myself anyways, I will almost never unwrap and eat a full size candy bar but have no problems opening and eating 12 fun size barsas if they don't add up right? I think that may be my plan this year. Either that or I told my kids I was buying and giving out those gross orange and black wrapped taffy things so I won't be tempted to eat any of them

I'm sorry you're up this week but giving yourself a challenge may be the very thing you need to keep the momentum going and your motivation up. Good luck with it!

We dont get many kids on our side of the street (no sidewalks) while across the road they get a couple hundred each year. One year we only got 9! Unfortunately, I would have no problem inhaling a full size chocolate bar. Walmart has Koolaid Jammers on sale for $1.97 for a box of 10 this week so I'm picking up a couple of boxes of those to give out on Halloween night. That way, if we have leftovers (and we usually do) DH and I wont be tempted to eat them. I send juice to school with DS on Fridays so he'll use them up that way.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Ok, so not such a good WI for me today. I stayed the same . Just what I needed this week on top of my already bad attitude. So, I know it's not a gain but, honestly I didn't do anything different from previous weeks. So, I'm going to really try to brush myself off put a smile on and evaluate what I can tweak a little. I think I'm going to set a goal of 8lbs by the end of the year. Not sure how many weigh in's that is yet but, I need to focus on something. Hope everyone else has good results the next few days.

Awwwwe ! You stayed the same so that's a bonus, right?! Maybe you'll see that result of this week's efforts at the scale next week. Just dont get discouraged, my friend! You're doing great.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

There are 9 more Thursdays in 2010. I don't believe I'll be able to lose 8 lbs in that time -- not with doing down 0.6's -- but maybe you can. You've come far and are an inspiration to all of us.

So that means there are only 8 MORE WEEKS TILL CHRISTMAS!

 

[cepmom]

I'm sorry you're up this week but giving yourself a challenge may be the very thing you need to keep the momentum going and your motivation up. Good luck with it!

We dont get many kids on our side of the street (no sidewalks) while across the road they get a couple hundred each year. One year we only got 9! Unfortunately, I would have no problem inhaling a full size chocolate bar. Walmart has Koolaid Jammers on sale for $1.97 for a box of 10 this week so I'm picking up a couple of boxes of those to give out on Halloween night. That way, if we have leftovers (and we usually do) DH and I wont be tempted to eat them. I send juice to school with DS on Fridays so he'll use them up that way.

juice boxes are a great idea...my kids like getting them too. Maybe I'll do that instead of the full size bars....hmmm

I don't know what it is with the full size bars...in my head I know I won't open one since they are too many points, but I figure with the small ones, it's only a couple of points. Which would be fine if I stopped at only one, but more often than not, I eat several handfuls over the course of the day.

Same thing with donuts....I haven't had a donut in forever (dont' really miss them) but if I see a box of Munchkins, I could easily pop a bunch in my mouth without thinking (3 munchkins = 1 regular donut)

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

One of the things that I have trouble figuring out points for is pizza. We're ordering pizza tonight from a grocery store that has a stone bake oven in their fresh to-go section. Anyway, they don't have the nutrition information available so I never know how to count it. I'm trying to eat light today and am hoping to make it to supper time with 16 daily points. I'm not having a salad with it but I am going to have a few veggies (filling foods) on the side. I've got a bunch of beets in the crock pot at the moment, plus cucumbers and carrots sitting out on the counter to remind me to get them ready for supper as well. I'm hoping to eat enough veggies so that I can only have one slice (they're pretty big) but I'm not sure if just one slice is going to be realistic for me. (I pizza! and theirs is exceptional). I know that I have my WPA points available but I'm already down to 30 and I have to make them last until Tuesday night.

Anyone else have trouble counting pizza???

 

[cepmom]

One of the things that I have trouble figuring out points for is pizza. We're ordering pizza tonight from a grocery store that has a stone bake oven in their fresh to-go section. Anyway, they don't have the nutrition information available so I never know how to count it. I'm trying to eat light today and am hoping to make it to supper time with 16 daily points. I'm not having a salad with it but I am going to have a few veggies (filling foods) on the side. I've got a bunch of beets in the crock pot at the moment, plus cucumbers and carrots sitting out on the counter to remind me to get them ready for supper as well. I'm hoping to eat enough veggies so that I can only have one slice (they're pretty big) but I'm not sure if just one slice is going to be realistic for me. (I pizza! and theirs is exceptional). I know that I have my WPA points available but I'm already down to 30 and I have to make them last until Tuesday night.

Anyone else have trouble counting pizza???

yeah, I'm never quite sure on pizza either. I use my best estimation based on the info available in the food guide:
cheese thin crust,
small slice 1/8 of a 12" pizza or 1/12 of a 16" pizza= 4 pts
large slice 1/8 of a 16 - 18" pizza = 6 pts

cheese medium crust,
small slice 1/8 of a 12" pizza or 1/12 of a 16"= 4 pts
large slice 1/8 of 16 - 18" pizza = 6 pts

cheese thick crust,
small slice 1/8 of 12" or 1/12 of 16" pizza = 5 pts
large 1/8 of 16-18" pizza = 8 pts

do you have the food guide? there's other options to see also in there so you should be able to estimate fairly closely using the guide

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

yeah, I'm never quite sure on pizza either. I use my best estimation based on the info available in the food guide:
cheese thin crust,
small slice 1/8 of a 12" pizza or 1/12 of a 16" pizza= 4 pts
large slice 1/8 of a 16 - 18" pizza = 6 pts

cheese medium crust,
small slice 1/8 of a 12" pizza or 1/12 of a 16"= 4 pts
large slice 1/8 of 16 - 18" pizza = 6 pts

cheese thick crust,
small slice 1/8 of 12" or 1/12 of 16" pizza = 5 pts
large 1/8 of 16-18" pizza = 8 pts

do you have the food guide? there's other options to see also in there so you should be able to estimate fairly closely using the guide

Yup! I do have the food guide but... I still have trouble.

The pizza (I measured it) was 16" and cut into 8 slices -- not all the same size, of course. I took a big one and half of another one and counted it as 15 points. There were 2 meats on it and it was probably a medium crust. Definitely not deep dish or thin. I think I should be safe with 15 points. I think if it wasn't so confusing to me, I'd eat pizza more often.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Happy Halloween Everyone!

 

[Sandi]

Well, I've been safe from the Halloween candy until now. DD16 and DH hid it from me -- at my request. Unfortunately, there are miniature Almond Joys in the mix. I have had a few and MUST STOP. Boy are those tasty.

The last kid to our door is getting everything left in the bowl.

We've seen some really adorable children. Favorite so far is Mary and her little lamb -- the 3 year old DD16 babysits for looks like Little Bo Peep and her 5 month old sister is dressed like a lamb. Very cute.

Good luck with all the treats my friends!

 

[LMO429]

I have officially brushed my teeth for the night and locked myself in the bedroom upstairs..my husband will be answering the door for the rest of the night and bringing the remaining candy to work tomorrow.

I allowed myself 3 mini reese peanut butter cups and 3 mini laffy taffys from my bonus points.


speaking of bonus points are you suppose to use all of them every week??? I have not followed ww since 3 years ago. I want to lose 15 pounds. Should I or Should I not use my bonus points each week

 

[sjms71]

I have officially brushed my teeth for the night and locked myself in the bedroom upstairs..my husband will be answering the door for the rest of the night and bringing the remaining candy to work tomorrow.

I allowed myself 3 mini reese peanut butter cups and 3 mini laffy taffys from my bonus points.


speaking of bonus points are you suppose to use all of them every week??? I have not followed ww since 3 years ago. I want to lose 15 pounds. Should I or Should I not use my bonus points each week

You can sent all extra "bonus" points to me if you'd like , I wish. No, you don't have to use them but they are there if you need them.

Really did my best today. Was good all day and great for dinner. Only manged to eat 1 mini butterfinger and 1 mini almond joy. Hopefully next week I can stay away from the candy while everyone is at school.

 

[robinb]

I'm guilty of 1 almond joy, 2 butterfingers and 2 PB Cups. Not too bad considering the pounds of candy that went through (out and in) the house tonight .

 

[cepmom]

Halloween confession! I ate 6 laffy taffy and a swedish fish...counted them as 6 pts for the laffy taffy and 2 pts for the swedish fish. Not too bad considering all the chocolate that is sitting in the house! I actually did have an almond joy in my hand but put it back before I could eat it...the quote "you are stronger than you think you are" has been going through my head all weekend.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

speaking of bonus points are you suppose to use all of them every week??? I have not followed ww since 3 years ago. I want to lose 15 pounds. Should I or Should I not use my bonus points each week

I eat EVERY SINGLE ONE of my Weekly Points Allowance points (and sometimes more). They are there for you if you need them because WW doesnt want you to be hungry and wants you to have the things that you enjoy. Our leader always tells us to take our Good Healthy Guidelines foods out of our daily points and our treats out of our 35 weekly points.

It's Monday morning and I made it through the weekend with 16 weekly points left and haven't touched the Halloween candy yet. Gonna try my best to stay away from it because I am only capable of saying "NO" to the first one.

 

[jalferes]

As long as we are confessing I should man up - I am guilty of consuming more candy in one night than I had in 8 months - but I am going to forgive myself and get right back on track - only 6 pounds to go !!!

 

[k_null81]

Well I had a pretty good weigh in Saturday morning. Down 1.6.....Now I didn't do to bad Saturday but everything went down the drain yesterday afternoon and on....But back on track today! I have my sister in laws wedding in 5 weeks and I would love to be down another 5lbs by then. Doable???? Yes.....if I can make it thru 2 bridal showers, 1 bachelorette party, and Thanksgiving. Wish me luck! I really really want to lose that 5lbs but looking at all the temptations ahead is not good.

Hope everyone has a good week!

 

[brunette8706]

Hello Everyone! Joined WW's quit WW's, joined WW's quit WW's. I think I'm ready to REALLY stick with this. I did lose weight using the Simply Filling Technique eating all the simply filling foods, and stopping when I am "satisified" NOT "full". You don't have to count points except for the 35 points they give you for the week. The extra 35 points counts toward the NON-Simply filling food such as maybe a slice of pizza, or a cookie something of that nature that isn't on the Simply Filling list. Oh, this used to be call CORE and it does work if you stick to it.

Has anyone here tried Simply Filling? I'm back in the game! GREAT THREAD Robin.

Brunette

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

As long as we are confessing I should man up - I am guilty of consuming more candy in one night than I had in 8 months - but I am going to forgive myself and get right back on track - only 6 pounds to go !!!

Good for you for getting right back on track! Good luck with your 6 pounds.

Well I had a pretty good weigh in Saturday morning. Down 1.6.....Now I didn't do to bad Saturday but everything went down the drain yesterday afternoon and on....But back on track today! I have my sister in laws wedding in 5 weeks and I would love to be down another 5lbs by then. Doable???? Yes.....if I can make it thru 2 bridal showers, 1 bachelorette party, and Thanksgiving. Wish me luck! I really really want to lose that 5lbs but looking at all the temptations ahead is not good.

That's quite an obstacle course you're about to run through. It may be a little tricky but if you stay focused on the goal, you maybe able to pull it off. Bring some sort of anchor (your 10% key chain perhaps) with you to those events to help you keep your goal in mind. Congrats on your loss this week.

Hello Everyone! Joined WW's quit WW's, joined WW's quit WW's. I think I'm ready to REALLY stick with this. I did lose weight using the Simply Filling Technique eating all the simply filling foods, and stopping when I am "satisified" NOT "full". You don't have to count points except for the 35 points they give you for the week. The extra 35 points counts toward the NON-Simply filling food such as maybe a slice of pizza, or a cookie something of that nature that isn't on the Simply Filling list. Oh, this used to be call CORE and it does work if you stick to it.

Has anyone here tried Simply Filling? I'm back in the game! GREAT THREAD Robin.

Brunette

Welcome to the thread, Brunette! For many of us here, this is not our first attempt at Weight Watchers. I didn't do Core or the Simply Filling technique so I can't be of any help to you on this but I do know that a lot of members have been successful on it.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I just did load of laundry -- jeans for DS9. One thing that I like about winter is that there are no grass stains to deal with.

Today in the washer, I found 3 Silly Bands and in the dryer, I found another Silly Band, a piece of plastic from something and a Club Penguin medallion. I cant wait until he gets a job and start carrying around change in his pockets!

 

[robinb]

Hello Everyone! Joined WW's quit WW's, joined WW's quit WW's. I think I'm ready to REALLY stick with this. I did lose weight using the Simply Filling Technique eating all the simply filling foods, and stopping when I am "satisified" NOT "full". You don't have to count points except for the 35 points they give you for the week. The extra 35 points counts toward the NON-Simply filling food such as maybe a slice of pizza, or a cookie something of that nature that isn't on the Simply Filling list. Oh, this used to be call CORE and it does work if you stick to it.

Has anyone here tried Simply Filling? I'm back in the game! GREAT THREAD Robin.

Brunette

I did Simply Filling for a while but stalled on it. I'm a REALLY slow loser and it was frustrating.

There will be a new program in a couple of weeks so I wouldn't change anything until we all learn about the new way of doing things. My leader says that it's really good (but she is a HUGE WW cheerleader ).