Weight Watchers Chat

[czycropper]

I'm doing WW online - does anyone know whether I can still go to a local meeting, if I want? Can I buy the new Points Program booklets at the local place?

I've done great so far today (my first actual full day) - breakfast was 5 pts., lunch - 6 pts (included some yogurt) and I just had some almonds for a snack......now I still need to work on water & getting some exercise!

 

[robinb]

I'm doing WW online - does anyone know whether I can still go to a local meeting, if I want? Can I buy the new Points Program booklets at the local place?

I have their Monthly Pass which includes weekly meetings and the online eTools. The Monthly Pass is $40 per month and online-only is $18. You can always drop in for a meeting a pay the $12 fee per meeting, but if you go to more than two of them the Monthly Pass is cheaper.

 

[MaryAz]

Mary, what kind of tortillas do you use for your taco? I'm having trouble finding one that is low in points. I used to get the LaTortilla Factory ones, but I haven't found them in my neighborhood. We have a bazillion stores, some has to have it! But just curious as to what else is good on the points.

We actually went out so it was a bad one...

 

[MaryAz]

Ok, so you need to elaborate . How many days did you go? I do better buffets too. In September I was great for breakfast and lunch I tried to eat salads. But dressing was on in most places. We went for 2 weeks and I gained like 6lbs . I finally got it off but, now I'm stuck at the same weight I was in September and I'm going in 8 weeks again. So if you have any tips.



My girls and I were ther for 10 days-hubby come for five. We ate at

1900 PF
Tokoyo Dining
Plaza
Garden Grill
Boma
Chef Mickey's
Tisker House
Via Napoli

At buffets I always start with a full plate of salad. Fat free or no dressing. Then soup-if it veg based-no cream
small piece of meat
small side
tiney dessert if any
We did a few bksfst buffets and I mostly ate fruit or a bagel.

We also walked at ton!! Stayed at Kidani and the walk to our room was prob a quarter mile.

This was the reg dining plan. When we did deluxe last May I also gaiined 5lb

 

[monymony3471]

Whoo HOO! Welcome to all the new WW members! So excited to get to know all of you and help cheer you on as we become Losers

I exercised for the first time in forever this morning - 2 mile run/walk at 5:30! Hoping to fire up my Jillian Michaels 30 day shred this evening after my kiddos are in bed - love that workout.

How is everyone doing getting their daily healthy guidelines in? I really struggle with the healthy oils! Any ideas?

Thanks everyone and have a great day!

I like to make my own salad dressing, I use olive oil, and balsamic vinegrette and add some oregeno and garlic and water to taste. You can use it also when you cook up some of your meats and veggies like in stir fry.

 

[MaryAz]

Can someone who does it give me some info on Jillian's 30 day shred.

Nancy i tried spark people to count food and exercise but it was not the same as WW. My Hubby joined this time and has about 4olb to lose

 

[sjms71]

Ok, so you need to elaborate . How many days did you go? I do better buffets too. In September I was great for breakfast and lunch I tried to eat salads. But dressing was on in most places. We went for 2 weeks and I gained like 6lbs . I finally got it off but, now I'm stuck at the same weight I was in September and I'm going in 8 weeks again. So if you have any tips.



My girls and I were ther for 10 days-hubby come for five. We ate at

1900 PF
Tokoyo Dining
Plaza
Garden Grill
Boma
Chef Mickey's
Tisker House
Via Napoli

At buffets I always start with a full plate of salad. Fat free or no dressing. Then soup-if it veg based-no cream
small piece of meat
small side
tiney dessert if any
We did a few bksfst buffets and I mostly ate fruit or a bagel.

We also walked at ton!! Stayed at Kidani and the walk to our room was prob a quarter mile.

This was the reg dining plan. When we did deluxe last May I also gaiined 5lb

Thanks . I guess it's just the way it goes, some gain, some lose and some stay the same . When we went in Dec 2009 on dining plan for 12 days, I stayed the same. However, not so good this past Sept. . I walked a ton too. I had my pedometer on everyday and logged my steps. Average was 17000-22000 a day. We were suppose to go this last Dec. but I couldn't handle gaining weight again so canceled. Now with 14 lbs to go and only 9 weigh ins until Disney I'm already getting nervous.

 

[vavalynn2]

Here is the info for the :

Protein: 3g
Carbohydrates: 31g
Fat: 14g
Fiber: 0g

7 Points. Enjoy!!

Thank you for doing the homework!! I am about 50 days away from our trip and was curious how many points it set me back.

I feel as if I can be successful with weight loss with the WW program. Since Novemeber '10 I lost 11 lbs and I would hope to lose ten more by the trip. I would be thrilled with that.

I am 33, married w/0 kids and work in a school. I have slowly gained weight over the years- I was balancing a full time job and a part time Masters degree. I did not have time to exercise or eat- or eat well.

My husband would only like to lose 10lbs so he is trying it on his own and not on WW. I don't make different meals at dinner, I subsitute, eat less or more of something to try to stay in the points.

Today I am far under points as I got hit with the stomach bug late in the day yesterday- so far I have had a piece of toast and more recently a banana.

Looks like I would have had the room for the

Tonight- rice, keep it simple.

So I am subscribing. Thank you all for posting your food choices. I have found that I have been eating a lot of the same thing and I would like the change up.

Thank you all and keep up the good work!!

 

[LMO429]

Can someone who does it give me some info on Jillian's 30 day shred.

Nancy i tried spark people to count food and exercise but it was not the same as WW. My Hubby joined this time and has about 4olb to lose

the 30 day shred consists of 3 20 minutes workouts that get harder as the levels go up...there are 3 levels 1 2 and 3 each workouts combines her 3 2 1 workout combinations..So you do 3 minutes of strength training using 3 pounds weights..2 minutes of cardio followed by one minute of abs. you do a total of 3 circuits which last rougly 20 minutes

Jillian michaels talked about the dvd once on her old radio show she said It is a good but challenging dvd for those we have never worked out before and should be used in addition to your cardio workout if you have been working out for sometime. Ideally its not a stand alone video you should add in additional cardio but on its own as a beginner the 20 minutes should be enough.

You are suppose to do level 1 for 10 days..level 2 the following 10 days and the last 10 days do level 3

 

[DaisyJaneDisney]

Just dipping my toe in the water here...I just joined over at the Biggest Loser WISH challenge. I've done WW a lot over the years, I've successfully lost over 15 pounds (unfortunately, I have had to do it more than once, and here I am again.)

Never been really heavy, never been super thin. But I'm at my heaviest now, and don't like it! I joined WW online a few months ago, but it's been a stressful fall (no good excuses) and now I'm trying to get back on track. I have three points left today--not sure if those will be a snack later or a glass of wine. LOL. I made the Zuchini Fries for dinner...

I can't post the link (too few posts) but google Weight Watchers, Zuchini Fries--they come right up.

They came out great and tasty.

Heading to Disney in 17 days!!!

 

[KSH]

Hi everyone!

Wow this thread is busy! So hard to keep up!

I've completed day three of the new plan and so far I really love it. I dipped into my weekly allowance on day 1 (it was New Year's, after all!) and then yesterday and today I hit my goal exactly. I even had Mexican tonight! I really haven't felt the hunger that I used to feel on the first few days of the old plan. I remember starving! It is great to be able to plan and not feel like I have to do magic tricks to stick with a somewhat normal routine while doing WW. Seems like this will work for the long haul. I'm sort of looking forward to my Friday weigh-in!

I wasn't able to make a meeting last week (will stay this Fri), so I have a question for those of you who have been to a meeting recently - do they encourage you to use all the weekly points, or is it ok to have some left over? I don't have anything special planned for the rest of the week so I doubt I'll use them all. Or any of my activity points for that matter.

The advice and encouragement here is great! Thank you all!

 

[sjms71]

Hi everyone!

Wow this thread is busy! So hard to keep up!

I've completed day three of the new plan and so far I really love it. I dipped into my weekly allowance on day 1 (it was New Year's, after all!) and then yesterday and today I hit my goal exactly. I even had Mexican tonight! I really haven't felt the hunger that I used to feel on the first few days of the old plan. I remember starving! It is great to be able to plan and not feel like I have to do magic tricks to stick with a somewhat normal routine while doing WW. Seems like this will work for the long haul. I'm sort of looking forward to my Friday weigh-in!

I wasn't able to make a meeting last week (will stay this Fri), so I have a question for those of you who have been to a meeting recently - do they encourage you to use all the weekly points, or is it ok to have some left over? I don't have anything special planned for the rest of the week so I doubt I'll use them all. Or any of my activity points for that matter.

The advice and encouragement here is great! Thank you all!

Use all your daily points 100%. As for the weekly 49, if you need them that's what they are there for but no you don't have to use them. As long as you use your daily you're good. Good luck!

 

[brookelizabeth]

How is everyone doing getting their daily healthy guidelines in? I really struggle with the healthy oils! Any ideas?

I've been doing better on these with the new plan versus the old. But, the oils is still what I struggle with. Today I got one of them in.

3 cups Air Popped Popcorn with 1 tsp olive oil 3

Ah! Great idea for the oil! Thank you!

You can always drop in for a meeting a pay the $12 fee per meeting, but if you go to more than two of them the Monthly Pass is cheaper.

I was wondering about this as well, I have a friend who attends meetings on Tuesday nights and wants me to join her--I think I might now and again if I can for just $12.

I can't post the link (too few posts) but google Weight Watchers, Zuchini Fries--they come right up.

Oooh, those look TASTY! Thanks! And welcome!!

What I Ate Today

Breakfast
1 cup Dannon Light & Fit (3)
2/3 cup mixed berries (0)
1/3 cup Fiber One Original Cereal (1)

Lunch
1 Gorton's Grilled Tilapia (2)
2 cups cauliflower (0)

Dinner
1 cup brown rice (5)
1 cup stir fry veggies (0)
3/4 cup chicken (4)
1 tsp olive oil-to cook stirfry (1)

Snacks
Weight Watchers String Cheese (1)
Donut (6)
Smart Ones Dessert (4)
Clementine (0)
Pink Lady Apple (0)
Weight Watchers Bagel w/ spray butter (4)

I went 1 over. I've got 32 weekly points remaining. Weigh In on Friday.

This plan baffles me a bit. I think I need to do more reading yet on the WW website, but I remember scraping for points last time, but I feel like I've got tons of them now! I had a stinkin' donut today! On the previous plan I was lucky if I had 10 points for dinner, let alone enough for a dessert and a snack....perhaps I'm just choosing wiser now? I didn't ever eat fish previously, so maybe that's it? Who knows.

I do find myself reaching MUCH more often for items on the Good Health Guidelines and reaching those easier--which is great. Maybe that is the key to loosing the weight? I just found out tonight 29 is the lowest number of points you can go--which totally confuses me. Does anyone have any insight on that?

 

[pjstevens]

I find the plan easy (I've only been on it since Thursday), but I enjoyed one Reese's peanut butter holiday bell last night. Like that I don't feel deprived.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Just checking in one last time before I leave for the WDW Half Marathon -- I don't really have an eating plan per se, but I do expect to try to do veggies and fruit when they are an option, and we only have one dining ressie at Artist Point, so that should also help! I have two DIS meets at Beaches and Cream and one at Pop. The first Beaches and Cream will be the afternoon after the race, so I will be having ice cream! The second one will be for lunch, so I can get a meal instead of just ice cream. I expect to have my pre-race dinner at Pop, so I'll go for the runner's pasta special, and not worry about it since I will be using those carbs! We also do a grocery stop on the way to WDW, so I can stock up on bananas, grapes, apples, Kashi bars. I am hoping to keep this trip to a small gain of less than a pound. That may be wishful thinking (gotta limit those trips to Goofy's candy company!), but I'm hopeful...

Once I get back and settled I'm going to take myself to a WW meeting and learn the new program. I find it too confusing with Online WW, so I think it's better to start going to meetings again and figure out what I should be doing. I have been losing by substituting fruit for junk, but I'd feel better if I had a good handle on the new program. It seems like a great time to get back to going to meetings, and I think I can have great success if I approach it by getting all the help available.

Maria

 

[robinb]

Just checking in one last time before I leave for the WDW Half Marathon -- I don't really have an eating plan per se, but I do expect to try to do veggies and fruit when they are an option, and we only have one dining ressie at Artist Point, so that should also help! I have two DIS meets at Beaches and Cream and one at Pop. The first Beaches and Cream will be the afternoon after the race, so I will be having ice cream! The second one will be for lunch, so I can get a meal instead of just ice cream. I expect to have my pre-race dinner at Pop, so I'll go for the runner's pasta special, and not worry about it since I will be using those carbs! We also do a grocery stop on the way to WDW, so I can stock up on bananas, grapes, apples, Kashi bars. I am hoping to keep this trip to a small gain of less than a pound. That may be wishful thinking (gotta limit those trips to Goofy's candy company!), but I'm hopeful...

Once I get back and settled I'm going to take myself to a WW meeting and learn the new program. I find it too confusing with Online WW, so I think it's better to start going to meetings again and figure out what I should be doing. I have been losing by substituting fruit for junk, but I'd feel better if I had a good handle on the new program. It seems like a great time to get back to going to meetings, and I think I can have great success if I approach it by getting all the help available.

Maria

It sounds like you have a good plan in place Maria . Have a great half marathon!

 

[cepmom]

Just checking in one last time before I leave for the WDW Half Marathon -- I don't really have an eating plan per se, but I do expect to try to do veggies and fruit when they are an option, and we only have one dining ressie at Artist Point, so that should also help! I have two DIS meets at Beaches and Cream and one at Pop. The first Beaches and Cream will be the afternoon after the race, so I will be having ice cream! The second one will be for lunch, so I can get a meal instead of just ice cream. I expect to have my pre-race dinner at Pop, so I'll go for the runner's pasta special, and not worry about it since I will be using those carbs! We also do a grocery stop on the way to WDW, so I can stock up on bananas, grapes, apples, Kashi bars. I am hoping to keep this trip to a small gain of less than a pound. That may be wishful thinking (gotta limit those trips to Goofy's candy company!), but I'm hopeful...

Once I get back and settled I'm going to take myself to a WW meeting and learn the new program. I find it too confusing with Online WW, so I think it's better to start going to meetings again and figure out what I should be doing. I have been losing by substituting fruit for junk, but I'd feel better if I had a good handle on the new program. It seems like a great time to get back to going to meetings, and I think I can have great success if I approach it by getting all the help available.

Maria

good luck on your race!!! Have a gereat time and it does sound like you have a good plan in place.

 

[cepmom]

hey guys! Welcoem to all the newbies , congrats to those that have been able to maintain or lose over the holidays, and hugs to those that have been struggling

I've been mudding along since Christmas, got my butt back in gear on Friday and have been tracking faithfully since, yay me! DH and I are going to Vegas on Sunday, so I started to try on my clothes I wanted to bring and lets just say it wasn't pretty My sexy skinny jeans are now way too tight but on the upside that was what it took to get my butt back on program. I beat myself up for a couple of days, but then decided beating myself up isn't going to accomplish anything. I am doing what I need to do now to fix it..working out and tracking.

Hoping to get to a meeting on Friday to weigh in before we go away. I'm a little nervous about going to Vegas, not sure where we'll eat. I haven't done much planning for this trip, unlike my usual Disney trips where every meal is planned in advance. I am hoping to be able to get some fresh fruit and healthy snacks at least when we get there to have on hand. Has anyone here been to Vegas before and can recommend some decent restaurants that won't break the bank or my pants

 

[ashenbiez]

good luck and congrats to those going for the 1/2 marathon! SO exciting! I can't even run across the street, let alone 13 miles, so I'm in awe of what you're about to do.

oops! Just used 12 points on breakfast. didn't mean for that to happen. eek! Although, I'm much more of a breakfast person than any other meal so I think its okay to go a little heavy in the mornings - plus I ate later than I normally do so its more like a "brunch" anyways Or maybe I'm just making excuses.
Its not like I had anything bad though.

how exciting that there's so many people joining in lately! So many people to get to know, support and love Disney with!

 

[Rora]

Hi there! I posted a thread about a question I had about WW before I saw this one- whoops! I'm going to repost what I wrote in my thread here. Thanks for any help, in advance!
~~~~~~~~~
Hello W.I.S.H ers!!

A little background before I get started: Currently, I'm 5'9" and weigh 175. I've gained a lot since college and really want to get healthy again and back down to my high school weight: 145. I've spoken with my DR and we've both decided that this would be a good weight for me.

After lots of thinking I've decided to start Weight Watchers. I'm excited! HOWEVER, I've heard many mixed reviews about attending the meetings or doing it online:
1. My aunt says there's no value in going to the meetings (she just has the books and counts points on her own- this is not something I want to do..I need a bit more structure.).
2. My friend is doing Weight Watchers online and has been successful with it. She admits she does it online because she's too lazy to go to the meetings.
3. My mom has done the meetings and can't decide if they're worth it or not.

Clearly, everyone has a different opinion and I'm sure that things that work for some don't work for everyone BUT, I know that some of you here have done WW and I'm just looking for some outside advice. Any pros or cons to attending the meetings or doing it online?

I will admit I have some problems sticking to a diet plan and probably need some form of accountability.

Any advice or thoughts is appreciated!