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[diskids2]

FINALLY!!! Down .8 today and hit my 60lbs

OMG....so proud...that is so awesome!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

FINALLY!!! Down .8 today and hit my 60lbs

YAAAAAAHHHHHHH! I was sure you would get it today!!!!

We're all so proud. You've worked hard and used up a lot of patience but it finally paid off. You also made it to 60 pounds before your birthday which is what you were hoping for, wasn't it?

Way to go, Steph!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Hi all,

Checking in ... and I love this thread by the way. I'm in the middle of week three. The second week was harder than the first and this week is not as bad as last week, so progress!

First week I lost 10.6 pounds and last week 4 pounds. I can't wait for this week

Anyway, how can I put this..... I AM SICK OF BAKED CHICKEN!

Ok now that I got that off my chest....I need some new recipies! Any ideas?

So, diskids2, how many daily points do you get and what kinds of things do you like to eat? Are you asking for recipes for dinner or would you like something for each meal of the day?

 

[Twingle]

FINALLY!!! Down .8 today and hit my 60lbs

Dancing Banana for you! SO AWESOME!

 

[diskids2]

So, diskids2, how many daily points do you get and what kinds of things do you like to eat? Are you asking for recipes for dinner or would you like something for each meal of the day?

I am looking for recipies for dinner especially but if you have a favorite I'd love to hear about it. I like to keep my dinners to 10 points in total.

 

[Sandi]

FINALLY!!! Down .8 today and hit my 60lbs

Way to go Stephanie!!!!! We all knew you'd do it. Awesome accomplishment. Congratulations.

Hi all,

Checking in ... and I love this thread by the way. I'm in the middle of week three. The second week was harder than the first and this week is not as bad as last week, so progress!

First week I lost 10.6 pounds and last week 4 pounds. I can't wait for this week

Anyway, how can I put this..... I AM SICK OF BAKED CHICKEN!

Ok now that I got that off my chest....I need some new recipies! Any ideas?

In my house, we also eat a lot of chicken. I buy skinless, boneless chicken breasts, pound them to tenderize them and then throw them in a gallon ziplock in Kraft Fat Free Italian dressing. I often freeze them that way and they really take on a great flavor when they thaw out in the refrigerator during the day. I then spray my big Calphalon saute pan with cooking spray and saute the chicken breasts in the FF dressing. I like to let the dressing get carmelized and really coat the chicken. The FF dressing adds almost nothing to the Points Plus value of the chicken breasts. DH and DD16 love the chicken, too.

 

[Sandi]

I did my WI today. I'm usually on Wednesdays, but was out of town. I stayed the same -- no loss, no gain. I'm really good with that since I was eating out for every meal for 3 days. We had a GREAT dinner at Michael Symon's Roast in Detroit Tuesday night. I got the lamb ragu and it was fabulous. I barely ate 1/3 of my serving (probably because we shared some amazing appetizers and sides and, oh, yea, I drank more wine than I have in years ).

Anyway, last night when I got home I went for a 4 mile run. That felt good enough to make me face the scales today.

I'm on track now. Here's to next Wednesday's WI.

 

[Ellajoan]

Hi all! I'm doing WW online and it's slow-going (hypothyroid), but at least it's going. I average about .5 lb a week. A few questions...

Any idea what the PP value is for Zumba? It's my exercise of choice and I just have to guesstimate.

I tend to gain between 3-4 lbs during the last two weeks of my cycle, which makes it really hard to track progress. Feels like 2 steps forward, 2 steps back. Anyone else have this?

Staying OP at WDW? Impossible? Any places that list PP values for restaurants/foods there? We usually do one CS or TS meal onsite a day, the rest are offsite.

Any products you all love and can recommend? I'm big into the Hungry Girl website and have gotten some great ideas from there. Powdered Peanut butter--who knew it'd be so great?

Have loved reading this thread--made that fruit/angel food cake recipe from here the day I read it!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I am looking for recipies for dinner especially but if you have a favorite I'd love to hear about it. I like to keep my dinners to 10 points in total.

Pork Tenderloin has the same points as chicken. Do you eat pork?

 

[meekorouse]

Hi there! I was asking my friends where I could find a Disney-focused Weight Watcher group and a friend pointed me this way..

DH & I started on the new program 6 weeks ago. I'd have good luck on the old program but this one seems more complicated & with 2 or 3 trips to Florida this year (not just Disney) I'm a little nervous about how I'll be able to keep accurate measure of the meat and things on my tracker. I started at 220 and made my 5% goal this past week.

I really like using the eTools to keep track of my food and having an iPhone app makes it easier to keep up on what I'm eating at the parks.

Has anyone been on program while at the park?? My trip this Spring will be the first time and I'm wondering how helpful Cast Members are at letting you know the quantity of food etc. I'm not used to asking "how many ounces is this chicken?" or "what kind of sauce is this?" it seems a little insulting & I get embarrassed. When I tell the server at our local favorite places I'm on Weight Watchers they don't seem to mind as much.. but still makes me nervous.

Anyway thanks for reading.. and congrats and best wishes to all the folks I've been reading about.. It's nice to know we're not alone in this.

 

[cepmom]

Hi all! I'm doing WW online and it's slow-going (hypothyroid), but at least it's going. I average about .5 lb a week. A few questions...

Any idea what the PP value is for Zumba? It's my exercise of choice and I just have to guesstimate.

I tend to gain between 3-4 lbs during the last two weeks of my cycle, which makes it really hard to track progress. Feels like 2 steps forward, 2 steps back. Anyone else have this?

Staying OP at WDW? Impossible? Any places that list PP values for restaurants/foods there? We usually do one CS or TS meal onsite a day, the rest are offsite.

Any products you all love and can recommend? I'm big into the Hungry Girl website and have gotten some great ideas from there. Powdered Peanut butter--who knew it'd be so great?

Have loved reading this thread--made that fruit/angel food cake recipe from here the day I read it!

hi there
activity points are calculated based on your weight, the length of time you exercise and the intensity level. you can plug it into the activity tracker on eTools and it will calculate your PPV earned.

I have been having ongoing problems with gaining and my cycle for a while now. For 1 -2 weeks before my cycle started, I would go on crazy eating binges, gain, and then have 2 weeks to work it off before it started all over again.

This month I feel I made it through without gaining and I am so happy about it. I really paid attention to how I was feeling physically (was I really hungry? or just craving something salty, sweet etc)and just tried really, really hard to not give into the cravings this time. It worked!

I don't know of any points values listed for Disney restaurants; we are gong in May and in the past, Ive just done the best I can with regards to food choices. I don't really count points, I just try to eat reasonable portions, and order thngs like salads, fruit, grilled meats etc. I do indulge too, with some Margaritas (in Mexico...yummm!) and treats too, but we do so much walking while we're there, it sort of balances out. I usually put on a few pounds when traveling, but I try not to let it get me down and just accept it as part of vacationing!

Allearsnet.com has a great list of menus for all the restaurants, so I like to look at them and figure out where to eat based whether they have good choices for me...that helps too.

 

[dthogue]

FINALLY!!! Down .8 today and hit my 60lbs

CONGRATULATIONS! What an accomplishment!

Tammy

 

[Sandi]

Hi there! I was asking my friends where I could find a Disney-focused Weight Watcher group and a friend pointed me this way..

DH & I started on the new program 6 weeks ago. I'd have good luck on the old program but this one seems more complicated & with 2 or 3 trips to Florida this year (not just Disney) I'm a little nervous about how I'll be able to keep accurate measure of the meat and things on my tracker. I started at 220 and made my 5% goal this past week.

I really like using the eTools to keep track of my food and having an iPhone app makes it easier to keep up on what I'm eating at the parks.

Has anyone been on program while at the park?? My trip this Spring will be the first time and I'm wondering how helpful Cast Members are at letting you know the quantity of food etc. I'm not used to asking "how many ounces is this chicken?" or "what kind of sauce is this?" it seems a little insulting & I get embarrassed. When I tell the server at our local favorite places I'm on Weight Watchers they don't seem to mind as much.. but still makes me nervous.

Anyway thanks for reading.. and congrats and best wishes to all the folks I've been reading about.. It's nice to know we're not alone in this.

Welcome to our thread. It's a great little community of like minded friends. Whenever I need encouragement (or even a kick in the pants), I turn to my friends here.

As far as being on program at WDW, I am like Jessie and just try to make good choices. When we went in August, I actually wound up losing 2 pounds while on vacation at WDW. It was such a bonus. I ordered breakfast and snack stuff from Garden Grocer so we would have healthy "go to" foods readily available at BWV. I had yogurt with oatmeal every morning and my DD16 had her cereal with skim milk. When we took breaks in the afternoon, we were able to munch on grapes, other fruit, and yogurt. We ate CS and TS for various lunches and dinners. While we would typically make "good" choices, we treated ourselves on occasion. I had one Mickey Bar during the week; I also had the strawberry dessert at Sunshine Seasons. We had Dole Whip, too. During that week, I did not track food or exercise extensively (a few trips to the fitness center for elliptical). I think I started to track on my Blackberry and on the laptop, but it just got too silly and I gave up.

In the past, taking a week off from tracking would have meant that I wouldn't start up again. In August, I immediately got back on the tracking horse when we got home from vacation. I did the same thing when we went to Switzerland for Thanksgiving. No tracking, lots of exercise, and I lost 1.2 pounds on that vacation. (I've told DH that I just need to permanently be on vacation in order to get to my weight goal, but he believes WW is more cost efficient.) We're going to WDW in April for Spring Break and we have ressies at LeCellier, LaHacienda, Narcoose's, and Whispering Canyon. I'm not just ordering salad!

Anyway, everyone comes up with different ways to deal with vacations. WW is designed to be a LIVE-it, not a DIEt. So, enjoying life while your on vacation is not a bad thing.

 

[sjms71]

Thank you all so much for the kind words, I can't say enough how thankful I am to be a part of this thread and have all of you on my side.

Next, Congrats to all the other losers today. Sandi, good job on getting right back on track after a tough week .

WELCOME to all our newbies today. Lots of luck to you.

I like this website skinnytaste.com. I make a lot of dishes from here.

 

[Sandi]

Where is Robin? She started this and I miss her.

 

[sjms71]

Where is Robin? She started this and I miss her.

I know me too, I think her weigh in day is tomorrow so hopefully it's LATTE day for her .

 

[brookelizabeth]

FINALLY!!! Down .8 today and hit my 60lbs

and look at that beautiful ticker of yours!!!! CONGRATS!

And a big congrats to the other losers as well!!!!! I hope to be joining you tomorrow.

Hi all,

Checking in ... and I love this thread by the way. I'm in the middle of week three. The second week was harder than the first and this week is not as bad as last week, so progress!

First week I lost 10.6 pounds and last week 4 pounds. I can't wait for this week

Anyway, how can I put this..... I AM SICK OF BAKED CHICKEN!

Ok now that I got that off my chest....I need some new recipies! Any ideas?

We do chicken stir-fry quite often. A bag of frozen stir fry veggies, a bit of olive oil, and chicken. We also use oriental seasoning that we purchased from Pampered Chef. Very easy, very quick, low points and delicious!

I've ground up chicken before to put in chili too.

We do a LOT of ground turkey. I have to get into pork for some variety!

 

[Julia M]

Hi there! I was asking my friends where I could find a Disney-focused Weight Watcher group and a friend pointed me this way..

DH & I started on the new program 6 weeks ago. I'd have good luck on the old program but this one seems more complicated & with 2 or 3 trips to Florida this year (not just Disney) I'm a little nervous about how I'll be able to keep accurate measure of the meat and things on my tracker. I started at 220 and made my 5% goal this past week.

I really like using the eTools to keep track of my food and having an iPhone app makes it easier to keep up on what I'm eating at the parks.

Has anyone been on program while at the park?? My trip this Spring will be the first time and I'm wondering how helpful Cast Members are at letting you know the quantity of food etc. I'm not used to asking "how many ounces is this chicken?" or "what kind of sauce is this?" it seems a little insulting & I get embarrassed. When I tell the server at our local favorite places I'm on Weight Watchers they don't seem to mind as much.. but still makes me nervous.

Anyway thanks for reading.. and congrats and best wishes to all the folks I've been reading about.. It's nice to know we're not alone in this.

I use eTools and love the iphone app as well.

I arrived at WDW today, and am staying until Tuesday. Basically, we flew across the country today.

I brought light Brie (from Trader Joes) and had that with crackers and some low call snacks on the plane (Southwest)

Our first night (tonight) is in Celebration, at the Bohemian Hotel. We ate at a place down the street, and I had 1/2 pound of peel and eat shrimp and some Boston Baked beans. DD wanted to go to teh ice cream store and she and my mom got ice cream, but I didn't. YEAH!!

I am going to try and be really good all week, but I kow that some choices will be rough.

Julia

 

[mackeysmom]

Well it took 9 weeks, but I had my first full-on BINGE tonight .

I had a nice meal at my sister's house - chicken cutlets, baked potato, spinach and unsweetened applesauce. After dinner, I make cookies with my nieces and nephew and had two of them (had pre-pointed them, so that was OK). My sister sent me home with a chicken cutlet to add to my salad for lunch tomorrow.

When I got home (about 10:30 pm), I went to put the chicken in the fridge and it just smelled so good. I thought about how it wouldn't taste nearly as good tomorrow as it would right then, so I ate it. No problem - I had the points available.

I don't know what happened, but that just set me off. Within a half-hour, I also ate 2 cheese sticks, reduced-fat wheat thins and salsa, a few slices of Boar's Head turkey and the package of WW dijon pretzels that we were given as a sample at this week's meeting.

Oh well - I tracked the entire thing, took the hit from my Weekly Point Allowance and have brushed my teeth to keep anything else from going in my mouth tonight. Tomorrow is another day.

I had to laugh though - what a pathetic binge. No cookies, no Valentine's candy, no chips - chicken, cheese, turkey, pretzels, salsa - I guess something is clicking in that brain of mine somewhere .

- Laura

 

[meekorouse]

thanks Sandi and Julia (& everyone) for the words of encouragement.. I know it's going to be fun trying to track meals (we usually do 2 meals a day and a couple snacks when at the parks and I've been fortunate in the past to not gain weight on trips because of all the walking.. but we'll see how it goes!)

Julia I wish they had a Trader Joe's there in Florida.. so spoiled having them here in SoCal I hadn't thought to try and bring it through security to snack on the plane. That's a great idea! We fly Southwest & if I don't find anything at the airport I end up not eating til we land somewhere. Have fun on your trip & magical filled days!