Weight Watchers Chat

[CdnBuzzFan]

Sorry you had to miss it Jess.

I feel really bad for DS. This was our third attempt and we were going for him. There's not much chance for him to use his sled here in the city and he was really looking forward to it. We'll try again over the march break but their snow will likely be gone by then.

 

[Laurabearz]

Monday monday... Holiday for us

Hiya Robin! I'm new to the thread. Happy to hear about your Daughter and State Finals, sorry to hear about ya feeling icky.

wildfan1473... Hawaii is great motivation!!

CdnBuzzFan... bummer about the trip, esp no sledding :-(

Well despite it being 30 degrees and drizzling I went out and did 2 miles today with my PRE C25K intervals of 30 sec jog 120 sec walk and did much better today than two days ago which makes me happy. My body is also not torn up like it was when I tried and do a fast 5K every time I walked, so taking it slow is the right thing for me

Day One Week Two is good, but I am hungry and feel the urge to snack. Just had a large bowl of veggies, but I see a 1 point popcorn and some yogurt in my future! lol Oooh and a piece of cheese!!!

Going grocery shopping this evening to stock up for the rest of the week. Gonna try FF Italian dressing as a marinade for chicken and a pork loin

 

[Sandi]

I have a question on figuring points: I bought some store brand mozzarella cheese. It's name is Light Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella and it's stats are:

Fat - 3g
Carbs - <1g
Protein - 7g
Fiber - 0g

My question is on the <1g part. If I put in 0 grams, it comes up with 1 point per cheese stick, but if I put in 1 gram, it says 2 points. So, I experimented and put in .5g (still 1 point). It actually changed to 2 points at .9 grams of carbs.

I'd love to be able to count this as only one point, but I'm just not sure what the proper thing to do is. I was thinking of counting the first one that I eat for the day as 2 points and then if I eat another one during the day just counting it as 1 point, but that seems kind of odd .

I've noticed other items having <1 gram of either fat, carbs, protein or fiber, so I figured this is something that I'm going to run into at times.

Thanks for any advice!

My WW leader said that if something says <1, you should count it as 1. If it is zero, it's zero, but otherwise there is something and since you can't register anything less than 1 and still have it be "something," it gets to be 1. It's a rip off, but it errs on the side of success.

Sorry to bear bad news.

 

[sjms71]

My WW leader said that if something says <1, you should count it as 1. If it is zero, it's zero, but otherwise there is something and since you can't register anything less than 1 and still have it be "something," it gets to be 1. It's a rip off, but it errs on the side of success.

Sorry to bear bad news.

That's what I do too up it to 1, better to be safe when counting points.

 

[disbabyndaddy]

Morning fellow WW buddies! Sounds like eveyone is doing well

Wanted to share a NSV - I went shopping yesterday and purchased a size MEDIUM dress for the first time ever! I totally didn't think it would fit, but the price was so good ($80 marked down to $16!) I had to try it on - and it fit! Had to take pics of myself and send them to my girlfriends because I couldn't tell if it looked good or not - again, still struggling with that nasty inner voice sometimes - but they liked it so I purchased it. Now, to convince my DH to take me dancing

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Super job -- keep it up! I can't remember the last time I wore a medium *anything*.

My jeans are starting to feel a little looser, and I can hardly wait until I can buy a smaller size. Good for you!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Just last week we got a new mini bar at our meetings -- the Dark Chocolaty Cluster. I bought a box BEFORE I tried them and dont really like them. I think it's the dark chocolate. I didn't really like the chocolate pretzel bar either. How did the rest of you find them? I was disappointed to hear that the red velvet mini bar was being discontinued but I had to stop buying them anyway because a box of 12 was only lasting me a couple of days! I'll be really ticked if they stop selling the chocolate caramel mini bar.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Reporting from tonight's weigh in -- down 2.8 for a total of 12.2 in 5 weeks! I made it to 10lbs and even sailed past!

I am determined not to give up those lbs when I'm in Disney next week. I have 6 pt breakfasts planned, and I'm eating kids' meals for lunch. Limiting my indulgences to one carrot cake cookie, one Welsh Dragon, and a few other treats to be determined, but definitely not more than 1 per day. Also, hopefully the Half marathon will help me burn a ton of calories!

Maria

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Reporting from tonight's weigh in -- down 2.8 for a total of 12.2 in 5 weeks! I made it to 10lbs and even sailed past!

I am determined not to give up those lbs when I'm in Disney next week. I have 6 pt breakfasts planned, and I'm eating kids' meals for lunch. Limiting my indulgences to one carrot cake cookie, one Welsh Dragon, and a few other treats to be determined, but definitely not more than 1 per day. Also, hopefully the Half marathon will help me burn a ton of calories!

Maria

Way to go, Maria! Congrats on the 10lbs+. Have a blast at Disney. Sounds like you have a plan in place which is great. I hope it all works out for you. What is a Welsh Dragon???

 

[mrzrich]

Way to go Losers! You guys are amazing!

 

[sjms71]

Reporting from tonight's weigh in -- down 2.8 for a total of 12.2 in 5 weeks! I made it to 10lbs and even sailed past!

I am determined not to give up those lbs when I'm in Disney next week. I have 6 pt breakfasts planned, and I'm eating kids' meals for lunch. Limiting my indulgences to one carrot cake cookie, one Welsh Dragon, and a few other treats to be determined, but definitely not more than 1 per day. Also, hopefully the Half marathon will help me burn a ton of calories!

Maria

Way to go !! Wow, I have to say I am impressed with your disney food plan . I will be there the following week and hope I can keep it together.

 

[Julia M]

Stopping by for a quick check in........

We stayed one night at the Bohemian hotel in Celebration, which was really cute....I wish we could have stayed longer. We ate at a nice restaurant (Boston type food) and I had the peel and eat shrimp (an appetizer for dinner. We moved to Saratoga SPrings and we ate at the Turf Club, Kona Cafe and T-Rex cafe. I feel like I made good choices. I also brought snacks, like those little 1 point cheeses (can't remember what they are called) to the Wide World of SPorts.

In case anyone is heading to Disney soon, here are the choices I thought were pretty good:

T-REx: I had the rotisserie chicken with roasted veggies and mashed potatoes. Took home half for dinner.

Kona Cafe: I had the crab caskes and a cup of soup for dinner (the Shrimp and Coconut Curry Soup)

Turf Club: Grilled Romaine Salad and a crab cake.

I also had a beer each night (usually light, or else a Hefeweizen)

I tracked all my food and my points and estimated them as well as I could,

I am hoping for a good weigh in on Satirday!

Julia

 

[disbabyndaddy]

Reporting from tonight's weigh in -- down 2.8 for a total of 12.2 in 5 weeks! I made it to 10lbs and even sailed past!

I am determined not to give up those lbs when I'm in Disney next week. I have 6 pt breakfasts planned, and I'm eating kids' meals for lunch. Limiting my indulgences to one carrot cake cookie, one Welsh Dragon, and a few other treats to be determined, but definitely not more than 1 per day. Also, hopefully the Half marathon will help me burn a ton of calories!

Maria

Congrats on the loss! I'm in week 5 now on WW too...though *I* not going to WDW next week. BOO! Please keep us posted on what you eat and how you do. I'd love to know what folks eat at Disney while on WW.

 

[Catira]

Hi hoping to attend my first WW meeting tomorrow. What can I expect? I have heard great things in regards to the new points WW has. I have been extremely lazy lately and have gained back a couple of pounds. I need to loose about 15 pounds.

 

[Sandi]

Just last week we got a new mini bar at our meetings -- the Dark Chocolaty Cluster. I bought a box BEFORE I tried them and dont really like them. I think it's the dark chocolate. I didn't really like the chocolate pretzel bar either. How did the rest of you find them? I was disappointed to hear that the red velvet mini bar was being discontinued but I had to stop buying them anyway because a box of 12 was only lasting me a couple of days! I'll be really ticked if they stop selling the chocolate caramel mini bar.

My favorite is the chocolate pretzel bar. We have a dark chocolate turtle bar that is okay. It sounds like the dark chocolate you have (maybe a different name in Canada vs US?). I've gotten the chocolate mint one, too, but I don't like those. They all serve a chocolate fix need and they aren't so good that I want more than one. Not sure if that's good or bad.

Hi hoping to attend my first WW meeting tomorrow. What can I expect? I have heard great things in regards to the new points WW has. I have been extremely lazy lately and have gained back a couple of pounds. I need to loose about 15 pounds.

Make sure you plan to stay for the tutorial for new members that will be held after your class. The new Points Plus program is different from the old Points program. If you ever did WW before, you really need to hear about the new program. You cannot mix the two and be successful. I really like the new program. I did great the first few weeks on the new program -- it sort of jump started my weight loss. Now, I'm back to the slow losing, but that is fine. Slow and steady wins the race.

 

[mackeysmom]

Back from today's weigh-in and I am down 1.2 for a total of 15.6 . I did not follow the Simply Filling Technique this week - I was on straight PointsPlus.

As I had mentioned, I will treat myself to a Pandora/Chamilia bracelet when I hit 25 pounds. Today after my meeting I met a friend for lunch - while waiting for her to arrive I was in the jewelry store looking at the Chamilia beads. The jeweler gave me a coupon - buy 3 beads and get the bracelet free. The coupon is good until the end of March, so if I can lose 9 pounds by that time, I will save some money.

Tried a great Pasta Fagioli recipe from skinnytaste.com last night - absolutely delicious. I would recommend it to anybody.

Hope everybody is having a good week.

- Laura

 

[disbabyndaddy]

As I had mentioned, I will treat myself to a Pandora/Chamilia bracelet when I hit 25 pounds.

I'm heading to DSW for some cute summer shoes. Congratulations on the loss!

 

[sjms71]

Back from today's weigh-in and I am down 1.2 for a total of 15.6 . I did not follow the Simply Filling Technique this week - I was on straight PointsPlus.

As I had mentioned, I will treat myself to a Pandora/Chamilia bracelet when I hit 25 pounds. Today after my meeting I met a friend for lunch - while waiting for her to arrive I was in the jewelry store looking at the Chamilia beads. The jeweler gave me a coupon - buy 3 beads and get the bracelet free. The coupon is good until the end of March, so if I can lose 9 pounds by that time, I will save some money.

Tried a great Pasta Fagioli recipe from skinnytaste.com last night - absolutely delicious. I would recommend it to anybody.

Hope everybody is having a good week.

- Laura

Awesome Job Laura, keep up the great work and you'll be wearing your bracelet in no time .

I'm heading to DSW for some cute summer shoes. Congratulations on the loss!

Happy shopping!

 

[Leitadala]

Hello!

I'm on my third go-round with Weight Watchers (and hopefully my last! as in, I don't want to gain it back this time) and I did a search for Weight Watchers in Disney World and found this thread... I can't believe that in the few years I've been a dis member I've never combed through the W.I.S.H. threads! I want to get down at least 15 by my May trip and I don't want to have to loose lots of vacation weight when I get home... but unfortunately I've been on a plateau for the last 2 weeks since I started working out 5 times a week. My leader assures me that it's normal and I should expect to see weight loss return in 4-6 weeks after begining an exercise routine... *fingers crossed*

Anyway, you all seem like a very supportive community and I really enjoy the Weight Watchers and Disney tips you have here!

 

[sjms71]

Hello!

I'm on my third go-round with Weight Watchers (and hopefully my last! as in, I don't want to gain it back this time) and I did a search for Weight Watchers in Disney World and found this thread... I can't believe that in the few years I've been a dis member I've never combed through the W.I.S.H. threads! I want to get down at least 15 by my May trip and I don't want to have to loose lots of vacation weight when I get home... but unfortunately I've been on a plateau for the last 2 weeks since I started working out 5 times a week. My leader assures me that it's normal and I should expect to see weight loss return in 4-6 weeks after begining an exercise routine... *fingers crossed*

Anyway, you all seem like a very supportive community and I really enjoy the Weight Watchers and Disney tips you have here!

WELCOME , hang in there with the plateau, have you tried eating some of your activity points? If not you may need to fuel your body some more. Good luck, we are here to help and support you so make sure you keep us posted on your progress.

 

[Sandi]

Stephanie, I love your new photo! I've been so transfixed by your weight loss ticker (61 pounds is amazing), that I just noticed the photo change. Looks like the kids had fun!