Weight Watchers Chat

[CdnBuzzFan]

Evening Everyone,

Its been busy in here the last week days - its great to see everyone posting.

So nice to see alot of new faces - WELCOME!!!

I haven't purchased any of the WW bars, but I do LOVE the Kellog's Fiber Plus Bars - if you haven't tried them, you might want to - my favorites are the chocolatey peanut butter and the caramel coconut fudge bars - YUMMY!

I had a bad binge attack Saturday and Sunday afternoons - I was home alone both days and I was bored, so I just started eating - boy I hate when I return to my old ways - the scaled jumped almost 2 pounds from Saturday morning to Monday morning. Happy to report that I am back on track yesterday and today and the scale is moving back down, but boy am I mad at myself for allowing it to happen. I worked so hard last week too!

Hope everyone has a wonderful evening!

Tammy

Glad you're back on track Tammy! I actually havent tried the Kellogs Bars because I just cant stand their commercials.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

I wanted to share a recipe that is all the rage at our meeting - shared with us by a lady who has lost over 130 pounds in the last year!

One apple, any kind, with or without skin - chopped into pieces and put into a microwave bowl, sprinkle of cinnamon, and a little vanilla. Top with 1/4 cup sf syrup - microwave about 3 minutes (longer if you want a softer apple). Top with ff cool whip. Yummy - the only points is in the syrup - my syrup is 1 points plus for 1/4 cup or 0 points plus for 1/8 cup - check your NI.

You can also make it on the stove if you prefer. I have also made it with bananas and strawberries on the stove - I only use 1/8 c syrup and heat til it carmelizes.

Tammy

On the Points Plus Plan, I'm pretty sure you're going to have to count the apple since you've cooked it.

 

[brookelizabeth]

For quick, go-to, low-point meals I often do a Gorton's Tilapia Fillet. I guess it does take 20 minutes to bake, but you just throw it on a pan and let it go. Very easy. 2 points. Very often I put frozen cauliflower florets along side it on the pan in the oven, with a teaspoon of olive oil drizzled over them and some season salt. 1 point. 3 points total, plus you get in at least 1 veggie serving (I usually eat a LOT at one sitting!) and an oil.

A quick snack I do a lot is an apple with a tablespoon of peanut butter, 3 points and very filling.

An egg white omelet (or egg beaters) with a bunch of veggies in it is always good too.

I hope that helps!


As for the Jennifer Hudson commercials, we don't have TV, so I haven't seen them! Strange that they are annoying even to members though....that can't be good for sales!

 

[DisneyMOM09]

Good Morning!! Today is weigh in day for me.... down 1.6 lbs! I didn't do as well as I should have as far as eating(had pizza and buffalo wild wings this weekend) so I was pleasantly surprised to see such a great loss on the scale this morning. This is the second week I have eaten almost all of my weeklies(not really on purpose, just worked out that way), and exercised and had a good loss, so I guess that is what is working for my body right now. I am only .6lbs away from 10lbs gone!!! I can't wait for next week!!! We are 20 days away from our disney vacation, and my goal was to have lost 15lbs by that time, not sure if I'll make it, but I am going to do the best I can!!!

Hope everyone with weigh ins today sees great success!

 

[sjms71]

For quick, go-to, low-point meals I often do a Gorton's Tilapia Fillet. I guess it does take 20 minutes to bake, but you just throw it on a pan and let it go. Very easy. 2 points. Very often I put frozen cauliflower florets along side it on the pan in the oven, with a teaspoon of olive oil drizzled over them and some season salt. 1 point. 3 points total, plus you get in at least 1 veggie serving (I usually eat a LOT at one sitting!) and an oil.

A quick snack I do a lot is an apple with a tablespoon of peanut butter, 3 points and very filling.

An egg white omelet (or egg beaters) with a bunch of veggies in it is always good too.

I hope that helps!


As for the Jennifer Hudson commercials, we don't have TV, so I haven't seen them! Strange that they are annoying even to members though....that can't be good for sales!

OMG Brook, I just read the first post to your PTR, I LOVE IT!!!!! Very, very cute and creative.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Is it just me? Or does anyone else find those Jennifer Hudson WW commercials a bit grating?

I really dont like it when she sings those annoying sounds. My DH cant stand them and turns the channel when she appears.

yeah we've had a hard time with getting calculators in stock around here too. In the mean time, you can access a free calculator on the WW website. Also, if you have a smart phone you can download a calculator app for it to use too

We're out of them here too. It doesn't make sense to me that they would have ordered so little of the product that their new members will need to be successful.

had my WI today. I was down 1.6 after having a birthday party this weekend! Went the the chinese buffet, had ice cream, a cupcake, and chips and french onion dip!

Woo Hoo! I am only 1.2lbs from 10, and .67 from my 5% goal!! I hope I can make them both next week

Well done! Good luck on reaching your goal.!

Today I measured myself - and I've lost over 4 inches since Feb 4!

I'm hoping for a good weigh-in on Friday, we leave for a two week trip to the World on Saturday!

Congratulations! I've always regretted not taking any measurements during my weight loss journey. Have a great Disney vacation!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

My weigh in is today! I've stuck to the progam like glue this week, however, this morning, I'm exactly the same as I was last Wednesday morning. I was hoping to be down since I behaved myself so well and have about 5 WPA points left over. Oh, well...we'll see what happens. I'll post when I return. Good luck to everyone else weighing in today.

 

[sjms71]

Good Morning!! Today is weigh in day for me.... down 1.6 lbs! I didn't do as well as I should have as far as eating(had pizza and buffalo wild wings this weekend) so I was pleasantly surprised to see such a great loss on the scale this morning. This is the second week I have eaten almost all of my weeklies(not really on purpose, just worked out that way), and exercised and had a good loss, so I guess that is what is working for my body right now. I am only .6lbs away from 10lbs gone!!! I can't wait for next week!!! We are 20 days away from our disney vacation, and my goal was to have lost 15lbs by that time, not sure if I'll make it, but I am going to do the best I can!!!

Hope everyone with weigh ins today sees great success!

1.6 is GREAT!!! , I think sometimes you need to eat like that (within your points of course). This week I have what I would say is the best Food week I've had in a while. Over the weekend I did so good, I stayed within my dailies, which I never do I always go into my weekly and usually it's with pizza, a burger, maybe some ice cream. Well, I was so good last weekend and have continued to stay within my points and the scale isn't moving at all so far this week . I really hope something happens before my weigh in tomorrow.

 

[brookelizabeth]

OMG Brook, I just read the first post to your PTR, I LOVE IT!!!!! Very, very cute and creative.

Thank you! I asked my DH "How should I start my PTR?" and he said, "Once upon a time...." and it totally snowballed from there! LOL!

 

[sjms71]

My weigh in is today! I've stuck to the progam like glue this week, however, this morning, I'm exactly the same as I was last Wednesday morning. I was hoping to be down since I behaved myself so well and have about 5 WPA points left over. Oh, well...we'll see what happens. I'll post when I return. Good luck to everyone else weighing in today.

OMG Jess, I just posted the same thing stuck to it like glue also. Hope you have a good weigh in.

 

[brookelizabeth]

1.6 is GREAT!!! , I think sometimes you need to eat like that (within your points of course). This week I have what I would say is the best Food week I've had in a while. Over the weekend I did so good, I stayed within my dailies, which I never do I always go into my weekly and usually it's with pizza, a burger, maybe some ice cream. Well, I was so good last weekend and have continued to stay within my points and the scale isn't moving at all so far this week . I really hope something happens before my weigh in tomorrow.

That is exactly what happened to me too. One week I didn't really indulge at ALL and the scale barely moved. I think my body needs some higher point days to kick up the metabolism....I certainly don't mind.

 

[sjms71]

That is exactly what happened to me too. One week I didn't really indulge at ALL and the scale barely moved. I think my body needs some higher point days to kick up the metabolism....I certainly don't mind.

Yes, thank you, I was looking for the right word, indulge. I usually do somewhat on the weekends but within points. This week I didn't not one bite and nothing. The scale hasn't moved an ounce. Plus I become obssesive and when I don't see it move I workout more and to see nothing so far is just frustrating.

 

[shinysparklybubbles]

I think she's very "thick" looking. Not lumpy and fat like me, but kind of like a brick of velveta cheese, if that makes any sense. I find it hard to beileve she is a 2 or 4. A few of my friends are 2's and they are little bitty things!

 

[sjms71]

Thank you! I asked my DH "How should I start my PTR?" and he said, "Once upon a time...." and it totally snowballed from there! LOL!

Ok, now I am mesmerized by your PTR and all your pictures!! Your son is so adorable. Have a great time. We will be overlapping our two weeks. We will be arriving on 3/5-3/19 staying POR and then CBR.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

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???

A Welsh Dragon is an adult beverage, I can't tell you what's in it, but I can tell you it's yummy! I had my first one after this year's WDW Half at the Rose & Crown in Epcot.

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.

I think it's a pretty easy plan to stick to -- I'm having 18 Rabbits Granola Bars and a piece of fruit for breakfast. This is a treat for me, because you can't buy them locally. I get them at the airport before I fly out, so I already have a vacation splurge for a 6 pt breakfast. Having a kids' meal at lunch will be easy -- they have them everywhere, and I don't have ADRs at lunch (actually, I only have 1 for dinner, I think). The cast member won't know I'm ordering for me, and this is a way to make sure I get fruit/veggie with my meal. Since this is a solo trip, I don't have to eat a real "meal" at any time. I can make my own, just having whatever appeals to me. I do plan to have dinner in the Parks, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, but I think I can find CS options that will be ok -- and if I can't I'll just eat until I'm comfortable, not miserable. Saturday night I'll have the pasta special they have before a race, and Friday night is California Grill. I'm bringing a small tub of fresh dates to snack on if I get really hungry at night, but I plan to not be in my room very much. I will be busy riding rides and seeing shows, and I just think eating will be less of an event and more of a fuel situation.

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.

Julia

These all sound good, I love the idea of soup to round out my meal

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.

I'll try to keep track and post a report. It will be interesting how much I deviate from my plan.

I had a bad binge attack Saturday and Sunday afternoons - I was home alone both days and I was bored, so I just started eating - boy I hate when I return to my old ways - the scaled jumped almost 2 pounds from Saturday morning to Monday morning. Happy to report that I am back on track yesterday and today and the scale is moving back down, but boy am I mad at myself for allowing it to happen. I worked so hard last week too!

Tammy

I think weekends are really tough, especially if I find myself alone for awhile. One thing I've started doing is treating them more like a weekday -- going ahead and pointing out what I plan to eat and recording it. It helps me stay on track to see what the plan is...

Yes, thank you, I was looking for the right word, indulge. I usually do somewhat on the weekends but within points. This week I didn't not one bite and nothing. The scale hasn't moved an ounce. Plus I become obssesive and when I don't see it move I workout more and to see nothing so far is just frustrating.

If you are in a "reshaping" phase, you could be losing inches but not pounds. Just a thought...

Ok, this was probably my last check in before I leave for WDW Friday morning. Wish my luck staying on track, and I will let you know the damage , I have to weigh in almost as soon as I return...

Maria

 

[sjms71]

Ok, this was probably my last check in before I leave for WDW Friday morning. Wish my luck staying on track, and I will let you know the damage , I have to weigh in almost as soon as I return...

Maria

Ok, Maria have a magical time , good luck and Run Girl .

 

[Belle5]

Just joined WW on-line and DH is doing it with me. Our son is getting married at the end of the summer= big motivation!

 

[k_null81]

Wow, 4.2 at this point in your journey is amazing. Congratulations. Keep doing what you're doing. Can you share any secrets?! I'd love to see a week like you just had.

Sorry it took so long to reply. I attempted to reply yesterday and went to preview my post and some how must of hit the right combo of keys and X out of the Disboards some how! So let me try this again!

Not sure I have any secrets really or not but I believe a big portion of my 3lbs weight gain the week before the 4.2 loss was sodium and my really poor food choices the night before weigh in which had the sodium. I also only worked out 3 days that week and I normally get in 4-5 days a week. I also think in general that week I wasn't watching as closely as normal. So after my horrific weight gain I told myself that I was going to lose that 3lbs plus 1...or that's what I was hoping for. So that week I ended up working out 6 days and I increased my water in take. I typically drink at least 68oz a day at work. Last week I was probably getting 90+ a day last week. I also wasn't eating/snacking past probably past 7 last week. Not sure if the not eating past a certain time had anything to do with it though really.

I'm honestly not sure if I would of lost that much weight in a normal week. Like I said I believe most of it was water weight. I don't lose like that normally at all. And now that I'm closer to goal the harder it is getting that is for sure.

I think I wouldn't probably lose at all really if I didn't work out. I'm horrible on the weekends with tracking and I typically eat what I want in moderation and call my weekly points and activity points gone because of the weekends. So M-F I stay within my points typically. Ever so often I may have a bad day during the week.

Well I hope everyone is have a good week so far! Looks like we have a lot of new people posting on this thread these days.

 

[dthogue]

Hey Tammy, how many points are the the fiber plus bars?

They are 3 pp each - sorry I forgot this isn't the WW message where we aren't "allowed" to post pps

Tammy

 

[dthogue]

sounds yummy! I've been doing that lately with an apple then crumble the new 3 pt Cinnamon Crumb bar on top.....sooooo good! But I may try this instead to lower the points.

On a related note with the FF cool whip, I know that 2 T is 0 PP, but I keep mine frozen and its hard to scoop out 2 Tablespoons. I decided to start weighing in on my food scale (9 grams is the serving size) and it's really a small amount! Ive definitely been putting much more than that in my SF hot cocoa, or on top on my baked apple and never counted points for it It's so eye opening when you start weighing things!

That sounds yummy too. I use FF cool whip all the time, I know I use too much, but I don't count the points either, guess as long as I am losing, I won't count them yet . Did you know that Pampered chef has a scoop that measures out 1tbsp and 2 tbsp?? They are great for measuring these type of things - I use my for peanut butter especially.

Tammy