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I was on a thread where someone linked to a thread that said how many points you can have a day Mine came to 19 points (am ft6 and 10st9) but I have no idea what to do next the thought of eating different food to the rest of the family puts me off too...
if you join they give you a starter pack which you can follow, you are not tied into anything. I do find meetings and a weekly weigh in helpful though for me to stay on track
I am starting Atkins on Monday. We can compare notes if you like and see how we get along. I am doing this to get the kick start I need to shift the baby weight then after a few months may revert back to WW. SW has never worked for me. WW is really easy to do when you have a family as you can eat the same as everyone else. Good luck!!
I just do the points plan, havent tried the core plan sorry. I am not organised enough to do the core plan, plus my brain is too small and full to think properly...
I am doing WW and have lost 7lbs in 3 weeks which I am really pleased about.
i do points and not core as you eat as much as you like (til you are full) and I am never full so it didnt work for me!!
You eat the same as everyone else but add lots of veg and drink lots of water and you will be fine.
It is so easy!
Just work out what it is you like to eat.
Example....DH is doing this WW with me. He would rather count 2pts and have olive oil on his salad. I would rather have plain salad and a pack of Skips in the evening which is 2pts too.
I also find that I need to have my head around it and its not really about food but how you are feeling.
Hi I'll join you, I started WW last week and have already lost 2lbs! Mind you I have about 5 stone to lose so I'm not there yet
I've got the handbook and the points calculator from when I did WW and actually joined before. This time I'm just doing it by myself, i.e. haven't joined again and not going to meetings, so having a bit of support here will be great.
I'm doing full choice (points) at the moment, but may switch to no count later on. It's good to start with counting the points as you get a better idea of portion sizes. Otherwise, like Collision says, there is a risk of just eating and eating.
No count is really easy though, there is a list of foods that you can eat freely, and you get a 21 points weekly allowance that you can use on foods not in the list of free foods, for instance if you want to add oil to your salad or have a glass of wine.
Anyway good luck to you all!
My weigh in day is on Monday so I'll check in here next Monday, but will definitely pop in before that!
hiya! i have been doing ww since jan and have lost 1 stone. i still have another stone to lose. i have been doing the core plan and find it really easy! main problem is you have to cook something properly most nights cant have ready meals like you can on the points plan. you are allowed so much stuff though its really easy.
Well done on all of your losses. I am going without any books at the moment because I can't start my class until the 12th. But I am doing my best to be good but it's so hard to break a bad habit.
I have had a salad today which I am really proud of because I have a canteen next to me thats full of lovely food.
hiya, i joined weight watchers with my dad 4 weeks ago and have lost 10 pounds. i also joined the gym and am having a really good time there. i honestly do feel better and more motivated than before.
i also have another 4 and half stone to loose. i have never lost that much before, but hoping to this time round
Hi, I was on the thread with posieflump last week <waves hello> I bought the points books off someone on here and started last Thursday. I'm really quite impressed with the points system and I've really thought about the food i'm eating and the quantity. I'm not going to weigh ins but will weigh myself at home. My weigh in day is Thursday. Do we post how much we've lost or not each weigh in day? or something else?
Hi can I join you? Can't actually get to a ww meeting as they are all in the evenings round here and dh can't get back in time.
Have done it lots of times before but lose about 10lbs then slip back into my old ways.
Am trying to look at it from a health point of view so to get to a BMI of 25 I need to lose just over 2 stone but would ideally like to lose 3 stone to be back to the weight I was when I got married (nearly 20 years ago!)
I am trying to stick to 18 points a day for the first week (just can't do this no count thing- prefer to count points) but then move to about 21. Have a dog so lots of brisk walk and also like swimming.
Spent a while yesterday looking at my ww cookbooks and have made a list for the supermarket.
hiya, i get weighed tonight and im not feeling very confident about it. i can think of nothing that i have eaten that would stop me loosing weight, but i dont feel like i have lost any.
i have 50g of porridge made with milk, sugar and a table spoon of golden syrup!! it is 5 points which is probably too many for 18 points a day, but i am having 22 a day and do a manual job so need a good breckie!
why dont you have a bowl of cereal? would fill you up more than friut and yoghurt
Nope cereal doesn't fill me up either and I loathe porridge. There is not much which will fill me up which is why I give up so easily- I get SOOOO hungry.
Do you all count your exercise points and then allow yourself more to eat?
i dont. i do go to the gym twice a week and aqua aerobics, but i think that if you do eat the extra points then its not worth all the effort. i would rather have a quicker weight loss, personally.
yesterday i had poached eggs on toast of breakfast. for 5 points. fills me up like a proper meal
if i was there i would hold you down and sit on you!! then you wouldnt be able to snack
by the way, baxters french onion soup is 2 points per whole can and beef consomme is 1 per can. the onion one is lovely. the beef one is jusy flavoured water but still tasty. i put a slice of bread in it and it does me
No I had the minestrone. Very low in points too. Agree about the french onion one- yummy! Talking of soups there is a really nice chicken noodle one I found at waitrose. Only half a point- good for taking to work (it's a cup a soup)
Thanks for sitting on me lizandlulu. have had tea now so feel better. Not sure how I will feel at 9ish though (another munchie danger time zone!)
i have been to weight watchers tonight and lost another pound, thats 11 pounds in 5 weeks, which is ok. i was hoping for a bit more overall, but 1 pound is fine. i have also been to the gym and done my programme the gym set out for me.
Lizandlulu tiger bread is a batch type loaf that you get in the bakery area of the supermarket, its called tiger bread because it has tiger like markings on it. But I filled myself up on it and only had a bowl of cherrios for dinner last night.
Lizandlulu do you realise you have lost 22 packs of butter in only 5wks, thats fantastic. Think of each pound as 2 pack of butter and you soon realise how much fat is coming off you.
My friend who is a gymn instructor has always said that although a lb of fat and a lb of muscle wiegh the same- muscle takes up less room so even if you haven't lost much in one week your insides are still likely to be healthier and leaner.
Agree about the cross trainer- should have it as an exhibit in the torture chamber!
I like the butter analogy. I think of bags of sugar. 1 bag of sugar for every 2 pounds then imagine carrying a bag round all the time with however many bags of sugar in weight you have lost. 11lbs would be like carrying round 5 and a half bags of sugar.
oh right, im not all that fond of bread on its own, and hate crusty bread.
wow 22 packs of butter sounds better than 11 pounds!!
i have had special k red berries for breakfast, well without the berries as my dd sits on my knee fishing the fruit out with her fingers she does like the strangest of things
I took advice someone gave me yesterday and had a couple of boiled eggs for breakfast. Feel fuller than I did yesterday but still craving something sweet. How do you lot cope with sweet cravings?
Jaffa cakes are good as long as you don't eat the whole packet
How old is your child? I weighed my 18 month old the other day and she is 2 stone - OMG - I used to carry that around all the time. I carry her for ten minutes and I'm shattered!
I am now eating pretty much what I want, just slightly less and more careful about fat. When you've done WW for a while you get to know the real high points stuff - cheese, sausages, crisps, cake etc. I can manage sweet cravings with WW cake bars or a square of dark chocolate.
My downfall is wine (My friend told me that it only used to be one point . The wine is high points and then after two glasses my resolve weakens and the cheese looks too tempting ....
i have the boots shapers chocolate bars. the strawberry one is lovley and 1 and half points. there is also a mint one and one a bit like a mars bar only smaller, i think they are the same points. thay also have a lemon and yoghurt bar, it sounds horrible but it is to die for. really zingy, creamy and tasty, but it is 2 points.
well i have been to the coffee shop and had a slab of chocolate fridge cake, but it was my dinner! it is my only weekly treat and it is gourgeous (sp?)
Just had a really nice orange chicken dish with parsnip mash from one of the ww cookbooks. Only 5 points. Having my usual few glasses of red wine tonight but done 15 points worth of exercise in the last three days so don't feel too bad. Good news about curly wurlies. WIll get some in tomorrow. Good thing is that they take quite a while to eat as toffee chewy so less likely to eat more and more.
ORANGE AND CHICKEN ARE A LOVELY CONBINATION, I WILL HAVE (sorry caps) to look that one up. i have had a crap tes. it was hot and spicy coated chicken with rice and stir fry. it needed eating up out of the freezer, but now wish i hadnt had it. it wasnt worth the amount of points. dont know how many points was in it mind you, but can imagine it was alot
Basically grilled chicken with a mix of low cal orange marmalade (2 teaspoons) and wholegrain mustard (1 teaspoon)on one side. The parsnip mash has a little low fat fromage frais mashed in. Really easy and very satisfying. Kids enjoyed it too (although no from frais in the mash. 5 points
Well I joined this thread at the beginning and haven't had time to contribute. Not very sociable I know. Anyway have done well all week after having to play catch up cos on my 1st day I had planned to go to the indian and ended up eating 48 points so have done well considering. Anyway its my first home weigh day tomorrow so will check back then with the weight i've either gained or lost. May also have a couple of glasses of wine tomorrow to celebrate or commiserate (sp)
discodizzy, dont worry, one meal out wont harm you too much in my first week at weight watchers i went to a french restaurant and had 3 course meal. i only lost half a pound that week, but it was bloody worth it!!
wow that is brilliant, well done. even with the indian!! i have just had tuna sandwich for dinner, nothing special. i have now got to drag my dd around the supermarket, what fun
I remember being told once that a good hearty ignore all the points meal is good for your metabolism once in a while. Doing this is supposed to kick start your weight loss again as it stops your body going into starvation mode where it hangs on to all the fat.
i dont understand the core plan. i havent looked into it at all. i just count points. although, if i do loose 4 stone, i will probably be on 18 points a day and i dont know how i wil manage on that!
i am on 22 now and still sometimes dont think it is enough
Well seeing as I weighed myself this morning i've had a lovely naughty food day. For lunch I had a chip butty, a cake this afternoon and pizza for tea with cheesecake to follow. I've counted the points and i've gone over my limit but its cured any cravings I had. Back to it tomorrow
tesco do this cheap little cheesecake in the yoghurt section. Lovely but about 5.5 points according to the little book, i've fancied it ever since I bought it on Tuesday but saved it till today. Was worth every point . Had a quick 10 minute run afterwards to work off a little point.
I have spent the whole day feeling starving and have already gone over my points. eggs and toast for breakfast and starving by 10.30. Banana and yog then starving again by 12. crackers, low fat cheese, slim a soup , yog and tomatoes for lunch and starving at 2.30. Tea at 6 (sweet and sour chicken) and another yog and now I'm starving again. Have had 21 points which is what I am allowed. Where am I going wrong- I will never last at this rate no way I will ever be able to survive on 18 points when I get down another 1.5 stone.
smartie - I know this isn't right but I don't have breakfast, if I do I eat and eat and eat. I get over the hunger by drinking water constantly. If I got really hungry i'd either do something to keep me occupied or have a hot chocolate or a can of diet pepsi but I wouldn't have that til after 10.30. I generally have lunch between 12.30-1.00 and a yoghurt or crispbread or can of diet pepsi at around 3.30, then tea at 5.30-6.00 ish. I have found that if I drink alcohol in the evening I want to munch, if not i'll have cup of hot milk around 8.30 just to keep me going till bed.
Smartie, try filling yourself with vegetables, most vegetables are worth 0 points. For instance for lunch I have a massive salad with lettuce, carrots, peppers, spring onion, cucumbers, steamed cold brocoli and any other suitable vegetables, I add a yogurt and vinegar dressing, and some protein in the shape of pulses (chick peas or red kidney beans usually) or cottage cheese, a table spoon or so of seeds and lots of herbs. Then in the evening fill half your plate with steamed vegetables. Try it, it works for me! Although I have to confess I have been naughty today and had a go at the biscuit tin. My excuse is that it's my time of the month and, considering how much rubbish I would normally eat in the circumstances, I haven't been too bad!
i am nearly always hungry too, but being on a diet i try to live with it, at least till i get used to eating less. my ww leader says we should bulk our meals out with veg,m salad and eat loads of friut, which i do try to do, but with me working 3 days a week, it takes some planning to always have a variaty of fruit in the house.
i have just been in the gym for an hour, then aqua aerobics for 45 mins. my legs are killing me and i will sleep well tonight!
came back and had cup of milky coffee and 2 rice cakes with nutella on. better than a choc bar i suppose.
well i am at work tomorrow but will try to check in with how i am going on. try to stay focused ladies
Smartie again I am repeating other people, salad veg are the way to go. Yesterday I had a bowl of cheerios + Milk, banana, satsuma, grapes, cherries, WW chicken noodle soup and large slice of home bread, ww fish pie with lots of veg and then 3 large snack a jack cheese rice crakers. Thats around 16 points.
i have had abother 2 eggs this morning. i just really fancied them. i go through stages of eating the same thing every day for a week then not having it for ages.
well done shortandsweet, its a good feeling isnt it!
I have just bought myself a bread maker. A loaf is in the process of cooking. I will let you know whats it's like. I read in another thread that a woman bought a bread maker and the weight soon started shifting. So I am hoping this happens to me
my dh has bought some cider vinegar today. someone at work told him it burns fat or someting like that. you have to have 1cap full to 3 caps of water and drink it think i will wait and see if it works before having any myself!
Woohoo I lost another 2 lbs this week! I didn't think I would have lost anything as I have had quite a few extras on top of my points allowance...
How are you all doing?
Shortandsweet, I don't get how getting a breadmaker would help you lose weight if you love bread? Surely having lots of yummy freshly baked bread would tempt you into eating far more of it than is reasonable? Or am I missing something?
i have just booked 4 days in ibiza with my mate who is a size 10, so it is a bit more of an incentive to stick with it. i would like to wear a bikini and not look like a whale. its not till june, i am hoping to loose 2 more stone by then. but would still be 14 stone. not sure how i would look
Hi guys - can I join in? I started at a class last weds - it is local to work so is at lunchtime but is only an express weigh-in class - so you have a quick 1 to 1 chat with leader, get weighed then pay! Not much for the weekly fee - so will need the support from here!
I have been doing SW since June last year and only lost 1st 4lbs - i dont think it suited me - I only stuck with it as the consultant was a mum from school - she doesnt do the class now, and i returned towork from Mat leave - tried another class but it didnt suit me - plus DS is now walking so sitting around in a room for a hour is not his idea of fun!
At least this way I can keep an eye on my weight - aiming to lose 4lb a month - need to lose another 2 stone realistically.
hiya andyrobo237, i did slimming world too and lost about 2 stone which was fine, but found it really hard to eat out, or eat ready meals as everything came with rice/pototoes/chips. not good if you are having a green day!
i do think weight watchers is the way to go. sensible eating is what i need.
Well despite my jelly bean and wine fest at the weekend I have managed to get back on track and have lost..... (drumroll)
4lbs!!!!
Keep me going guys I'm on a roll!
Going on holiday in 3 weeks and not expecting to lose a huge amouint more but another 5 or 6 lbs would be nice so I can heft my sorry body round disneyland with a little more grace!
Well done smartie. Went you get a loss like that it really gives you a kick start.
Welcome andy, sounds like we have all been were you are. I started WW last Monday and so far have lost 4lb. Can't believe it's coming off so easily. I have found this week a lot easier than SW
smartiejake, are you going to the disneyland in florida? i would love to go there but going to wait till my dd is a little older, she is only 2 and dont fancy the flight!
I have signed up to the monthly pass so I can use the pc to track my points - I keep a note during the day and then put them in on the evening, and plan the next days food. I bought two melons today and have cut one of them up and put it in a tub in the fridge - there was 2 points in the whole thing, so I can keep nibbling at it all day - hopefully to keep me of the choc - I have a very sweet tooth - which is my problem as I can use half of my days points on two choc bars! I need to source low point bars so I can have a treat a day!
i have said earlier, boots shapers choc bars are low in points. not as good as the real thing, but still nice. the strawberry one has 1 and half points, and mints one. most of them i think are 1 and half.
Yes lizandlulu we are going to Florida. Only doing one week in the parks though then the second week on the gulf coast. I know what you mean about the long flight. We took our dds to Euro disney when they were little on the train and they loved it.(dd2 was only 22 months but lots to do)
been to get weighed and have lost 2 and half pounds. im well chuffed, i didnt think i had lost that much now weigh 16 stone 2 and half. half a pound to go till i have lost a stone. i have celebrated with 2 rice cakes with nutella on nice but not as nice as the galaxy caramel which is in the cupboard.
its going to stay there though
smartiejake, dont fanct taking a bit extra luggage do you? i would fit into a large suitcase
Not sure what my baggage allowance is- will find out and let you know!!
Well done for losing nearly a stone that is such an achievement!
Hard when there is chocolate singing to you from nearby! I had some chocolate left from some prizes I bought for my pupils which kept grinning at me every time I opened my desk drawer today. Managed to resist though.
Well done lizandlulu, I hope you're going to have a little celebration tomorrow. I think its important to have a day treating yourself (within reason). I had chips and pizza after my weigh in. It kept all cravings at bay for another week. Mind you i'm weighing myself in the morning so we'll see whether it did any harm I hope not.
Sorry suzy I have no idea but I wouldn't think it would be to far off 5 points.
Well done lizandlulu, I have my first weight in today so hopefully I will be pleased. Going to take the weight I was at SW 2 weeks ago and compare it to today and see how much I have lost.
but still tasty. i put a slice of bread in it and it does me 
