WEIGHT WATCHERS PRO POINTS - OUR THREADS ARE EXPANDING BUT OUR WAISTS ARE NOT

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STEPPING IN FOR NORMA

Welcome one and all to our 4th thread

If you're just starting out or you've been following WW for a while and you're looking for support you've come to the right place! :)

There are lots of regulars who are well on their weigh (get it! ) and others who have just joined us - we're a mixed bag, all shapes and sizes and all with different goals to achieve but we're all striving for the same thing. We're all here to will one another on with advice, support and lots of cheering!

Androbbob is our resident stat checker and keeps us motivated by totting up the total weight loss each week. !

We're quite fast moving at times so just dive in - pour yourself a or and make yourself at home :)

god, after weeks and weeks of being good i suddenly want a cheese sandwich. what is wrong with me, i didn't even eat cheese sandwiches before dieting?

Okay, I admit I was ambivalent at first, but the new WW ProPlus plan might be my favourite diet EVER.

Last week I had a big event on Monday night. Yes, I drank FAR too much wine (it was a BBC awards event and there are free bottles on the table, for heaven's sake - what's a girl to do??). Yes, I ate dirty, sick and wrong canapes, even the little fried bhajis. The next day I assuaged my hangover hunger by pretty much eating my own bodyweight in noodles and dumplings at Yo Sushi. The following day was weigh-in: and I lost a pound. One beautiful, gorgeous pound. I couldn't believe it! On any other diet I've ever been on, I'd have stayed the same or gained last week.

So this past weekend I was at a music festival. I ate out on Friday and Saturday. Friday was Pizza Express, where I had the aubergine parmagiana (which is now quite high in points, actually - all that cheese), and one of their little pudddings (the baby figs and mascarpone, which is only 6 pp and is heavenly). The next night I had bressaola and rocket salad (very WW-friendly) and aubergine agaon. I like an aubergine, me. Anyway, at least half a bottle of wine each night.

I got on the scales this morning for weigh-in. I have lost FOUR POUNDS this week. I seriously cannot believe it!

This brings my weight loss since the beginning of January to 1 stone, 2.5 lbs.

I think I've said before, the Weekly Points are the thing that really make the difference for me. My job involves a lot of going to events, and since starting the plan I've been to two festivals and a major function, and I still feel totally in control. I have never, ever felt like this before.

I am also more of a protein fiend than a carb junkie - another reason it seems to work for me.

My top tip from last weekend: I went into Hotel Chocolat to get my beloved some Valentines day treats, and found their little Purist bars. 35g each of really beautiful, rich, single-variety chocolate that are 5 or 6 points each. A little goes a long way, and I think these will be my new special indulgence!

how come all of you are eating takeaways and stuff and losing loads and i track obsessively and lose 1 lb?

Hi all. Just back from WI and have lost 3lbs!!! That's 16.5 total now in 5 weeks :)

DB; do you weigh/measure or do you estimate? I weigh everything as I know my estimates would be way off.

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Thanks vnmum and blondes

Well done lorelai That's an incredible amount to lose in such a short time!

Hello and welcome oldandknackered

androb the easter challenge sounds brill! And so glad you have given yourself a talking to and are getting back to it again

db I ate out twice last week and tried to overestimate the pps rather than under, just to be on the safe side. I am using up virtually all of my weeklies and that seems to be working for me. I know it is different for everyone though and I am doing a rather ridiculous amount of exercise atm so probably burning a lot of it off.

Talking about exercise I can't believe how much I have improved at swimming in such a short space of time. The first time I went I couldn't manage a full length - had to stop half way because I thought I was going to die lol. Today I managed a full 50 minutes of continual lengths - intermittent breast stroke and front crawl and a length here or two of backcrawl. Absolutely loving it now. Could have kept going all day!

sorry to be a moan but i do everything right and i seem to have hit a wall iykwim.

i do run 4-5 miles 3 times a week

Do you have much to lose? If you don't then that might be why you are losing less each week. But don't get too down about it; 1lb per week is still really good.

thanks for indulging my whinging! i have 18lb to lose

althought 11lbs would be fantastic

Well done on your 2lbs lost HHY.

All I can tell you Duplicitous is what I would do in your circumstances - I can't claim it has any scientific basis

If I were to hit a plateau I would have a week off the diet. Wouldn't suddenly start gorging cream cakes, but would eat healthy food in bigger portions until I felt satiated...so probably would be the equivalent of a maintenance diet at circa 2000 cals. Then after a week I would go back on the diet....and lose quite a bit of weight!

I don't believe it is total bunkum to say that a diet is a bit like simulating starvation conditions (you are eating less than your body needs as people are forced to do in a famine) - hence over time your body starts to adjust to these changed circumstances and metabolism can slow down....Usually exercise is enough to counter that, but not always.

A week off the diet thus (in my theory which isn't about to be published in the Lancet)fools your body into thinking the famine is over and metabolism readjusts....

I certainly didn't suffer too much over Christmas and recently on holiday when I ate 'normally' rather than my usual restricted propoints....and I lost well after Christmas and expect to have lost after Florida too (when I weigh myself this evening)

thanks hmc, that sounds like a good idea

Mammoth post coming up I think!

Well done to sparkle101, going, abgirl, mumto2andnomore, littlefish, wizzler, HHY

bluebump - sorry you put on, but sure if you stick to it this week it'll come straight off again!

HHY - sounds like DH needs a bit of a kick up the bum! My DP is under the impression he does lots around the house... one day, I will go on strike and just let him see the state the house ends up in!

vnmum - you look amazing - a real inspiration to us all!

blondes - get you with all your meals out! Just try to get as much (s)exercise as you can and keep on with the 0 point soup - you might be OK!

jojo & oldandknackered - welcome and sounds like you are both off to a very good start!

androbbob - I need to go to meetings for the embarrassment factor - don't like to "fail" at anything!! Also if I'm just weighing myself I struggle to get motivated, and just think I'll start again next week. Whereas I begrudge paying the money only to not lose anything, so that makes me more determined. If that makes any sense whatsoever!!

Easter challenge sounds good! Does that include losses from Monday's WI then or does it start from next week? Prob silly question!!

LeeWT - sorry you've been fed up, but excellent on the gym membership!

Breakfast: I usually have either porridge with fruit & honey (40g sometimes 50g - 30g which comes up as the standard portion on the online tracker is nowhere near enough for me!), 2 weetabix with fruit, 2 granary / wholemeal toast with marmalade or occasionally muesli, but shocked at how little of this you get for the points! I think my usual portion size would have been about 3-4 times the recommended amount. Tinned grapefruit & orange segments for 0 points and coffee & drained juice as a drink. That's me till lunchtime (1-ish) then.

I like to have something cooked on a Sunday (it's the only day I don't have to be up and out!). So had grilled bacon, scrambled egg, tomatoes, mushroom & slice toast last Sunday; poached egg on toast the week before, and brunch of kippers,eggs, toast & tomatoes the week before!

I point everything (so oil, sugar, honey, milk, etc) as it soon adds up! Though I don't earn very many activity points so I can't afford to be slack! Milk, I measure out into a beaker in the morning for use at home, and at work I bring in a carton of skimmed to last me all week - just take that off my weeklies.

I'm determined to lose this week so don't want to touch my weeklies; have actually not eeaten all of my dailies last couple of days either though (slaps wrist). And that's with a glass of wine in the evening too. Made a vat of yummy BNS & red pepper soup, so have been having that for lunch with ham salad sandwich & yogurt. Fruit snack around 5ish and then healthy dinner. I made the tofu & ginger stir-fry from the WW mag last night. 8PP per portion and made tonnes. I thought it was lovely, but bit too spicy for DP (I did put 2 chillis in though).

Spag bol for tea tonight, will make double and use rest of the sauce for a chilli or something tomorrow night...

Must go - am at work and have just spent far too long typing this!!!

Here is a link on boosting metabolism
thyroid.about.com/od/loseweightsuccessfully/a/metabolism.htm

I realise you don't have thyroid disease but I think the advice is still valid...

hmc* lol, maybe most of the time

db have a cheese sarnie with low fat cheese

tea glad new wwpp is working for you :)

lorelai well done :)

it doesnt rain it pours here, dh hasnt been working coz of nosebleeds, went back today and his van has serious tummy ache and garage doesnt know why, so is costing us double wammy as dh isnt earning and has to fork out for the van, depending if garage can fix it ........

Thanks hmc and littlefriend

db also it might help if you try a different kind of exercise. I've heard that your body can get used to a certain type of exercise after a while (using the same muscles I guess). If you vary your exercise routine you will be shocking your body into using different muscle groups and that might boost your weight loss.

Oh, and absolutely with hmc on 'famine' theory. I find that if I do have a blow out for a day (as long as I don't go over my weeklies) it appears to kick start my metabolism and I tend to lose over the following few days.

littlefriend it seems to be a recurring theme with OHs! Fortunately showing him The List seemed to have an effect. Whilst I was out last night at ww mtg he did the kitchen, put on the dishwasher and had a general tidy up. He also bought me a lovely bottle of wine How long do you think this trying to keep in my good books will last??

blondes what a nuisance about the van. Is a nightmare when you are dependant on it for work. Is your dh self employed?

Ok, better get off here and go do some washing which has built up to a small mountain.

well done lorelai on that good loss
db the only thing i can think of is maybe if you are not eating all your weeklies and none of your exercise points then your body may think there is less food around to fuel your exercise IYSWIM, so is holding onto everything.
Also if your runs are the same distance and same speed then your body will get used to them and not see it as extra work IYKWIM

HTH

Absolutely agree with hmc...

teaandcrumpets & lorelai - fab losses! took me so long typing last post I missed you off!

DB - try not to get too disheartened. Maybe look at what you're eating to make up your points? Try to reduce saturated fats & sugar? (although PP looks at total carbs & fats, obviously some foods are better than others!).

My weight loss has been W1 4.5lb, W2 2lb, W3 0.5lb, W4 STS - so far from great, bar the first week, when I would expect to lose more anyway. I haven't gone over my points at all (used all weeklie & dailies the 1st week when I lost the most) so bit fed up about it. Will see how it goes this week where I am limiting the chocolate & increasing the fruit & veg! I used a lot of my points on things like oily fish in my first week, so healthy options rather than chocolate & alcohol!! Trying to stick to that same principle again...

hhy yes dh is se and runs his own business - 'bangs head on table' :(

Oh I forgot you too Teaandcrumpets - well done on your loss, and you too Lorelai

(am supposed to be studying today which is why I am on here lots!)

Am giving facebook a good going over too - now, back to my textbooks!

Hi, reporting another 2.5 lbs off at wi today. Got my stone and only 3.5lbs to 10% so that's my next mini goal.

Back later!

My word you lot have been chatty this morning, I pop into a meeting and look at all the posts

Blondes - sorry to hear dh's bleeding is still going and the van and everything. Hope things look up for you soon! On your trouser problem I work out quite a lot (well I did, still try to!) and I find that the best way by far to tone up is to weight train. I also got told at the gym the other day it's best to do your cv after your weights as apparently it uses more fat cells than doing it before.

leeWT - what a lovely little treat from dh, I really hope it makes you feel better about everything having some "me" time.

High - wow 2Ibs is great! How long have you been doing pp and how much do you have to lose? I'm sort of on the home straight now and expecting no more than 1Ib in any given week! Glad your dh pdai some attention to your list! And regarding the swimming, it is amazing how quickly something can build up but it also goes at the same fast rate so make sure you keep up the good work!

vnmum - good luck tonight at WI and also with the move

Old & Knackered - hello and welcome

DB - if you want a cheese sandwich then have it - just make sure you track it. Depriving yourself is only going to make you feel rubbish and you'll try to fill the void with other things that don't satisfy you. I can also only echo what hmc said about taking some time off or relaxing your diet a little, it's good to give your body a shock every now and again. I had a tiny bit more than 18Ibs to lose when I started and wouldn't really expect to do it much more than 1Ib at a time - although I really wish it would!

teaandcrumpets - Can I just say that I am totally of your losses and your job! What do you do? It sounds like lots of fun!

Lorelai - 3Ibs - well done!

Blimey I hope I get a good loss tinight - not holding out much hope though. Just been for a last chance workout and managed to slip in an extra CV session yesterday so fingers crossed!