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

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Welcome one and all to our 6th 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.

So far we have lost an amazing 147 lbs since jan 2011

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

Done it. Proud of myself I have managed to plan a 3 course dinner for 13PP

I just joined online - does anyone know when you put inj a new food whether its the total fat or the saturated fat you enter please

I have so much to lose - again - so here I go again

get to weigh on sunday so I may post back

Hi actIvate, it's total fat for propoints.
Herdingcats, do share your menu!!

Hello all just started WW today...wish me luck I am at my heaviest weight ever and I am very desperate!

Welcome Gemmummy. Why don't you write down how you are now at being heavy, and then you can refer to it if you wobble a bit of the straight and narrow a few weeks down the line. Good luck..

Hi gemmummy good advice from wizzler there - we've all been desperate too!

Got a nice longish walk today along the coast from Margate to Birchington. I've walked the length of the Kent coast from Whitstable to Dover apart from this little section so going to do that today and then been invited to dinner by friends. So hoping to get a good day's exercise before I'm tempted with wine or whatever.

Yesterday was very "bready" - chopped up loads of melon and put in a dish with grapes in the fridge to sort out snack attacks for the next couple of days. Planning a bns and egg brunch so i don't eat crap while I'm out.

All these contingencies we have to make!

Have a great saturday everyone x

Wrote long post then got deleted - GAH

Anyway, WI today and I STS AGAIN. Not happy at all. Put 3 lbs on when I went renegade (fair enough), then STS last week (again fair enough) but the STS again??? I tracked like the devil, walked everywhere, ate healthily on a 2 day work course and still STS???

Am feeling very "what's the point" atm... And WW have just taken another £9.95 off me which is making me rather resentful. Grrrrrrr

Anyway Happy Saturday everyone

And quick shout to NoWay - that's fantastic, you must be on cloud 9!! Stories like yours give me hope so lets keep posting those successes, they help me get motivated :)

Morning all

noway yeehaaa! Well done you! What a fab feeling that must be getting to goal

Well done to all the losers - have skim read as you all talk way too much!

loopy I sts too this week, which am a bit about as not been eating very much and have managed to get down the gym 3 times. But I can virtually guarantee that the loss will show for you and me next week so hang in there! Somebody wise on here said that your body doesn't know when your wi day is and sometimes doesn't co-operate to show what you have lost when you are expecting it to. But we will have lost - and the scales will catch up!

blondes hope you are ok xxx

norma missing you and hope you can pop in at some point just to wave at us!

Thanks for all your lovely messages re my dad - really helps and you are all so lovely. News on dad isn't good I'm afraid. It is a malignant tumour in his gullet. Unfortunately because of where it is they can't operate or do radiotherapy. They will put hopefully him on chemo though once he is a bit stronger and the good news (if you can call it that) is that it is a very slow growing cancer so hopefully with the chemo he will have a good while yet. He doesn't know yet as he is very deaf and didn't hear what the doctor said. Mum hasn't told him yet as he is pretty down anyway and she doesn't want to put him down even more. Nightmare.

Anyway, is a beautiful day today so off to my sister's for lunch, a sit in the garden and a natter whilst the kids play. Then will visit dad and have to stay in tonight to have my new mobile delivered. Exciting life.

Have a lovely day everyone!

waves

hi ya girls-been a manic few days - those of you on my other thread will know the inquest has been cancelled/delayed on the 16th :( as paperwork isnt in and also funeral was thursday

but i got through it

i really must weigh myself, assume i havnt gained anything and as i said i reached goal the other week :)

brain is in a bit of a tizz at the moment, so fraid i cant name check, but well done all the losers, commiserations all the gainers and sts be proud :)

welcome all newbies :)

Well done for getting through the funeral.. I saw your other thread and thought the poem was lovely.

blondes sorry to hear about the inquest, i know you weren't looking forward to it but also that you prabably wanted to get it done so you can move on. I wouldn't worry too much about WI at the moment unless it is something of a normality that keeps you going.

Welcome to the newbies.
Commiserations loopy and HHY on a STS, better than a gain though. loopy is there any reason you could be retaining water? Have you suddenly upped your exercise alot or started more toning as that can cause your muscles to retain water
HHY sorry to hear the news on your dad, hope the chemo works.

I got my new lot of weeklies on thursday and they are now all gone but i am trying a theory of using them all at the beginning of my new week and then sticking to just dailies for the rest to see if it makes any difference

jojo that sounds like a nice day walking today

Blondes- so sorry to hear that the inquest is delayed. It must be very frustrating for you. You have got through the funeral now and that means another babystep forward . The time will soon come round for the next phase , in a few months you will be able to see how far you have come ,be strong ,everone is thinking of you. WI is not a priority atm.TC x
HHY- your poor Dad, it is difficult knowing how to approach telling him, and when .TC x
Welcome all the newbies.
IHeartIona- the menu is :
Baked mushroom stuffed with garlic & gerb Philli, and chorizo. 4PP
Chicken with a pepper and tomato sauce. Served with new potatoes and steamed courgette,aspargus and mangetout.7PP
Eton mess and fruit salad.2PP
when I get the WW site to work I can copy any of the recipes onto here if anyone wants them .

I too am having probs with the ww site, i just can't get it to load at all. Really annoying as i had logged my breakfast on the tracker but can't log anything else and don't know how many points i have left. grrr

herdingcat, I would appreciate having those menus on here if poss.

I have cheated a bit and weighed myself on our clinic scales at work (hospital) and just at the Gym. Both scales indicate that I have lost weight. I know I shouldnt but I just couldnt wait until tuesday. naughty naughty me.

Baked Mushrooms 4PP
4 Lge flat Mushrooms

180g Philadelphia Extra Light

9 slice(s)Chorizo

1 clove(s) Garlic

100g GF breadcrumbs
Mix cheese with garlic and 5 of the chorizo slices chopped up.
Peel mushrooms and take out the stalks.
Put a slice of chorizo on top of the mushroom and top with 1/4 of the cheese mix.
Place them in a shallow baking dish, then sprinkle with the breadcrumbs.
Bake at 180-200c for 20 mins approx until softened and browned nicely.
NB I have used GF breadcrumbs as my friend is coeliac.

Chicken & tomato pepper sauce 7PP
4 chicken breast (150g)
2 peppers sliced
1 red onion sliced
2 garlic cloves crushed
2 tins chopped tomatoes
250ml dry white wine
2tsp Italian herbs
Salt and pepper to taste

400g new potatoes
Spray a lge lidded saute pan and cook chicken until sealed all over. Remove from pan.
Add another spray of oil, then softn off onion with garlic and herbs . Add tomatoes and wine. Mix well.
Return the chicken to pan .Cook 15-20 mins until thickened slightly and chicken is fully cooked.
Serve with new potatoes and steamed veg.
Eton Mess 2PP
200g Total 0% Greek yoghurt
300g strawberries chopped
2tsp sugar
4 meringue nests
Mix yoghurt ,strawberries and sugar together . Leave for at least an hour before serving.
Just before spooning into bowls ,crumble in the meringues.

All recipes are PP per person.
Good God that was long!
Sorry for any typos. I can't type

you could use granulated sweetner and a splash of vanilla essence in the yoghurt instead of sugar and it would reduce the points. i actually had that version of eton mess as a snack this afternoon

Well done on the losses

Blondes look after yourself, and I hope inquest goes ahead this time without a hitch.

I haven't stuck by any form of diet today due to having only 2 hours sleep after the copious amounts of sweaty sex, bloody starving.

Careyfakes. I just burst out laughing at your last paragrapgh.

You will need to replenish yourself with lots of complex carbs!!!

Blimey Careyflakes - good for you
Good to hear from you Blondes although sorry about the delay with the inquest - that is all you need!
An STS for the second week running is frustrating Loopyla - did you eat any of your weeklies? Could there be a possibility that you were too good?
Sorry to hear about the diagnosis HHY - but as you say, some consolation that it is very slow growing.
Not much to report here - quiet weekend. Karate this morning (dd and I), housework this afternoon (boo), and dh goes off to Miami for 5 days tomorrow...Sticking to the diet quite strictly this week as only lost 0.5 last week and want to do better this Wednesday....

Carey you go girl... work up those activity points!
HHY , hope you had a good visit with your dad
HMC.. I go to karate too, with DS, friday evenings.. legs are still aching today so it must be doing me some good!

Careyfakes Go work out your activity points like a good WW. :P

Blondes Bureaucracy sucks at the best of times... but delaying the inquest on such short notice was verging on cruel & their timing was especially insensitive. :( (I read your other thread for the first time earlier today. )

HHY I know someone who received a similar diagnosis to your dad, her cancer was stage three, eight years post-chemo you'd never know she'd had a problem. Fingers crossed he has a similar outcome.

I predict a STS (at best) for me tomorrow, bloating is a spectacular pain in the backside. On the upside, I've done shed-loads of exercise this week and feel fab. :)

carey glad the coffe date progressed

Noway - well done to you!! I bet it feels great!

HHY - sorry to hear about your dad - I am sure you and your Mum are and will be strong enough to support him through this. Life is hard sometimes,

Waves to blondes - you are doing so well - sending you an MN hug

A big hello to everyone else!

Finally managed to get a WI this week and I have put on 5lbs in a month. That is not good. But then it is good as I know I need to track properly. Someone said earlier on the thread that they had come to terms that they need to track / watch what they eat for life really and I think I am like that too. I am not down about it at all but more determined to beat this. I am definately smaller than last year as I can fit into clothes that were too tight last year and some are too big. The big ones have gone. I also have several pairs of trousers and some tops that are too small. So I am aiming on losing half a stone by the end of June. Baby steps. I have been this weight for 10 years or more, so a more determined effort is required.

I also got a text off my old leader asking me to return to class - I am not able to get to the old class since moving offices and the evening ones are too awkward. But I am not doing so sucessful at home. The cost is also a bit too much = £20 a month is a lot but then I can waste that on junk and magazines! So anyway what am I to do? I will give myself until the end of the month to shift some weight and then if no real progress I will find another class that I can get to even if it is not too local. The only one that is ok timewise is a SW class. I was tempted to follow the WW plan and then use the SW class as my WI. Not sure, but need to change something otherwise will be another fat summer!

Bed time I think!

Androbob.. half a stone by the end of June is very "do able".. we used to set ourselves mini targets every 6 weeks or so, didnt we.. to give ourselves something to focus on.

Shall I start the list ?

Mini Targets
Androbob . Lose half a stone by end of June
Wizzler. Be 10st 7 by end of June

Feel free to add ladies! .

Morning all. Blondes i read your other thread and am so terribly terribly sorry. I hope you are okay.

I blew all points out the window yesterday . But I will not let it derail me.

Mini Targets
Androbob . Lose half a stone by end of June
Wizzler. Be 10st 7 by end of June
SpringFollows . Be 10 stone 7 by end of June.