WW seems tough on 17 points - tell me to get over it!

[Dorothyredboots]

Just a tiny whinge as 'leftover' points to use on snacks don't seem to exist for me on 17 points a day! Just starting on WW so perhaps I will get used to it - 'tis early days. Come and tell me to get over myself!

I remember being on 16 points a day and it was tough.

The best tip is to fill up at every meal with free foods. I'd have weetabix with skimmed milk and then add a handful of rasberries or strawberries. Then lunch and dinner would always include piles of vegetables.

If I remember correctly the WW own yoghurts are just half a point each so snack on them with lots of fruit thrown in. They also make a chicken noodle soup that's just half a point a can. It's a bit watery but add a little pepper or chilli flakes and it spices it up.

Good luck!

17 points christ you must be very young or very skinny!!! I have 19 pounds to loose and am on 21 points

I am on 19 points, dreading managing on less!

On a good day I can do abou 15 points, so some left for a class or two.

I always start on porridge (3). Huge salad (0) and mayonaise (1/2) for lunch with some 4 ryvita (1/2 each) and marmite, and a ww soup (1). Maybe a yogurt too (1). Last night for dinner I had roast veg (0) with grilled chicken (2 1/2) and sweetcorn (not sure, about 1 I think). I can only do this if the salad and the veg are huge mountains!

I cant always do such a basic day but this kind of day doesnt leave me feeling empty.

Rice cakes are good to snack on, I like the salt and vinegar ones. 1/2 each.

Yes it is very tough.
Agree with filling up on free foods , so it helps if you love cherry tomatoes, mange tout, raw pepper, all that stuff.

another filling thing is to roast lots of free veg -onions, carrots, peppers, courgettes, aubergine, etc and use it to fill pita bread with a wee bit of low fat cheese spread, or mixed with tinned tomatoes as a pasta sauce.
You get quite a lot of bang for your buck that way.

Are you all losing weight?

It is about knowing yourself and when your snack munchies come on!!

Mine is at 4pm when the boys want biscuits! so I have a WW bar for 1.5pts.

I tend to eat

Rice Krispies 1.5pts

Lunch is a mahoosive salad with Ryvita and LF philly cheese. 3pts

Apple and WW yoghurt 1pt

WW bar at 4pm

Dinner I go mad and do a huuuuuuuge tray of roasted veg with no cal spray - 0pts and a bit of chicken 1pt. Served with broccoli and cauliflower and bulgar wheat.

Total is 11pts and then if I want to snack in the evening I can.

I'm actually 53! I'm only 5ft 4in and have a start weight of 10st 4lb, which is just under the overweight category for my height. I have put on half a stone or so in the last few months and I want to nip this gain in the bud. I know a lot of you would be very happy to be where I am, but I'm not!! Let's face it weight loss is hard for us all. Anyway I have got used to it now and have lost 2lbs in the first week. However I'm not looking forward to loosing another point when I get under 10st!

Tell us what you eat in a day and we can help.

I am 5ft 5' and would love to be your weight! but then we are all different etc

Keep going!

I am 5'4" as well

Trays of roast veg are the only reason I am loosing weight I think. I am loosing about 2lb a week.

I may need some new inspiration soon tho.

Have you tried making your own zero point soup and having a week of zero point lunches? It can give you a bit of a boost if things slow down.

I find it really helps if I know I am having a big dinner.

We've got a little WW support group happening here if you want to join us.

17 sounds hard. I struggle with 21 for the same reason - snacks are difficult. I'd say try get a few activity points in - it makes a huge difference if you can claw a point back here or there from a 20 minute brisk walk three times a week.

Agree with the 0 point veggie stuff - although am not that good at it myself yet!

Actually I'm managing a lot better now I'm getting into the swing of it.

I have Weetabix (or Special K) for brekkie. Cup of tea and 0.25 pint milk which does both tea & the cereal.

Lunch can be a tuna or chicken salad. I've also had jacket potato & beans; Ryvita with extra light cream cheese and smoked salmon; poached egg and smoked salmon. Sandwich made with weightwatchers bread and containing tuna with extra light mayo or egg mayonnaise (extra light again). Plus a few little tomatoes on the side. I'm going to have soup as well and I will investigate making the no point soup.

My Mum has been in hospital and due to lack of time Dinner has been a point counted ready meal quite a few times - so about 5 or 6 points there. I have also had a home made stir fry which was 5 points. Or oven baked salmon fillet or chicken breasts with boiled new potatoes and the veg mountain of course.

I have had a pear or grapes or strawberries for fruit but am avoiding the bananas as they are more points.

I know I need to eat more veg - I have spent years hating most fruit and have got into it to get my 5+ a day and now it's costing me points! Irony.

I am a good cook and love nice food. I have realised that I have simply been eating portions that, whilst reasonably healthy, are simply too big, i.e. I eat as much as my husband who is 6ft!!! Doing this diet has also made me realise that I can live without alcohol (well nearly) and I actually feel rather healthy! My digestive system feels as if it has much less work to do.
We never have biscuits in the house anyway and I only had chocolate once a week and very seldom ate crisps. DH is diabetic and so we made some sweeping changes to our diet about 4 years ago and knocked the crap processed stuff on the head (except in emergencies).

BTW I do the gym twice a week (30 mins running, rowing, bike each time I go) and I walk two miles to work most days. Do my own garden and housework of course and work 22.25 hours a week so I think I am fairly active.

Bearing the above in mind any more tips welcome. Keep at it girls we are doing great!