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New to WW please help with pros and cons

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Hulahula86 · 20/10/2021 11:48

I’ve started to look into ww and would like to try it I get married in July and would like to lose a couple of stone for the big day!
I’ve tried slimming world and got bored I noticed ww do there own bread this interests me as it makes life easier to have a sandwich or toast how much can you have a day?
Can you have cereal? As bread and cereal are my quick staples asi have 2 little ones but happy to cook a good evening meal or use their ready meals when I’m in a rush.
What sort of snacks can you have?

Thank you

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Wotsitsarecheesy · 22/10/2021 12:49

Congratulations on your wedding! Smile

On WW you can have anything, but you have to factor it into your overall diet. You get a set number of points a day, plus some floating 'weekly' points that you can have whenever you like. There are 3 different plans, each of which have their own list of zero point foods which you can eat as much as you like of, within reason.

I am on purple, which means that for me, most fruit, veg, fish, eggs, chicken, wholegrain pasta/rice are zero points. Everything else costs points. I have lost 4 stone this year, and have gone from a bmi of over 31, to under 23.

What I found works for me is to have very low point meals, meaning I can use my points on snacks that I like and enjoy. So things like stir fries with wholegrain rice, casseroles with jacket potatoes, tasty homemade soups - these things can be 0-2 points for the whole meal. Meaning that I can snack happily throughout the day, or whenever I am hungry. I also batch cook zero point soups and freeze them. If I am ever hungry during the day, I just grab one of these as a snack. Sometimes with a piece of bread/toast :)

I do eat both bread and cereal, but nothing like as much as I used to. The thing with cereal is that both the cereal and the milk are points. I get 16 points a day, plus the weeklies. A small bowl of bran flakes is 3 points. The milk will be another 2-3 points, so thats 5-6 points, just for a small bowl of cereal. That's fine, but doesn't fill me up. I am far fuller eating a bowl of natural yogurt with fruit, followed by an omlette, for instance, for zero points. If I'm particularly hungry I can have a slice of toast and butter with the omlette and it's still only a 2-3 point breakfast that keeps me going for ages.

WW bread is ok. Not fantastic. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, the nicer breads (thick, wholemeal, seeded etc) are far more points than the basic low sugar breads. As I love nice bread and cheese, I would rather not waste my points on less tasty versions, but instead I enjoy small amounts of 'nice' bread/cheese as a treat. I have been that person scanning all the bread in Tesco's to find which of the nicer breads have the fewest points per slice (answer: all of the nice wholegrain seeded breads are at least 3 points per slice Sad ).

Phew that was longer than I intended! Good luck with whatever method you choose.

Hulahula86 · 28/10/2021 20:32

Thanks so much for your lovely reply! I’m now a week in on blue plan and loving it and the app (what a life saver!!) I feel like this can really work for me, your tips for keeping meals low and saving points for snacks works perfectly for me! I’ve discovered rich teas are 1 point so that’s helped massively when I need something quick and a little sugar hit!
I’ve been getting on with nimble bread yes it’s not as indulgent as other breads but it hits the spot and quicker to toast haha!
Banana pancakes made with just eggs banana and baking powder has been working well as a breakfast to set me up for day and so tasty my kids love it too.
Oh and courgette spaghetti is amazing I treated myself to a spriliser and now obsessed 🤩

I will be a skinny bride thanks WW

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Wotsitsarecheesy · 29/10/2021 13:07

Oh I didn't know about rich tea biscuits. That's worth knowing, thank you. I tend not to buy biscuits much, but a rich tea with a bit of philaelphia spread would be a very tasty snack for me! And I too discovered banana pancakes - love them with a chopped banana on the top, a sprinkling of nutmeg and a smidgeon of caramel drizzle Grin

Other occasional 'treat' food for me includes This is not bacon, and some of the Linda McCartney veggie sausages (the different types have different point values though - her rosemary and red onion and standard vegetarian sausages are the lowest points). Sainsbury's do mini wholemeal snack rolls that are only 3 points each on purple. I find those great when I want to enjoy a burger (Tivall vegetarian - 2 points each Grin )

Good luck anyway - hope all goes wonderfully with both the diet and the wedding!

BrisbaneandGone · 10/11/2021 19:14

Personally I don't agree with the eat as much as you like comment, that's why I got fat in the first place. Certain foods are zero points but this doesn't mean you can just eat and eat them. You need to have portion control and a good guide for your plate is half veg, quarter carbs, quarter protein. My zero point foods include potatoes and porridge oats but I wouldn't eat as much as I wanted otherwise I'd be back where I started

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