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WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread
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brainyneuron wrote: »Hey girl sorry I never replied to this, I was doing assignments at the time and didn't get a chance. Thank you so much for the encouragement! Its crazy to think in a few short weeks I'll be where u are! I feel a bit worried about the 20 mins, had a bit of a moment of panic, think it was the stress of the assignments too! I still have a week and a half of the program to go before the 20 min so I've plenty of time yet. Going to ignore the days ahead from now on and concentrate on what I need to do from day to day. Also, if it does turn out that I can't do the full 20 mins then I'll deal with that when I get to it and build my way up to it slowly instead. Its not the end of the world! Congrats on getting to week 8, it really is a great achievement and you should be proud of yourself! I'm proud of u and I've never met u hehe!
Best of luck in the 5K race, you're brill
Don't worry about staying the same, its better than gaining anyway and its definitely better to lose it slowly. You'll probably have a loss next week hun xx
AW! Thanks so much!
Just to let you know 'I did it". I ran 5k non-stop!! I felt sick for the last half kilometer but I made it to the end and managed to pick the pace up for the last 100 meters! I was like Chariots of Fire!! (not)
This is making me so determined to lose weight now and get back on track. Running 5k at 14 stone in 31 mins. Imagine how much easier it would be if I lost a stone or two!!!0 -
The inital goal WW gives you it generally to get you to below a BMI of 25, you can gol 5lb either side of your goal and what I did was got to goal, stopped having to pay and then changed goal but talk to your leader and see how you can work it to stop having to pay if you want to loose more weight once you reach your initial goal...
Thank you Pembily...that clears that up! Still 12.5lbs to go to goal but the fact it gets free helps ha! God being a student makes me such a cheap-skate lol 0 -
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AW! Thanks so much!
Just to let you know 'I did it". I ran 5k non-stop!! I felt sick for the last half kilometer but I made it to the end and managed to pick the pace up for the last 100 meters! I was like Chariots of Fire!! (not)
This is making me so determined to lose weight now and get back on track. Running 5k at 14 stone in 31 mins. Imagine how much easier it would be if I lost a stone or two!!!
Fantastic dollie!! Well done you really have done amazingly! Very jealous!! Was looking at runireland.com for 5K's during the summer but there doesn't seem to be many. Have just missed out on doing the Galway 5K series which is annoying! 0 -
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Daisy Steiner wrote: »I'm going to join weight-watchers for the first time on Wednesday. I'm nervous
I need some motivation though and I need to stop eating so much crap. Hopefully the points system will work for me!
Hi Daisy,
The first night is always the hardest. But in a different way it's a huge achievement. Just remember it's almost 100% likely that by Wednesday week you will be a 'Loser'
Congrats on taking the first step. I'm on Week 5 now I hated the first night. Just kept thinking why have I let myself get to this stage again. The following week I left feeling like I weighed a stone lighter. And it's all been uphill since then. You get great support and encouragement at the meetings.A lot of the posters here have been doing WW for over a year and are not far off their target weight. It's really encouraging to read through their food diaries and get some ideas.
Be ready on Thursday to do a big shop. Do a clear out on Wednesday or tomorrow so you're cupboards/ fridge and freezer are ready for yummy low fat food.
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Daisy Steiner wrote: »I'm going to join weight-watchers for the first time on Wednesday. I'm nervous
I need some motivation though and I need to stop eating so much crap. Hopefully the points system will work for me!
I am in WW 10 weeks and have lost 42.5lbs. I was just like you at the start, nervous and worrying how I'd summon the motivation. But, I found that the points system is easy to follow, and every time I had a good result at the scales it spurred me on.
Set yourself mini-goals... I have a journal with a list of goals in the back. As I achieve each one, I tick a box and write down the date I achieve each one. Goals like 5% loss, 15% loss, every time you lose half a stone, a stone etc... dress sizes going down, BMI changes. It really keeps me going to be able to strive to mark things off my list
Best of luck, it will work for you if you stick to your points!0 -
Like many of you here this is not my first time joining WW. The last time I joined I started at a whopping 16stone 2 pounds. Lost about 2 stone, and thought to myself I can do this by myself, and stopped going to my WI and needless to say I was wrong.
So here I am again, went back to WW two weeks ago, and I am actually disgusted that I am now 16 st 7 pds. But that is the last time Im going to see that on a scale, thats for sure.
I lost four pounds my first week, and Im looking forward to my WI on Thursday!
I have no excuse to quit this time, my sister is getting married next year!!
Hoping to get the support here, to not let me stop AGAIN 0 -
Jenosaurus wrote: »Like many of you here this is not my first time joining WW. The last time I joined I started at a whopping 16stone 2 pounds. Lost about 2 stone, and thought to myself I can do this by myself, and stopped going to my WI and needless to say I was wrong.
So here I am again, went back to WW two weeks ago, and I am actually disgusted that I am now 16 st 7 pds. But that is the last time Im going to see that on a scale, thats for sure.
I lost four pounds my first week, and Im looking forward to my WI on Thursday!
I have no excuse to quit this time, my sister is getting married next year!!
Hoping to get the support here, to not let me stop AGAIN
Brilliant. Well done! I know exactly how you feel. I think I have the opposite to anorexia. I never think I look over-weight.:D Then I notice the clothes sizes creeping up and up. When the XL starts getting too tight I know I need to head back to WW. As usual I get a shock when I see how much weight I've put on! This time 5 weeks ago I was the heaviest I've ever been at 14 9.5. I'm already down to 14 which is under my last starting weight. I've my meeting on tomorrow. I stayed the same last week. But I really think I've lost this week. I haven't been tracking but I've been keeping an eye on what I've been eating, didn't drink any alcohol and ran my first 5k race on Saturday If I lose half a pound I'll have reached 5% of my body weight and I'll be in to the 13s!
....And I can fit very nicely into XL! Infact won't be too long now till I'm L...0 -
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Morning all, how's everyone getting on this week?
I ad weigh in yesterday and lost a half pound. i really need to work harder over the weekends, despite being good mon-fri i find even though i track over theweeekend there's alot of guess work involved as i'm eating out or in other people's houses.
Anyway, with the weekend thats ahead, i've decided that no matter what i'm going to get to a class on Tuesday since my monday class will be closed, and that way, I've more chance of staying focused.
Onwards and downwards, best of luck to all the new comers too 0 -
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to say... there is no point dreading what weight you are each week, that is counterproductive. I know that if I start to stress and worry, I start cramming junk food into my mouth. Your weight is a number that you have the power to lower. It is transient and temporary and it doesn't define who you are as an individual.
You know, it's gas, I am reading about Jenosaurus being "disgusted" at being 16st 7lbs.... lol, I would LOVE to be that weight! If I was that weight, I'd have lost 5st and 3lbs. Getting on the scales in January of this year and being told "Ok, so your start weight is 21st 10lb!".... well, I put on a brave face about let, told my leader "oh, it isn't as bad as I thought it was"... absolute lies, I was stunned by how heavy I was and immediately started telling myself I couldn't do it, it was too much weight to lose. I did have a deep-rooted determination though, I said to myself "look at that weight, that is the heaviest you are ever going to be." It goes to show you how these things are so personal from one WeightWatcher to another. If I could get to 16 stone by the end of this year I would be amazed and thrilled!
The best thing I have done in my so far short experience of WW is to use these forums. They are a fantastic support because, as I'm sure some of you can empathise, I often feel in my circle of friends that I'm the "token fat friend" and they just don't have the level of understanding of how much of a challenge this is going to be. I have to lose nine stone to be at the upper range of a healthy BMI. Nine stone is an entire person. Most Hollywood A-listers weigh about 8 stone. I have to lose an entire Nicole Richie, plus some extra. When I put it like that, I feel demoralised. BUT... and this is the big but, you have to find smaller milestones to dot along your journey, so that you can stop at each one and take stock of what you are doing. I have lost the weight of a person I know and love very well. My 4 year old daughter weighs 40lbs, so just a shade under 3 stone. When I pick her up, she is heavy and hard to carry for any length of time, yet at Christmas just gone, I was walking around with that weight on me. When I look at it like that, it just blows my mind. I complain that I can't lift my daughter anymore, she's too heavy and getting too big (she's all legs, the lucky wee thing ) but 3 months ago I was the weight I am now when I stand on the scales holding my daughter. I lift her now for a cuddle most days, partly for a cuddle, but also, partly, to assess in real terms what I've achieved thus far. By the time I've finished this, I will have lost three times the weight of my girl. I don't think I could comfortably lift someone who weighed nine stone. Things like that put weight loss into perspective for me. I have to be realistic that I have a LOT of weight to lose. I'm still obese. I'm a size 18-20 where before I was a 24. This is all do-able though. I just have to be honest with myself and give myself 2 full years to do this and do it right. I am not going to lose 9 stone in a year. If I get about five stone in total by the end of the year off I will be thrilled. I'd still be 16stone 10lbs though, but I'm nearly 6 ft tall
So far I've 3st 0.5lbs lost, so really, my goal until December is to lose 1st 13.5lbs. That is realistic and achieveable and that, IMO, is the key to healthy, sustainable success on WW. Be honest, be realistic, be reasonable and you WILL see results!0 -
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fatewatchers wrote: »Hi everyone,
I just wanted to say... there is no point dreading what weight you are each week, that is counterproductive. I know that if I start to stress and worry, I start cramming junk food into my mouth. Your weight is a number that you have the power to lower. It is transient and temporary and it doesn't define who you are as an individual.
You know, it's gas, I am reading about Jenosaurus being "disgusted" at being 16st 7lbs.... lol, I would LOVE to be that weight! If I was that weight, I'd have lost 5st and 3lbs. Getting on the scales in January of this year and being told "Ok, so your start weight is 21st 10lb!".... well, I put on a brave face about let, told my leader "oh, it isn't as bad as I thought it was"... absolute lies, I was stunned by how heavy I was and immediately started telling myself I couldn't do it, it was too much weight to lose. I did have a deep-rooted determination though, I said to myself "look at that weight, that is the heaviest you are ever going to be." It goes to show you how these things are so personal from one WeightWatcher to another. If I could get to 16 stone by the end of this year I would be amazed and thrilled!
The best thing I have done in my so far short experience of WW is to use these forums. They are a fantastic support because, as I'm sure some of you can empathise, I often feel in my circle of friends that I'm the "token fat friend" and they just don't have the level of understanding of how much of a challenge this is going to be. I have to lose nine stone to be at the upper range of a healthy BMI. Nine stone is an entire person. Most Hollywood A-listers weigh about 8 stone. I have to lose an entire Nicole Richie, plus some extra. When I put it like that, I feel demoralised. BUT... and this is the big but, you have to find smaller milestones to dot along your journey, so that you can stop at each one and take stock of what you are doing. I have lost the weight of a person I know and love very well. My 4 year old daughter weighs 40lbs, so just a shade under 3 stone. When I pick her up, she is heavy and hard to carry for any length of time, yet at Christmas just gone, I was walking around with that weight on me. When I look at it like that, it just blows my mind. I complain that I can't lift my daughter anymore, she's too heavy and getting too big (she's all legs, the lucky wee thing ) but 3 months ago I was the weight I am now when I stand on the scales holding my daughter. I lift her now for a cuddle most days, partly for a cuddle, but also, partly, to assess in real terms what I've achieved thus far. By the time I've finished this, I will have lost three times the weight of my girl. I don't think I could comfortably lift someone who weighed nine stone. Things like that put weight loss into perspective for me. I have to be realistic that I have a LOT of weight to lose. I'm still obese. I'm a size 18-20 where before I was a 24. This is all do-able though. I just have to be honest with myself and give myself 2 full years to do this and do it right. I am not going to lose 9 stone in a year. If I get about five stone in total by the end of the year off I will be thrilled. I'd still be 16stone 10lbs though, but I'm nearly 6 ft tall
So far I've 3st 0.5lbs lost, so really, my goal until December is to lose 1st 13.5lbs. That is realistic and achieveable and that, IMO, is the key to healthy, sustainable success on WW. Be honest, be realistic, be reasonable and you WILL see results!
Well said and the very best of luck to you. I know from what you have said you will get to goal.0 -
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Jenosaurus wrote: »What I wouldnt give to be 14 let alone under it, but soon enough. . fingers crossed! Good luck tomorrow!
Of course you'll get there soon::)
I was lucky that I decided to head to ww when I did.... I was 14 9.5 when I started five weeks ago. Imagine if I hadn't. I was only 4 pounds away from 15 stone. I could be 15 stone today instead of 14!
We're all heading in the same direction by doing weightwatchers and supporting one another here:)0 -
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I would go join but I cant afford the €20 sign up & €10 a week so im going to try do it at home alone.
Any thoughts ??
Hi Lucy I was doing it at home alone since February and so far all together I've lost 17lbs... bringing me from my heaviest ever (13st 13lbs) to my lighest in four years (12st 10lbs) I'm still getting on great but I've decided to start going to the meetings just to keep me going and for that bit of extra moral support....
The best advice I can give you on sticking to it on your own is get your friends to join in with you... my friends and family are doing it too and it's so much easier for me as we share recipes with each other and talk to each other about how we're getting on
hope this helps and Good luck0 -
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Hi everyone!
Great to see new and 'old' posting. I'm feeling tons of positivity coming from this thread
I lost 1.5 lbs last night - A little goal ticked - 5% of my original weight has disappeared into thin air!
That loss has really motivated me to keep going, especially since I stayed the same last week. I've 3 more pounds and then I'll have my first stone
I can feel it in my clothes already! 0
;) 
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