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WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread
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Hi folks,
Am tormented here. I promised my 4 yr old girl some time back that if we had a rainy day we would bake chocolate brownies. Well, that day arrived today and the smell of them baking in the oven is driving me wild. How would I even begin to point them?! I am going to allow myself a sliver of one later on and call it 1.5... impossible to know though. There are two bars of Lindt 70% cocoa in them as well as 3 eggs, butter, sugar, flour, chocolate chips.... so I can't imagine they are particularly ww friendly
Oh well, we had fun and she is covered in sticky brownie goo! I will endeavour to get the majority of the brownies given away as gifts!hey just wondering where i could get a food weighing scales, i live near liffey valley but i don't know where i could find one
I got my little scales in Argos, was the cheapest kitchen scales in the book and it's great, does grams, pounds, and pounds and ounces. It is a Cookworks one and was about 14 euro.0 -
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itsallaboutme!! wrote: »Hi guys its been a while since ive been on here and just been reading through all the posts from some familiar and not so familiar usernames! your all doing fab keep it up!!!!
I guess im back looking for a bit of help! I reached my WW goal a few weeks back and managed to get to 1lb under it too. I then talked it over with my leader and reset my goal to lose another 5.5lbs to get to where i really want to go.
So that was about a month ago at this stage and i am STILL at the same weight:mad::mad::mad::mad: its getting really frustrating at this stage and i just dont know what else i can do. im up and down by about 3 lbs ever since!!
I took up running the couch to 5k programme the week i reached goal in order to keep losing and get fit. for the last two weeks ive been using 19 points a day as im currently on 20 and as im 11st even right now my leeder suggested dropping the point to try get into the 10 st range. im sticking to my points, tracking, exercising, drinking water and last week i put up .5lb and according to my scales at home this week im up another 1lb:(:(
I know i shouldnt be weighing myself betweeen weigh ins but sometimes i find if i see im going down it gives me motivation to keep that week a good one. my WI is on tuesday morning and im already thinking im not going as i dont want to be told im up AGAIN!!!! at this stage i thought id be well at my goal and a gold card holder but it still seems so far away and like its getting farther awaya instead of closer!!!!!
Sorry for the long post/rant!!!!!:ohope your alll having a better time of it than I right now!!
ur leader may be right u may need to drop afew pts a day in order to loose the last few pounds how hard that may sound it will be worth it when u get ur gold card and no longer have to pay again..... just keep at it it will come off just may take a little longer than u expected but u wil be a gold member soon without a douth if u stay motivated.... gud luck 0 -
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Eimhearwwl wrote: »On week one you should get a blue or green file, a blue smart card and a tracker, on wk 2 a book called Beat Hunger all about filling foods, wk 3 is a book called Energise about exercise and a points booster to help you work out points earned from exercise, wk 4 is Eating out and about and wk 5 is Max your Motivation, you should get a 5% sticker when you've lost 5% of your body weight and a 10% sticker and a book when 10% has been lost. Of course don't forget about the silver 7s and stones when you lose 1/2 a stone and a stone. When you are within 5 lbs of goal you should receive a book called The Last Few Pounds to help you hit goal and then when you get to goal there are three Maintenance books , 1 for each week of maintenance. Your leader should then take your blue card and replace it with a gold one. If you are missing any of these just ask your leader.
Thanks a million! I'll look into getting some of them! appreciate it! 0 -
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fatewatchers wrote: »Hi folks,
Am tormented here. I promised my 4 yr old girl some time back that if we had a rainy day we would bake chocolate brownies. Well, that day arrived today and the smell of them baking in the oven is driving me wild. How would I even begin to point them?! I am going to allow myself a sliver of one later on and call it 1.5... impossible to know though. There are two bars of Lindt 70% cocoa in them as well as 3 eggs, butter, sugar, flour, chocolate chips.... so I can't imagine they are particularly ww friendly Oh well, we had fun and she is covered in sticky brownie goo! I will endeavour to get the majority of the brownies given away as gifts!
I got my little scales in Argos, was the cheapest kitchen scales in the book and it's great, does grams, pounds, and pounds and ounces. It is a Cookworks one and was about 14 euro.
I played around with a recipe for the Easter weekend and came up with this, it is lovely and won't break the points bank so the next time you need to bake you're sorted
Chocolate Cake with Orange or Coffee Option
Total points 21 [serves 8-10]
Ingredients
. 6 large egg whites . 6 oz/170g caster sugar . 2 oz/ 60g self-raising flour
-1 oz/ 30g cocoa powder . 1-teaspoon lemon juice . ½ teaspoon salt
. 1 teaspoon baking powder -spray oil - baking parchment
-Optional- 2 teaspoons / ¼ oz/10g instant coffee granules.
Filling
. ½ Pint Slimline Milk . 2 tablespoons/ 2oz / 55g Cocoa Powder
. 2 tablespoons / ¼ oz / 15g sweetener . 1 tablespoon 1 oz/ 30g cornflour
. Parchment paper to line two non-stick 8" round cake tins
-Optional- zest of 1 orange or 2 teaspoons/ ¼ oz/10g instant coffee granules.
Method:
Place egg whites in a clean grease-free bowl and add lemon juice and salt. Whisk until trebled in volume. Add in the baking powder and sugar, beat again till stiff. Sieve the flour and cocoa powder [and coffee granules] twice and fold gently into the mixture spoon by spoon. Divide between two parchment lined and sprayed 8”/20cm cake tins and bake in pre-heated oven, 165oC for 30 minutes. Allow cakes to cool in their tins until cold. Then turn out onto a wire rack and remove the parchment.
To Make the Filling:
In a saucepan put the cocoa powder, sweetener and cornflour [coffee granules or orange zest] and whisk in the milk. Place over a medium heat, continue whisking until the mixture begins to thicken, when it starts to bubble cook for one more minute and remove from the heat. Put one of the cakes onto a serving plate, pour half of the chocolate filling over it and place the other cake on top. Pour the remaining filling over the top and sides of the cake. Smooth with a palate knife and cool for an hour before serving. Store in the fridge if not serving immediately and it will last 2-3 days.0 -
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poconnor16 wrote: »Just an idea here, but taking up running does build muscle on the legs - maybe this is what the scales is picking up? Ideas anyone?
this had crossed my mind alright but im not so sure about it!!
if it is the case though will i still be able to lose the last 5.5lbs i want to lose??? 0 -
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ergonomics wrote: »I had an absolutely terrible weekend and beginning of this week. I had takeaways practically every day and lots of alcohol. I was adamant I would be good again yesterday but getting back on the wagon is much harder than falling off it! I ended up eating worse than any other day. I'm dreading going to WW tomorrow but there's nothing I can change now. I just hope I don't go up too much! The one thing in my favour is I walked loads (about 5km every day) and danced lots!
My weigh is today at 5 and I too had a shocker for 3 days....did exercise heaps though and am hoping that helps a little. The way to look at it though, is that if you weren't getting back on hte wagon you probably never would. So what if you weight in a pound heavier this week? At least you are in control and know what you can do to fix it next week.
If you didn't weigh in and gave up that extra pound could snowball into a stone!
Just want to let you know you are not alone so do not give up. Bite the bullet and get back on track!! 0 -
I was feeling similar to ergo and poconnor today. I was away at the weekend and definitely went sky high numerals over my points. Was good leading up to trip and got back on track immediately when I got home. I tried to drink loads of water. I guess I did a lot more dancing and walking in my hazy drunken state when I was away. I was sure (and derserved) I was going to gain but when I got weighed tonight I was down 1.5lbs! I'm so lucky! I'm only half a pound away from my third silver seven. I really want to get it next week.... 0
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I was feeling similar to ergo and poconnor today. I was away at the weekend and definitely went sky high numerals over my points. Was good leading up to trip and got back on track immediately when I got home. I tried to drink loads of water. I guess I did a lot more dancing and walking in my hazy drunken state when I was away. I was sure (and derserved) I was going to gain but when I got weighed tonight I was down 1.5lbs! I'm so lucky! I'm only half a pound away from my third silver seven. I really want to get it next week....
Oh Dolliemix that is fantastic, well done!! I hope you get your silver 7 next week. I weighed in last night and was down 3 pounds - I'm thrilled! What I've learned from this is never let a bad weekend steer you away from your meeting - miracles (in my case) can still happen!:)
My leader last night made an interesting comment on this topic - ''its the weeks where you've eaten all the digestive biscuits, bottles of wine and takeaways that you need to be at your meeting. This is when you need your meeting most. It's very easy to weigh in on a good week, the challenge is on the bad weeks.''0 -
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Hi Guys
Going for my WI tonite not looking forward to it as this week I have been so bad, mad busy in work so havent had time to go for a walk and with the bank holiday weekend I was drinking wine and eating all around me,
I usually go to a morning class but am going to an evening one tonite so hopefully not too much damage done
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I use to always go to an evening class and stay for the class but when I went in the morning I couldnt stay for the class and I think the class really helps with tips from others in the class.
Ill post back later and let u know how I got on - fingers and toes crossed;)0 -
Weighed in this morning, lost another 1.5lbs, only 2lbs to lose and i will get my first stone
going to try really hard this week and next week because i am going on holidays in 2 weeks (hopefully if the stupid volcano doesnt stop me from going) and really want to have lost a stone before i go. 0 -
itsallaboutme!! wrote: »this had crossed my mind alright but im not so sure about it!!if it is the case though will i still be able to lose the last 5.5lbs i want to lose???
Just something to add here....the weight you see coming off the scales might not be fat. So you might not be seeing any movement on the scales but you could still be burning fat which is the most important thing. I would maybe look at getting your body fat percentage measured - it would give you another target to keep you motivated?0 -
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