WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

hollyhock

sophie1234 wrote: »

going away this week and its all inclusive in the hotel........any tips?????? nt looking forward to it thinking of putting back on everything ive lost any one have any tips???? cuz if the foods there all i want to do is eat it!! x

i suppose u could try pick the healthy options like cereal,fruit,yogurt or u could just eat all around u,even finish with the danish swirl!!!! its only one week,try and walk a bit! its very hard when u see all the nice food laid in front of u! enjoy ur holiday and don`t waste time worrying over food,we do enough of it when we`re not on hols!!!:P

sophie1234

hollyhock wrote: »

i suppose u could try pick the healthy options like cereal,fruit,yogurt or u could just eat all around u,even finish with the danish swirl!!!! its only one week,try and walk a bit! its very hard when u see all the nice food laid in front of u! enjoy ur holiday and don`t waste time worrying over food,we do enough of it when we`re not on hols!!!:P

haha yes well i try 50/50 good some parts and then bad some parts! i wud just be devastated to get back on the scale and have gone up loads on my return bt heres hoping inclusive isnt to bad!!

Lady Lainy

sophie1234 wrote: »

going away this week and its all inclusive in the hotel........any tips?????? nt looking forward to it thinking of putting back on everything ive lost any one have any tips???? cuz if the foods there all i want to do is eat it!! x

Lots of water! at least a litre with breakfast that'll fill ya up that you just wont be able to have a HUGE breakfast.

ENJOY the bad foods more by EARNING THEM! go for walks, swim in the pool, maybe every 2nd day eat healthy so you can enjoy your naught days.

but water water water, it'll stop any bloating from water retention...and save ya a few lbs on the scales.

sally123

hi, just wondering if anyone has a recipe for mushroom risotto as i bravely bought few bags of dried mushrooms in aldi a while back but now can't think how to use them up and thought i might try a risotto but i don't have a recipe using the dried version
thanks

Wednesdays Girl

who.dunnit wrote: »

@wednesday girl. Don't worry about it, I once went up 4 pounds in a week and when i went back then next week i was down 3. Sometimes i feel after eating badly i'm bloated too when i go to the weigh in so i usually haven't put on as much weight as i thought and hopefully it's the same case for you! Anything there's nothing like that horrible feeling of being told you're up weight to inspire you to lose more!!

Thanks a mil. I was just so annoyed with myself. Hopefully this week will go a lot better..

lucy2010

Anyone ever thought of walking groups in their area??
I know there is none in mine - Bray but I need someone to kick me in the arse sometimes & say get out there. I joined ww & my friend goes a few weeks but unfortunately she cant manage the walking just yet. She has about 6 stone before she gets to upper weight but shes a super star for joing ww in the first place . I have a few lbs to lose this time but i enjoy walking.. Anyone any idea how to start such a group?

gaoife

Hi Everyone

Does anyone know if the weight watchers week is monday to sunday or if it depends on when you weigh in (im wednesday so maybe my week is wed to wed) i want to weigh in saturday this week but i'm wondering if that will count this week as a missed week?

Thanks

who.dunnit

@gaoife I think you should be okay as the week is monday to sat with WW so as long as you're in that week you don't have to pay extra. I can end up going any day in the week from a monday to a thursday and it's never been a problem with ww. Have my weigh in this morning, v.nervous because i was good most days until sunday and then seemed to slip up a bit!

gaoife

thanks a mill,

good luck today

Lady Lainy

Just ordered the JUST FOR ME ww cookbook. I'd gotten a present of 2009 official cookbook last year, but all those recipes serve 6 or so and call for all sorts of random ingredients i know i wouldnt eat let alone be able to lay my hands on easily.

the JUST FOR ME is ww cookbook with recipes that serve ONE! Woooo! Cant wait for it to arrive! I love cooking, but its pain in the ass trying to scale down recipes for "one".

Its like my head, my mind, my body is happy again...I went out and got a life. As soon as I gave in and just got a life! i suddenly came out of the platuae. I've been bragging to everyone that this forum is great.

It really did help me clear my head. Cos i was really kicking my self over it. Hearing other people of all ages and walks of life had gone thru same thing while on ww really helped!

trying to explain it to non ww ppl is just impossible. I had one friend claime...oh sure i know lots of ppl on ww so you can talk to me...HA! thats like a man saying they understand period cramps!

So in the past 10 days since my MELTDOWN! I have....gone out dancing, clubbing, drinking, shopping, gone out to lunch with friends, gone on a date, arranged a second date with him bought my self a shiney new pink phone....cos feck it....i deserve it! need something new to keep up with new found social life LOL

Scales might be up 1 or 2 this week....but 40lbs in.....I can live with that...if i can lose 40....I KNOW I CAN DO IT! I've come this far....there is no way in hell i could ever go back to what I used to eat. When I do reach my goal...and I really believe now....that I can get there. I'd consider becoming a leader and doing a nutrition course, just as a hobby, to spread the word.

gaoife

Great post lady lainy :D:D

mimirose

Hey am doing the weightwatchers am fairly sticking to it but the drink at the weekends is killing me! I usually drink wine or coors any other suggestions? or how to avoid all the baaad food that goes along with the drinking/socialising such as the nibbles and hangover food? has anyone managed to come up with solutions? Its ruining my weightwatcher dieting :mad: but i dont fancy staying in every weekend either!

who.dunnit

Down 3 pounds today yay!!! Have a few nights out this week and heading away for the weekend but i'm just going to try to be disciplined. I hate coming back from holiday and having put on weight because just because i'm out of the country it shouldn't be a reason to stuff my face!! I hope everyone has a good weekend and can keep the hungover nibbles at bay. I find a bagel with an egg or some beans really good after a night out and it's not that many points! Also get some ice-pops like mr freezes low calorie or something like that because some of them only have 1cal per ice and they really help a hangover!!

mimirose

down three pounds well done! geez didnt even think of mr freezes.. yum! thanks!!!

AmeliaPond

mimirose wrote: »

Hey am doing the weightwatchers am fairly sticking to it but the drink at the weekends is killing me! I usually drink wine or coors any other suggestions? or how to avoid all the baaad food that goes along with the drinking/socialising such as the nibbles and hangover food? has anyone managed to come up with solutions? Its ruining my weightwatcher dieting :mad: but i dont fancy staying in every weekend either!

The best tip I heard about wine is to order a spritzer (wine with club soda in it) because it lasts longer for the same points. Like you get two spritzers for the same points as one glass of wine.

babylips

Anyone know of a weightwatchers class on Thursday around Blackrock,Dun Laoghaire,Deansgrange area. The time doesnt matter.

Quackles

I haven't posted in a few weeks, but still messing about with the last few pounds. Got my 3rd stone yesterday, though, WOO! So two more lb to go. Going to go hell for leather now, I want it gone by the end of the month.

dolliemix

Thats brill Crackels. Well done! Hopefully the 2 Ilbs will fall off soon!

Muirgheal

Lady Lainy wrote: »

Just ordered the JUST FOR ME ww cookbook. I'd gotten a present of 2009 official cookbook last year, but all those recipes serve 6 or so and call for all sorts of random ingredients i know i wouldnt eat let alone be able to lay my hands on easily.

the JUST FOR ME is ww cookbook with recipes that serve ONE! Woooo! Cant wait for it to arrive! I love cooking, but its pain in the ass trying to scale down recipes for "one".

Its like my head, my mind, my body is happy again...I went out and got a life. As soon as I gave in and just got a life! i suddenly came out of the platuae. I've been bragging to everyone that this forum is great.

It really did help me clear my head. Cos i was really kicking my self over it. Hearing other people of all ages and walks of life had gone thru same thing while on ww really helped!

trying to explain it to non ww ppl is just impossible. I had one friend claime...oh sure i know lots of ppl on ww so you can talk to me...HA! thats like a man saying they understand period cramps!

So in the past 10 days since my MELTDOWN! I have....gone out dancing, clubbing, drinking, shopping, gone out to lunch with friends, gone on a date, arranged a second date with him bought my self a shiney new pink phone....cos feck it....i deserve it! need something new to keep up with new found social life LOL

Scales might be up 1 or 2 this week....but 40lbs in.....I can live with that...if i can lose 40....I KNOW I CAN DO IT! I've come this far....there is no way in hell i could ever go back to what I used to eat. When I do reach my goal...and I really believe now....that I can get there. I'd consider becoming a leader and doing a nutrition course, just as a hobby, to spread the word.

Well done Lainy!

Down 3.5 lbs this week.

JOJOC123

Hi guys
Babylips - there is one in rochestown lodge on thursday, there are 5 classes starting from 3pm up to 8pm.

Quackles

dolliemix wrote: »

Thats brill Crackels. Well done! Hopefully the 2 Ilbs will fall off soon!

Fingers crossed! Thanks!

alpha2010

I'm at 11 stone now and this last stone is sooo hard to get rid of... got weighed today, I was expecting 2 pound down maybe more and when I checked the scales I was up 2 pound I feel sooo disappointed I have never worked sooo hard seriously I jogged 5 times this week, stayed within my points

I can't explain why this happened, my bf keeps saying its because I'm jogging too much and I could be gaining muscle.. ever since I stopped walking and started jogging, I have been losing less. I was guaranteed to lose between 2 to 3 pound every week but now its either up 1 or down 1... no big losses anymore

I cried when I found out today because I felt like this week was such a waste so I went straight to Eddie Rockets and pigged out, I feel so guilty now. I don't know what I should changed, Maybe Ill never get rid of the stone

I really need some advice

Muirgheal

Alpha- haven't you lost over 3 stone?

Imagine if you hadn't lost that how would you feel!

I had a few bad weeks when I started, so what I would say is don't fret bout eddie rockets- tomorrow is the start of your new ww week.

Try to go back to what you did in week one- it'll remind you of the basics, and make you feel better about what you have done. But you may need to consume more points if you're jogging that much. You'll be able to judge that better next week.

I do really feel the frustration you feel, but think of this- I wish I was down to my last stone! xxx

sally123

Hi Alpha,
Don't panic about eddie rockets hopefully you got it out of your system and you can just start again. What could be happening is that sometimes the effort you put in this week will only show next week so you may yet see the results of all that jogging, the other thing is were you eating up to your points allowance because if your not and you're doing all that extra exercise then maybe you're not eating enough, mad as it may sound it could have that effect. by the way if it's your time of the month it could well affect your weight too. Anyway best of luck for next week

dolliemix

+ 1 to Muirgheal and Sally's posts.

Our leader told us that when you're doing a lot of activity you should be eating at least half your activity points otherwise your body will start compensating for the lack of energy and hang on to the fat......if that makes sense!

Wednesdays Girl

Hey Alpha,

It's an odd attitude to have but I've always thought that weight doesn't matter, my clothes size does. It probably comes from always being heavier than I look. If you're not noticing any difference in your measurements, then maybe you're not eating enough for the exercise that you're doing. But if you're losing inches, does your weight really matter that much?

Wednesdays Girl

Also WI today.. after that disaster last week I'm delighted to be down 4 3/4lbs.

dolliemix

Wednesdays Girl wrote: »

Also WI today.. after that disaster last week I'm delighted to be down 4 3/4lbs.

Wowzers well done!

Wednesdays Girl

dolliemix wrote: »

Wowzers well done!

Thanks a mil. Hoping to keep it up now!

alpha2010

Wednesdays Girl wrote: »

Thanks a mil. Hoping to keep it up now!

Awh thats brilliant Jesus I hope I recover from my disaster week just like you did

any tips ??