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I am wondering if someone can answer a question for me.
I am thinking bout going back to weight watchers, but I am wonder what way there new programme works.
As I liked being able to point food my self. Can you still do that. As I would not be able to eat off the meal plans they set out. Cause I work in residential work where I work for 24 hours , and I eat what ever one else is having for dinner etc.
So on the new programe is it possible to point my own food.
The Simple Start plan is just a way for newcomers to start their weight loss off. For the first week you stick to the list of filling and healthy foods (all veg, fruit, specific breads, seasonings, some meat/fish) and you can eat as much of that as you want with no pointing. In addition to this you are allowed two 'treats' a day. (Butter, chocolate, alcohol)
The second week of the plan sees the introduction of your 49 weekly points which allows more flexibility and allows new members to learn the pointing system, and then after that I think you are given the choice to propoint everything or stick to the filling and healthy business.
I think you could manage the Simple Start for one week since potatoes and veg are there on an all you can eat basis, so that would probably cover a lot of your in-house dinners? If not, you only have to 'suffer' for one week, or you could just point as normal because nobody would know!
It's not really a new plan so don't let it hold you back, it's just an alternative start that suits some people better than others. 0 -
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Sittingpretty wrote: »I didn't try the SS this week because I felt it would be too much of a pig out for me.
So sorry I didn't, the losses people had at meeting last night were unbelievable. Up to 6.5lbs.
I lost a miserable half a lb
Hi Sittingpretty, A loss is a loss no matter what and every half pound adds up. It is also great losing 6.5lb all in one go but that is harder to maintain. Slowly but surely is better so congrats on your loss:)0 -
dottie_lottie wrote: »Weigh in today and I'm not feeling optimistic
I don't think SS has worked for me this week, despite pointing it! I think STS it best case scenario for me, maybe it'll all work out next week.
Good luck with the weigh in:)0 -
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I was down 2.5lbs tonight. I was slightly disappointed not to be down the 4lbs of my Christmas gain. However when I gain it can take me ages to lose that same gain, so I am happy with 2.5lbs. I did Simple Start but had a few small slip ups at the weekend. I think I'll probably alternate between the 2 plans, 2 weeks PP and 2 weeks SS. I really enjoyed SS and found it really helped me focus on healthy foods and cut down on the junk food. I actually found it difficult to finish my post weigh in treat tonight as I couldn't stomach the sugar! It'll be nice to have the 49 weeklies this week though for cheese and butter. My plan is to stick to the 2 treats during the week (taking them out of my 49) and then use the remaining weeklies over the weekend. This way I can focus on restricting the junk food so I don't slip back to old habits.WhiteTiger wrote: »Ugh SS epic fail for me! Up 1.5lbs :-( Feel like my mojo has vanished. Have no interest at all today, dont know whats wrong with me!
Sorry to hear that. Did you follow the plan exact? I found that there were days were I was picking and a few things like Lucozade slipped through. The other thing that could be wrong is the portion size. I still weighed everything as I know what portion suits me and I was less likely to over eat. The other aspect could be snacks. Did you eat much in between meals?
If you think SS is not for you then don't let it get to you. You tried it and it didn't work so move back to PP. The important thing is to not let one bad day ruin all your work. Its so easy to slip back into old ways and you will only feel worse if you do that. Put it behind you and start tomorrow in a positive mood and eat a good breakfast as it will set you up for a good day
unknowngirl!! wrote: »Try to think back why you joined initially.. Everyone gets fed up at times but it'll be worth it to stick with it for that feeling when you have another loss!
Weigh in tonight and lost the 2lbs I put up over Christmas.. Really enjoyed the SS this week so will stick with it.
I'm back on the weight which I held 5 weeks coming up to Christmas.. Really hoping now is the time I'll get past this mark!
Well done on the loss. I'm like you, trying to get past a certain point. I have 1.5lbs left to lose to get back to that point so hoping to lose that and a bit more next week. Perseverance has become my middle name!0 -
Glad to have found this thread. Thinking of going back to WW soon. Haven't been for about three years! But one of those was spent in a very bad depression and another working on getting over that and then last year I started just doing it myself a bit, without going back officially, but in September there was another major crisis in my family and that dragged everything off course again. So, I took the two weeks off at christmas to start cooking and eating properly again and even managed to get in a couple of good walks, too. Before waking up on New Year's day with a nasty cold. I swear I have some really deep-rooted psychological tick that makes me catch cold as soon as I start any kind of exercise, even if it's just walks round the park.
Anyway, was actually chatting to someone on Saturday who goes to WW and started getting enthusiastic about it again. Can't afford it but might just join online or just do it myself for a few months until I can. When I'm trying to eat healthily I kind of automatically do WW anyway, after years of going to it but always giving up before getting to goal. Actually, when I gave it up last time, it was mostly because things were just going badly for me but it was just after they changed the plan and since I was depressed and not coping well, it just totally overwhelmed me. But partly also because I never found a nice class here (live in Germany now).
So if ye don't mind I might stop in from time to time to at least get some Irish perspective on the whole thing. Even just reading a couple of pages here has brought back so much - it's like a whole other language and it's so much easier to do a whole other language in your own language, if you know what I mean. By the way, on the first page a couple of people mentioned a leader called Mary - is that Mary O'Brien? She used to do classes in, at various times, Ballsbridge/Donnybrook/Stillorgan? Lived in Clondalkin, I think and did classes there, too. She was a great leader - I loved her classes. 0 -
Misty Moon wrote: »Glad to have found this thread. Thinking of going back to WW soon. Haven't been for about three years! But one of those was spent in a very bad depression and another working on getting over that and then last year I started just doing it myself a bit, without going back officially, but in September there was another major crisis in my family and that dragged everything off course again. So, I took the two weeks off at christmas to start cooking and eating properly again and even managed to get in a couple of good walks, too. Before waking up on New Year's day with a nasty cold. I swear I have some really deep-rooted psychological tick that makes me catch cold as soon as I start any kind of exercise, even if it's just walks round the park.
Anyway, was actually chatting to someone on Saturday who goes to WW and started getting enthusiastic about it again. Can't afford it but might just join online or just do it myself for a few months until I can. When I'm trying to eat healthily I kind of automatically do WW anyway, after years of going to it but always giving up before getting to goal. Actually, when I gave it up last time, it was mostly because things were just going badly for me but it was just after they changed the plan and since I was depressed and not coping well, it just totally overwhelmed me. But partly also because I never found a nice class here (live in Germany now).
So if ye don't mind I might stop in from time to time to at least get some Irish perspective on the whole thing. Even just reading a couple of pages here has brought back so much - it's like a whole other language and it's so much easier to do a whole other language in your own language, if you know what I mean. By the way, on the first page a couple of people mentioned a leader called Mary - is that Mary O'Brien? She used to do classes in, at various times, Ballsbridge/Donnybrook/Stillorgan? Lived in Clondalkin, I think and did classes there, too. She was a great leader - I loved her classes.
Sorry to hear about your tough time. Weight loss is not an easy thing to do and when there are other things getting in the way, it gets that bit harder. You have made the first step to getting back into it. This thread is great for motivation. I struggled last year and it was only just before Christmas that I found the motivation again. My advice is to keep it simple. Start with the kitchen/food/tracker and work on that and then move onto exercise. Start planning your meals in advance and track everything that you eat. Take it a day at a time as it can take a while to get into the swing of things. Once you are comfortable with tracking and you have lost some weight, try to look at exercising and improving the quality of foods. These will help you keep the weight off long term.
Don't focus too much on the end goal, only when you need the motivation! A good way to get started is to right a list of reasons why you want to lose weight. Then weight out your mini goals that you will achieve along the way (things like silven seven, 5%, new stone bracket etc). Remember that you will slip up, you're only human. One bad day will not ruin weeks of hard work, so make sure not to let it turn into a bad week. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask!
Mary has retired from WW. I go to Stillorgan classes where there is a new leader, Corina. She's lovely and really good. Not sure who took over the Clondalkin meetings. If you are going to do WW online, sign up for the UK one. It's much better. The only thing is, you will need to use a UK address so loads of people just use some random hotel. You won't get the books that they post out but all that information can be found online anyway. There's loads of resources available to online UK members.0 -
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Hi, Just keep going and don't be too hard on yourself because you did go through a hard time before Christmas. It might take a while but you will get back into it and the motivation will come back:)
Thanks honeygirl I'll be happy with a STS tonight but am actually expecting a gain. Whatever it is, I'll just dust myself off and try and get back to it this week 0 -
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