Weight Watchers 2011 support thread

minimoneysaver

Woohoo, joined WW last week and at my first weigh in I've got my first silver 7! So chuffed. Just hope I can keep it up. Discovering all sorts of yummy healthy foods and have stopped going to the supermarket by signing up to Ocado. Stops my from buying the naughty stuff. I've set up a regular weekly shop and keep exchanging the fruit & veg for lots of new kinds to try. Next thing to do is to try and start some exercise, which I find difficult due to my disability, but I'm sure that there is something I can do.

confused76

namakemono wrote: »

Thanks airulo2, it does appear that another inch has come off my hips somehow

Can I ask those of you who are online, which weighing scales do you have (if you don't use Wii)?

I'm at uni currently so can pop up to Boots to weigh myself but once I'm back at my parents for the summer I have to rely on lifts (they live in the middle of nowhere practically), so am looking for some good scales to use in the house.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8329604/Trail/searchtext%3EWEIGHTWATCHERS+SCALES.htm

i've got these scales, the cheaper of the weightwatchers ones, but i'm sure any other brand of electronic scales would do the job. good luck! x

minimoneysaver wrote: »

Woohoo, joined WW last week and at my first weigh in I've got my first silver 7! So chuffed. Just hope I can keep it up. Discovering all sorts of yummy healthy foods and have stopped going to the supermarket by signing up to Ocado. Stops my from buying the naughty stuff. I've set up a regular weekly shop and keep exchanging the fruit & veg for lots of new kinds to try. Next thing to do is to try and start some exercise, which I find difficult due to my disability, but I'm sure that there is something I can do.

whoohoo well done on your silver seven!

well i weighed in today and have lost 1lb, taking my total to 6lb so i'm hoping i'll be getting a silver seven next week at least!!

good luck everyone x

ailuro2

I'm hoping to get to 5% tomorrow ( yes, I weigh daily, very naughty!) If I do I'm going to nip down to Boots or Superdrug while DD is at gymnastics and treat us to some nice facepacks and beautifying gunge.

I was struggling with how to reward my weight loss, and have come up with.....

wait for it....

the 5% diet reward!

So now I've lost 5% I'm going to wipe the slate clean and go for another 5%... yes, those with a bit of arithmetic about them will have noticed that the second 5% will be less to lose than the first... but ( and right now it's still a big butt!!) I figure it will be harder to lose weight as time goes on, and will take longer, so by moving the goalposts a wee bit closer it will make each goal a bit closer.

Does that make sense to anyone?

So I have to lose a big chunk for the first 5%, little bit less for the second 5% and so on. I'm going to have additional rewards for when I get to the weight I was when I married 10 years ago, and another for getting to the weight I was when I met DH. Lord only knows what I'd do if I ever got my BMI down to 25. Probably have a heart attack with the shock and people would say I should have had the chocolate after all, haha!!:rotfl:

VALM

Well done everyone on their losses. My official weigh day is Monday again. The only thing I have planned over the weekend is a Pub Quiz Night on Sunday. I'd like our team to stand a chance of winning so I won't be drinking!! lol

ailuro2

VALM, apart from getting the answers wrong, the points just don't seem worth it for alcohol , do they? 4 or 5 points for a SMALL glass of wine, I'd rather have a Crunchie for those kind of points!:eek:


p.s. got my 5% this morning AND a Brucie bonus of my stone off, as I somehow managed to lose 1 1/2 lbs yesterday. I know it will probably rise over the weekend before official weigh in on Monday, but I'm OK with that. I've not used any weeklp points this week either, very pleased about that as I'm not finding I'm hungry at all!

confused76

VALM wrote: »

Well done everyone on their losses. My official weigh day is Monday again. The only thing I have planned over the weekend is a Pub Quiz Night on Sunday. I'd like our team to stand a chance of winning so I won't be drinking!! lol

good luck in the pub quiz!! i stopped drinking a while ago, i thought i would miss it but i don't i'd rather have food any day:rotfl:

ailuro2 wrote: »

VALM, apart from getting the answers wrong, the points just don't seem worth it for alcohol , do they? 4 or 5 points for a SMALL glass of wine, I'd rather have a Crunchie for those kind of points!:eek:

p.s. got my 5% this morning AND a Brucie bonus of my stone off, as I somehow managed to lose 1 1/2 lbs yesterday. I know it will probably rise over the weekend before official weigh in on Monday, but I'm OK with that. I've not used any weeklp points this week either, very pleased about that as I'm not finding I'm hungry at all!

ooh well done on your weight loss! i wish i didn't feel hungry

VALM

confused76 wrote: »

good luck in the pub quiz!! i stopped drinking a while ago, i thought i would miss it but i don't i'd rather have food any day:rotfl:

I do still miss my glass of wine on a Saturday night but unfortunately it never was always just one. I've got to the point where I don't want one though which is not the same as not missing it.

ailuro2

Good for you VALM, I bought some of the 250ml bottles of wine the other week when they were on special offer in Tesco, that way I don't feel the need to finish a whole bottle, and it worked out really cheap too ( my favourite wine was included in the offer, so it worked out well)

Have been looking around to find the PP for a fish and chip supper tonight and the ones I have found so far are 30points. I'm considering just having the fish for 15 points, as the chips aren't "worth" 15 points, I could have something more filling aswell as something more sinful for those 15 points.

Since the sun is out I might change my mind and get the BBQ out instead. Amazing the healthy choices we all make when there are points at stake!! ( Or should that be points at steak, haha!)

mintymoneysaver

I am trying REALLY hard not to weigh myself this week, so that I can hopefully have a nice surprise at weigh in on Tuesday. Last week my weight fluctuated by 4lb(!) from one night to the next morning so I'm trying to train myself to accept that it's only once a week that's realistic.
I lost 1/2 lb last week which was better than nothing but I would like a nice decent 2lb loss sometime soon to make it feel worth it. However the downside is that my weigh in is on Tuesday but I have saved nearly all my 49 to have on Monday as we've got a day at Cartmel races complete with bbq and wine so I just bet the scales look rubbish on Tuesday! Think I'll have to go on the wii fit tonight to give it a bit of help... ( and only a banana or sugar free jelly for my Saturday night snack!)

ailuro2

mintymoneysaver... you've saved your points, so you're prepared for the scales, so don't be afraid of the weigh in on Tuesday! If you don't lose this week you'll lose next week because you've got the good eating in place for the rest of the week.

what you can do before you go is look up points for things that are likely to be on the BBQ so you know which ones are the healthies choice. I'm guessing the salad will be available without dressing so fill your plate up with that before you pick anything else. Choose things that are plain meat rather than having them in a bun. Have your excuses ready when people try and get you to visit again ( I'm having a rest before I have another visit is a good, feasible excuse)
As for the wine, have it as a spritzer and if anyone asks just say you were drinking the night before and are just getting warmed up. LAter on when they're all drunk they'll forget you were meant to be drunk like them.;)