Risen from the ashes ...

rising_from_the_ashes

Fat club - meant to say earlier that I got a pretty good deal online.

3 months for £39.80 (which was £20 odd off the regular price) and £15 cashback!:money:

So .... £24.80 for 3 months = £1.90 / week which is great compared to going to classes @ £5.99 / week or a monthly pass of £20:j

freebyfifty

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Joined a fat club (online) - it's frustrating me already!

Joined the same one as the girls at work - unfortunately I can't make the meetings as they're at 6pm in the town where we work but I need to come home when I finish for Maisie.

Anyway, thought I'd join online so I'm hopefully kept on track by them going every week!

BUT they got a load of printed stuff with points values etc and I cannot for the life of me find it online - even just to print off. BEEP BEEP! I know you're meant to track online but it's just not poss to stop and look up a points value when you're walking around the SM - surely they must have something somewhere with the points values to print off ....

Hey Rising,

It sounds to me that you have joined the same fat club as I go to. Is it WW? If it is then when you're buying just think that it is roughly 40 calories to 1 prop point plus 1. So something that is 200 calories divide by 40 = 5 then + 1 = 6.
That's really an estimate but seems to be what the message boards all say. You'll get used to it after a while and once you've pointed all your favourite foods it'll become easier to do.
I have all the stuff you get at the initial meeting so if you want to p.m. me your address I'd be more than happy to post it to you. I got to goal 8 weeks ago and don't use it anymore.

rising_from_the_ashes

freebyfifty wrote: »

It sounds to me that you have joined the same fat club as I go to. Is it WW? If it is then when you're buying just think that it is roughly 40 calories to 1 prop point plus 1. So something that is 200 calories divide by 40 = 5 then + 1 = 6.

Yup it is - hopefully I'll get my head around it soon!:o

I did go WW many years ago when it was the old points system - and they seem to be totally different now (now a lot more in the same things!:eek:) Mind you, you used to have a lot less points / day too!)

I've just had my breakfast which came out at 13 points :eek::eek: so will def need to try some cutting down there!

One of the problems with that is "my" milk (which was 4 points:eek:) which doesn't come in skimmed (and I'm afraid I cannot function without my HM *bucks type coffee in the mornings ....)

Will spend a couple of days logging what I eat and seeing what horrendous amounts I am eating each day!:eek: I have stuff to use up in the fridge etc & don't really intend to start until Mon.

One thing that has surprised me is that the points values of things like full fat butter and 1/2 fat butter seem to be the same under the new system (whereas 1/2 fat was lower in the old one) .... will take a bit of getting used to!

Thanks so much for the offer xx :j:j:j to target :T:T:T

slowlyfading

Good luck with WW I use myfitnesspal to log what I'm eating - it's certainly an eye opener at times!

rising_from_the_ashes

Thanks Slowly - may have a look at that as WW have only done an i-phone / i-pad app as yet ...... (which I'm not really impressed about tbh!)

rising_from_the_ashes

Ohhhhh - meant to say earlier this week ... can't get onto the forums at work anymore!:mad:

Used to be able to read the forums, but not log-in, but that option's gone too.

Loads of websites are blocked (seriously!) - couldn't get onto any car websites either

slowlyfading

That's annoying if you join that site, let me know your username and I'll add you!

freebyfifty

Have pm'd you but I'm not sure if it sent as my laptop had a "moment" :mad:

Anyway, everything is on it's way to you You should get it on Monday Enjoy!!!!!

rising_from_the_ashes

Ohhhh will do Slowly - had a quick look at it online & thinking about it as it tracks things slightly differently from WW ....... (hopefully the WW android version will be available soon!) - need to get my head around the differences and see if I can make it work!

Freeby what can I say ...... :A

freebyfifty

No problem at all, my pleasure


Sent you a friend request on ww. Log in and have a look at my photos. I think there might be one of my gorgeous doggy