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ajaxgeezer

Brighton_belle wrote: »

I work on the principle that the calorie whatever has been worked out, and ignoring it here and there will mean the plan won't work so effectively

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.....couldn't agree more. Slightly different here though without the red days - I didn't need a spoon on SW, "some beans" was zero, didn't matter whether it was a small tin, a proper tin or a tin and a half.

katyk_2

Ajax - yes I always weigh or spoon my baked beans to exactly what they say I'm allowed :
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I used to weigh out things like cereal and then see if I had a container that held just the right amount. Thus if I knew that little plastic cup held exactly one days cornflakes when full, I could just scoop them out next tmie. Much quicker.

ajaxgeezer

2-3 months for decent payers on QUidco katyk. Make sure you have your payment preferences set up well in advance, your trigger amount etc.

dellybelly_2

ajaxgeezer wrote: »

..... why?



...indeed starlight why would you want to guess when you can take human error out of the equation?

I don't really know for sure. I think it may have something to do with learning portion control and not relying on your scales all the time, because, let's be honest, we don't always have the scales handy. I don't have access to scales to weigh the scones at work in the morning if I want one at teatime, I have to guesstimate the points value. I thought it would be the same priniple as keeping the SW food diary for 3 weeks only, it was just so your consultant could see that you're following the plan properly and then you had to learn to live with it.

Ajax I reckon your OH should give the core plan a go. I did do it for a while when I joined WW last year and it worked quite well. It was difficult giving up bread but I coped. Oh, did you know you can also earn 12 bonus points per week on the core plan. That'd take you OH up to 32. per week.

As for soup, I use a stainless steel thermos for my work (got a 500ml one in Tesco for about £5 a year ago), I pre heat it with boiling water for about 5 minutes before I put the soup into it. I also have to admit that I put the soup in almost boiling hot. By the time I get my lunch it's still quite hot and that's about 5 hours later.

dellybelly_2

ajaxgeezer wrote: »

I think you're right, definitely from a 'healthy' point of view. Fresh is always best, which is why cous cous and rice and potatoes are so vital.

From a WL point of view there will be folks who have said they have produced those same huge losses through eating a lot of WW plastic processed food - after all a points value is a points value and WW works, so really preparation isn't vital to weight loss.

A bit like the SW conundrum where you would think it impossible to get huge losses with a 5000 or more cals a day intake, but folks do it all the time, even when they are not huge to start with.

If only this WL malarkey made any sense huh?

I agree with you on this. If you're on a low points allowance it sometimes is easier to eat the processed foods (one of my friends only has a points allowance of 18 per day! - try that sometime it's tough). But I do think the points plan is good for all kinds of people. I don't mind taking less carbs even though I am a carb queen myself. but I do miss cheese and at 4 points for 30 grammes I'm not willing to make the sacrifice. It's just one of those things. (using the cheese example to prove I can empathise with your OH Ajax - I haven't had a proper portion of cheese in 4 weeks).

One of my workmates DOESNT EAT VEGETABLES and still lost weight on WW points plan. It's all about how you spend your points (my WW leader still tells of the member she had who just ate a mars bar and a cream finger every day and still lost weight - but that was what she wanted to eat, it was within her points allowance so it worked.) You sacrifice some things so you can eat others.

Brighton_belle

I used to weigh out things like cereal and then see if I had a container that held just the right amount. Thus if I knew that little plastic cup held exactly one days cornflakes when full, I could just scoop them out next tmie. Much quicker.[/quote]
Good idea Katyk. I'm allowed 42g 1/2 half fat cheddar every day* on SW and to save time weighing and grating everyday, I do the whole block at once and store about 5 portions ready grated in .fridge
*Sorry delly, didn't mean to rub it in: I wrote this before your post re cheese appeared

Delly, as an Sw'er I still keep a food diary for myself. Have written down every single thing I've eaten for the last 18 weeks :A . A bit too anal probably for some, but I'm quite a 'list' person anyway and I've found it's the best way for me to keep on the staright and narrow.

ntl now sort, thanks victory.

ajaxgeezer

dellybelly wrote: »

I don't really know for sure. I think it may have something to do with learning portion control and not relying on your scales all the time, because, let's be honest, we don't always have the scales handy. I don't have access to scales to weigh the scones at work in the morning if I want one at teatime, I have to guesstimate the points value.

... sounds feasible, dangerous though. If the technology is there, use it in my book.

dellybelly wrote: »

I thought it would be the same priniple as keeping the SW food diary for 3 weeks only, it was just so your consultant could see that you're following the plan properly and then you had to learn to live with it.

different thing, the food diary isn't the tool you use to get the syn values, it's the equivalent of the WW Points Tracker. Being told not to use the scales is like being told not to use the syn values book(s).

dellybelly wrote: »

Ajax I reckon your OH should give the core plan a go. I did do it for a while when I joined WW last year and it worked quite well. It was difficult giving up bread but I coped. Oh, did you know you can also earn 12 bonus points per week on the core plan. That'd take you OH up to 32. per week.

.....yeah? Speak up, don't leave it there

dellybelly wrote: »

As for soup, I use a stainless steel thermos for my work (got a 500ml one in Tesco for about £5 a year ago), I pre heat it with boiling water for about 5 minutes before I put the soup into it. I also have to admit that I put the soup in almost boiling hot. By the time I get my lunch it's still quite hot and that's about 5 hours later.

... blinking flip, what time did you wake up to have boiling soup to take to work? I dare you to tell her to be up at 5 in the morning, cos I aint gonna

ajaxgeezer

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Good idea Katyk. I'm allowed 42g 1/2 half fat cheddar every day on SW and to save time weighing and grating everyday, I do the whole block at once and store about 5 portions ready grated in .fridge

......I used to buy a block as close to 252g as possible, and then when opening it for the first time I'd cut it into 6 chunks and use a chunk every time I wanted it. It meant it was freshly grated every time that way.

Brighton_belle

[quote=ajaxgeezer;6237319]......I used to buy a block as close to 252g as possible, and then when opening it for the first time I'd cut it into 6 chunks and use a chunk every time I wanted it. It meant it was freshly grated every time that way.[/quote]
Yeah, but then you've got to clean the grater 6 times instead of once :eek: .Always a chore, grater cleaning(and I use one of those handle twirling ones). That's my motivation for the block grating. It does keep fresh in small air tight containers
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ajaxgeezer

dellybelly wrote: »

but I do miss cheese and at 4 points for 30 grammes I'm not willing to make the sacrifice. It's just one of those things. (using the cheese example to prove I can empathise with your OH Ajax - I haven't had a proper portion of cheese in 4 weeks).

... don't you like half fat cheese at 30g for 2 points?

dellybelly wrote: »

One of my workmates DOESNT EAT VEGETABLES and still lost weight on WW points plan. It's all about how you spend your points (my WW leader still tells of the member she had who just ate a mars bar and a cream finger every day and still lost weight - but that was what she wanted to eat, it was within her points allowance so it worked.) You sacrifice some things so you can eat others.

.... and that's at the crux of it all, you have to compromise somewhere.


While I understand your point about your 18 points friend, the reason she got that allowance is that it's her 'losing weight' allowance and is healthy for her as a lighter, more mature woman. A 15 stone man in his 30s can't do that, so the "try that sometime" isn't really fair. She's given what she needs to get through the day, same as you, same as me. That make sense? I know what I mean lol.