Weight Watchers Support

Dorothy60

OMG was going to ask you for mushroom stroganoff recipe, it sounds delish, and I always have half fat crème frache in cos I use it instead of yoghurt with my fruit. I absolutely love it and will deffo have that over the weekend.


I don't blame you LL for cancelling the subscription - silly me was sucked into the 9 months one - DUH - so will continue but I really don't use the app and now that we have each other I don't need it. However, whilst I am paying for it I know that I will stick to us otherwise it is a waste of money lol

lessonlearned

Weather still grim, and no signs of Improving much next week so I am going to embark on a major declutter. I've already made a start, got a bag full of treasures for the auction house. I am just having a break with a cuppa, pacing myself.

I'm sick of the mess and feeling overwhelmed with stuff. This time I will include the kitchen, gadgets, cooking paraphernalia I never use, old recipe books and even foodstuffs. What I am not going to eat I will donate to the food bank.

Time for a major overhaul.....:rotfl:

I also want to have a use up month, so will be tackling the freezer and food cupboards. I want to try and reduce my food bill this month. My food budget has been running away with me.....must do better..

There might be some unusual concoctions......:rotfl:

Today's menu.

B. Bacon, scrambled egg, tomatoes, mushrooms. 2 Pts
L. Beans on toast. 6pts
D. Sausage Meatballs, courgetti. 4 Pts
(still using up high point sausage I bought by mistake so will cook both sausages but freeze one portion for another day). Will just some mushrooms to pad it out.

I've got plenty of fruit for healthy snacks.

Sausage Meatballs.

Remove meat from sausage skin and form into little balls. Fry with onion, garlic, tomatoe pur!e, tin of tomatoes, basil. Dead simple but quite substantial and very tasty. If you have the points sprinkle with a bit of Parmesan.

Good eating.......:rotfl:

Wednesday2000

I'm back as I want to get a few more pounds off so my wedding and engagement rings fit properly.

I thought it would make more sense financially to lose weight rather than pay to have them resized. :rotfl:

That is just my goal so whenever they fit I will probably stop doing WW again.

I had a sandwich for breakfast as I woke up hungry.

I'm making tomato and lentil soup for lunch and will probably eat the punnet of strawberries.

I'm having a burger with a huge salad and SW chips later.

Hope everyone is okay. The weather is pants, isn't it?! I don't like really hot weather but this is a joke. It's pouring down here. My cats want their pet blankets out, in June!:mad::D I will go and tend to them now as they are all sitting there sulking.:p

Wednesday2000

I meant to say as well even though I haven't been on WW I have managed to maintain my weight, somehow? :think:

lessonlearned wrote: »

L. Beans on toast. 6pts

I really need to buy some baked beans.

How many points are you on now at your weight?:)

lessonlearned

Hi Wednesday....My dailies are 23 and my weeklies are 28. I suppose they will go down fairly soon.

Not a good week for me......no idea why so I will blame the weather...:rotfl:

.I am off out later, being wined and dined so no chance of staying on plan and I dont have any points to play with. Hey ho, I'm not going to worry.....WI tomorrow. If I have gained then I've gained. I'll just draw a line and start again.

Just have to remember the Tortoise and the Hare. Slow but steady and to bear in mind that it's a new way of eating for the rest of my life so I'm not going to fret over the occasional blip.

Dorothy60

Afternoon all. Just having a break from my beloved garden A’s guess what? Yep. It’s raining. Could murder some chocolate but there’s none in the house so I can’t have any and that’s that. Sigh. Still losing very slowly and I need to invest in some new clothes but I HATE trying things on. I never do, actually. So it’s online or buy and return.

LL decluttering - go you!, You really have to be in the mood for it and I soon lose interest, but am always really happy when I’ve done it.

Can I ask for your banana pancake recipe please? Seen a couple online and don’t know which to try. Thought I could do them at weekends when I have more time, introduce the grandkids to them as well.

Keep on keeping on, Lovelies. We can do this.........God I’m starving lol

Wednesday2000

Dorothy60 wrote: »

Keep on keeping on, Lovelies. We can do this.........God I’m starving lol

I used to make a big batch of low point soup in the fridge (back when I used to do WW, ages ago!) and I used to have a bowl when I felt peckish.:)

I think I am going to go and buy some salad tomorrow so I can do the same thing but with a salad. It has to be with Crespo olives though. I love them.

Drawingaline

I have had a shocking few days. I have spent the weekend really thinking about my eating habits and how to change them. I really struggle at the weekend so have changed my official weigh day to Monday morning to try to keep me more focused. I am going to have to keep busy once I come in from work school run to stop the hand dipping into the biscuit jar. Anyway I am giving myself until September and if its not going well I think I will have to admit I need to pay more and go back to a meeting.

lessonlearned

Drawingaline. Sending you a reassuring hug. Try not to worry too much, Just try to relax and enjoy your food. I would say eat for health, vitality and wellness. And of course pleasure. Food should be enjoyed not feared.

What follows is a bit of an essay ....:rotfl: but You might find it interesting because i think my musings highlight some of the issues that we serial dieters often have to face.

I think as a society we have a strange relationship with food, especially here in the U.K. and also in the US.

It's odd that this should come up today because as you know we had a family gathering for Father's Day and we had a discussion about this.

When we began the meal I wished everyone "Bon Appetite". Then I asked the Venezuelan lot how you say it in Spanish. They asked us what it was in English. My son and I had to admit there isn't an English phrase ......although there are several for drinking. We had to ruefully admit that this probably spoke volumes about the British way of viewing food. Just about every culture has a phrase which roughly translates as "Good Eating" but not us.

Another example which really shook me........

As you know I like cruising but I have noticed that .the amount of food some people eat on board is obscene. On one of the shore trips the tour guide asked what the food on the ship was like.

You would never believe the answer he got.

..."There is too much of it". :rotfl:::rotfl:

What kind of an answer is that. ......you could see the Spanish tour guide was confused ........ the expression on his face was one of utter bewilderment. Loco Inglese indeed.

Now I'm not saying that all of us on here have unhealthy attitudes to food, but I do think that many of us might sometimes eat for the wrong reasons......boredom, frustration, sadness, to fill an emotional void or whatever.

In my case, like many of us of my age, when I was a child wasting food was a sin.......woe betide you if you didn't clean your plate. Food was also a form of discipline. I was praised if I ate my meal and punished if I didn't. Food was also a reward. You got "treats" if you were good.

No wonder I became an emotional eater. :rotfl:

I think a lot of both Brits and Americans have issues with food, overindulging but at the same time treating food with contempt. We might watch celebrity chefs and marvel at their creations but on the whole we don't seem to value the role of good home cooking.

How often do we hear people say something along the lines of....

"I had a bad day so I binge watched TV with pizza, wine, chocolate, biscuits and a whole bag of Doritos.......I deserved it after the day I had"

really?? Is that all our bodies and minds are worth.....junk Tv and junk food. Surely we are worth more than that. No wonder we feel bad when we do it......we are treating ourselves with contempt and a complete lack of respect.

Hope none of you think I'm being patronising or preachy. I have been just as guilty as anyone in the past but thankfully not any more. I am hoping that this time I have finally seen the light.

I know this might sound vain but I now treat myself with love and kindness. I "show up" each day. I dress up, smell nice, wear make up, style my hair. I do things which give me pleasure, I buy myself flowers and I cook delicious food, even though I live alone and eat most of my meals alone.

Why do I go to all this trouble when I'm a 67 year old widow who is unlikely to meet a new man or have a physical relationship again......why don't I just throw in the towel, slob around in any old outfit and stuff my face with cake.

At the risk of sounding conceited and vain I do it because I now have far more self respect and because yes

"I AM WORTH IT". :rotfl:

After years of yo yo dieting and steadily gaining more and more weight, of feeling miserable when I look in the mirror and of wanting to stay home rather than go out and have fun because I hated the way I looked I think I have finally "got it".

I do think that our weight loss journey begins in our heads and that often the timing has to be right.

Drawingaline .....maybe you are struggling because the timing isn't quite right for you yet. Or maybe you need to "clear the decks" and tackle any outstanding issues in your life first.

I had to do just that. I had to deal with "widowhood" first before I could concentrate on myself. It's been almost 5 years since my husband died and it has taken me this long to get my head in the right place.

Now I see my weight loss journey as part of my life plan and my quest for a healthy, happy and fulfilling retirement.

I'll get there.....yes I might have the odd blip but I am finally in control so I am very confident that I can do this.

We all can. :T:T

Dorothy60

VERY VERY VERY WELL SAID LL


I also am looking to lose and stabilize my weight more for health reasons than vanity, however I do look much better. When I used to moan about my weight, last year when I was at my heaviest ever, my adult kids used to say, 'Well, you're nearly 60 - you can't expect to be the same weight as you were at 30' No, maybe not, but what's the alternative - I was a size 16 - am I going to be a size 20 when I am 70? Don't think so.


Your recipes are so helpful to me, keep posting them please, and ideas for healthy wholesome food. I am a reasonable cook but don't have a clue about spices (I love the idea of port rather than red wine though - this is deffo on my shopping list)


My palate is changing - slowly, but I only seldom crave chocolate these days