Weight Watchers Support

lessonlearned

hi 13. (Like the woman in House) :rotfl:

Welcome and don't despair,.......you can do it.

My advice.....

1. stick to your allocated number points, be sure to use up your weekly allowance and it will work.

2. Make full use of the zero heroes. Fill up on zero points foods.

3. Don't deprive yourself of your favourite foods, just make sure you point them up.

4. Don't wast points on foods you don't really like just because you feel you "ought" to eat them.:rotfl:

Always remember food should be a pleasure, not a punishment.

5. And finally, don't wait to lose weight to start living.......glam up and have some fun.

Every day, dress up and show up.

Unless of course you are like me today and decorating....:rotfl: I look like a tramp today.

I have, however, booked myself in a for haircut next week. I always feel better when my hair is right.

13Kent

Thank you for your positive words! I'll try my best!

13Kent

I have been reading the thread on and off today and learning about your journeys, and picking up some handy tips such as using a thin instead of a burger roll - having teenage boys it's hard to escape junk food such as burgers and pizza but that's a good compromise.

I was wondering about the posts saying make sure you use all your points. I'm wondering if that's where I've been going wrong. I assumed it was as simple calories in vs calories burned. I don't like eating early in the morning so often have something like a banana once I've been out and walked the youngest to the bus stop. Perhaps I should be having something more substantial? I was also thinking not eating all the points would be a bonus? I've been allocated 23 points a day and my extra points have increased (I can't remember what they were) but they are now 42 - due to my change in weight it said.

What about the fitpoints? I have 4 extra left for today should I be using them up each day?

Drawingaline

I never calculate fit points. I try and have a low point breakfast and lunch and then a slightly higher point dinner.

LL I have also put weight back on this week. I am brilliant at maintaining, it's just a shame its at three stone too much.

lessonlearned

I never bother with fit points either......I like to keep it simple. 23 daily points, and 28 weeklies.

I'm an evening nibbler, so I try and keep some points back for an evening treat or supper.

I have been busy with the house renovations and have been guilty of making do with quick snacks or eating on the run. This is what has led to the weight gain.

To try and get round this I have done some batch cooking so that I have healthy WW friendly ready meals in the freezer for when I'm tired or in a hurry. Hopefully this will help me get back on track.

My next goal is lose the 2lbs I have regained, and then 7lbs by Christmas.

suki1964

13Kent wrote: »

I have been reading the thread on and off today and learning about your journeys, and picking up some handy tips such as using a thin instead of a burger roll - having teenage boys it's hard to escape junk food such as burgers and pizza but that's a good compromise.

I was wondering about the posts saying make sure you use all your points. I'm wondering if that's where I've been going wrong. I assumed it was as simple calories in vs calories burned. I don't like eating early in the morning so often have something like a banana once I've been out and walked the youngest to the bus stop. Perhaps I should be having something more substantial? I was also thinking not eating all the points would be a bonus? I've been allocated 23 points a day and my extra points have increased (I can't remember what they were) but they are now 42 - due to my change in weight it said.

What about the fitpoints? I have 4 extra left for today should I be using them up each day?

Wellcome 13 :beer:

You need to use your points, or no more than 4 under, else you won't lose the weight believe it or not. I eat very little, my weight is pure alcohol so of course I cut back the food even more, and didn't lose anything. The body thinks its being starved so turns what you do eat into fat instead of energy. I too struggled with breakfast, still do on the days I don't work but work days a couple of tablespoons of fat free skyr, loads of blueberries and a spoonful of linseeds around 9am keeps me going till lunch

Slims are excellent for burgers or if you are cooking at home, skip the bun all together. If Im doing pizza when the grandkids are here, or burgers, I make a big salad, use a plate and a knife and fork. Eating junk food from a plate using a knife and fork, you do actually eat less. Its all too easy to pick up a slice of pizza, fold and shove in your gob if using your fingers and boom, a whole pizza gone before you have caught breathe . I have actually seen someone in McD's eating a bunless burger using a knife and fork. Had the works on it - just no bun. If you are getting take away pizza, wrap the left overs and freeze right away. Its all too tempting to reach into the fridge for a left over slice later in the evening

With the walking, it fantastic you are doing your steps :T. Both I and a neighbour got complacent with the dog walking. Sure we were out for an hour or more, but we were strolling, just ambling along. Now we do our hour at a very fast pace. We still natter and chatter, but we work up a sweat and puff. The NHS suggest that you should walk not so fast that you can't talk, but you cant sing, for which my neighbour is grateful for as I haven't a note in me

As for the meetings, they are really good for support if you can make them. First of all everyone is friendly, we are all there for the same reason after all.Secondly you don't have to stay the hour. I have sometimes gone in, grabbed my coffee, had a natter, weighed in and left. One lady Ive met there is so adamant that she gets there each week, she has told her work place, her friends and family, that she is no longer available Wednesday mornings. She hasn't said why, just she has a weekly appointment ( she's freelance at work ). Even if she's babysitting the grandchildren during the holidays, she just brings them along, as I have done and many others do

Fit points, I never make a conscious decision to use them. I have just incorporated the extra exercise into my life and that just helps the weight shift. I know if I don't exercise, no matter how much other running around I do, weight loss slows




Im setting up my wee again today. My work days are getting longer and harder coming up to Christmas, the weather has been bad and the evenings are getting darker sooner rather than later. I enjoy the wee exercise at home I like to come in from work and watch my recording of Doctors, so I can do 30 mins stepping whilst watching . Then I can do 30 mins of hoola hooping. Both exercises get a good puff going, I quite enjoy doing them so hopefully it will be enough to get me through the winter evenings

Im still the same at the moment , Im doing sober October so I hope the drop in alcohol calories will make a difference over the next week. Ive raised quite a bit in sponsorship for Macmillan so far and my boss has said if I keep it up till the New Year, he will give £100, Im tempted to take on the challenge tbh just to get him to open his wallet :rotfl:

Ive not made the meeting this week either and tbh its going to cost a lot to go back. I do miss the meetings but between now and the New Year Im working full time so just can spare the time. So you lot will have to keep me going

So onwards and downwards everyone xxx

13Kent

Thank you Suki, some great helpful advice there.

Day 2 and I'm still enthusiastic:rotfl:

Been for a swim this morning - 50 lengths done in 45 mins (or it may have been 52 - I lost count somewhere in the middle! Good job I got the chance to swim today too as the weather here is horrendous! Absolutely throwing it down - the dog won't thank me if I drag her out for an hour in that!! Hopeful
ly it will ease off a bit and we'll be able to get out even if it's just a short walk.

Ate yogurt and strawberries and raspberries before I went out - I'd never have managed all that swimming if I hadn't had some breakfast!

lessonlearned

Just been painting the ceiling beams in my dining room. I had a good breakfast before beginning but just as I was about finishing I felt whoozy ..........paint fumes. So I had to grab a couple of biscuits otherwise I might have come a cropper whilst working on the ladder.

And that's my problem at the moment. I have to grab something to stop the nausea from the paint otherwise I end up feeling wretched. Hopefully all this work will help combat the extra snacking. I have lost half a pound this morning from yesterday, so that's a step in the right direction.

Slow but sure.

suki1964

13Kent wrote: »

Thank you Suki, some great helpful advice there.

Day 2 and I'm still enthusiastic:rotfl:

Been for a swim this morning - 50 lengths done in 45 mins (or it may have been 52 - I lost count somewhere in the middle! Good job I got the chance to swim today too as the weather here is horrendous! Absolutely throwing it down - the dog won't thank me if I drag her out for an hour in that!! Hopeful
ly it will ease off a bit and we'll be able to get out even if it's just a short walk.

Ate yogurt and strawberries and raspberries before I went out - I'd never have managed all that swimming if I hadn't had some breakfast!

Try the Skyr, its extremely high in protein yet fat free so is Zero points. The fruit is also zero. I add linseeds or a table spoon of muesli - 2 or 3 points depending, and it really does fill me up when at work. I work in a very cold and wet envoirement and its heavy physical work

Well done with the swimming, I can barely do a length, and thats at a snails pace :rotfl: But I don't like water on my face, I panic

LL you be careful painting those beams. Its not just the fumes, its craning your neck back as well, can cause untold damage

lessonlearned

Oh yes, it's rough on the neck and shoulders. I do between 1 and 2 hrs max a session. It's taking ages that way but I know I have to be careful to avoid permanent injury so I'm pacing myself.

Just nipped out to a local supermarket for a few bits and timed it nicely for the yellow stickered meat and fish. That can all go in the freezer.

Need to str e e e tch those pennies.:rotfl: