The Norn Iron weight loss club

miserly_mum

jellynose wrote: »

Hi

Can I join please.

I am going to WW at the minute, I have had a week off it and think that I have probably put on what I lost this year.

WW does work but you need to plan ahead and distract yourself when you fell the eating urge and you know that you are not hungry.

I found I can be "good" during the day but usually fancy something in the evenings. I try to leave enough points over for a small bowl of cereal.

The no points weight watchers soup is great to snack on if you get hungry aswell especially over the winter months. But as you say you have to be organised enough to make things in advance.

Wee_Bargain_Hunter

Hi, I wasn't sure about joining till i realised that i was looking up my old weight loss stuff and had got out a ww recipe book. So just reading the thread seems to have somehow motivated me! I was in ww a couple of years ago and it worked to some degree but mainly because of the talks and the food ideas at these. I didn't get on with the points at all. I'm looking at getting a kick up the wotsit to get me moving as i think that will make a big difference to me.
Oh and I've a few stone to lose as well.

miserly_mum

With WW I find the points a pain to a degree but if you use them and stick to them you WILL lose weight.

Also I love my drink and wouldn't stick to a diet that had no allowance for alcohol.

With WW you can choose to save a few points per day for the weekend and use them for drinks,takeaways etc.

When you want to save a few daily points it really does teach you to go for the healthy options

lowdenclear

Count me in too! I lost 3 stone on WeightWatchers, then put on about 2.5 of it again... d'oh! I'm getting married in October so really need to get my act together...

fwoodles

arkonite_babe wrote: »

...and my body fat is calculated at 33%...

I assume that you're using scales at home that calculate the %? If so, have you tried changing from female to male? I did and I lost 10% body fat. Which was nice. Since then I've not really wanted to trust the body fat % on my scales. I'll just look at the numbers..

Irishmummyof2

Do we post here or on the other thread?
Anyway if it's in the wrong place i'm sure a kindly mod will move it for me.

I hate Monday mornings as they are so busy for me, i go get the weekly shop, then take mum to work so by noon came i was starving as i didn't get time for breakfast, so the choice was mcdonalds or a sandwich from m&s, not exactly money saving but at least i wouldn't be putting the lbs on my waistline.
Dh wants to go to Ed's for a special meal out but i'm not so sure, think i can persuade him to have dinner at home and i'll cook something nice. I still have 21 points left for dinner and a wee snack tonight when i'm watching tv.

arkonite_babe

Irishmummyof2 wrote: »

Do we post here or on the other thread?
Anyway if it's in the wrong place i'm sure a kindly mod will move it for me.

You post here

arkonite_babe

Currently the Norn Iron Weight Loss club members list is as follows

1. Janren
2. arkonite_babe
3. miserly_mum
4. Irishmummyof2
5. cathy2702
6. cliffsgirl
7. jellynose
8. Wee Bargain Hunter
9. lowdenclear
10. fwoodles

arkonite_babe

fwoodles wrote: »

I assume that you're using scales at home that calculate the %? If so, have you tried changing from female to male? I did and I lost 10% body fat. Which was nice. Since then I've not really wanted to trust the body fat % on my scales. I'll just look at the numbers..

I had used the weight, height, body fat machine thingy in boots and also have a hand held calculator. You input your height, weight, age and so on, then you hold it for 30 seconds and it monitors you via the sensors. No idea if it's accurate or not but it seemed like a good idea when I bought it in JJB sports for 45p yesterday

dmxdave

arkonite_babe wrote: »

I had used the weight, height, body fat machine thingy in boots and also have a hand held calculator. You input your height, weight, age and so on, then you hold it for 30 seconds and it monitors you via the sensors. No idea if it's accurate or not but it seemed like a good idea when I bought it in JJB sports for 45p yesterday

Spendthrift!!!