The Weight Watchers Support group ~ over 1/2 a TON weight loss so far!!!

[Vickie]

Yep you do need to keep an eye on your serving size. And serving size means exactly what you think, it's the portions that the meal is supposed to be You do have to watch package instructions carefully when entering them because most times an entire package of something isn't the actual portion size.

 

[Natasha2605]

Thank you, sure I'll get the hang of it!

 

[Guppy051708]

there is some information on the WW online site that has what proportions are to help measure. Proportions are one of the best, if not the best, thing you can learn. Most ppl are surprised about how little we should be eating and how much we really do eat. I try to measure as much as possible, bc if you are tracking your foods, you could be eating way more than you think and then going over your points. Once you start reading labels and serving yourself the serving size it will get easier. There are tricks to it, for instance if you are eating steak, a size the thickness and area of a deck of cards = ~ 4oz, etc.

 

[Guppy051708]

Excellent job Vickie!!! Are you thrilled to be nearly to 80lb loss?! Such an achievement! will you do anything to celebrate?

What is your goal weight? We are pretty close in our current weight, but i have quite a bit to go since im only 5 foot 1. Will be fun to meet it together though! Im guessing it will be about another year to get to my goal weight. How long has it taken you to lose the 77lb? I imagined a year and a half for me, thank God im nearly half a yr in LOL (pending no pregnancys LOL)

Welcome Natasha! Ive added you to the front.

 

[Natasha2605]

Thank you. My starting weight is 168lbs in case you add that. I'm finding it a little difficult how to work out points on everyday meals. For example tonight I've picked up a roast chicken, some reduced fat coleslaw, cucumber and tomato, potato croquettes. WW has the points for everything but the chicken, should I just rough estimate that? It's from the rotisserie so it's not like it even has nutritional info on it to read from.

Definitely about lifestyle changes for me. I'm such a fizzy juice junkie and am trying to eradicate that, only had 500ml which is a lot less than usual today plus lots of water. Will just be a gradual thing I think! I'm a massive grazer on junk food out of boredom so that needs to change too.

 

[Try Rocking]

Down .8 for a total of 71.6 lbs now

 

[CarlyP]

Well done Try Rocking!

Natasha I am also mad on fizzy drinks, I still drink them just stick to diet

 

[Guppy051708]

I was never big on soda, but i do like to have it from time to time....except i always forgo the points for it because im not fan of the taste of the diets and stuff...coke zero isn't THAT bad, i would do that, but i like mine regular

If we have a tasty treat in the house...i usually it up pretty quickly, so the best thing for me was to just not purchase it in the first place...its really hard. especially bc dh wants to give me whatever i dessert i want. He is all for my weightloss and super supportive...but a bit of enabler LOL, so just not having it in the house helps.


good job TR!

 

[Vickie]

Well done Rach!!

You should be able to enter roasted chicken (or even just chicken breast etc.) into the online tracker and have it pull up options. I generally go for 5 points (for 1 cup of chicken breast cooked) though that's probably overestimating it I'd rather overestimate than under. Hope that helps

I was never big on soda, but i do like to have it from time to time....except i always forgo the points for it because im not fan of the taste of the diets and stuff...coke zero isn't THAT bad, i would do that, but i like mine regular

If we have a tasty treat in the house...i usually it up pretty quickly, so the best thing for me was to just not purchase it in the first place...its really hard. especially bc dh wants to give me whatever i dessert i want. He is all for my weightloss and super supportive...but a bit of enabler LOL, so just not having it in the house helps.


good job TR!

Coke zero is my friend right now I refuse to use my points on drinks though

And YES Stan is exactly the same! He's super supportive but if I mention on I want this he's all for having it/buying it/making it so definitely an enabler

And my goal weight is 146ish. I am not really excited about almost 80 pounds lost I should be I suppose but since I was at a 105 pound loss and am pretty much starting over since having Rhys I'm annoyed that I let it get so bad and that I have so much to lose

 

[Natasha2605]

Thanks Vickie, think I pulled up something similar so used that!

Carly, I didn't realise I could still drink the diet stuff. Diet Irn Bru is fatal for me. Thought I needed to avoid it. Never drunk so much water in my life as yesterday!

Are you's all exercising as well?

 

[CarlyP]

I don't exercise as i have a neuromuscular condition that makes my muscles weak so i find it really difficult, but i have started walking a bit further and when i get to the point where my weight loss has stopped and is at a stand still then im going to try some games on the kinect like dance central and zumba but do it at a steady pace then hopefully it will shock my body into loosing more

 

[mamadonna]

Mornin everyone,I've found a great said on Facebook called lullabellas kitchen if any of you are on there i highly recommend taking a look,she does some really tasty recipes and even puts the ww pp on there for you,i sat most of last night writing down recipes definitely gonna give them a try!

 

[CarlyP]

Mornin everyone,I've found a great said on Facebook called lullabellas kitchen if any of you are on there i highly recommend taking a look,she does some really tasty recipes and even puts the ww pp on there for you,i sat most of last night writing down recipes definitely gonna give them a try!

Thanks will defiantly have a look

 

[Natasha2605]

Thank you, I have my 30 day shred dvd so gonna dig that out. Can I ask one more thing?

When I cook ( for example I'm making mince, tatties and dumplings ) I'm unsure what to enter. I'm using extra lean mince etc so do I just put in the individual components of meals? I did search weight watchers for a healthier recipe but it had none. Just wondering how I interpret points for homecooked meals such as m&t, homemade steak pie etc.

 

[CarlyP]

Well i know that 125g of lean mince is 6pp, and 150g potato is 3pp unsure about the dumplings though.

 

[Vickie]

Thank you, I have my 30 day shred dvd so gonna dig that out. Can I ask one more thing?

When I cook ( for example I'm making mince, tatties and dumplings ) I'm unsure what to enter. I'm using extra lean mince etc so do I just put in the individual components of meals? I did search weight watchers for a healthier recipe but it had none. Just wondering how I interpret points for homecooked meals such as m&t, homemade steak pie etc.

you can also use the recipe builder to create meals/recipes and it will automatically work the points out for you after you input everything and tell it the portion size. I do this so that I don't have to keep entering the same things.

You can also enter things as a meal so if you have something often together you can save it as a meal and just type in the name so you don't have to input it all the next day. I do this with my breakfast and lunch as I almost always have the same thing every day

 

[CarlyP]

Got weighed tonight and another 3lb off!!

So its my 4th week and I've lost 12lb in total and hit my 5% tonight! So so pleased!!!

 

[mamadonna]

Well done!

 

[mamadonna]

Hi i wonder if anyone can help,i do ww on line,but my hubby has decided to join in too the thing is i don't want to pay twice not when i already have all the info,but we are having trouble working out his daily pp allowance,i found a calculator on line and it worked out his points to be 47 does this sound about right?

 

[Vickie]

Got weighed tonight and another 3lb off!!

So its my 4th week and I've lost 12lb in total and hit my 5% tonight! So so pleased!!!

Well done on your loss! You're doing great

Hi i wonder if anyone can help,i do ww on line,but my hubby has decided to join in too the thing is i don't want to pay twice not when i already have all the info,but we are having trouble working out his daily pp allowance,i found a calculator on line and it worked out his points to be 47 does this sound about right?

Unfortunately I'm not sure, I've had a hard time figuring out how to work the points out since they changed the system a while back. Hope someone else can help you!