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

[Embo78]

Hi guys. I'm back after a few weeks of rubbishness! Since I've stopped going to weight watchers I've had an early miscarriage and done my back in.

I go on holiday in 14 weeks and I want to lose two stone (at least). There's an offer on at WW at the moment. Only £10 for your first month and I couldn't resist!! First meeting back tomorrow. I'm DREADING standing on the scales but excited to get back on track. I'm starting the shred tomorrow again and next week I start c25k to train myself for the Race for Life run I'm doing in June

Hope everyone else is ok. I'll have a read back and see what I've missed

 

[cat lover]

Sorry for your loss Embo i hope ur ok xx good for you signing up again

I think im screwed this week.. OH and i went out for dinner last night and i had deep fried calamari followed by steak and chips and LOADS of wine

 

[Embo78]

Thanks cat lover. I love calamari sooooooo much!!

It wasn't as bad as I thought. Gained 6.5 lbs since my last meeting in January. Quite good considering I could barely move when I first did my back in!

I'm giving simple start another go for a couple weeks so lots of brown pasta/rice etc. having prawns with garlic, olive oil and pasta for my lunch

 

[Vickie]

Embo so sorry for your loss. Glad your back is doing better. Good luck getting back on track!

Not sure where I'm at this week, I've actually not weighed at all I've not worked out though since I've been sick but my eating from Monday on hasn't been terrible.

 

[Embo78]

Thanks Vickie. Sorry you've been sick. We've all had a horrible cold for over a week. Today is the first day I've felt a bit better.

 

[Vickie]

Glad you are feeling better at least! Hopefully you won't be sick again for a while.

WI tomorrow, not expecting anything but a gain but hoping to regroup and get back on the exercise bandwagon Monday!

 

[cat lover]

Good luck with WI Vickie. Mine was today, half a pound lost. Phew, wasnt sure what to expect after going totally off the rails on Wednesday!

XX

 

[Embo78]

Good luck with wi tomorrow Vickie. I'm currently nursing burning abs after doing two days of shred!! Ouch!

Well done on half a lb cat lover

 

[Vickie]

great job on your loss cat lover!

Gained as expected but feeling positive right now so hopefully I'll get a loss next week!

Weekend wasn't to bad. I spent 6 hours cleaning today and earned 22 AP

 

[Embo78]

Wow Vickie. Your house must be so clean!!!

Sounds like you'll get a great loss this week

My week is going ok. I've gone over my points a couple of days but I'm earning 8-10 AP's per day so I'm hoping for a couple of lbs at least on Thursday. I've been feeling quite low recently so I'm hoping the exercise will help lift my mood

 

[Vickie]

it was *really* bad. We hadn't dusted or mopped or cleaned the bathrooms in three weeks We were so busy with birthdays and spring ibreak there just wasn't time. And when that was done I ended up sick as a dog

Did a 45 min. upper body workout today! I'll have gone over my points by 2 but with walking with the littlest to art class and to the bus stop to pick up DD and my workout I think that's okay

 

[Bartness]

Woohoo, I had my weigh in on Sunday, and I finally dropped to 170!!! I still have a good 30 lbs to go before at my goal weight, but hey, I still have 15 mths before the wedding so I have plenty of time!

 

[Boo44]

Hi girls can I join you? I had my second baby in December and after the usual loss I was left with 12lb to lose. I started exercising and eating what I thought was well, but the scales absolutely refused to budge despite this In desperation (I'm not a very patient person lol) I turned to WW online so I have the app and I weigh myself. Well I'm three full weeks in and have lost 7lb! I have no idea how it's working but I'm not questioning it

I get 26 points a week and 49 treat points. The first two weeks I didn't use my treat points but last week I went for afternoon tea and reckon I had all my 49 in one go...! The scales are moving much slower now. My sons christening is in may and I want to lose the last 5lb by then.

My questions:

Treat points - should you spread them over the week? I'm at the stage where I feel 'bad' if I go over my treat points and stick to 26. So that kind of makes them useless. I think I'm just scared to use them and then not lose weight!

When you get activity points on the app do they convert to points to eat? Again I've not been doing that...

Coffee - if I have instant coffee with a splash of skimmed milk how do I point that? I thought it was 0 but now I'm thinking I've been missing points off accidentally!

 

[Embo78]

Well done bartness

Boo welcome to the thread. You can spend your weeklies however you like. I usually split mine up over two days and then stick to my points the rest of the week
With activity points I always eat more when I've done heavy exercise but I choose wisely. Extra chicken or sensible snacks such as houmous with wholewheat pitta, cashew nuts, olives etc.

With your milk you could put some in a jug at the start of the day and then see what you've used throughout the day. I'm the same as you though. I never count the milk I have in my coffee because I use such a small amount

 

[Boo44]

Thanks for the tips! Is it bad to not use treat points? Or do you lose the same whether you use them or not, and therefore may as well have them?!

 

[Embo78]

I always have them hun. I started January 13 and by July 13 I'd lost five stone so it didn't affect my losses one bit.

 

[Vickie]

great job Bartness

What is your total loss and I will update the front page?

Welcome boo and great job on your loss so far!

I tend to use my weeklies on the weekend and generally use a few of my AP throughout the week. I really need to buckle down on my weeklies though and keep better track on the weekends! We stay so busy with the kids that I tend to go over way to much.

It sounds like what you are doing is working for you

 

[Boo44]

Wow embo that's fantastic weight loss!

Thanks for the advice vickie xx

 

[Try Rocking]

I'm sorry for your loss Embo

Vickie can you reset my weight like yours? Where it has what I had lost before but start me off at 3lbs lost?
I started a few weeks ago but I'm fighting a drug that causes me to lose weight and my lack of willpower. We went to visit family after our baby (2.5 months now!) arrived and that definitely didn't help. Roadtrips and visiting family with lots of yummy food = very bad me!

Hopefully I start seeing a difference soon. I can't wait to be back down to where it was.. which I may add is quite a ways away due to being constantly starving while pregnant. I did it before and I'll do it again!

As for weeklies, I only used them on Sunday (my WI day) otherwise for me my weight either stalled or or I gained. :\ I have a bit of a gain on Sunday due to that being the day I went a bit overboard but usually by the time the next Sunday rolls around I've lost more.

 

[kwood]

Can I join in with you ladies? I started..or should I say restarted WW 5 weeks ago. I did WW in 2010/2011 and lost over 75 lbs and was very nearly at goal when I got pregnant with my son. I did very well during pregnancy and only gained 10 lbs but have gone off the rails ever since his birth and have put on a staggering amount of weight - I am so ashamed
My problem is I don't have a switch off and the biggest sweet tooth ever plus I don't see myself as being as big as I am, until I saw a photo of myself

Anyway, time for a change. I am so motivated to do it this time. Looking forward to sharing my journey with you ladies.

My start weight was 246 , I am today 233 so -13 lbs down. would like to get to 146 and then see if I want to go any smaller.

Onwards and downwards.