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

[ald]

and weigh in for me today.....................I lost three pounds the weight loss thing is going to get onto me for that

Thats great Vickie, well done xxx

 

[Vickie]

I think it would depend on the size of your glasses? I think ours are 12 ounce glasses and I drink probably 5-6 of those a day

 

[ald]

Good luck today Ald!

Is it bad that I want to change my weigh-in day weekly? P's shifts move forward by one day each week. So, this week he's off on Tuesday morning, next week he'll be off Wednesday morning, the week after - Thursday morning.... so on and so forth. I don't like having my weigh in day on a set day as it doesn't work if I want to have some of my flex points.

Well, it would... but I wouldn't have a full week to be 'good' and make up for it. Is it cheating to change my weigh in day forward a day each week? Technically I'd be weighing myself every 8 days instead of every 7.

It doesn't seem bad to me, but then again I'll rationalize anything if it means I can have some yummy food!

I don't think it would matter if you had an 8 day week, surely it is still better to eat healthy over 8 days then not at all IYKWIM . I can't see it being a problem xxx

 

[ald]

My daily points are:

B - None (didnt get up in time )
L - WW Spag 3P
D - German restaurant - Starter - Mushrooms and toast 1P, Cabbage salad 1 P, Main - Pork in mushroom sauce and a few fries 10P
Snack - Special K bar - 1.5P
Beer - 3P

Total = 19.5 points (more then I would of liked but still within my daily range)

Water - 6 glasses

 

[Vickie]

as long as it's in your daily range it's good

 

[Squidge]

I need to start drinking more too! I've only had 3 glasses of juice today (don't like plain water so stick a bit of juice in it). I forget, as silly as that sounds.

My menu for tomorrow:

B - Branflakes
D - WW Soup & maybe a slice or two of bread
T - Pork Casserole with yorkshire puddings

Going to try and cut back on a couple of points each day up until weigh in day on Wednesday. Now i've got to hope i stick to the above for tomorrow!!

 

[Vickie]

I always forgot to drink when Hannah was little it just wasn't high on my priority list

 

[Vickie]

Tiff how do you swap activity points for your flex points?

 

[Tiff]

As far as I can tell by the site, you can't.

From what I saw, you only dip into your activity points when your flex points are gone. Which conflicts to what my friend was explaining to me back in the summer when I un-officially tried weight watchers.

She said that if you earn 4 or more activity points then you should eat at least two of them to avoid your body going into starvation mode.

Doesn't make sense to me, personally.

 

[Vickie]

even when you click on the activity points it says "points swapped" in one area silly to not allow you to actually swap them

 

[Squidge]

Do you ladies in Canada have the same as us with something called set points? I think it's like you can have as much meat (ie, chicken, pork or whatever) in one setting and it's just 5pts? I think that's how it works, i'm not sure?

Hopefully one of the UK ladies will know if you don't have it...

 

[Tiff]

Something similar, I think. I remember seeing an article about it, but I didn't quite understand it. But something like turkey, chicken, beef ect are 5 points regardless of portion (within reason)?

 

[Vickie]

^I didn't know that

 

[Squidge]

Yeah that's right Tyff. I've just been searching WW site though (UK one) and noticed it's only for when you're having a meal out at a restaurant! Bugger...

Was going to do a pork casserole for dinner tomorrow but 450g of Pork (would be between 2 of us) is 19.5pts

 

[Tiff]

Pork is pretty fattening. What if you swapped turkey for pork?

 

[Vickie]

really that many points? Pork is usually a lower point meat??? well lower than steak

 

[Tiff]

Vickie, I found the link:

https://www.weightwatchers.ca/plan/int/planguide_12.aspx

 

[Squidge]

I took the pork out the freezer before pointing it so it'll need using now We'll just have to have 150g each and i'll have to load it with carrots and onions Though, 150g is 6.5pts!!

*makes a note to point meat before actually taking it out the freezer to defrost*

 

[Squidge]

Plus, i didn't think it'd be that much seen as it's got no fat on it (doesn't look like it has anyway) It's leg steak, not like bone and just fat...

 

[Vickie]

We generally stick to chicken because it's low in points. and we eat a lot of pasta dishes now