The BWW Weight Watchers Club- Page 2

[Katecab99]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 8:54pm

WW was the one and only program that enabled me to lose weight and keep it off. unfortunatley, i'm a drop out attempting to start over again - yay for this thread to get me moving! cause you know, tomorrow is monday and monday is always diet starting day

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:03pm

Seems like we are getting a good group together! :)

[MissElphie]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:14pm

I've lost more than 40lbs since April (I've gone down like 4 clothing sizes, and still need to buy new clothes). I basically did it by cutting out all the junk food (no more ice cream, chocolate or McDonalds) and eating less carbs (but I love them, so refuse to completely cut them out). I try to walk a few hours at least two or three times a week, and I just joined a gym with my friend. I decided not to go to a specific program but do it on my own. So far, it has been fairly successful, but lately I've reached a plateau. It's been so hot here, walking is getting very difficult, and I want things like ice cream.

But the fact that people see me now and don't recognize me and tell me how great I look helps encourage me a lot.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:19pm

I only have a few minutes, but my wife is now 41 and in excellent physical shape. She is a role model of any woman that has had three children.

She gained an enormous amout of weight after our first and second and less after the thired, but after each birth went to Weight Watchers and lost the weight.

Now, she is hotter than the temp in Chicago.

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:25pm

I would really like to try Atkins, but I don't eat meat... so now I'm trying to find some sort of a diet that will work.

I heard a lot of stories about people losing like 30 pounds in the first six months of being a vegetarian... but I have troubles with a lot of vegetables, so now instead of eating grilled chicken, I have crackers... so I've gained about 10.

Help, anyone?

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:28pm

Over the moon, maybe instead of vegetables, try fruit?

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:31pm

Fruit, definitely. I adore fruit... and I always seem to run out...

But one cannot live on fruit alone

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:40pm

There was one point in track where I only could have a certain amount of calories a day to lose that extra stuff so it'd bring up my speed. I think it was like...1000, or 1500 a day. And my first thought was like, "WHAT?! That's like...how many I eat at BREAKFAST!"

But I got through it with lots and lots of fruit and filling water. Oh yes.

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:44pm

My problem is... it's hard for me to eat healthy if I don't have some sort of plan to follow. If I've got a choice of ordering pizza and making a salad...

[Aigoo]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:50pm

Eh...I say go with the fruit thing.

But just a general tip: exercise and a good diet is really what'll help you go. And drink a lot of water, but a lot of weight COMES from water, so make sure you sweat a lot when you work out.

[Marquise]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 9:54pm

I've never really had a problem with my weight as an adult and have always made it a point to stay in shape. I wish all of you luck on your diets. It's great to do something positive for yourself.

[cindy013]

Posted: 7/24/05 at 10:45pm

I've tried a bunch of diets in the past few years, basically when I felt the need to lose 10-20lbs, and WW is the only thing that I could actually stay on for more than a month. However, I love cake and ice cream so I always end up going on and off with it, but other more motivated people will probably love it. I still love it, and am starting again tomorrow since I have a dance camp, cross country practices starting, and college auditions coming up and I need to get in shape. But yeah. I think it's a great program for keeping weight off, and it comes off fairly quickly, too- about 2lbs a week for me at least for about the first month or so. Plus, you can basically eat anything you want as long as you keep it in the points level, so you can have ice cream and a burger and fries as long as you're within the points. Hope that helped, and I'll probably be back in a couple days once I start tomorrow and realize my will power hasn't changed...

[justthefacts2]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 12:01am

I have no problem with weight. I am in the same shape as my avatar.

Snort!!

I desperately need to join this group. I cannot do it on my own, and I need to. I don't have the time or patience to go to WW meetings. I've lost 10 pounds on WW - the point system is great! - while it was offered at work. The next year I joined a "dump your plump" program at work and also lost 10 pounds. Unfortunetely, it was the same 10. It's back now, and it brought friends. They need to go.

The dump your plump program was great - for those of us exercise-challenged. You do some sort of exercise activity at for at least 20 minutes for at least 3 times a week. Doesn't matter how fast or strenuous, just as long as you keep moving for 20 minutes, that's when the metabolism changes. It was something I could deal with to start, and then soon I was adding more and more time. I mean, if you're starting dead from couch potato, it's a non-stressful way to get into the habit. And it worked without diet.

If I only had discipline, motivation, something besides this low-level fat depression!

Help me, Jerby!!

Or else I'll have to change my name to justthe2fat!!!

[ForTheLoveOfLea]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 12:22am

I put on a few pounds from eating fast food almost every day for lunch this past year so I'm spending my summer getting rid of my excess weight. I am following a routine my dad did to lose weight where he ate something simple for breakfast, a piece of fruit for lunch, and for dinner anything goes (as long as its reasonable, not like a whole cheesecake). He also exercised for thirty to forty-five minutes a day and lost 35 pounds. I eat a bowl of oatmeal for brunch (because thats when I wake up), a piece of fruit if I get hungry between then and dinner, and something hearty for dinner. I run on an elliptical and do occasional pilates for half an hour or so and I definitely see results. I'm more toned and I feel more trim around my ribs.

I know how it feels to want to eat something you know you shouldn't. If you can say no once, you can do it again and it becomes easier as time goes by.

Atkins. . . Chita, I did the same thing. I'm sugar sensitive and I tried it and I almost passed out in the middle of a sporting goods store by noon.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 12:47am

Well, if you can't do half a day of Atkins or South Beach, I'd say you got to work on your thought processes about what you think is good eating. If you are suddenly cutting out THAT much sugar and grains--you prob eat WAY too much sugar and grains now and that COULD be a clue to one's weight issues.

Let's be real, folks, we DO NOT eat well in this country. We put a LOT of crap into our bodies--and I'm not just talking about fast and junk food.

Our food is so processed and fill with preservatives to make it cheaper for the food industry at our expense. Food is packed with sugar to make it addictive.

But, the ultimate goal of this thread is to discuss making WW work for people--if you don't wanna try South Beach--don't. WW, which is considered the most (and to some only) truly successful program out there and doesn't require cutting anything--just how much.

The irony is that WW is going to eventually lean you in that direction--all of the low point foods are the healthier foods: the veggies, the fruits, the meats, the cheeses, the whole grains. And, that is one reason why I think I have enjoyed the past week of WW easily. I already eat low point foods. Therefore, I have been eating a LOT.

Go to your library and check out the South Beach and Eat Right 4 Your Type books---read their philosophies behind food and let that influence your physiological understanding of what you should put into your body, knowing what food does to your body.

Ultimately, you have to find a program that works best for you. You have to learn what your needs are. Because, you can't treat this as "dieting". You have to find a system that can become your lifestyle. Something you do everyday except on special days when you let loose. And maybe even then, you will be able to stay near your lifestyle. Maybe cutting loose won't be that wild after all. Maybe you'll even end up within your WW points.

If you are one of those people who eats junk and fast food all the time, you have to change your lifestyle. There are gazillions of ways to eat deliciously on a healthy lifestyle.

Example 1: Sugar free ice cream. Edy's and Breyers and Atkins and other companies have been making ice cream with Splenda. It IS just as yummy as regular ice cream!

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 11:39am

Sorry, didn't read the whole thread, but if anyone has questions, I lost over 50 lbs on Weight Watchers. I'll be happy to answer any questions!

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 11:51am

Congrats!! :)

I lost 3 1/2 pounds this first week of WW. It pushed me past my plateau. I'm a very happy camper. :)

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:38pm

The absolute, most important thing you can learn in terms of maintaining a diet (which is a very misunderstood term, by the way) is portion control.
In addition to the crap we eat, we eat way too much of it. Control your portions. A regular meal is NEVER as big as you think it is. In fact, it's usually half. And most restaurants are giving you somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 to three times more food than you should be eating.
When I go out, I almost never clear my plate and often get half of it to take home now.

[LariTheLoud]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:45pm

I never went to the meetings, but I got information on it and basically made up my own crap.

I lost about 45 pounds in a year, and although I'm *VERY* proud of it, I still think I can stand to lose some more.

[OnTheAisle]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 3:57pm

k - you've motivated me... my wife's been on WW and I've resisted, thinking I could do it myself... I think it's time...

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 4:06pm

OK, I'm willing to give it a go and join up. Remember back in January, Jerby, when I joined you on South Beach? Lost 13 pounds until I went to Mardi Gras. Then I dropped the whole diet thing like a hot potato. Well, actually, I picked up the hot potato and ate it. With sour cream. Sigh.

Question for anyone who's been on WW before: did your weight loss remain after you stopped?

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 5:04pm

Well, I want to lose about another 20 lbs, and I've definitely plateaued...but because I don't follow the plan as strictly as I should.

I have maintained though, just because I'm better educated on proper portions, healthy alternatives, etc. For example, I used to eat an entire frozen pizza by myself for dinner. I will NEVER do that again.

I can't agree more on portion sizes. But I also have to say that eating healthy is WAYYYYY more expensive. It takes a true commitment.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 5:09pm

jrb,
what is the point value for a NY bagel(big) and for a mars bars?

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 6:10pm

Cheating

How do you all feel about it? I do it once a week. My nutritionist told me way back when I lost close to 50# that it's a good thing to do. I cheat once on the weekend... I don't set a day as it can vary, depending on what the plans are. During the week I eat healthy, low fat, low cal. But one day during the weekend I allow myself dessert, white rice or pasta, white bread, whole eggs. Not all on the same day, mind you. But, for example, this past Saturday I had a hamburger at lunch and a hot dog at dinner.

I like it because I don't feel deprived. If I have a craving during the week, I just tell myself: wait until Saturday. And I'll have it on Saturday. Instead of supressing the craving all together.

Jrb put it perfectly: "Ultimately, you have to find a program that works best for you."

[HeartinNYC]

Posted: 7/25/05 at 6:37pm

This is a great thread. I'm constantly battling weight - I was super skinny until I was 22 and then everything decided to bypass my gastrointenstinal system and just REMAIN ON ME.

I do the same thing every flippin' day:

Breakfast: tea, cereal, juice
Lunch: yogurt, granola bar, fruit
Dinner: one normal plate of food, concentrating mostly on lean meats/fish, veggies, salad and once in a great while, a starch
Snacks: one a day, under 200 calories

Boring as all get out, but it works for me.