The BWW Weight Watchers Club — Page 5

JRB - good for you. My 80 year old law partner told me that I am "porking out a little." So, more discipline is needed.

Go Jerby!

I'll letcha know at my next weigh in - I was down 1.6 at the last one.

But I aint too optomistic about the one coming up!

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tasti dlite ....why are their portions so big?

So, I had a NAUGHTY week. Tons of ice cream--I barely stayed within my weekly points. I thought for sure I would gain weight.

Nope--lost weight. And, what's even better is the feeling that on Monday--I can start anew no matter what happened the week before. So, if I HAD blown it, I could just relax and pick back up.

Now, I wonder if I have some more Ben & Jerry's in the freezer...

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jrb, I think it's amazing you still lose weight while drinking. Do you mind if I ask how much beer you drink weekly? That's my problem. I'm a college student, and uh...I have a lot of trouble cutting down on drinks. They are SO many calories!

Okay, thanks! I could definitely live with that amount.
Rum and diet coke...yum.

I've never tried Tasti D Lite. I'm excited about it, though!

"I officially cut out breakfast"

Not a good idea. Skipping meals, especially breakfast, screws up your metabolism. If time is an issue, you should at least drink a health shake or something.

Although at your age, and judging by your photo, dieting too much is not a good idea, anyway. Seriously. I'm not saying you shouldn't eat healthy. But don't obsess about it.

And when you do skip a meal, and you feel you can make up for it by eating more the next time, you're not really compensating. When your body enters a state of semi-starvation, your metabolism slows down. Which is why you're supposed to eat breakfast because you are breaking that stage of semi-starvation (hence the term break fast). However, eating more frequently, but in smaller amounts helps your metabolism.

I'll jump aboard - is this really for people on WW or just people watching their weight? I've never considered WW though and y'all have me wondering if I should sign up online. Paying to go on a diet seems a little odd to me though. Are you paying them to teach you their methodology? What exactly are you paying for?

I've never really struggled w/ my weight until the past few years, where I unintentionally yo-yo. Weight would just come and go and I had no control over it really. Never been on a 'diet' per se, just sort of watched what I ate (less fast food, more greens, no snacks, etc). I was never really into sweets so that's not as much of an issue for me now.

Right now I'd like to lose about 20lbs, which would bring me to my HS weight, which I haven't weighed since, well, HS. I'd like to think that is realistic as that would be in my target BMI of about 21-22.

Finally joined a gym and have been going for at least an hour for at least 4 days a week since the beginning of the month (sooooo long ago). Since I've never really worked out before, I signed up for www.freetrainers.com which sets my workout routine each week. I'm know I'm being impulsive here, but hearing how people have lost weight in 1 week, has gotten me a little anxious! My weight has been standing still this whole time - I thought I'd at least see a few pounds shed. I do feel sore (today a little TOO sore), so I guess that's a good thing, but I wonder how long it'll take for me to see results. I'd like to blame the 2 weddings that I had the past 2 weekends (lousy timing) for my lack of results, though I'm sure I'm just being impulsive. Oh, and I'm drinking 6-7 pints of water a day. Kinda liking that actually.

For you pros out there, is there anything specifically wrong w/ my plan? I don't think my eating is particularly out of control. I think it was more my sedentary lifestyle (that I'm trying to change w/ the gym) that was putting on the lbs. Is a bowl of ice cream doing more damage than I think? Do I have to eat spinach for the rest of my life?

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This thread is primarily for people on Weight Watchers.

The online program has all kinds of info, recipes, message boards, advice, etc. but it's the Point Tracker that is the best. It keeps track of your food through out the day as you input it. It keeps you informed of what amount of food you can enjoy for the day (keeping in mind that you get weekly points to use when you want to go over).

It also has a weight tracker that features a cool graph of your progress.

And, Cookie (who has a gorgeous body) is right--working out can affect "weight loss" because muscle weighs more than fat, etc.

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I just had a cheese danish and a cup of coffee. How many points does the coffee add?