The BWW Weight Watchers Club — Page 53

I'm doing the old Winning Points on my own (sort of like Flex, but with a daily points range, rather than set points), because I had the materials from years ago. For under 150 lbs., I get 18-23 pts. a day. 18 is too few for a hungry girl like me. I always go up to 23, sometimes even up to 25, but I exercise daily, so I guess I'm earning activity points. It all seems to work out by the end of the week. Down 10 lbs in six weeks, so I must be doing something right.


I don't count points for everything. For example, I don't measure or count the milk in my coffee. For me, that's just too much obsessing (which is what my issue was with WW before!), but I think some people really do need that structure. Doesn't work for me though, so I semi-journal. Everything in moderation, right? That includes journaling for me.

I was thinking of joining WW again, just to see what the Core Plan is about. It sounds South Beachian with a few extra treats for good measure, which sounds pretty good! Can you do Core online or would it require meetings?


ETA: I found the info. on the WW web site (duh, peach!). Looks like one can do either program online.

Updated On: 9/22/06 at 11:51 AM

Rath, next time I dare you to eat that yogurt with chopsticks.

And I'm going to eat my popcorn through a straw. I think this is the best way - don't allow the food to get anywhere near my mouth...

Woo hoo!

After weeks of vacations, parental visits and illness, I finally got back to the gym today. I was expecting the worst when I stepped on the scale. The parental visit had a week of mom cooking, and the vacation had a few days of French cooking.

Somehow? I was at 168 pounds with shoes on. Down almost five pounds since my last time on a scale. I realize that I probably lost some muscle mass. But I was still able to get through my weight routine pretty much where I'd left off without trouble, so it can't be that bad. And this is the first time I've weighed this little in a LONG time.

Go jerby!

For everyone...

I made up a little dessert last night I thought I'd share. I was having a craving for apple crisp or pie or something of that sort, so I came up with this. It was very tasty and about 3 to 3.5 pts.

Peel and thinly slice up an apple. Sprinkle with some cinnamon and 1 packet of your fave fake sweetener (I used Sweet n Low). Microwave 1 minute. (1 pt)

Then, take 2 Tbs Cracklin Oat Bran cereal and smash 'em up into bits. This cereal is high in calories, but it tastes like oatmeal cookies. It's yummy and worth having around, IMO! (1 pt)

Stir your hot apples up with the cinnamon goodness. Sprinkle the crushed Cracklin' Oat Bran over the top.

Then top with about 1/4 cup of something vanilla, yummy and frozen. I like Edy's slow-churned light ice cream in French Vanilla. (Probably 1.5 pts in that 1/4 cup).

You have mock apple crisp that tastes pretty damn good. It's 3, or 3.5 pts. tops, depending on the amount of cereal and the point count of the ice cream you choose.

Yummy autumn goodness!

Updated On: 9/25/06 at 01:11 PM

i am not really apart of this discussion, really, but i think being vegetarian helps you lose a lot of weight for some reason
maybe its just puberty, but from the time i became a vegetarian (when i was in middle school, and did it for a girl i liked) to like 3 years later, i have lost a bunch of weight, havent done anything differently from what i did 3 years ago, and yeah
plus, you dont have to live with killing innocent cows who just moo, and mind their own business, then boom!...they're dead
very sad i thin
yeah
:)

i probably lost about 20-30 pounds
i personally think it is a lot...for me, at least

I read a really interesting study that shows even protein-needy bodies don't really need as much protein as we think we do.
I've been switching (mainly because the BF is a veggie-head) to lots of substitute foods and you can't tell the difference, they have just as much protein as their meat counterparts...AND they're lower calories.
I can eat sandiwches stacked with veggie chicken slices whereas before I had to put one slice on there for calories' sake.
The best part about it all is that, somehow, even my bad weekends (like this weekend!) of all-veggie stuff (granted, we do eat pretty healthy/organic stuff) don't affect me. In fact, I lost half a pound over the weekend.

I think it's less "eating normally" as much as "eating like a pig."
I know a few people who do have phyiscal or psychological problems which prevent them from losing weight but there is a significant amount of weight to be gained and maintained simply by gorging yourself on bad things.
So the yo-yo effect happens when people do something like Weight Watchers - which is a controlled calorie, low fat diet - and find success with it only to return to their old state of pigging out on the Ben and Jerry's nightly, then wonder why they ballooned back into their fat pants.

Isn't it easier just to work out?

Since I started going to the gym again, I can eat whatever I want without guilt.

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Wait until the next BWW gathering....

Last year I weight 145 lbs. Now I weigh 176. Not good.

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I patently refuse to believe that you weigh what I weigh, Munk. Patently.

But working out is indeed good.
Build a little muscle to burn more calories at rest. Do some cardio to burn a lot right then.
Then go eat the pint.