WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII

harr · 29-05-2011 6:59pm

Not a great day today got breakfast late so we decided not to have dinner till this evening,bad idea i went for my 6k walk around 2 and got very light headed and weak half way around so i had to cut it short.I think my sugar levels were low or something got home and a diet 7-up and then i started to pick at different foods, slices of cheese,nuts,a mini Mars bar and even a pint of milk dont know what came over me.
I wont be missing a meal again i can tell you that, luckily i still had some of my weeklys left and i had a very low point egg salad for my dinner.

It just goes to show how important 3 good meals a day is.

Lady Lainy · 29-05-2011 7:13pm

oh my god...that maggi so juicy stuff is DEVINE! omg.....ye have to try it! and its 0pp! quick and easy way to jazz up a chicken breast!

YUM YUM YUM

lil kc · 29-05-2011 7:17pm

Hello all, I haven't been on in a while because for want of a better word I am completely disgusted with myself. It is fair to say I have fallen off the wagon big time and it showed on Thursday with a 2.5lb gain. I was devastated. It was TOTM but I have never gained that much before in one week. I didnt track one day and I had been going off track the week before too. I also started my new job this week and was completely out of my routine. On the upside, it is the best job ever!!! However all meetings (at least 2 a day) come with coffee and pastries and the canteen supplies a free 3 course lunch every day. :eek:

So I am as of today trying to get back in the zone so only time will tell. I really dont want to be on the downward spiral. I need to force myself to make good choices in work and continue exercising well. I am trying to read back over the thread, well done to everyone sticking with it!

harr · 29-05-2011 7:17pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

oh my god...that maggi so juicy stuff is DEVINE! omg.....ye have to try it! and its 0pp! quick and easy way to jazz up a chicken breast!

YUM YUM YUM

0pp wow will be giving that a try, is the knorr one no points as well do you know?

Lady Lainy · 29-05-2011 7:23pm

harr wrote: »

0pp wow will be giving that a try, is the knorr one no points as well do you know?

not sure i've never used the knorr ones but check the tesco.ie they have the nutritional information for most products. Most those sachet seasoning things are about 2 or 3 points for the whole sachet...so if you were using it between 2 or three people...would be 1pp at the most

Like the Maggi ones do 4 chicken breasts per sachet...but i'm cooking for one...so one sachet will do me 4 dinners!

flamelily · 29-05-2011 7:24pm

am gutted.......a friend came to visit today and she brough home made fudge :eek: which I ate......pretty much all my weeklys gone now.......so annoyed with myself

have no willpower!!!!! plus I have used every excuse under the sun not to get on the treadmill!!!!

I am back on the straight and narrow this evening!!!!

Those maggie so juicy thingies are really yummy and super handy!!! and thanks for the playlist ideas, need to get my ipod sorted as I will be up on the treadmill tomorrow.....need to walk off all that fudge

Lady Lainy · 29-05-2011 7:27pm

flamelily wrote: »

am gutted.......a friend came to visit today and she brough home made fudge :eek: which I ate......pretty much all my weeklys gone now.......so annoyed with myself have no willpower!!!!! plus I have used every excuse under the sun not to get on the treadmill!!!!

I am back on the straight and narrow this evening!!!!

Those maggie so juicy thingies are really yummy and super handy!!! and thanks for the playlist ideas, need to get my ipod sorted as I will be up on the treadmill tomorrow.....need to walk off all that fudge

thats your homework for tonight! your playlist! report back later with complete playlist :P

Lady Lainy · 29-05-2011 7:38pm

lil kc wrote: »

Hello all, I haven't been on in a while because for want of a better word I am completely disgusted with myself. It is fair to say I have fallen off the wagon big time and it showed on Thursday with a 2.5lb gain. I was devastated. It was TOTM but I have never gained that much before in one week. I didnt track one day and I had been going off track the week before too. I also started my new job this week and was completely out of my routine. On the upside, it is the best job ever!!! However all meetings (at least 2 a day) come with coffee and pastries and the canteen supplies a free 3 course lunch every day. :eek:

So I am as of today trying to get back in the zone so only time will tell. I really dont want to be on the downward spiral. I need to force myself to make good choices in work and continue exercising well. I am trying to read back over the thread, well done to everyone sticking with it!

Congrats on the job! hope you dont mind me asking what is it? sounds AMAZING with all those lil perks....these days....lunch is considered a perk!

Maybe over time you can ask the catoring ppl to put a fruit basket in with the pastries...like in a couple of weeks...cant really go making "demands" when you've just started!

you could have been retaining extra water from nerves over new job maybe? plus if you were "bold" the week before...that might be showing this week.

flamelily · 29-05-2011 7:53pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

thats your homework for tonight! your playlist! report back later with complete playlist :P

hehehe will do.....am off to see what I have on the ipod and gonna download some new tunes as well.....am currently loving this band called The Baseballs.....they are a cover band who do modern songs but sing it 50s style like Elvis (I am a bit of a closet Elvis fan).....so be warned my playlist may be just a bit odd!!!:o:o:o

Monife · 29-05-2011 8:07pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

oh my god...that maggi so juicy stuff is DEVINE! omg.....ye have to try it! and its 0pp! quick and easy way to jazz up a chicken breast!

YUM YUM YUM

Where do you get that Lainy? I looked on the tesco website and couldn't see it. And how do you use it? Do you cook the chicken in tinfoil with that on?

Lady Lainy · 29-05-2011 8:11pm

Monife wrote: »

Where do you get that Lainy? I looked on the tesco website and couldn't see it. And how do you use it? Do you cook the chicken in tinfoil with that on?

i got the maggi stuff from tesco

it comes with oven bag. you put the chicken in the oven pag, add the seasoning and pop it in the oven... i was only doing 1 chicken breast so only took about twenty mens with some wedges! DELISH!

(the wedges weren't in the bag with the chicken)

i have tesco.ie open right now and i'm looking at the Maggi So Juicy on them

Search for MAGGI

lil kc · 29-05-2011 8:15pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

Congrats on the job! hope you dont mind me asking what is it? sounds AMAZING with all those lil perks....these days....lunch is considered a perk!

Maybe over time you can ask the catoring ppl to put a fruit basket in with the pastries...like in a couple of weeks...cant really go making "demands" when you've just started!

you could have been retaining extra water from nerves over new job maybe? plus if you were "bold" the week before...that might be showing this week.

Ah thanks. Well I was really annoyed that it was that much cos I went to the gym twice and walked loads so I thought maybe I would gain a lb, but it has defo given me a kick up the backside for sure! Have to say they really do look after you, I can have toast in the morning too if I want but have been avoiding that! Anyway I am back now!

flamelily · 29-05-2011 9:11pm

saw the C25K program mentioned on here (but can't find who posted it again) and was wondering if there are many people doing it???

I am looking for something to motivate me to get on the treadmill and looking at the website the workouts look pretty do-able but am wondering what other people think?

Shoe Lover · 29-05-2011 9:19pm

Hi Everyone! Am very tired today - was studying all day for an exam next Sat and I'm so out of practise of studying, I'm wrecked after only fiver hours of study

Went for dinner today and there was three options - beef, chicken or fish. So I went for the chicken thinking it was Roast Chicken (there was no menu) and it came out as Chicken Kiev :mad::mad: Can anyone help me with the points? I couldn't find it in the Eat Out Guide. It was basically a large chicken breast, covered in breadcrumbs and garlic butter. I scrapped off all the breadcrumbs and most of the butter, so I was reckoning about 9pp - does that sound right?

I managed to resist dessert too - big thing for me

Lady Lainy · 29-05-2011 9:26pm

Shoe Lover wrote: »

Hi Everyone! Am very tired today - was studying all day for an exam next Sat and I'm so out of practise of studying, I'm wrecked after only fiver hours of study

Went for dinner today and there was three options - beef, chicken or fish. So I went for the chicken thinking it was Roast Chicken (there was no menu) and it came out as Chicken Kiev :mad::mad: Can anyone help me with the points? I couldn't find it in the Eat Out Guide. It was basically a large chicken breast, covered in breadcrumbs and garlic butter. I scrapped off all the breadcrumbs and most of the butter, so I was reckoning about 9pp - does that sound right?

I managed to resist dessert too - big thing for me

a chicken kiev is about 9/10pp

Shoe Lover · 29-05-2011 9:27pm

Thanks Lainy

Laurbie · 29-05-2011 9:32pm

flamelily wrote: »

saw the C25K program mentioned on here (but can't find who posted it again) and was wondering if there are many people doing it???

I am looking for something to motivate me to get on the treadmill and looking at the website the workouts look pretty do-able but am wondering what other people think?

Hey, I'm on my 5th week of it and I love it (it takes 9 weeks to reach the target)
Do you have an I-phone? If so you can download an app called Get Running. Its amazing! I find it alot better than the actual C25k app.. You have your own personal trainer. You can play your itunes and she will just speak over your music to motivate you. Its very achievable and is taken in small steps.. totally worth doing!
Alternatively, Im pretty sure there is another method on the C25k website.
Good Luck x

GT_TDI_150 · 29-05-2011 9:37pm

Made myself a supply of meringues:D

cant wait for dessert tomorrow evening!

flamelily · 29-05-2011 9:40pm

Laurbie wrote: »

Hey, I'm on my 5th week of it and I love it (it takes 9 weeks to reach the target)
Do you have an I-phone? If so you can download an app called Get Running. Its amazing! I find it alot better than the actual C25k app.. You have your own personal trainer. You can play your itunes and she will just speak over your music to motivate you. Its very achievable and is taken in small steps.. totally worth doing!
Alternatively, Im pretty sure there is another method on the C25k website.
Good Luck x

cool, thanks for that.....I don't have an iPhone....yet but hoping to get one in the next few weeks :cool: I like the idea of small steps towards a big goal (tis why me likes WW as well) and the workouts seem to be broken down nicely....I get bored walking for 30 mins on the treadmill so like the idea of mixing it up with a bit of running.....off to google again

flamelily · 29-05-2011 9:47pm

ok so been looking at my 'walking' playlist and I really do have the most bizarre taste in music :eek:......my list is as follows :

Club can't handle me - flo rida
Dirrty - Christina A
Yeah! - Usher
Raise your Glass - Pink
Low - Flo Rida
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Something Kinda ooh - Girls Aloud
Love in this Club - The Baseballs
Time - Timbaland
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull
If we ever meet again - Timbaland ft Katie Perry
I gotta feeling - Black eyed peas
Hot'n Cold - The Baseballs
Smiley Faces - Gnarls Barkley
F**kin' Perfect - Pink
Up all night - Take that
give it to me timberland

Monife · 29-05-2011 9:48pm

flamelily wrote: »

cool, thanks for that.....I don't have an iPhone....yet but hoping to get one in the next few weeks :cool: I like the idea of small steps towards a big goal (tis why me likes WW as well) and the workouts seem to be broken down nicely....I get bored walking for 30 mins on the treadmill so like the idea of mixing it up with a bit of running.....off to google again

Quote from myself, earlier on today, might help...

Monife wrote: »

There are some couch to 5k IPOD and MP3 podcasts on the internet. If you don't want to be timing yourself, they tell you or make a distinctive noise when it is time to start jogging or walking.

This one has some general chart music but is not that recent. And also has a rock version.

Robert Ulrey's podcast is mainly trance/dance music and can get real boring after a while unless you're into it.

This one has a mixture of songs.

This website can help you make your own podcasts for C25K. It is a bit tricky and you need to read the instructions and download a bit of software. I did it for week 3 and 4 as it is easy enough to do when there are only a few runs but for week 1 and 2, you spend quite a long time trying to make the podcast.

flamelily · 29-05-2011 9:53pm

thanks Monife, thats great

I knew I had seen some posts on C25K and ipod stuff but just couldn't find it

think its time I went to spec savers :eek:

gonna print off the training plan and re-organise my bizarre playlist and get my lazy self up on the treadmill tomorrow evening for a work out!!!:cool:

opheila · 29-05-2011 9:56pm

Yum @ meringes ... love the m+s ones and someone at meeting said 2pts

newbee22 · 29-05-2011 10:00pm

Love the playlist on the first one monife, will be downloading all those songs!!:)

GT_TDI_150 · 29-05-2011 10:02pm

opheila wrote: »

Yum @ meringes ... love the m+s ones and someone at meeting said 2pts

mine worked out at the 1PP each

opheila · 29-05-2011 10:07pm

Wow that's good I've started to be less strict wit myself and points and use them just to identify which foods i should use only sparingly that's prob wrong but working so far!

GT_TDI_150 wrote: »

mine worked out at the 1PP each

hollyhock · 29-05-2011 10:21pm

lil kc wrote: »

Hello all, I haven't been on in a while because for want of a better word I am completely disgusted with myself. It is fair to say I have fallen off the wagon big time and it showed on Thursday with a 2.5lb gain. I was devastated. It was TOTM but I have never gained that much before in one week. I didnt track one day and I had been going off track the week before too. I also started my new job this week and was completely out of my routine. On the upside, it is the best job ever!!! However all meetings (at least 2 a day) come with coffee and pastries and the canteen supplies a free 3 course lunch every day. :eek:

So I am as of today trying to get back in the zone so only time will tell. I really dont want to be on the downward spiral. I need to force myself to make good choices in work and continue exercising well. I am trying to read back over the thread, well done to everyone sticking with it!

sorry to say,a new job 7yrs ago was my downfall,ive put up 2 sts give or take.......too much food and choices around,the job i was in b4 i had to bring my lunch so knew exactly what i was consuming!!! my advice nip it in the bud and start as you mean to go on:):P

Lady Lainy · 29-05-2011 10:25pm

flamelily wrote: »

ok so been looking at my 'walking' playlist and I really do have the most bizarre taste in music :eek:......my list is as follows :

Club can't handle me - flo rida
Dirrty - Christina A
Yeah! - Usher
Raise your Glass - Pink
Low - Flo Rida
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Something Kinda ooh - Girls Aloud
Love in this Club - The Baseballs
Time - Timbaland
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
On the Floor - Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull
If we ever meet again - Timbaland ft Katie Perry
I gotta feeling - Black eyed peas
Hot'n Cold - The Baseballs
Smiley Faces - Gnarls Barkley
F**kin' Perfect - Pink
Up all night - Take that
give it to me timberland

I

that you have the lazy song in there! haha!

annabellaxx · 29-05-2011 10:31pm

God but I could do with a dose of willpower and discipline like most folks on here. Was out for dinner last night and as well as the at least 1 bottle of wine, I had a big plate of pasta .. Followed by a big gorgeous portion of tirimasu. Eek. And then I had a big fry breakfast today. Trying to psych myself into feeling bad about it but I can't..it was just too good. Aagh. Tomorrow's the beginning of a new week..

Really well done on all the losses and willpower. Maybe if I reread a few days posts it might rub off on me

opheila · 29-05-2011 10:32pm

Downloaded a podcast for this couch to 5k ...is it achievable?i can't imagine me managing it

WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII

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