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weight watchers

21stone · 2008-01-18 14:22:13

well i started off at 297 pounds on 1st jan 08 and am down to 281 just woondering has anybody else joined weight watchers ??? im just going to keep my motivation , i dont want to stand on a scales everyweek and be up , also its nice that others take recognition of weight loss

18-01-2008 2:22pm

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21stone

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well i started off at 297 pounds on 1st jan 08 and am down to 281

just woondering has anybody else joined weight watchers ???

im just going to keep my motivation , i dont want to stand on a scales everyweek and be up , also its nice that others take recognition of weight loss

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#2 18-01-2008 2:39pm

g'em

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moved to nutrition and diet - there's a fair few people here who've got experiences with WW

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#3 18-01-2008 3:02pm

21stone

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cheers g'em

just joined this week , setting myself some goals and trying my ass off to get them acheived

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#4 18-01-2008 3:08pm

g'em

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While Weightwatchers isn't groundbreakingly new in the way it approaches healthy eating, it does, as you say, provide motivation. Each week you can go to meetings, talk to others in your situation and use the support that fellow-WWers can provide.

See these threads for further discussion about WW:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055216290
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055154101

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#5 18-01-2008 3:25pm

rubadub

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Also as you probably know by now if you are lifting you should be looking at fat loss, not just wieght loss, since you will gain wieght in muscle. Get your BF% checked, and keep measurements & photos to track your real progress.

I was a constant 12 stone for ages and getting thinner all the time, if I was going to WW I probably would have been kicked out

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#6 21-01-2008 8:15pm

catyb20

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21stone wrote: »

well i started off at 297 pounds on 1st jan 08 and am down to 281

just woondering has anybody else joined weight watchers ???

im just going to keep my motivation , i dont want to stand on a scales everyweek and be up , also its nice that others take recognition of weight loss

I started too! Finding it brilliant, but as you say i think that is down to the motivation. U've lost over a stone! Congrats!

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#7 28-01-2008 10:46am

lil'm

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I started ww this is my 3rd week
Im finding it ok
Im doing the points plan
i lost 3 pounds the first week and 2 last week
I have a way to go yet.

I was 12st 10 my goal is to be 10 st....Im 5ft 8 so that would be fantastic...
Im a size 14 would love to be a size 10 i havnt been slim since i was about 10 yrs old!!

the meetings are really good for motivation and i told lots of my friends i am doing it,thats so i wont quit easily....

I find the wknds v hard was out on fri and sat nt so am not really expecting much at weigh in today......

my fave ww thing ever is a pot of low fat choc mousse, cadbury, 1.5 points but if you freeze them they are like choc ice cream.......divine and they last longer too!!

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#8 28-01-2008 11:21am

catyb20

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lil'm wrote: »

I started ww this is my 3rd week
Im finding it ok
Im doing the points plan
i lost 3 pounds the first week and 2 last week
I have a way to go yet.

I was 12st 10 my goal is to be 10 st....Im 5ft 8 so that would be fantastic...
Im a size 14 would love to be a size 10 i havnt been slim since i was about 10 yrs old!!

the meetings are really good for motivation and i told lots of my friends i am doing it,thats so i wont quit easily....

I find the wknds v hard was out on fri and sat nt so am not really expecting much at weigh in today......

my fave ww thing ever is a pot of low fat choc mousse, cadbury, 1.5 points but if you freeze them they are like choc ice cream.......divine and they last longer too!!

I'm also doing my third week. It is fantastic. I have a serious amt of weight to lose though. My first week i lost 8.5 lbs, but last week i put on .5lbs! I felt awful after seeing that! but i had a chat with the girl who runs the meeting and its because i quit smoking that week too! I've been munching on loads of stuff to kill the craving for a cigarette!

Congrats on the weight loss! Oh and freezing the mousse....super idea!!!

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#9 28-01-2008 11:30am

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i am on week 3. lost 4.5 the 1st week, up 1 the second week, and with only 2 days till weigh in this week i'll be lucky to be down 1. weekends are the hardest. i only need to lose about 8 pounds but i've been trying to lose it for years..

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#10 28-01-2008 11:50am

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ag1975 wrote: »

i am on week 3. lost 4.5 the 1st week, up 1 the second week, and with only 2 days till weigh in this week i'll be lucky to be down 1. weekends are the hardest. i only need to lose about 8 pounds but i've been trying to lose it for years..

If you only need to lose 8 lbs, 4.5 in the first week was fantastic, even if you did go up 1 in the second week. The girl at my meeting said that because i lost so much in my first week putting on .5 wasnt the worst that could happen even if i hadnt given up smoking!
So i wouldnt worry about putting on a pound, i wreckon its just your body getting used to a diet way of living!

Why don't you just stop drinkin for a week or 2? I stopped as soon as i started ww and i wreckon thats why i lost so much in the first week....

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#11 21-03-2008 6:34pm

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hey your doing great.. i hope i can do as well im starting ww on tues. Im about 240lbs ans so out of control with my food...

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#12 26-03-2008 2:23pm

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I did ww last year and lost a stone in 12 weeks:D
I still had a stone to go but it wasnt going anywhere
I managed to keep it off until about a month ago i which I was doing work in the house and due to take outs and quick sandwiches I gained it again!:mad::mad:

I stopped going to ww a couple of weeks after not losing anymore weight mainly because the hour was spent waiting to weigh in everyone else and I got tired of paying to watch others get weighed in

my decision now is do I follow ww at home and hope I loose the weight agian or go back to class for the motivation....advise necessary as im really in 2 minds as what to do.....

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#13 26-03-2008 4:34pm

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Stef1979 wrote: »

I did ww last year and lost a stone in 12 weeks:D
I still had a stone to go but it wasnt going anywhere
I managed to keep it off until about a month ago i which I was doing work in the house and due to take outs and quick sandwiches I gained it again!:mad::mad:

I stopped going to ww a couple of weeks after not losing anymore weight mainly because the hour was spent waiting to weigh in everyone else and I got tired of paying to watch others get weighed in

my decision now is do I follow ww at home and hope I loose the weight agian or go back to class for the motivation....advise necessary as im really in 2 minds as what to do.....

I've been trying to do ww from home for the past month but I was getting nowhere fast so I joined up again yesterday and I have to say I feel alot more motivated.. I know it seems silly to be paying to get weighed but I really think it does help...

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#14 26-03-2008 6:10pm

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I've posted in the other thread too, but yep I'm doing WW. I do the UK online version, don't go to classes and I love it Have lost 3 stone in 6 months, another few to go though!! It's been working very well for me I must say. I do points as well so I don't have to give up treats and stuff, just factor them in.

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#15 09-05-2008 1:57pm

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started ww today for the 3rd and last time at my heavest and hating it going to stick to it this time my goal is 2 stone by next may for my little girls communion so fingers crossed

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#16 10-05-2008 5:41am

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angeldelight wrote: »

Have lost 3 stone in 6 months, another few to go though!!

Congrats! keep up the good work.

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