WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

Birdie086

kashmir wrote: »

I never point stock cubes or low low butter or oil etc....just never have, never do, never will. Still maintaining or 1-2lb down a week.

Also, I really suspect (shouldn't say this, but will anyway ) that alcohol is not nearly as high in points as they lead us to believe. The weeks I drink more and therefore use my weekly points as alcohol rather than other treats - chocolate, cake etc, I am always down whereas weeks I don't drink much alcohol but use the points in other ways, I stay the same.

I know it's easier for me to think/talk like this as I am at goal, but I don't mind experimenting on behalf of all you fellow travellers. :P

I agree on your alcohol theory, for me the downfall with alcohol has to be the morning after binge!!!
I also remember somewhere on boards -cant remember a link for it, that once you have consumed alcohol you body is trying to process it and so cannot cope with food consumed untill the alcohol is all gone, and the food consumed is far more likely not be processed properly and stored as fat.

SO BASICALLY DRINK THE WINE AND FORGET THE DRUNKEN TAYTO SANDWICH!!!

Layla0509

Does anyone know what the pp would be for a breast of chicken curry with chips and 4 chicken balls got some awful news today and hubby wants to treat us to a Chinese tonight my WI is on Sat and I've 18pp left for today and 18 treat pp's left this wk

dammitj

Guys I have my WI at 6.30 this evening and I'm bricking it as I was so bold at the weekend.

I've been really good since monday, tracking all my pp and out walking, but I don't think it's enough.
Such a pity too as I was only 1/2lb away from my 5th silver seven.

*sniff*

Cadyboo

Birdie086 wrote: »

I agree on your alcohol theory, for me the downfall with alcohol has to be the morning after binge!!!
I also remember somewhere on boards -cant remember a link for it, that once you have consumed alcohol you body is trying to process it and so cannot cope with food consumed untill the alcohol is all gone, and the food consumed is far more likely not be processed properly and stored as fat.

SO BASICALLY DRINK THE WINE AND FORGET THE DRUNKEN TAYTO SANDWICH!!!

So thats what happened to me :D


I didnt drink last week and was down 1.5. Week before, went out one night and was the best eater during the week, only lost 0.5.

Lady Lainy

Layla0509 wrote: »

Does anyone know what the pp would be for a breast of chicken curry with chips and 4 chicken balls got some awful news today and hubby wants to treat us to a Chinese tonight my WI is on Sat and I've 18pp left for today and 18 treat pp's left this wk

oh sweetie, hope everything is okay! I dont know what the points for that is...but i say you'll be okay by the skin of your teeth. Hope the news wasn't too awful....When life throws grenades at us...i think all we can do is what ever it takes to cope...i've had more grenades thrown at me than i can count.

Try drinking loads of extra water today...it'll help flush your system out and help fill you up so you might end up not wanting all of your dinner.

kashmir

Layla0509 wrote: »

Does anyone know what the pp would be for a breast of chicken curry with chips and 4 chicken balls got some awful news today and hubby wants to treat us to a Chinese tonight my WI is on Sat and I've 18pp left for today and 18 treat pp's left this wk

Go for it....you'll be fine.

Layla0509

Lady Lainy wrote: »

oh sweetie, hope everything is okay! I dont know what the points for that is...but i say you'll be okay by the skin of your teeth. Hope the news wasn't too awful....When life throws grenades at us...i think all we can do is what ever it takes to cope...i've had more grenades thrown at me than i can count.

Try drinking loads of extra water today...it'll help flush your system out and help fill you up so you might end up not wanting all of your dinner.

Thanks Lainy yeah will be ok (not me it's my mam) just in shock ......might even just make a curry I really don't wanna undo all my effort of the past 7wks am horsing the water into me have drank about 3ltrs so far

Birdie086

Layla0509 wrote: »

Thanks Lainy yeah will be ok (not me it's my mam) just in shock ......might even just make a curry I really don't wanna undo all my effort of the past 7wks am horsing the water into me have drank about 3ltrs so far

the packets of knor curry sauce that you make up with water are tasty and fairly low in points, so handy enough and you would be avoiding the dreaded MSG.
Sorry to hear you had some bad news -pity life cant be straightforward soemtimes.

boxoff

Birdie086 wrote: »

I agree on your alcohol theory, for me the downfall with alcohol has to be the morning after binge!!!
I also remember somewhere on boards -cant remember a link for it, that once you have consumed alcohol you body is trying to process it and so cannot cope with food consumed untill the alcohol is all gone, and the food consumed is far more likely not be processed properly and stored as fat.

SO BASICALLY DRINK THE WINE AND FORGET THE DRUNKEN TAYTO SANDWICH!!!

To be honest, i enjoy my odd good few drinks better with the odd tatyo sandwich or nachos from eddies as the case was in the small hours of sunday morning. Maybe plan for this snack - I know im only fooling myself in saying I wont snack with drink! I had a WW bagel and a big enough fruit salad for lunch and then a huge salad and grilled breast of chicken for my dins on sat, Didnt feel as guilty on Sunday morn! Think of it as a life style change, i could hardly see my self depriving myself of drunken snacks for the rest of my days. Obv now I would have of thought about what Id snack on eg, I wouldnt horse a big mac and large fries! Be good to yourself!

boxoff

kashmir wrote: »

I never point stock cubes or low low butter or oil etc....just never have, never do, never will. Still maintaining or 1-2lb down a week.

Also, I really suspect (shouldn't say this, but will anyway ) that alcohol is not nearly as high in points as they lead us to believe. The weeks I drink more and therefore use my weekly points as alcohol rather than other treats - chocolate, cake etc, I am always down whereas weeks I don't drink much alcohol but use the points in other ways, I stay the same.

I know it's easier for me to think/talk like this as I am at goal, but I don't mind experimenting on behalf of all you fellow travellers. :P

Completely Agree!!!

Lady Lainy

Just been using the treadmill there, havent been using it that much last few weeks cos i've been crazy busy with college work.....i can REALLY feel that i'm lighter today when i was on the treadmill.

The way i look at excercise points....if i've spent some of my weekly points....excercise is just the way of earning them back.....its like money....i spent the bonus points on food...but did 50 mins on treadmill just now....so i've earned 5 of spent points them back....not that i see my self needing them for the rest of the week....cos bloody hell i really dove into them last night.

I've got 22 dailies left today plus 21 weeklies...7 of those weeklies are from exercise i've been clocking up since saturday

usernamecat

Hey everyone ,

ive been looking for these low fat sausages for weeks and i cannot find them anywhere! can anyone tell me where i can get them ?? Pls! im hanging for one lol

Pigwidgeon

I just made this for dinner, and it's really nice, low points and huge portions. I wasn't sure if tinned tomatoes were 0ppts or not, so I pointed them incase.

Ingredients:
300g Quorn Mince 6ppts
2 tins of chopped tomatoes 4ppts
2tbsps Tomato Purée 1ppt
1tbsp mixed herbs 1ppt
2 beef stock cubes in about 2 mugs of water 2ppts
2tsps of sugar 2ppts
2 red peppers 0ppts
1 yellow pepper 0ppts
1 onion 0 ppts
2 cloves of garlic 0 ppts

Method:
- Fry the onions, pepper and garlic in low cal spray until soft.
- Add the tinned tomatoes, tomato purée and sugar.
- Add the quorn mince and beef stock.
- Add the herbs and allow to reduce and simmer.

I got 4 huge portions out of it. The whole recipe is 16 propoints, so 4propoints per serving. I had it with 50g wholewheat pasta, so 9 points for a huge and filling dinner!

Lady Lainy

usernamecat wrote: »

Hey everyone ,

ive been looking for these low fat sausages for weeks and i cannot find them anywhere! can anyone tell me where i can get them ?? Pls! im hanging for one lol

I've got them in Tesco and Super Valu. They're on the tesco website...you'll prob only get them in the big better tescos....the smaller tescos dont stock everything

Dubgirlww

dammitj wrote: »

Guys I have my WI at 6.30 this evening and I'm bricking it as I was so bold at the weekend.

I've been really good since monday, tracking all my pp and out walking, but I don't think it's enough.
Such a pity too as I was only 1/2lb away from my 5th silver seven.

*sniff*

im so the same as you except i havent been as good as you id say since monday!!
Girl i work with was at a wedding and said she was eatinga drinking like a horse since and she was down 0.5lb this week so im hoping at my weigh in tonight to just be down 0.5lb to get my 3rd silver seven!!

best of luck tonight!!!

Dubgirlww

amira wrote: »

Just had my WI now.. 2lbs down!! Finally over the 1lb mark! Delighted with myself!

well done say your delighted!!

usernamecat

Lady Lainy wrote: »

I've got them in Tesco and Super Valu. They're on the tesco website...you'll prob only get them in the big better tescos....the smaller tescos dont stock everything

thanks lainey. ive been looking in super valu and dunnes but there small enough ones , they only seem to have the gluten free ones so ill have a look in the bigger ones! hope i can find them... i looked on the tesco site yesterday and i couldnt see them ??

dammitj

Dubgirlww wrote: »

im so the same as you except i havent been as good as you id say since monday!!
Girl i work with was at a wedding and said she was eatinga drinking like a horse since and she was down 0.5lb this week so im hoping at my weigh in tonight to just be down 0.5lb to get my 3rd silver seven!!

best of luck tonight!!!

Oh best of luck to you too! Dying to hear how you get on!
If you don't hear from me on the board it means that I'm in the Garda station for losing it with the leader coz I've gained 4lbs. lol

Fingers crossed!!! I'd love my next silver 7!!!!!

Lady Lainy

usernamecat wrote: »

thanks lainey. ive been looking in super valu and dunnes but there small enough ones , they only seem to have the gluten free ones so ill have a look in the bigger ones! hope i can find them... x

if all else fails one week do a online shop with tesco and stock up like mad on them they are usually next to the gluten free ones...have you seen space on the shelf as to where they "could have been" but are out of stock....and if there not on the shelf...if its a small local supervalu....would they order in a few for you?

Cadyboo

Lady Lainy wrote: »

if all else fails one week do a online shop with tesco and stock up like mad on them they are usually next to the gluten free ones...have you seen space on the shelf as to where they "could have been" but are out of stock....and if there not on the shelf...if its a small local supervalu....would they order in a few for you?

Was loking for them yesterday in tesco in Paul st, and they had none, nor was there a price tag thing for them. Also tried Dunnes ballyvolane and blackpool and they had none. Where is it you got yours??

On another note, was just in my local Mace and they have the Dr. Otker pizza baguettes, 2 boxes for 3 euro!!

dno7239

Up a pound this week, (had a huge weight loss last week so not that surprised/disappointed). For the first time in ages, the leader didnt just snap my card out of the machine, instead I was able to stare and process the info on the screen. So im down 2 stone, and only 1 stone away from my goal weight and gold card! I want to achieve this by May 26th, which is when I first joined and all going to plan I should get there. Yay!

dammitj

dno7239 wrote: »

Up a pound this week, (had a huge weight loss last week so not that surprised/disappointed). For the first time in ages, the leader didnt just snap my card out of the machine, instead I was able to stare and process the info on the screen. So im down 2 stone, and only 1 stone away from my goal weight and gold card! I want to achieve this by May 26th, which is when I first joined and all going to plan I should get there. Yay!

That's fantastic! And sure one pound is nothing!!
Well done!!

Dubgirlww

RVN10 wrote: »

Not sure if it worked on other page second try

THATS AMAZING!!
fair play to him, crazy the difference and he must ahve worked so hard to that in 10months!!!!

Dubgirlww

dammitj wrote: »

Oh best of luck to you too! Dying to hear how you get on!
If you don't hear from me on the board it means that I'm in the Garda station for losing it with the leader coz I've gained 4lbs. lol

Fingers crossed!!! I'd love my next silver 7!!!!!

hahahaha ill see on the news tonight!!

cant wait to hear yours too!! ill try and post later!!

usernamecat

Lady Lainy wrote: »

if all else fails one week do a online shop with tesco and stock up like mad on them they are usually next to the gluten free ones...have you seen space on the shelf as to where they "could have been" but are out of stock....and if there not on the shelf...if its a small local supervalu....would they order in a few for you?

I must ask them. i tried tesco.ie and i cant seem to see them either ,did you say u saw them on here lainey?

Lady Lainy

Cadyboo wrote: »

Was loking for them yesterday in tesco in Paul st, and they had none, nor was there a price tag thing for them. Also tried Dunnes ballyvolane and blackpool and they had none. Where is it you got yours??

On another note, was just in my local Mace and they have the Dr. Otker pizza baguettes, 2 boxes for 3 euro!!

Got them once at tesco in Mahon point.
and got them last week in Barry Collins super valu in Carrigaline....

that weird that they are gone from the tesco site!!!!!

snowflakebride

usernamecat wrote: »

I must ask them. i tried tesco.ie and i cant seem to see them either ,did you say u saw them on here lainey?

I just bought them in supervalu for dinner !! After my weigh in at 6.30 of course ...

Wish me luck - I'm dreading it :eek:

dammitj

snowflakebride wrote: »

I just bought them in supervalu for dinner !! After my weigh in at 6.30 of course ...

Wish me luck - I'm dreading it :eek:

I'm weighing in at the same time, totally bricking it! Good luck!

dammitj

Dubgirlww wrote: »

hahahaha ill see on the news tonight!!

cant wait to hear yours too!! ill try and post later!!

Yeah me too, I'd say I'll be crying on the keyboard ...

:rolleyes:

tantipie

Lady Lainy wrote: »

Got them once at tesco in Mahon point.
and got them last week in Barry Collins super valu in Carrigaline....

that weird that they are gone from the tesco site!!!!!

as far as i know the tesco online only shows up what stock's in the store that deliver to you and doesnt show the stock for all tesco's iykwim. i can never find them either and now Dunnes havent had the ww sausages for weeks either,,