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WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII
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If anyone is near Timberland Stores...big sale on at the moment
Going in tomorrow to get a decent pair of boots for the winter 
Can't believe I'm shopping for WINTER already :O Tho scarier...I've started about xmas shopping! I'm broke...I have to start early....to spread it out...I cant afford to be broke in january. We'll (hopefully) be going to Crufts with college so need money for flights/accom, plus this year going to have car, insurance, tax AAAAH!
I'm determined to be good today! Yesterday I was terrible....just couldnt be arsed cooking at all yesteday...it was sandwhiches and toast and rolls all day...cos I was putting all my energy into practicing for theory test....i know its only the theory test....but its like a freaking huge step for me! I think last time my nerves got me, last time i got 34/40! i wads 1 question off! Have my repeat tomorrow!0 -
Lady Lainy wrote: »If anyone is near Timberland Stores...big sale on at the moment Going in tomorrow to get a decent pair of boots for the winter
Can't believe I'm shopping for WINTER already :O Tho scarier...I've started about xmas shopping! I'm broke...I have to start early....to spread it out...I cant afford to be broke in january. We'll (hopefully) be going to Crufts with college so need money for flights/accom, plus this year going to have car, insurance, tax AAAAH!
I'm determined to be good today! Yesterday I was terrible....just couldnt be arsed cooking at all yesteday...it was sandwhiches and toast and rolls all day...cos I was putting all my energy into practicing for theory test....i know its only the theory test....but its like a freaking huge step for me! I think last time my nerves got me, last time i got 34/40! i wads 1 question off! Have my repeat tomorrow!
Good Luck in your theory test, you will fly it this time! My sister failed it the first time because she had been studying the wrong section! She knew everything about trucks axels etc but nothing about cars!! Anyway she flew it second time round and is driving over a year now and has applied for full test... 0 -
Good Luck in your theory test, you will fly it this time! My sister failed it the first time because she had been studying the wrong section! She knew everything about trucks axels etc but nothing about cars!! Anyway she flew it second time round and is driving over a year now and has applied for full test...
I'm taking my sweeeet time when it comes to lessons, I'm all for the 12 lessons! And i think with the new setup...instructors have to sign you off on each section...so there is no way they'll let you go for your test if your not ready...which suits me just fine...means no one can bully me into it before i'm actually ready!
and I'm sure when I'm ready...I'll be a very good driver...just nervous...down the line I am looking forward to being able to hop in the car with the dogs and go for walks, go to fota, go to the gym...at the moment I'm just at home....surrounded by food and heading wrecking family! Thats enough to send anyone to the biscuit tin hehe!0 -
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Well how is every one doing, Ive a lot to read back on, I was away camping then up to my mums in Dublin for a few days it was a great break loved it and did some amount of walking so hoping I dont see a gain thursday but thinking about it if I am up it will be gone in the next two weeks determined!
I am hoping I can lose at least 1 to 2 pounds over the next 8 weeks and lose my second stone FX any way
now to read back over all Ive missed!
welcome to the newbies 0 -
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I'm the same Lainy my DH got me the DVD to study so I can apply for my test and lenience. I hope its not not as bad as I think its going to be, that is the test and actual driving :eek::D
I am also with you on getting ready for winter and Christmas as well! we are doing our budget all ready have to spread it out no way we manage other wise.
Plus it my DH birthday in October and I want to treat him to a weekend break so have to save for that.
well from my own experience....practice it when ever u get a chance i've been doing it every day for the last three weeks! and only in the last few days...its all kinda slotted into place and I'm passing the tests on the disc
Dont leave it to the weeekend before the test to start to start looking at it....i think thats where i went wrong last time too....i only looked at it about 5 days before my test...and got over whelmed by it all
Well if it turns out i do manage to get over my nerves....and able to pass...then ANYONE can do it!
(OFF TOPIC I KNOW.....SORRY....BACK TO WW CHAT)
Does anyone know anything about apple cider vinegar tablets? I'm not looking at them for "super lazy weight loss" but my aunt has told me they do help curb the sweet tooth...thats my down fall...if i know there is chocolate or cake in the house....its ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT...I'm a PIG when it comes to sweet foods...and I openly admit that!
I just want to curb my sweet tooth...so I'm not sabotaging my efforts...I enjoy eating the nice healthy foods I'm making these days...but feck it....my sweet tooth rules the rooste....i can be STUFFED....but if i know there is cake....i want some!
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You should try to use your full daily allowance....but doesnt mean splurge on junk and snacks for the sake of using them....
the idea is to use them to have bigger portions of healthier foods like extra chicken, protein healthy oils, wholegrain foods, dressings on salads
cos its a new eating plan, your body will feel fuller cos its novelty to your body, and your enthusiasm is high with the whole new eating plan
don't over do it on salads and zero point foods....cos you'll get sick of them quickly When your body gets used to the points in a few days...or a few weeks...you'll need salads and stuff to bulk up your pointed meals.
your 49pp weekly allowance is optional....the occasional popcorn is okay....but get a water with it...to help flush out the excess salt you'll be consuming.
From SkinnyDoll Blog:
http://theskinnydollsjourney.blogspot.com/
Her special is on popcorn this week
SALTED CINEMA POPCORN
Small = 7 pp
Medium = 12 pp
Large = 19 pp0 -
Thanks Lady Lainy
Even with having extra meat in meals etc I used to struggle with eating my full allowance. I think one of my biggest problems is not eating too much junk food, but just eating at all the wrong times...eg I wake up late on a Saturday or Sunday so would often not eat anything til 1pm or so, then not eat again til around 8pm and that would be it for the day.
That looks like a great blog too - thanks!0 -
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@GT : Great news on your brilliant progress so far. You'll get to those new targets in no time. I'm sure you're feeling great these days. Keep up the good work.
@ Boop_22 : Well done for your first week at home. Keep it up.
@ Lainy : Good luck for tomorrow with the theory test. They didn't have those when I learnt to drive!
Welcome to all the newbies.
Going to a restaurant tonight, so I went online to check out their menu & was very surprised to see they have a whole section of slimming world main courses & side dishes. I think Slimming World is very popular here in Derry, as all my friends here that are dieting go there rather than WW. The butchers here also have special SW products too. Pity the restaurant didn't put the propoints of their meals (even just the SW ones) on the menu too. At least there are loads of healthy options for me to choose from.
restaurant have to pay royalties to ww/sw ect cos propoints and all that sorta stuff is copyrighted....it is a business after all..a hotel here in cork got in trouble for it few years ago.
Enjoy your night out! At least you can relax knowing you can choose something relatively healthy 0 -
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feeling good today
Just hnd a lovely big smoothie for 2pp (got two pints hehe)
tinned pears (drained)
fist full of strawberries
2 small bananas
200ml Skimmed milk
It was SOOOOOOOO creamy and OMG SO FILLING! I stomach was rumbling while out walking the dogs so its filled me right up now Dinner not for another few hours
Just wondering would kiwi's work in in smoothies do ya think?|
If i can be good today....there is hope for this week still LOL all it takes is one good day to get the ball rolling!0 -
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Dunno how this happened but i used up all of my pp by lunchtime today:eek::eek:. I went for lunch and had a chicket fillet wrap...I guesstimated that this was 12pp...i am prob way off. Would anyone have any idea? It was about 3/4 of a breaded chicken fillet on a white wrap with a small bit of grated cheese and sweet chilli sauce??:rolleyes: Anyway when i got home from work i had a ww pizza - 12pp. Disasterous day all round after my good loss this morning :mad:
well if u had ur WI this morning, means u have all ur weeklies and the rest of the week to clock in a few activity points...so I wouldn't worry too much
You may have used ur points....but really it wasn't exactly overly unhealthy! thats the main thing!0 -
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Hey all,
Congrats on all the losses and the good days and motivation!!! So tried my experiment, never used weeklies before. Last week ate 30 of them and only lost .5 (which I'm not complaining, a loss is a loss!) so my leader told me good now eat more and them all so this week ate the 49 and 29 every day and gained a pound. Tempted to go back to how I was by not eating them but she told me to persevere, eat them again and you had to eat them.
Since starting WW nutritionally I'm doing fantastic and my food choices have been great and I feel great. I'm trying loads of new receipes and I'm 'trying' to not get hung up on numbers but em......back to only 7 pounds in 13 weeks?? It's getting a little frustrating.
Could I be eating too much of the good things? I'd have a good bit of fruit every day and my meal portions are quite large although more with veg. My protein and carbs are very sensible. I'm just finding it hard to figure out is all.
Rant over! Anyone any suggestions for a new food to try this week or has anyone had something they have tried for the first time? Trying to think of something 0 -
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hey everyone, well done on the weight loss! Im a goldmember, havn't gotten weighed for weeks, also havn't been tracking for months.... WI on tuesday and 7lbs over goal weight >:( considering I only lost 12 to get to goal, this is shocking! Anyhow back to tracking for me.
I'm wondering does anyone know how many pp are in a medium sized bucket of popcorn from the cinema? I have the old eat out book which states that its 6.5 points, but it's not in the new book. And I'm guessing theres approx the equivalent of 3 bags of manhatten pop in there making it 12 pp :mad:...........I couldn't help myself!
Also any advice from goldmembers about maintaining your weight? When I got to gold I wastold to kep tracking and altring my points until there was a week that I stayed the same, and there the points I should stick too. I thought this method was a bit weird, because even when you eat your normal points theres weeks where you stay the same, so I assumed that once I tried to watch what I was eating, and made teh right choices I would be ok without tracking....this was true for the first month maybe, and then I started to go up, and I've been going up ever since So do I really need to track for the rest of my life?!!! 0 -
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Hey Kavanajd
I got to gold on old system and I was on 18 a day at the time. I was told I was allowed 6 extra a day making it 24. It's not alot extra really to be fair. It's the same with this system, they allow you 29 a day and 49 weeklies. I can't imagine it's much more to maintain.
I know you don't want to track for the rest of your life but it is a lifestyle change that you have to keep in mind and you can't go back to eating as you did or else you go back to where you were (I'm speaking from experience). If you did it maybe once a week in a month it's a good exercise. You would notice all the little extra things you pick at and wouldn't think of writing down, one biscuit here, handfuls of this or that! Also you can get very laid back and your portion sizes become a lot larger. My 30g porridge had managed to double to 60 and I still thought I was having the same amount....it all adds up. also a couple of kick start weeks every month or 6 weeks or so helped me. I would be extra good on a week where I had nothing on. 0 -
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i got to goal in April and i still point everything that i eat,,i'm not as obsessed as i was when i was trying to lose weight..i'm now 11lbs under my goal weight and ok with putting up a few lbs as i know i can watch my points carefully the next week and lose it again. so for me yes i need to carry on tracking!!!Also any advice from goldmembers about maintaining your weight? When I got to gold I wastold to kep tracking and altring my points until there was a week that I stayed the same, and there the points I should stick too. I thought this method was a bit weird, because even when you eat your normal points theres weeks where you stay the same, so I assumed that once I tried to watch what I was eating, and made teh right choices I would be ok without tracking....this was true for the first month maybe, and then I started to go up, and I've been going up ever since So do I really need to track for the rest of my life?!!!0
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