WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

hi carolinespring

like jwacqui i agree you need to look at the whole process a bit differently. dont look at it as 7st to lose and break it down into smaller goals. take it a lb at a time then that way when you reach your mini goal you will feel much better about your achievement and that in turn will give you the motivation to set your next target and keep going to reach it!

i have 3stone to lose in total and i got my first stone this week. i set myself mini targets for each month. i try to set my target depending on what i have going on during that particular month.eg im not gonna set myself a big loss target if im going on holidays during that month as i know i want to enjoy my hols and personally i know that its not going to be possible for me personally.

it might also be a good idea, like jwacqui suggested, to try going to a different meeting to the one you went to previously and see how you get on there.

at the end of the day do it for yourself, take it a day at a time and if you have a bad day leave it in the past.you have taken a huge step already in realising that you want to make a change and as you said you have done it before so there is nothing stopping you doing it again!!!

best of luck with it:D

Hi carolinespring,

I am glad you are feeling more positive. My WW jorney is a bit all over the place to be honest I starting back in Oct last year and have lost 1st 9lb since and before that lost 9lb so altogether 2st 4lb.
I have a food diary in the foody diary tab that explains it all if you want to read it, it also has my weekly losses and some gains and shows that its not always perfect!
My one big tip is STICK WITH IT!! WW works, most of us have been before and the reason we are back is because we gave it up and didn't stick with it. Another thing I would say is stay for your meeting! I used to hear this all the time and leave and I set myself a task to stay for as many in a row as I could so I have only missed one meeting since last October and I can't stress how much this has helped me!
Another thing I would say is if you have a bad day or week or month put it behind you and just get back on track don't let it get you down.

There's so many more things I could say but I'd be here all day!

Are you going to join a meeting you've been to before or a different one?

J xx

My one big tip is STICK WITH IT!! WW works

Another thing I would say is stay for your meeting!

Another thing I would say is if you have a bad day or week or month put it behind you and just get back on track don't let it get you down.

Well said Jwacqui. Probably the three best tips you could get there carolinespring. As you say you know you can do this. It won't always be easy but at least with WW it doesn't have to be torture.

I lost five and a half stone years ago with WW but stopped going when the leader I had left. I put it all back on and 6 stone more.

I went back to WW last January and I've lost 4 stone so far. I'm quite determined and motivated this time. One of the things that keeps me motivated is I asked my daughter (6) to draw a picture of me as I was when I started and what I would look like when I reach my goal. I keep that drawing where I can see it- see attachment.

I also found a great leader- Michael who does a lot of the mens meetings in Dublin and if I miss my local meeting I go to another venue where I know he'll be. I went to other meetings but I found some of the leaders less than inspiring. So shop around until you find a good leader.

The thing I found hardest when I started back was getting up off my a$*e and doing some exercise. I started walking -just to the shops and I gradually built that up so now I do a couple of hours a day, I even jog a bit now. Get a dog- or borrow one:) My dog hides now when she sees me reaching for the lead.

I find the weekends hard especially like this one when the weather is so crap. And any break in the routine can throw a spanner in the works but as jwacqui says "Just put it behind you"

My wife and daughter still eat Icecream and chocolate and I've got to where it doesn't bother me to open the fridge and see a carton of Ben and Jerry's phish food icecream looking back at me. Buy plenty of fruit and if you have a really sweet tooth - like me- remember there are alternatives, the little five pack of after 8s is only two and a half points, same for a curly wurly, a crunchy is 3 and a half points. Meringue nests are quite low in points too.

Remember Plenty of varied veg on your plate to fill you up. One thing I've done is I replaced mash potato with mashed cauliflower. I replaced bread with the round wholemeal pitta pockets for one point and I fill them up with turkey or salmon and plenty of tomatoes, cucumber, beetroot, onions and mustard for a very filling low point sandwich.

I can honestly say I haven't felt hungry since I started WW.

Best of luck

Onwards and downwards! (Weightwise:D)

hi guys,

hope everyone had a nice weekend lord above i wasn't at my meeting last week so i weighed myself this morning & it looks like i'm up 8 yes i just said 8lbs! some major damage limitation is necessary & it's back to basics for me for the next couple of weeks i'm hoping my scales at home is a bit off which means i'm expecting to be 5 or 6 lbs up for this weeks weigh in. i've been a bit on the bold side saying oh sure i've done so well so far but bloody hell the feelings i'm having now are so not worth the food i've eaten!!!

right so on wards & downwards AGAIN

best of luck to everyone this weekend!

thanks rubadub i'm using a digital ww scales but not too sure about the battery lets hope so eh! lol i was looking at those salter ones recently but i don't like to weigh myself much as i think it defeats to purpose of ww.

however, no harm in getting a little shock to the system to get be back on track.

Hopefully tonight will go well!!!!! Last week I was down 4lbs so not expecting too much for week 2, but I'd love to be down something anyway!

Chow mein would be the best option points wise from the chinese, Chicken chow mein has 8points and a Prawn chow mein has 6 I think!

I find this site extremely helpful for points values; http://www.freewebs.com/noreenblackett/

Good luck and I hope you feel better soon!

Oh just so you're aware Chicken in black bean has 8points and boiled rice is 6.5points for the tray! 14.5points is not worth it!

J xx

Hi all how are we doing this monday ??

Welcome to all the new posters just been catching up on the weekend posts..

Carolinesprings..welcome aboard the ww journey what the others have said is spot on taking it small goals at a time is defo the way to go!! Tracking is great too..and also the exercise is key to helping you keep the weight off in the long run..Anyways hope your feeling better..and dont woory too much bout ww while sick most important thing is to get better!!

Oh and i was told Chicken chow mein tray is 9.5 points is it only 8 points??:)

After my awful WI last week..my thurs and fri went well..sat and sun were written off again with my social life..drinks and foodies both days no tracking or nout...Then monday comes around again and im trying to be good..:)..Hoping to god i wont be up again..just finding things very hard not using the gym..as im defo not burning what i was??..Im trying to walk to wrk etc its jus hard fitting it all in when i wrk 12 hr shifts..trying anyways i guess that counts :)

Ladiee24.. Iv been the same myself past 2 weeks been over good bit points wise and saying im fine iv done great but i was honestly gutted at WI last week when i heard 3lb..!! Your right it aint worth it..!! But if you are up this week draw a line and as ya say get right back on track for next few weeks and ul be at goal in no time..!!

Im hoping to do the same with the hols coming up too..!! Heres hoping anyways...Onwards and Downwards...:D

Best of luck at WIs!!..xx

tscul32 wrote: »

Just The points listed in books for eating out are guidelines only and best to be used only to help you decide which meal is the best option.

SmellyKelli wrote: »

Chicken and mushroom is only something like 3/4 points from the chineese.....Its the rice that kills your points :mad:

If you look carefully the points in the books are often also listed per 100g. I know that my local chinese does portions much bigger than this and I'm sure yours does too! They work well as a guideline as you say, just don't take them literally!

When you do get takeway, limit the damage by getting one of the 'better' options. Eat until you're full then stop; have the rest for lunch the next day, or give it to your bf/brother/dog

lmb wrote: »

just found kinda good WW tracker in excel - am I allowed to attach it to a post does anyone know?

i am awful writing things down but at PC 8 hours a day so find it easier (also adds it all up for you!!)

I am drifting and need to get kicked into place - heart broken last Thurs as I was +2lbs...... took me 2 weeks to loose 2lbs before that!!!

Hey Im no mod, but Im sure you would be allowed to? there is another type of tracker up above here that was attached anyway!

lmb wrote: »

will post link instead (didn't think of that!!)

http://www.stellamama.com/MyWeightWatcherspoints.xls

seems to calculate points for u - not sure how accurate but for things I know the points of say "banana" i put it as 75 calories to give me 1.5 points - need to play around with a bit but hope useful to other lasy people like me who never brings tracker or if i do don't fill it out!!

enjoy people

Just to let you know that that spreadsheet is based on the American way of calculating points. I'm not sure how much it differs, but it is different. They include fibre while calculating points so just be aware that it may not be entirely accurate