WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

another idea for eating out is ordering two starters instead of starter and main.. to be portion-size-wise..

kashmir wrote: »

I am sure that points for the batch bread is way out. I remember pointing the small one (Brennans) and it wasn't much more than ordinary bread...they are smaller slices but don't think it could make that much of a difference .........would it?? tell me "NO">>>

I dream of chipper chips on batch with real butter melting, it's the one thing I crave when I'm abroad.

Lol, well I had hoped the leader was wrong,but one or two in class said same unfortunately. I might check myself when in shop. When you think about it though batch is a fair bit heavier than normal bread

When I eat out I'll have a starter in place of main course and a dessert if I really fancy it,which I usually do cos I've a sweet tooth! Or I'll have two starters and fresh fruit for dessert.

m'lady wrote: »

When I eat out I'll have a starter in place of main course and a dessert if I really fancy it,which I usually do cos I've a sweet tooth! Or I'll have two starters and fresh fruit for dessert.

thats a good idea, I find I can be good all week, then itll come to eating out and everything goes downhill from there!!

amira wrote: »

Well, i'm no expert.. but in case of italian food i'd go for pasta with tomato based sauces.. avoid creamy ones like white wine sauces or carbonara..
If pizza, go for veggy ones.. and avoid also the bruschetta starters and such..
lasagne has white sauce so i'd stay clear of that one too..

Indians is the same thing, loads of their dishes have creamy sauces, such as tikka masala, and korma.. so go for their oven baked dishes such us chicken tikka.. they also have tomato based sauces in their plates..
avoid naan bread, poppadums and rich sauces..

Also, both type restaurants would have spicy sauces, and as far as i know spicy food helps speeding up the metabolism so if you like it hot, go for it!

oh thank you, thats a great help, Id never have known bruchetta was bad! I love italian so much and everything seems bad with all the carbs and oil!

Lady Lainy wrote: »

god i hate my local super value....they just looked at me like i as a freak when i asked if there was any Quorn mince. Had to get turkey mince instead!

ugh! the Quorn mince works out at WAY better value points wise and money wise! 300g turkey mince for 3 euro....

150g of Quorn mince......is a hell of alot more food on the plate than 150g turkey mince!

i like big portions....i'm a total foodie....i'd rather spend points on a nice big portion of something low in fat....then a smallish portion of a full fat food.

*stomps stomps stomps*

Ha ha I'm exactly the same!!!

Has anyone tried the frozen stirfrys from Lidl?
They are on sale at the moment for €1.50 and are yummy.
3pp for 100g - there's about 750g in the bag so half of it is about 12pp.
Stick in loads of extra mushrooms etc and you have a FEAST!
I'd recommend the bami goreng, yum.

Hey all....in great form today!! Went dress shopping and ordered THE ONE !!! Oh I love it and it will be in the middle of May so gives me plenty of time to get myself in shape and I have my hen's on the weekend of the 20th so I can get my dress fitting during the week of 13th - 20th May and then go WILD for the Hen party !!!

Then we went down to 2 shops to look at suits for hubby to be!! Oh god, he looked so good in them...We can't decide which to go for as they were both so different but both so nice!!

On the food front, I went for lunch with my sisters afer dress shopping and had a wrap with chicken, bacon, swiss cheese & sweet chilli sauce (ate about 3/4 of it) and a small chips but I hadn't had anything before that and nothing since...think i'll just grab something light this evening!!

Have my WI tomorrow night....was gonna go tonight cuz am really anxious to get on the scales, but in a good way! Held off but can't wait to get down there tomorrow...hope i am still this happy tomorrow

Just back from my weigh in, was down 7 pounds!:eek:Don't know how I was down so much!

eok56 wrote: »

Just back from my WI, down 2.5, 13.5 in 6 weeks

Going to miss my usual meeting next week.... I can go to one in the morning (different leader) but I don't know is this wise? Would I get a false reading?

I sometimes go to a meeting at lunch time if I can't make my usual evening one. Don't feel it makes that much difference to be honest.

Before I catch up on the days posts I thought id post about WI.

Down 2lbs Yay!!! Felt so bloated yday and TOTM due this week I thought I would be up or sts. Delighted, even more delighted cos now I am in the 15's (15st 13.5lbs but hey still the 15's wooo)!!!

So far 31.5lbs lost (since Nov 2010), long way to go but excited about the journey!!

Monife wrote: »

Before I catch up on the days posts I thought id post about WI.

Down 2lbs Yay!!! Felt so bloated yday and TOTM due this week I thought I would be up or sts. Delighted, even more delighted cos now I am in the 15's (15st 13.5lbs but hey still the 15's wooo)!!!

So far 31.5lbs lost (since Nov 2010), long way to go but excited about the journey!!

Congrats, that is a massive loss in total!!

Monife wrote: »

Well done!! Thats great!! I only saw those kinda numbers (not even that much, like 5, 4, 4.5) in the first few weeks of WW.

What's your secret? Hee hee!!

Would you mind posting a typical day food diary if u have the time, would love to see!

It's my first week losing that much! Think it's because I had totm last week and was so bloated, lost 2 pounds so think some of the lbs lost could be from last week! Left my tracker in the car, but will post up later/tomorrow afternoon:)

well i made the cottage pie. followed it to the letter but found it dry... its ok to eat but not happy ive only tasted it as in 2 minds if to eat it.... IF i dont any alternatives would any1 suggest? quick and easy, not in mood of slaving all night :-(

I amazingly have 7 pp left for the evening and Iv just had a bowl of fruit salad and yogurt. Any suggestions how to spend my points?? Something nice.

Eabhabear wrote: »

Down 2lbs tonight but I'm kinda disappointed with that because I was up 1.5lbs last week due to TOTM so really it's only 0.5lbs down after 2 really good weeks. At least it's down though.

On the issue of weeklies my leader said that people she has talked to have different views on them. Some people use them all and lose loads of weight while others can only lose using some of them. The official line is that you should be using them all and losing 1lb a week. This is to help you keep the weight off once you reach goal because once you reach goal you have to use your weeklies. Hope that clears it up a bit. What I'm going to do is on weeks where I don't have big events that I'll need them for, I'm going to allocate 4 weeklies a day making my dailies 33pp. Then I have 21 points left for emergencies. I'm going to see how this works out.

A lady in our class said that the Avonmore low fat supermilk is the same points as the slimline milk. This is great for me because my family drink the supermilk so it'll save me money now

Also there's reduced fat crisps in M&S that are only 1pp per bag if anyone is looking for low fat snacks

Hi Eabha, don't be disheartened. That's a great loss. Not last week, but the week before I lost 1lb and was really p***ed off and went off the rails, lucky enough I sts the following week. Also, if you have done much exercise, you might have gained some muscle. I think I would of had a bigger number this week if I hadnt exercised 6 out 7 days (sounds silly I know but I would say I am gaining some muscle at this stage).

Re: the weeklies. Also asked my leader and she said pretty much the same as yours. She said if you dont need all of them then dont use them. She said you should try and use some of them as your weightloss would be more sustainable and give you an idea of maintenance even though you would have more then. I used all weeklies and dailies this week and lost 2lb. Nothing planned this week except lunch with my mum (so hopefully will choose the healthy option) so I am going to try just use about half of my weeklies (need them for my few vodkas and nibbles on the weekend) and see how WI goes next week.

Do you know what the M&S crisps are called or look like?

3PP left, think I deserve a treat. Going to have some tesco light choices vaniletta icecream with some raspberries on top nom nom nom!