WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII

hi all!

regular lurker here, i think you're all great.. you are all helping me with your tips and advice. i check this every day. its like having 7 mini meetings during the week! lol

I'm the same as lainy this week in particular. have a chest infection the past fortnight even though im finished my antibiotics it still won't budge:mad: so cannot exercise whatsoever!

I've noticed with myself being very silly with my weeklies.. its like i just go through them for no reason each week, and a lot of the time on junk. so by the 2nd day of my week they are all gone. have to stop cos im going ovr my 29 by 1 or 2 each day.
anyone else have this problem??

Lady Lainy wrote: »

yes please i have a voucher for a place in town that sells gormet chorizo and sausage! would love to use it but have no ww healthy recipes to use chorizo in

Hi guys! Lady Lainy your chorizo request inspired me to post! I never post here but I seem to suddenly have a whole bunch of people I love on weightwatchers, and I as love cooking and am supposed to be writing a second cookbook I wanted to know what to cook for ww friends and what to avoid and how the whole propoints thing works. All I can say is you are absolute geniuses for figuring it out! I spent about an hour pointing one damn soup

I cooked this recipe for said friends the other day as they're bored senseless with what they were eating, I like the way with weightwatchers you can still eat everything in moderation, it's much more fun to cook for (and eat) than no carb Here's the recipe, sorry the image isn't the best:



100g chorizo. finely chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
2 sticks of celery, finely chopped,
3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
250ml tomato passata
1 tin of chickpeas, rinsed & drained
1L veggie stock, or water with a good stock cube thrown in
250g spinach
Freshly ground black pepper and sea salt

Cook the chorizo, onion, celery & garlic on a low-medium heat in a saucepan with the lid on. After 15 minutes throw in everything else except the spinach, add lashings of pepper and a pinch of salt. Bring it to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer with the lid on for 40 minutes.

When the soup is ready take out half the mixture and puree. Pour it back into the soup pot, stir it up and season. Just before you’re about to eat get the soup to piping hot and throw in the spinach, mix it up until the spinach is just wilted. Yum.

I think I've figured out the propoints by finding the nutritional value for each thing on http://caloriecount.about.com/ and then putting the results into this calculator: http://points.ogo.ms/ It's 38 propoints and feeds 4 generous helpings, so 9ish points each. Does that sound right? The nutritional stats according to the website are:

1 tbsp olive oil:Protein:0 Carbs:0 Fat:27.5g Fibre: 0.
100g chorizo: Protein:24g Carbs:1.9g Fat:39g Fibre: 0
1 onion: Protein:0 Carbs:1 Fat:0 Fibre:0
Celery: Protein:0 Carbs:1.8g Fat: 0 Fibre: 0
Tomato passata: Protein:2.4g Carbs:9.6g Fat: 1g Fibre: 0
1 can of chickpeas: Protein:24g Carbs: 100g Fat:4g Fibre:17g
250g spinach: Protein: 8.1g Carbs: 10.3g Fat: 1.1g Fibre: 6.2g

Sorry for the long post! x

sarahfancy wrote: »

That soup looks amazing! I just made one from one of the Cook Smart WW books that is also very yummy. Rosemary and Cannellini soup. The annoying thing about those books is that you have to recalculate the pp values. This one had 5.

I used up all my weeklies on wine this week. After losing 5 pounds last week, I'm sure there will be nothing happening Tuesday. But at least we danced for hours the other night. That's got to make up for something!

How do I get added to the weight loss Excel sheet? Or am I too late?

Just PM GT_TDI_150 your starting weight and then after this Saturday, PM him your loss. Your starting weight will be what you weigh after WI on Tuesday.

I'm leaving for America tomorrow for a month! I'm doing a trip from NY-LA so here's hoping I don't put back on all the weight I lost! America isn't exactly known for its healthy eating:o

Hi if you go into local corner stores rather then the likes of 7-11 you will find that the ones who have deli's attached sometimes have a pick and mix section with lots of chopped fresh fruit washed salads and meat choices also sushi type foods..if eating in diners( better then the chains ie Mc Don) look for the light bite section or if having breakfast ask for just egg white's scrambled or oatmeal(porridge) most will alter what can be altered if asked and bring all dressings on the side or give a side salad with most meals in local neighbourhood places.If getting a bagel ask for a smear when getting chream chesse and the will just put on a litttle if not the will slap half a tub on

The golden rule with eating in the states is ask and you will receive if you think you will be eating in place regulary tip well on day one and the will be even more helpfull

when getting drinks in pubs they will always have diet coke or juices to mix with the shorts

Just relax and enjoy and dont stress to much and enjoy your trip and watch the portions

fofany wrote: »

Wow, I'm so jealous. That's a trip I would love to do. My husband & I plan to do it when he retires - if there is such a thing as a tax free lump sum on retirement by then - so that's in about 25 years!

I have been so hungry these last few days - which isn't really like me. I usually get the odd hungry day, but now it has been 3 in a row. I've a pot of soup on at the moment to try & fill me up. The weather is so miserable here, so that's not helping either as I can't get out. Hope everyone is having a better day than me. I hope this hunger goes away as I only have 7 weeklies left!

Tis as miserable down here in Cork

Yesterday I got some ready to eat chicken breast in Dunnes they were wrapped in in ham with a caramilsed onion stuffing and mozeralla chesse 5pp absoultley delish have them with a side salad and 100g of veg cous cous also ready to eat from Tesco 4pp reall y tasty and delish as well and stuffed after it, a really handy quick fix for the fridge or to take to work as a lunch...

the hubby is truck driver I gave him a box with them same in it for his lunch tomorrow as he is fed up of sambo's and really wants to cut down on all the crap at the services he has a fridge in the truck so it will be lovely and fresh for him tomorrow on his way back down from Antrim:pac::pac:

Not too bad in Dublin. Overcast and drizzly. So glad I got out for my walk, although I did get a bit wet on the way back. Feeling really good this week and hope it is the start of my next stage of the WW journey

Oh my god, just back from a weekend away...haven't tracked in 3 days and am DREADING weigh in on wednnesday. I did try to make good food choices while away but drank way too much alcohol:( Hoping I can get back on track and try and even get a STS this week. A long shot me thinks:mad:

Heading to Cape Clear tomorrow!

And I just got my college place! got the course I wanted wooo!

Happy out! I can finally relax nd focus on losing weight, getting in shape! Gotta lose the scary amount i've gained in last month, plus wanna lose a further 7lbs! I know its just bloating and crap. just need a couple of pretty good weeks and I should be okay

Hi all.. Just wanted to say hi. Im newish to these boards (joined back in 2007 but only posted a couple of times) and was recommended this one by my friend. Im getting married in Malta in October this year and am trying to lose weight. Its the hardest thing i've ever had to do. I started WW last year after we got engaged and was doing quite well, losing on average 2lb a week. Money got tight so i thought id do it from home and just weigh myself- Of course it never happens like that !! I am walking 8km most days and have toned up a lot but i still have such a long way to go. I have at least 3 stone to lose !! Im determined now with 11 weeks to go to lose what i can so im back following the WW diet from home and getting weighed once a week in the chemist. The pro point system is different from what i used last year so im kind of stuck on it. I've been searching the net all day yesterday and this morning for recipies etc. And I have downloaded the iphone App to help me track. My friend has told me my new daily points allowance is 34. Im 5.7" and weight 216lb (15stone 4lb - eek).. Any advice/tips/menu's/encouragment would be so appreciated..

Tmeos wrote: »

Hi all,

Does anyone know how many points are in 50g cooked chicken. Left all my stuff at home and trying to point my lunch

Just checked the WW pocket guide. Drumstick, skinless, cooked portion 44g is 2 ppts, hope that helps you....