WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII

out for dins, not too bad, came out of weeklys, but the booze man, phewwwwwww, cava, wine, shots!!!!

this morning have had mini fry, strawberry milkshake, latte and carrott cake!!!!!!! sweet jesus, and i was worried about a scone!!!!!!!!

am dead at weigh in!!!!!:eek:

not till friday, ya never know, too hungover to care today, will have chips later:):):)

gillygill wrote: »

hey all what do yous have as ur weekend treat ?? mine is usually a sinapore chow mein how many points would u say is in these ?x

i generally share a diced breast chicken curry with chips, dont have any rice or prawn crackers, no idea how many points in mine tho, i would give 10 points for the chips and not sure how to point the chicken, i generally would have approx 8 pieces
do u have the eating out guide? i know it has some chinese food in it but not sure if singapore chow mein is in it

Lady Lainy wrote: »

anyone have a lunch or dinner recipes that uses natural yoghurt. I have 1/2 carton in the fridge that i dont want to waste.

turkey tikka, made it the other night! Add some curry paste to the yoghurt and about a teaspoon of lemon juice. Mix in some diced turkey and leave it to marinate for a while. Then oven cook!

lizt wrote: »

turkey tikka, made it the other night! Add some curry paste to the yoghurt and about a teaspoon of lemon juice. Mix in some diced turkey and leave it to marinate for a while. Then oven cook!

oooh that sounds lovely! might try it with green curry, cos i have a jar of green curry paste open in the fridge

Going to try that tomorrow night with chicken breast i think

MILF wrote: »

Hi there,

Can someone tell me how many Pro Points are in a can of regular 7up?

Thanks!

4pp

Hey everyone, Just popping in for a quick hello some great losses on here well done!

So I've not posted in a while, but I've been keeping up with everyone's progress. I haven't fallen off the wagon or anything still pointing with a vengence.

Eabha I have the Davina Body Buff DVD and I have to say I find it great, it leaves me no excuse if I'm working late and too tired to go out for a walk I think I'll be using it alot over the winter months.

So Since last time I was here I went to Electric Picnic, I had a great time and for the first time since I started WW in January I didn't point for a whole week. I had a couple of days in my grandmothers prior to EP and I was taking her out for lunch dinner etc so I made sure to make as good a choice as I could and stock up on fruit and home made soups etc. I allowed myself to eat or drink whatever I wanted at EP, I have to say I was impressed I didn't go totally crazy! There was an amazing farmers market and they had so much yummy cakes, sweets etc. I bought a slice of chocolate biscuit cake and split it with a friend, I love it, but I took two bites and couldn't eat it, it was way too sickly sweet and probably the best thing i could have done because it put me off the thoughts of any cakes, sweets etc for the whole weekend!

I ate lots of nice savoury food though. The end result was I was up 1lb at my next WI, I was expecting a gain and it could have been alot worse. I continued to work my butt off exercising eating right etc and at my next WI I STS.......I was so frigging mad I know I know ridiculous but I had done a ton of exercise and was p*ssed off it was not showing on the scales.

I didn't let it deter me though and continued on. I'm working long hours at the moment - 12 hour days and sometimes 6 days a week so it's difficult but I'm a woman with a plan! I've spent the last couple of weekends doing major cook offs so I have good dinners in the freezer it means I pull out whatever in the morning and then all I have to do is cook some pasta, rice, cous cous etc and heat up the thing I froze and maybe make a salad it cuts down on so much time mid week and while I love cooking it's just too hard when I'm at the office 7am to 7pm and only getting home at 7.30 and still have to get in my hours exercise etc as well. Soup is my staple at lunch with a Ryvitta snack pack and I have 2 snacks at work one of fruit and the other depends on what I feel like but I try to keep it at about 5pp or so.

So had my next WI today and i'm delighted to say down 1.25lbs! so all the planning exercise etc is kicking into place and I'm back to my pre EP weight and an extra 0.25lbs to boot. I have to say I'm really seeing the inch loss as well, I've had some nice comments from people, my face looks alot thinner especially when I have my hair tied back even though I have a round face and I always will no matter what I weigh I'm starting to see more definition around my chin and my cheekbones are getting more pronounced.

My collar bones are sticking out a bit more as well and I'm definitely feeling it in my clothes so although I'm down 1.25lbs in basically 3 weeks I've definitely lost alot more in inches.

Keep up the good work everyone and don't let anyone or anything deter you. I've been having a tough time the last few weeks & it's part of the reason I've not posted, I'm not here to post a sob story but all I'll say is it would have been so easy for me to say f*ck it and undo all my hard work but I didn't. It's taken me since the 21st of January to lose 30lbs and there's no frigging way i'm putting it back on, I've worked extremely hard to lose it and with the exception of EP hadn't taken a break from the plan at all. The weeks I work hardest I may not lose at all and the following week may be 0.5 or 0.75 but it is coming off slowly but surely, it is so easy to put weight on but so difficult to lose it! Life is always going to be difficult so I've decided no matter what life throws at me I'm putting myself, my health and my body first! it's too easy to make excuses and it's not going to be something I do anymore.

To reward all this hard work I impulsively booked a holiday on Monday night. I'm going to NYC in December so I'm focused on getting into the 10st bracket prior to going, that'll be my xmas and it's also going to be my B'day so I want to ensure I work hard and continue to eat right between now and then so that I can relax & enjoy myself while I'm away and then when I get back with the exception of Xmas day I'll be back on plan with a vengence.

Sorry for the long post! Best of luck everyone with the coming week and enjoy ye're weekends

Lisa, just put the last week behind you and start afresh again, if you enjoyed it you prob got out of your system!!

Another good day..... Horrible weather but did a lovely hour walk in glendalough, just missed the crazy rain!! Resisted a hot chicken roll and practically drooling when the boyfriend was eating his! Had some fruit and popcorn and was happy out!! Gorgeous chicken and veg shake in bag then for dinner.... Then walked 1 hour to see a friend and back home so a whole 2 hours done today!! Yeah me... Only gone into my weeklies by 2!!

woo great news! Canteen in college is open! So now i have no excuse not to bring my own lunch Have somewhere to sit down and if i do have to get something in the canteen the girls are lovely. got sandwich today cos I was just so tired last night to make a lunch, and i asked for small bit of mayo...and i got a small bit it wasn't slathered on

Naughty, Naughty Day... I sware I am 100% dedicated to getting back on the wagon tomorrow!

Motivate me people :)

Lady Lainy wrote: »

hey whats the best way to roast veg?

What veg work best? How long? any dressings on them while roasting?

I had roast veg last night with steak while out to dinner and they were pretty good...kinda sweet

I throw in butternut squash, peppers, carrots, onion, courgette, brocolli. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil (4pp) & then sprinkle on some mixed herbs. Mix up & roast in the oven for 30-40 mins at 200. This gives me 2-3 portions. I sometimes have a plate of roast veg with 30g grated low fat cheese (2pp) for a very low pp lunch.