WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII

cosmic · 15-04-2012 10:40PM

BaileyPants wrote: »

Hi! Where would I get the hovis nimble bread

Taz1 wrote: »

I was just about to ask the same question! Are the slices as small as the WW bread?

Aldi sell it, as do Tesco. It's much bigger and nicer than the WW bread - it's not full of holes and when you try to butter it, it doesn't fall to pieces! It soaks up egg really nicely so I make french toast with it. It's pointed the same as the WW thin sliced stuff - 1pp for 1 slice and 3pp for 2 slices. Definitely worth trying it. Oh, and it's slightly cheaper than the WW stuff too!

Casher · 16-04-2012 06:33AM

Haven't posted here in a while, but I have been keeping an eye for motivation. Just reached a mini milestone on my weight loss journey - BMI of 25.0, a 'normal' weight again. So happy. Less than 13lb to go to reach my goal of BMI 23, 146lbs. End of journey - I have you in my sights!!

BaileyPants · 16-04-2012 07:39AM

Well I don't think I was too bad over the weekend, but I didn't track so how am I to know?! Why do I do it, absolutely cannot seem to get a handle on weekends. Didn't even drink, just eating meals too high in points. Oh well, thank God for the routine of Mon-Fri.. Hope everyone has a good week!

Das Kitty · 16-04-2012 07:41AM

I went for an 8K walk yesterday.

*checks if hell has frozen over* :pac:

charlietheminxx · 16-04-2012 08:40AM

I was sick from Thursday night to Saturday. I didnt do any walking but managed to still eat all my propoints :rolleyes: Haha.... oh well.....

tiny_penguin · 16-04-2012 08:52AM

BaileyPants wrote: »

Well I don't think I was too bad over the weekend, but I didn't track so how am I to know?! Why do I do it, absolutely cannot seem to get a handle on weekends. Didn't even drink, just eating meals too high in points. Oh well, thank God for the routine of Mon-Fri.. Hope everyone has a good week!

I hear that bout the routine of mon-fri, I really dont think I could handle ww if I was unemployed. Weekends are def the hardest, esp sunday if you are bored.

Had such a nice night away on saturday night. Was a little bold with the food and went for 3 courses - starter being chicken liver pate - which I know is a killer. But I got cod for my main and didnt even eat half of my dessert cos I was so full. Also cos I am drinking a lot less and weigh less I got drunk pretty quickly - didnt even drink a full bottle of wine. So was doing pretty good - still had 18pp weeklies left. Then the hungover hotel breakfast kicked in - had 2 eggs, beans and a sausage and 2 pieces of toast. Put butter on them which I didnt need. Then had a bagel with chicken cheese and guacamole for lunch. I decided to forgo potato with my dinner and just had lamb gravy and veg which was good. Im hoping I havent done too much damage before my WI tomorrow and am being super good today and tomorrow to make up for it! Wish I hadn't lost the plot on things yesterday though!

Boulevardier · 16-04-2012 09:09AM

Does anyone know what the points might be on a burrito?

I find burritos are a meal in themselves. I have been guessing 10 propoints for a typical burrito (without sour cream) but perhaps that is over-optimistic.

ali85 · 16-04-2012 10:56AM

Morning folks...

I have been really good, only used about 15-18 weeklies and had a lovely singapore chow mein last night as a treat (using about 5 weeklies and the rest of my dailies) yet my scales are showing no shift. I was delighted on Saturday morning because my scales showed me @ 10st 9lb but obviously that was 1st thing in the morning yet since then I am on the up... Can't understand it at all. I overpointed my chinese last night just to be safe but otherwise I have been really religious about pp (even pointing the Cornetto Enigma from a multi pack @ 5pp which I was delighted about)

I have been out jogging and walking, boxing on the wii fit and just generally exercising. I think I have hit my plateau....

So disheartened at the moment.

tiny_penguin · 16-04-2012 11:48AM

Thought I was going to be really good but then they had quiche in the canteen - so had a broccoli quiche and then for some unknown reason a bag of hunky dorys!

Pointed the quiche at 12pp - not sure if thats accurate or not - any ideas?

bear1234 · 16-04-2012 11:55AM

I'm new to this thread and I see a lot of you talking about the 30 day shred. I've looked it up on youtube and looks way too difficult for me! I still have a lot of weight to lose and I'm looking for something to help me tone because when I started ww I was losing weight very quickly. I do zumba twice a week and I'm going to do a taster class of zumba toning on Friday but I have a feeling it's gonna be very very difficult! has anybody tried both and are they similar?

lisa_celtic · 16-04-2012 12:20PM

Back on track Monday Morning as promised lol.. the only good thing that I can say about this week is that i gained so much last week that I am bound to be down a lb tomorrow even with my indulgent weekend in cork! having veg soup for lunch and reading what i missed since friday so been a good girl this lunch time

I think Solefin and BNS for dinner, no treats.. seven hail marys and a good weigh in tomorrow is what is on the cards for tonight hehe

ck83 · 16-04-2012 12:22PM

Hi everyone!
Happy Monday! Fingers crossed for some good losses this week.
I was away at the weekend, but was at a friends house, and had the baby with me, so not exactly a high points affair. a couple of home cooked dinners, but i've pointed them fairly accurately i think, and was quite restrictive with the cakes that were floating around... using my dailies/weeklies as necessary. i've (against all my better intentions) used almost all of my weeklies this week, and i haven't been as good as usual for exercise, but i've done a bit. it's a horribly cold and windy day today, so i'm going to do davina later on to avoid going out for a walk.
until saturday morning, everytime i stepped on my scales, it was showing me up 3/4 of a lb from my last weigh in, but today, i stepped on it was was down a couple of lb. I know my scales isn't proper accurate (but I can get a fairly good idea from it), and I also know I shouldn't be standing on it, but it's hard to resist! I should just throw the bloody thing out really!

On another note, I realised something this morning... I drove 2 and a half hours to my friends house on sat, and back yesterday. It never once occurred to me to stop at a shop... before, i'd probably have stopped as i left town, and possibly again along the road- and it isn't curly wurlys and snax i'd have bought either... i'd wager i'd have used a weeks worth of weeklies each way... driving was a real danger spot for me in terms of eating, and i realised that that's a major change i've made, and i'm quite proud of that (admittedly, having the baby in the car helps, coz it's such a hassle to get him out, go into the shop, put him back in etc...i think that helped with this change, but now even if i was without him, the shop wouldn't cross my mind i think). Delighted with this latest non scales achievement!

on yet another note... does anyone have any idea what's the best low points pizza option - not 4 star, but frozen/supermarket ones??? was thinking of buying a base from the deli counter in supervalu and making my own, but dont know how to point it??? all help gratefully received.... have a longing for pizza today!!!

ali85 · 16-04-2012 12:29PM

ck83 wrote: »

Hi everyone!

on yet another note... does anyone have any idea what's the best low points pizza option - not 4 star, but frozen/supermarket ones??? was thinking of buying a base from the deli counter in supervalu and making my own, but dont know how to point it??? all help gratefully received.... have a longing for pizza today!!!

I made my own pizza base with a recipe from one of the WW mini cookbooks. For a small pizza ( I like the base really crisp) I would use about 40g of flour, a teaspoon of dried yeast (fast acting) 1 tbsp of olive oil, salt and warm water. I only made it on saturday night... I pointed the base @ about 5/6 pp and aside from the copious amounts of cheese I put on which were very naughty I put 2pp worth of chorizo on with all the veggies like mushrooms and peppers etc... worked out well under the 10pp mark. I have made it before @ around 8pp... DELISH!!!

Although if you find out how many pp are in those pizza bases from the deli counter let me know...

BaileyPants · 16-04-2012 01:03PM

Boulevardier wrote: »

Does anyone know what the points might be on a burrito?

I find burritos are a meal in themselves. I have been guessing 10 propoints for a typical burrito (without sour cream) but perhaps that is over-optimistic.

Think about the individual ingredients if you were to make it from scratch yourself & get the points that way

tiny_penguin wrote: »

I hear that bout the routine of mon-fri, I really dont think I could handle ww if I was unemployed. Weekends are def the hardest, esp sunday if you are bored.

Had such a nice night away on saturday night. Was a little bold with the food and went for 3 courses - starter being chicken liver pate - which I know is a killer. But I got cod for my main and didnt even eat half of my dessert cos I was so full. Also cos I am drinking a lot less and weigh less I got drunk pretty quickly - didnt even drink a full bottle of wine. So was doing pretty good - still had 18pp weeklies left. Then the hungover hotel breakfast kicked in - had 2 eggs, beans and a sausage and 2 pieces of toast. Put butter on them which I didnt need. Then had a bagel with chicken cheese and guacamole for lunch. I decided to forgo potato with my dinner and just had lamb gravy and veg which was good. Im hoping I havent done too much damage before my WI tomorrow and am being super good today and tomorrow to make up for it! Wish I hadn't lost the plot on things yesterday though!

Ah we all regret the feast after the fact, just do the usual 'draw the line' effort & move on lol

ali85 wrote: »

Morning folks...

I have been really good, only used about 15-18 weeklies and had a lovely singapore chow mein last night as a treat (using about 5 weeklies and the rest of my dailies) yet my scales are showing no shift. I was delighted on Saturday morning because my scales showed me @ 10st 9lb but obviously that was 1st thing in the morning yet since then I am on the up... Can't understand it at all. I overpointed my chinese last night just to be safe but otherwise I have been really religious about pp (even pointing the Cornetto Enigma from a multi pack @ 5pp which I was delighted about)

I have been out jogging and walking, boxing on the wii fit and just generally exercising. I think I have hit my plateau.... So disheartened at the moment.

Now you listen here Mrs. Motivator!

You are doing everything right & you know it will show eventually, and think of the amazingness that you're doing to your health!. You keep everyone else motivated on here & we all wish that we were as disciplined as you are. So chin up, this will pass & you'll be back to normal kicking all our asses in a few days!

lisa_celtic wrote: »

Back on track Monday Morning as promised lol.. the only good thing that I can say about this week is that i gained so much last week that I am bound to be down a lb tomorrow even with my indulgent weekend in cork! having veg soup for lunch and reading what i missed since friday so been a good girl this lunch time

I think Solefin and BNS for dinner, no treats.. seven hail marys and a good weigh in tomorrow is what is on the cards for tonight hehe

Snap! I'm making the same for myself and the hubby this evening, yum

ck83 · 16-04-2012 01:17PM

ali85 wrote: »

I made my own pizza base with a recipe from one of the WW mini cookbooks. For a small pizza ( I like the base really crisp) I would use about 40g of flour, a teaspoon of dried yeast (fast acting) 1 tbsp of olive oil, salt and warm water. I only made it on saturday night... I pointed the base @ about 5/6 pp and aside from the copious amounts of cheese I put on which were very naughty I put 2pp worth of chorizo on with all the veggies like mushrooms and peppers etc... worked out well under the 10pp mark. I have made it before @ around 8pp... DELISH!!!

Thanks for that! You reminded me that I cut a recipe out of a ww mag recently for pizza. Recipe is quite similar, so I'm going to give that ago this pm. Do you think it would freeze well? The recipe makes four. Would be handy to have a few bases in the freezer ready to go.
Right. Off to get some yeast...

charlietheminxx · 16-04-2012 01:48PM

I do a really lazy personal pizza.

1 pitta bread - toast it til it swells up, then slice in half so you have two really thin bases. Top with a little bit of passata, mushrooms, ham and low fat cheese and cook in the oven for 15 mins. Serve with a feckload of salad!

Gets me through a jam sometimes for about 7pp!

dietdiva · 16-04-2012 03:06PM

Hi guys,
Love reading this motivating thread. I'm getting a longing for a hot chicken fillet from spar etc - i'll go without the roll, far too many points! Anyone know the points of the chicken fillet?

Thanks in advance.

RachaelFergie · 16-04-2012 03:49PM

lisa_celtic wrote: »

I think Solefin and BNS for dinner, no treats.. seven hail marys and a good weigh in tomorrow is what is on the cards for tonight hehe

Can I ask what BNS are seen people mention them before

charlietheminxx · 16-04-2012 03:52PM

RachaelFergie wrote: »

Can I ask what BNS are seen people mention them before

Butternut Squash

dazzlemoo · 16-04-2012 06:02PM

Hey everyone, spent the day at my parents and for lunch my Mam asked if I wanted a fresh bread roll, straight from the bakery (it looked delicious-all burnished and golden with a soft fluffy inside) but I said "no" and asked for the brown bread. (Dead proud of myself, lol) Had some ham and lettuce, tomato and onion on it, and a pack of Rancheros (3pp).

For dinner, I had stirfry using Aldi's "Asia" Chow Mein sachet (blue packet, ONLY 2PP :eek: per pack) with a chicken fillet and a small portion of noodles.
Mam gave me a Terry's Chocolate Orange as a late Easter present, (she knows I love them) and I've decided to keep 'til after my WI tomorrow night as a treat! I've been good all week and it's something to look forward to.

Have a good week, everyone

ali85 · 16-04-2012 06:15PM

BaileyPants wrote: »

Now you listen here Mrs. Motivator! You are doing everything right & you know it will show eventually, and think of the amazingness that you're doing to your health!. You keep everyone else motivated on here & we all wish that we were as disciplined as you are. So chin up, this will pass & you'll be back to normal kicking all our asses in a few days!

Thanks baileypants. Just really frustrated at the moment. Just had a lovely 6pp of garlic lemon chicken and loadsa veggies. Am just gettin on the wii fit nw. Cant understand whats happening at all at all at all... oh well

MaggieMay2 · 16-04-2012 06:47PM

Hey ali you know sure were always saying we can't figure it out sometimes and our bodies can just be playing up etc. So maybe after a week where you used all your weeklies and not this week that could be playing up, retaining water etc etc! Are you eating the same things alot, are you using too many points on treats and not 'proper' food, too much exercise, not using enough weeklies to balance etc. I always try and sit back and think about what I'm doing and I have my old trackers and look back at them at weeks I've lost/haven't. I try to eat a different breakfast, lunch and dinner every day and vary the exercise?

There are so many reasons but if you know that you have put the work in it will show eventually. And like that don't get too hung up on numbers, it's about a change in lifestyle so it all pays off

Cliodhna26 · 16-04-2012 07:14PM

What a bummer!

Just started an internship and I haven't been paid in the 4 weeks I have been there!!
Unfortunately I can't even afford to go to weight watchers.. I might have a home weigh in tomorrow night and record it myself!

Oh a sign of the times!!

Monife · 16-04-2012 07:43PM

Really happy with myself this week. Have exercised every day except Sunday and even went for 2 walks (sooo unlike me) on Friday and a longer one than expected today (albeit only 50 minutes but had planned a half an hour one). Had a really yummy dinner tonight: Chicken breast done in Maggi So Juicy Paprika (3PP per sachet and I did 3 chicken breasts in it, so 1PP per serve) with a baked potatoe, carrots and 2 spoons of beans. Yum!! Really hoping for a good loss this week as I think I totally deserve it this week

tiny_penguin · 16-04-2012 08:25PM

Am so worried about WI tomorrow, after promising I would be good today I think I threw it all away on the quiche and the crisps. I am hoping for a STS - I guess this week is only the 2nd time where I am worried I might be up and I think i deserve to be. So far I havent been up at all but every week I think its bound to happen sooner or later. I bet tomorrow in work is goingto be the longest, hungriest day ever!

Monife · 16-04-2012 08:33PM

OMG!! What a steal!!!! Goodfella's have produced 2 low fat pizza's! The tomatoe and mozzarella one is 10PP and the chargrilled chicken one is 11PP for the WHOLE thing!! It is called the Delizia range!!

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=272601529

http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=272601322

(You will need to register with Tesco online to view the pizza's, you just enter your clubcard number and contact details to register)

ck83 · 16-04-2012 09:19PM

ck83 wrote: »

Thanks for that! You reminded me that I cut a recipe out of a ww mag recently for pizza. Recipe is quite similar, so I'm going to give that ago this pm. Do you think it would freeze well? The recipe makes four. Would be handy to have a few bases in the freezer ready to go.
Right. Off to get some yeast...

I made this earlier... scrumptious!!! The recipe was 13 pp (mine was actually 15, because I used extra cheese), but i'd had a light lunch, so had the pp... worth every one! Thanks Ali... it would never have occurred to me to make a pizza base myself, but I'll definitely be doing it again. It could be made a bit smaller for less pp, because 13 isn't exactly crazy low!!! Turns out i didn't need to worry about how well they'd freeze, because my brother and my niece arrived in, and i ended up feeding the masses!!!

cosmic · 17-04-2012 09:30AM

Monife wrote: »

OMG!! What a steal!!!! Goodfella's have produced 2 low fat pizza's! The tomatoe and mozzarella one is 10PP and the chargrilled chicken one is 11PP for the WHOLE thing!! It is called the Delizia range!

Wow! I'm totally going on the hunt for these. Has anyone actually seen them in the shops yet?

RachaelFergie · 17-04-2012 10:29AM

Down 2lb shocked is the only word I can use!!

ali85 · 17-04-2012 10:39AM

morning folks...thanks for the messages of support. I think it could be water retention... i have been working out quite a lot trying to tone up the aul belly area...worked out for an hour last night. I think a major problem I was having was as much as I was working out i wasn't drinking nearly enough water. Have bottle in hand all day today... i am off work today so I plan on going to the park for a while, have made some lovely fruit salad for snacks...

Foodwise i have been trying to change things up a bit. I went a bit hell for leather on chicken fajita wraps for a while (they were just so god damn tasty! ) am trying out new veggies and new dinner options.

Looking forward to reading how well you all do at WI today... you all seem to be flying!!!

WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII

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