WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread MkII

I think Pad Thai noodles vary between 18 and 22pp. I stand corrected but almost sure I read it somewhere!....nuts, and nuts in sauce (I think) sauce and would imagine they would use near 10-12pp worth of noodles. If you see how much in a portion of the Blue Dragon/Sharwoods etc.

Oh god my mam just asked me to go for a pizza and a few beers tonight!! Vommit!! Wat do I do cos if I say no she'll start going on with ur taking this weight loss to seriously and ur getting addicted!! Help

RachaelFergie wrote: »

Oh god my mam just asked me to go for a pizza and a few beers tonight!! Vommit!! Wat do I do cos if I say no she'll start going on with ur taking this weight loss to seriously and ur getting addicted!! Help

Its so hard when you have people around you with that attitude. I second the suggestion for Milanos and the Legarro range. But maybe sit down and try to explain that you are taking it seriously, there is no point in doing it by halves as you will never get anywhere. I have the same discussion with my dad every sunday when he sees me weigh out my portion of potato and watch him like a hawk when he is adding oil to anything. It gets tiresome but you need to do whats right for yourself.

lost 1lb yest delighted as had sts last week, 4.5lb gone in 4 weeks slow but least its going the right way:)

I am soo demotivated!!

I just can't seem to care about the ww wagon the past week!

But you know what, I just read the posts here from the last few days and I think my motivation is back on the up again!

Thanks guys and gals!!

I dont log on for 24hours and have pages to catch up on lol

ali85 wrote: »

Im the same as you Lisa... I am in no way disciplined enough for F&H days yet... you would think after 3 months I would be but nope!

Had a mini disaster @ lunch today... I work up beside Christchurch and there is a food market up in the grounds up there on a Thursday. Its just started back up. Last summer it was there and I would get whatever I liked, (quesadillas, burgers, curries etc ) this time I was trying to be careful, but I just cant resist mexican food. They had these tacos... OMG the TACOS!!! Anyway... instead of the full portion of 3 tacos I just opted for one, a small enough flour tortilla wrap (about the size of the WW ones) with pork and guacamole. No cheese or sour cream.... I am thinking of pointing around 9pp... there wasn't a lot of pork and it was minced, it was a spicy tomato sauce and it was only really 2 teaspoons of guacamole...

Anyway... its only 1st day after WI so i know I have the whole week if I am underpointing....

Anyone who lives or works around the area, I would totally recommend that market... the choice up there is great...

Sounds lush.. thank god i only have the manky garage across the road.. so bring my own lunch I would be a divel for getting in to mind set of shur its only thursday its there so il treat myself!!

BaileyPants wrote: »

OMG people! I've only gone and reached my 1st stone and my 5% whoop! Took me a while but the fact that I'm there now makes me not care how long it took! Am delighted!

congrats Baily so happy you got back on the wagon bet it feels worth it now!!

mellowkelly wrote: »

does anyone know if a chicken curry from a chinese is 12 or 22 points? two different leadrs gave me different points so im not sure which is right?

A vegatble Curry is 8pp so I add another 8pp for the chicken.. so 16ish?

The last time I had Chinese I weighted out the rice chips counted my chicken and only had a drissle of curry over it, it was yummy!! coming from me who had Chinese twice a week before weight watchers!

RachaelFergie wrote: »

Oh god my mam just asked me to go for a pizza and a few beers tonight!! Vommit!! Wat do I do cos if I say no she'll start going on with ur taking this weight loss to seriously and ur getting addicted!! Help

four Star Pizza have the skinng Pizza range.. and i swear you would not notice the difference.. if your eating out Milalonas are the way to go.. or if its your mama cooking goodfellas have launched new pizza under 500kcal dunno if there in the shops yet

I have to go through this with my family all the time when they offer me coke or squash and i ask is it suger free.. there like its only a glass of fricken coke but to me that could be the same as having an extra 40g of rice or a potateo with my dinner. At home in our house we would have lunch (big irish dinner) at 12.30-1 everyday and then come 6 o clock more food is needed. Where as when I'm up the country I have my lunch and big dinner in the evening. Its almost like there offended that you dont want to eat like u used to even though there happy your been healthier.. also it has come accross from some people (not my family) that they dont like you to be healthy cause then they cant really pig out on front of you and kind of want you as there excuse to eat loads.. shur lisas coming over wel order in!

BTW, anyone else used this site?

http://get.ziplist.com/

It's fantastic! You register & start browsing for recipies. I started saving ones by Laa Loosh & Skinny Taste etc. Then you can go into the 'Discover' tab and it brings up hundreds of suggested recipes based on the genre you've been saving. So I have now found lots more sites that are WW and low fat friendly that I hadn't come across before! Plus there's an option to 'add to your shopping list'. So if you choose a few meals that you'd like to try this week, just select add to shoping list & bring with you when doing your weekly shop so you'll have all the ingredients at your fingertips.

Hi all...just wondering if anyone can help me. I'm doing weight watchers online and I was just wondering if anyne can tell me what the story is with the reduced minimum points..I think it was 29 and now it's 26...is that right, or am I way off? Im well above the minimum so I have no clue:( anyway, I was wondering does it work the same on higher propoints values-can you drop your amount by say 3-4 and speed things up without any negative consequence(like when you hear it works for a few weeks and then slows you down etc)-has anyone tried this?or does slow and steady really win the race outright|?holidays coming up and Im panicking:eek: hope I make sense with the questions!

marvilly wrote: »

Hi all...just wondering if anyone can help me. I'm doing weight watchers online and I was just wondering if anyne can tell me what the story is with the reduced minimum points..I think it was 29 and now it's 26...is that right, or am I way off? Im well above the minimum so I have no clue:( anyway, I was wondering does it work the same on higher propoints values-can you drop your amount by say 3-4 and speed things up without any negative consequence(like when you hear it works for a few weeks and then slows you down etc)-has anyone tried this?or does slow and steady really win the race outright|?holidays coming up and Im panicking:eek: hope I make sense with the questions!

I would go with slow and steady wins the race. I started August last year and have lost over 2 stone. I lowered to 26pp after Christmas when the changes came in but put myself back on 29pp because I felt I was depriving myself a little bit. I was opting to leave out a healthy 3pp so I could have my treats etc.

Best of Luck.. if your online they should tell you your points when you input your weight loss.

my boyfriend had an acti fry, We have used it a lot, it's amazing for chips and roasted veg is delicious in it, Never cooked meat in it to but say it would be yum. you can make all sorts in them, risottos etc..

they aint cheap tho

brenmcp wrote: »

my boyfriend had an acti fry, We have used it a lot, it's amazing for chips and roasted veg is delicious in it, Never cooked meat in it to but say it would be yum. you can make all sorts in them, risottos etc..

they aint cheap tho

ck83 wrote: »

My best friend has an actifryer too, and she loves it. Uses it loads. I'm going to splash out and buy myself one at some stage. Because I'm worth it!

there expensive but our health is worth it I think! I heard you can dry roast veg and chips in it so 0 added pp for oil... I would like to think I would use it everyday, were moving house next month it can be my house warming present to me!

ck83 wrote: »

I get my friends telling me that I better be careful not to lose too much weight, because it really wouldn't suit me... It really bothers me, although I haven't heard it in a while... Maybe because last time one of them said it, I announced that I don't want to be a size six, but I would like to be a healthy weight for my height... not too unreasonable a goal eh??? One of my friends did tell my mother recently that she wouldn't like to see me losing much more weight (at the time, my BMI was probably about 32)... my mam just said nothing, because she knows how I feel about this... My mam is the one who pointed out that that particular friend of mine has put on a bit of weight herself lately, and there's a very good chance she's afraid that I'll be thinner than her. Childish, but probably true.

Good idea! If your'e in the frame of mind, you'll use it every day!

I get all of that too, or because I'm about half a stone off goal I get 'you don't need to lose any more' 'don't lose anymore you'll look unhealthy' - its really annoying because they actually haven't a clue.. I'm sure people are talking about me like that too other people too. Jealousy really is a terrible thing.

lisa_celtic wrote: »

I'm really thinking about buying an Acti-Fry Fryer

Has anyone got one? do you use it much? Or is it going to clog up my worktop and not be used like my sandwich maker & George Forman?

I find it good! Food comes out really tasty, I never have to add oil!some mornings I put turkey rashers n mushrooms in and let it work away yummy! Oven chips also come out really crispy!

Just wondering if anyone knows the pp for cream of tarter it's in a recipe I'm looking at but can't find it in the purple book!:o

Back from siam Thai. Had the phad Thai beef. Yummy. Very proud of myself as had no starter, no dessert and no alcohol :-) only used about 12 weeklies as had dailies left. Yay. Gotta get my ass in gear and exercise tomorrow tho if I want a good loss this week :-)

Good Morning..

Just on for a quick peak.. were going down home today so a 4 hour round drive Just got up and made a lovely fruit salad followed by an aldi dinner roll (4pp), bacon medallions (2 for 1pp), an egg (2pp) and some tomatoes (0pp) stuffed now and ready for the long long day!!

Have no idea what my food is going to be from now until tomorrow evening but I am going to try make good choices, def wont be drinking so that will save me loads of weeklies!

Best of luck boys and girls and chat to ye on Monday!