WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

timeforachange · 07-01-2011 11:57pm

irishneady wrote: »

here is a link to an idea of anti gravity yoga....i'm dying to do it. maybe after zumba !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uI27XpezSY

That looks seriously cool!!

irishneady · 08-01-2011 12:00am

timeforachange wrote: »

That looks seriously cool!!

I know but at 20 quid a class i just can;t afford it - plus its good bit away from me so throw in 10 quid petrol! I will defo do it someday...zumba is defo better for burning the fat

kildareash wrote: »

Your dead right...we all need to treat ourselves more.
Heading out with a couple of girlfriends tomorrow night, looking forward to getting glammed up. That's my little treat for this week

Lady Lainy - have you tried the natrasleep or anything like that?

yea I have a night out tommorow - keeping all my 49 points for it :eek:

12 glasses of wine and half pack of chickatee's lol - just kidding

littlefriend · 08-01-2011 12:03am

I'm making a few things tomorrow for the freezer so I'll put them up then.

kildareash · 08-01-2011 12:04am

irishneady wrote: »

yea I have a night out tommorow - keeping all my 49 points for it :eek:

12 glasses of wine and half pack of chickatee's lol - just kidding

It's ok, I don't judge

Been saving my treat allowance for it too...trying to decide what to drink to get the best value for points and money! Spirits and diet mixer are most economical but works out expensive over the night. Maybe white wine spritzers...

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 12:05am

kildareash wrote: »

Your dead right...we all need to treat ourselves more.
Heading out with a couple of girlfriends tomorrow night, looking forward to getting glammed up. That's my little treat for this week

Lady Lainy - have you tried the natrasleep or anything like that?
EDIT: Sorry, just seen your post now. Must look into the b12

I dont know if its a placebo, but i think it helps lol
http://www.hollandandbarrett.ie/pages/product_detail.asp?pid=10&prodid=684

irishneady · 08-01-2011 12:06am

It was your idea

looking forward for some inspiring dinners!

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 12:07am

kildareash wrote: »

It's ok, I don't judge
Been saving my treat allowance for it too...trying to decide what to drink to get the best value for points and money! Spirits and diet mixer are most economical but works out expensive over the night. Maybe white wine spritzers...

LOL thats exactly the same boat im in. spirts are lower in calories and points...but most expensive financially...usually after a few spirts i give up and just go nuts. LOL

irishneady · 08-01-2011 12:15am

whats a bottle of bulmers lite. leader told us but i forget!

i love wine. I'll be all over it! just had a glass there with remaining daily. luckily its all I had in the house as I have a goo for more!!!!

lady - have you tried vallerian?

littlefriend · 08-01-2011 12:20am

irishneady wrote: »

It was your idea

looking forward for some inspiring dinners!

Didn't want to be jumping all over the thread as I only started yesterday.

Not sure I'll be inspiring anyone! I've been eating so badly recently I'm really having to think about what I'm going to have...its defo not second nature to me!

littlefriend · 08-01-2011 12:23am

I find magnesium really good for sleep. This one is excellent and lasts a long time.
http://www.calmnatural.com/natural-calm-16oz

KayTee · 08-01-2011 12:23am

irishneady wrote: »

whats a bottle of bulmers lite. leader told us but i forget!

i love wine. I'll be all over it! just had a glass there with remaining daily. luckily its all I had in the house as I have a goo for more!!!!

lady - have you tried vallerian?

Bulmers light is 3 per bottle, so same as wine...both are my tipples of choice!

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 12:43am

irishneady wrote: »

whats a bottle of bulmers lite. leader told us but i forget!

i love wine. I'll be all over it! just had a glass there with remaining daily. luckily its all I had in the house as I have a goo for more!!!!

lady - have you tried vallerian?

Natrasleep tablets are Valerian and hops based. I have the Valerian drops in the press but never felt like they worked.

thanks for the suggestions!

pencilsharp · 08-01-2011 12:44am

Pixie Girl wrote: »

Ok so just to let ye know, I tried the italian one pan lamb recipe from the booklet last night, I made it with chicken though cos not a big fan of lamb and it was a total of 10 ppts including the pasta so not bad! It was only ok, dont think i'll be making it again to be honest...

Gonna make the spicey tomatoe and butternut squash soup tonight.. hopefully it'll be nice, will let ye know tomorrow!

Oh and just while I think of it, be careful with some of the recipes and the way they are pointed, Ive noticed a lot of them are pointed without including the pasta, rice, etc... so just be careful to remember to add extra points for whatever garnish you are having!

Hi all I tried the one pan lamb recipe and I have to say I found it very tasty and filling. Recipe says its for 4people but I actually served it to 5 people and they were quite adequate portions and everyone seemed to really enjoy it!

I also tried the creamy chicken curry dinner and it was yummy too-much nicer than those frozen ww meals and I added loads of extra veg- was very filling!

boodlesdoodles · 08-01-2011 1:05am

I promise I will add to this thread in a couple of weeks. I've only just started WW but cooking is a major hobby so I plan to convert my normal meals into propoint meals. I'm a big fan of cream, butter and all the other good stuff and I'm confident there has to be a way!

This evening, I cooked the WW recipe of Chicken wrapped in parma ham stuffed with blue cheese from English WW website. It was really tasty too.

autmam · 08-01-2011 1:33am

irishneady wrote: »

whats a bottle of bulmers lite. leader told us but i forget!

i love wine. I'll be all over it! just had a glass there with remaining daily. luckily its all I had in the house as I have a goo for more!!!!

lady - have you tried vallerian?

A 330ml bottle of bulmers light is 4 points and a 500ml can is 6 points. I emailed Ww to clarify this as shop book says bottle is 3 points, but it is for a 250ml bottle, but the bottles here are 330ml. Am seriously confused over the massive points in alcohol. Have managed to lose almost 2 stone so far and still having a few drinks at the weekend. So am wondering how could it have been ok last week but not ok this week. Treat points are goin to take a serious hit this weekend!!

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 1:38am

Skinny cow ice cream on special in tesco!

Stocking up so i can have ice cream instead of birthday cake :P

tanaoise88 · 08-01-2011 2:21am

ok, i have looked up about ten different websites and they have all given me the same nutritional information for coors light:

12 oz = 355ml approx (1 bottle approx)
protein 0.7g
carbohydrate = 5.0g
fat = 0g
fibre = 0g

when calulated this gives a pro point value of 1. i am going to ask my leader this week to be sure.

http://www.peertrainer.com/DFcaloriecounterB.aspx?id=9520

KayTee · 08-01-2011 9:15am

autmam wrote: »

A 330ml bottle of bulmers light is 4 points and a 500ml can is 6 points. I emailed Ww to clarify this as shop book says bottle is 3 points, but it is for a 250ml bottle, but the bottles here are 330ml. Am seriously confused over the massive points in alcohol. Have managed to lose almost 2 stone so far and still having a few drinks at the weekend. So am wondering how could it have been ok last week but not ok this week. Treat points are goin to take a serious hit this weekend!!

Oh no! Thanks for clarifying...

tantipie · 08-01-2011 10:50am

KayTee wrote: »

Bulmers light is 3 per bottle, so same as wine...both are my tipples of choice!

don't think a glass of wine is 3,,i know a bottle is 19:eek:and i deffo dont get 6 glasses in a bottle:D

tantipie · 08-01-2011 10:52am

they work alcohol out differently as far as i know!!

Muirgheal · 08-01-2011 11:21am

I just got a fright when I went to double check the pro-points value for an egg (one large egg is 3 points)-

One egg white is zero points
Two egg whites are one point

Which just proves to me <again> that the whole system has completely and totally changed. Spinach and egg white omelettes have been a staple of mine!

...and for my second and third shock of the day!

Garlic puree 1 tsp 1 point
Tomato puree 2 tbsp 1 point

I've been using all these all week thinking they were zero!

Muirgheal · 08-01-2011 11:25am

tanaoise88 wrote: »

ok, i have looked up about ten different websites and they have all given me the same nutritional information for coors light:

12 oz = 355ml approx (1 bottle approx)
protein 0.7g
carbohydrate = 5.0g
fat = 0g
fibre = 0g

when calulated this gives a pro point value of 1. i am going to ask my leader this week to be sure.

http://www.peertrainer.com/DFcaloriecounterB.aspx?id=9520

In the "shop" book, Coors light is listed as 4 points for half a pint, and 4 points for 330ml bottle.

(OK- I was wrong, the "shop" book is good for something! I just wish it was more relevant for Ireland!)

astra2000 · 08-01-2011 11:37am

Ballyfree original turkey rashers for 2 rashers pp1

astra2000 · 08-01-2011 11:46am

tantipie wrote: »

don't think a glass of wine is 3,,i know a bottle is 19:eek:and i deffo dont get 6 glasses in a bottle:D

They are talking about 125ml glasses of wine, there is 6 of them in a bottle of wine, not the portion your average wine drinker would pour I would imagine:p. God only knows how many points in the small individual bottles you get in pubs, must be at least 250ml so 6 points!

astra2000 · 08-01-2011 11:59am

Thanks for setting this up irish great idea.

This is just a quick lunch idea its very simple sounds a bit boring but is delicious.

I steam lots of veg, mushrooms, peppers, onions, sweetcorn,(pp1) tomatoes and pineapple.
when these are soft I add some wafer thin ham,waferthin 30g pp1,
then I add 2 laughing cow light triangles pp1 and stir around until melted,
I stuff 2 pitta bread I use tesco 28g pp2 in each pitta. And I usually add chilli sauce pp1. Total pp 8 and you will be stuffed. Sometimes I use lowfat mayo mixed with the chilli sauce rather than the soft cheese. You can change the ham for another meat or leave it out if you prefer.

jackmax · 08-01-2011 12:02pm

bubbaloo wrote: »

Hi Jackmax - my husband is a chef and he said it's the same fat as a pork loin steak, which is in the book! So I weighed the pork chop and pointed it accordingly.

ah thats great

thanks again cos i love them and had them again last night

KayTee · 08-01-2011 12:03pm

tantipie wrote: »

don't think a glass of wine is 3,,i know a bottle is 19:eek:and i deffo dont get 6 glasses in a bottle:D

When im pointing I use the smallest glasses I have so the 125ml still looks like a substantial amount!

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 12:10pm

From 1st of Jan down 4.6lbs

wooo

astra2000 · 08-01-2011 12:13pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

From 1st of Jan down 4.6lbs wooo

That is fantastic well done!!!

timeforachange · 08-01-2011 12:19pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

From 1st of Jan down 4.6lbs wooo

:eek::eek::eek: OMG!! Well done!!

jackmax · 08-01-2011 12:19pm

just wondering about curry. I use the macdonnells curry sauce. i see in the book that 1tbsp is 1pp. so does this mean if you make up curry with a tbsp of powder that its 1pp?? sorry its probaby obvious but just want to double check

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 12:21pm

timeforachange wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek: OMG!! Well done!!

shocking thing is...i think it would have been even more...if i hadn't tucked into the home made brown bread at 11 o clock last night! :P

but fecking hell 4.6lbs is my target for the whole month!

jackmax · 08-01-2011 12:43pm

oh and does anyone know how many pp are in lucozade? I know there is probably loads :mad: but i love it!!
This is a great thread btw

Muirgheal · 08-01-2011 12:55pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

shocking thing is...i think it would have been even more...if i hadn't tucked into the home made brown bread at 11 o clock last night! :P

but fecking hell 4.6lbs is my target for the whole month!

Well done Lainy!!

timeforachange · 08-01-2011 12:56pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

shocking thing is...i think it would have been even more...if i hadn't tucked into the home made brown bread at 11 o clock last night! :P

but fecking hell 4.6lbs is my target for the whole month!

Man thats amazing, your inspiring me to kick butt with my eating today too!!

Well done girly

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 12:59pm

timeforachange wrote: »

Man thats amazing, your inspiring me to kick butt with my eating today too!! Well done girly

Trust me....if I can do it.....it'll be walk in the park for all of ye! Ye are all alot stronger willed than I am...I've told me mum to STOP making bread!

Keep up the good work! the new system DOES work! Just trust it!

tantipie · 08-01-2011 1:05pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

From 1st of Jan down 4.6lbs wooo

well done thats fantastic!!! i was thrilled with my 1lb loss over christmas :rolleyes:you must be ecstatic:D

tantipie · 08-01-2011 1:07pm

KayTee wrote: »

When im pointing I use the smallest glasses I have so the 125ml still looks like a substantial amount!

i'm such a glutton,,i use big red wine glass,,even tho i'm drinking white and try and fit in as much as possible:p

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 1:11pm

jackmax wrote: »

hi all I am new on here and joined WW on Wednesday. I have just had a baby 6 weeks ago and feel so huge!! this is my third baby so have been through this before. with my first which was 11 years ago it took me years to shift the weight. then in 2008 i had my little boy and i joined WW and lost weight but then Christmas came and ruined all that he he. so im doing it now again and this time i am determined to do it right. i have my step daughters communion in May so need to get down some weight at least so i can look some way decent. really want to get rid of this weight now. I weighed in at 14stone 3lbs:( would love to get down to about 9 and a half or 10 stone again. hoping these pro points are going to do the job. been only on it 2 days but find im not actually hungry yet which is weird. he he. the only exercise i can do is the EA active game which i will be buying next week. did it before and lost weight. so anyway sorry for the long post but will be on here regularly cos it seems ye are all very helpful and supportive of each other

I'm using the EA Active SPorts! I love it! I used it 4 times this week, 20 mins each go....that combined ww and and i'm down 4.6lbs! Totally worth the investment! Get the new 2nd one! WAY WAY WAY better than the 1st one. The kit in the first one is kinda cheap in quality....and well it didnt fit my fat legs!

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 1:22pm

I'm on a higher pro point allowance cos i have more weight to lose, So i guess for now I can afford to have the big dinners!

400g baby potatoes= 8 propts
2 x Aldi Yellowfin Sole lightly dusted fillets = 8 propts
Gravy made with 5g of gravy granules = 1propt

Bake the fish in the oven, boil the spuds!

I'm ready to fall asleep after this dinner...cant believe i lost weight eating spuds!

This is a really heavy dinner, I wouldn't have it too late in the evening. And drink loads of water, to help flush out the carbs from the spuds.

tantipie · 08-01-2011 1:29pm

chinese

Chicken and sweetcorn soup 6pp
Spring roll 9pp each
Prawn crackers 9pp
Char Sui Pork 11 pp
Chicken and Cashew Nuts 9 pp
Chicken with Mushroom 8 pp

Mushroom Chow Mein 5
Mushroom Foo Yung 6
Roast Pork Cantonese Style 10
Special Chow Mein 9
Szechuan Prawn with Vegetables 12
Vegetable Curry 8
Lemon Chicken 10

got this off another site

KayTee · 08-01-2011 1:33pm

Excellent loss Lainey, inspiration to us all!

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 1:34pm

I've upped the portions to suit my points

90g of brown pasta = 8 propts
1 pack Aldi ham cubes = 2 propts (they are in twin packs yellow packaging)
1 whole medium egg = 2propts,
1 egg white - 0 propts
Total = 12propts

boil the pasta,
fry the ham cubes in non stick pan, i fry them in a little drop of water,
beat the whole egg and extra egg white together,
Add the egg to the ham cubes only when the the pasta is ready to be drained,
add the drained pasta to the pan with egg and ham cubes, and mix,
Serve with lashings of black pepper!

i find brown pasta way more filling than white. and it adds alot of flavour.

astra2000 · 08-01-2011 1:45pm

jackmax wrote: »

just wondering about curry. I use the macdonnells curry sauce. i see in the book that 1tbsp is 1pp. so does this mean if you make up curry with a tbsp of powder that its 1pp?? sorry its probaby obvious but just want to double check

If you give me the nutritional values I will check it on the site. Mcdonnells is imo the nicest curry powder, but I think there may be more fat calories in it. I think it is better to pp each individual item as they can really vary.
I checked a knorr med curry powder on the site yesterday a 47g pk came in at 5pp, but tbh I am not sure if I was pointing it correctly as the values given were for 100 ml not gm, how ever the full pk makes up 300 ml so I imputtted values for 300ml to give me the 47g values, if that makes any sense!

These are from ww site

Lucozade body sport orange/raspberry/tropical/mixed citrus 500ml pp3
lucozade hydro active sport summerfruits/citrus 500ml pp1

smileyface1 · 08-01-2011 1:49pm

wow Lainey thats fab!

I am using the old points system and have lost 2lb since 1st Jan... so you would recommend the new system then?

irishneady · 08-01-2011 1:55pm

Muirgheal wrote: »

I just got a fright when I went to double check the pro-points value for an egg (one large egg is 3 points)-

One egg white is zero points
Two egg whites are one point

Which just proves to me <again> that the whole system has completely and totally changed. Spinach and egg white omelettes have been a staple of mine!

...and for my second and third shock of the day!

Garlic puree 1 tsp 1 point
Tomato puree 2 tbsp 1 point

I've been using all these all week thinking they were zero!

I know I am the same but picked up on it from day one. never mind we are all learning. I am just using chopped garlic fresh now (which I would have used more anyway). As for egg whites I tried making a zero omlette with one this morning and it fell apart lol. was still tasty though.

tantipie wrote: »

chinese

Chicken and sweetcorn soup 6pp
Spring roll 9pp each
Prawn crackers 9pp
Char Sui Pork 11 pp
Chicken and Cashew Nuts 9 pp
Chicken with Mushroom 8 pp

Mushroom Chow Mein 5
Mushroom Foo Yung 6
Roast Pork Cantonese Style 10
Special Chow Mein 9
Szechuan Prawn with Vegetables 12
Vegetable Curry 8
Lemon Chicken 10

got this off another site

I find some of these hard to believe do ye? One sachet of straight to wok noodles is 6 pponints and thats not including oil it may be cooked in etc so I wonder how a chow mein with tons more noodles works out at only 5. I spent ages shopping for noodles on old points system, perhaps the other ones have come down now though and i need to recalculate.

irishneady · 08-01-2011 1:57pm

quorn sasauages
1 = 1 propoint
2 = 3 propoints
3 = 4 propoints

I also pointed a knorr quick lunch curry rice. Just was on a calculating mission and it was in the press

9 propoints

irishneady · 08-01-2011 2:03pm

Breakfast idea

Dip one slice of ww bread into and egg white and fry with tomatoe and mushroom - quite filling for a breakfast on little points using low cal spray.

Lady Lainy · 08-01-2011 2:07pm

60g dried brown rice = 6 propts
1 chicken breast (160g) = 4 propts
160g Tesco Light Choices Tikka Masala Sauce = 3 propts
13propts

Boil the rice, fry diced chicken in water, add sauce to chicken.

irishneady · 08-01-2011 2:07pm

Lady Lainy wrote: »

Skinny cow ice cream on special in tesco!

Stocking up so i can have ice cream instead of birthday cake :P

what propoints does this work out at? might be nice with some berries which are now zero - yiipppeee

Lady Lainy wrote: »

From 1st of Jan down 4.6lbs wooo

OMG that's amazing - keep up the good work girl!

WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

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