WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

bubbaloo wrote: »

Well, I missed out on all the "goings-on" here last night but thankfully it seems to have been sorted so hopefully we can all continue as before........:)

I had my WI last night and I'm very very happy to say that after two bad weeks, (where I was up!), I was down 4.5lbs and I'm now in the 12's!! I haven't been in the 12's in the past 10 years!! Yaay yaay yaay!!!!

I'm 2.5lbs off a full 3 stone lost and I'm hoping to make that in the next couple of weeks.

Hope you're all having a good one! And to those who are having a bad week, chin up and don't give up ...... we all have a bad week but the trick is to get back on the wagon. Good luck.

Well done. Seeing a new stone bracket is such a motivation. I'm sure you're feeling fantastic today. Keep it up.

heading into my 3rd good day in a row it so weird having time to make nice healthy food again!

I mix a ww dessert yoghurts (strawberry, lemon, raspberry, apple 1pp each) into my porridge in the morning for a bit of flavour. Really nice...and really makes my breakfast a whole lot more filling.

Lemon Curd, Sugar free jam, dash of cinnamon, dash of lo-cal coco poweder, work great as well..

What i do sometimes, if we have them...is microwave a few strawberries till they are soft and almost liquid and add them to the porridge ...0pp strawberry jam!

Fish & potato salad for lunch today. Today is my Rest day from excercise so will be making a tonne of fruit 'n' fibre muffins.

Caros wrote: »

The leader in my class said to earn activity points but not to use them if possible as if we don't it will make for better results on the scales so I've been leaving mine alone so far.

I use my activity pp before i use my weeklies. which is the equevelent to using about half the weeklies with the amount of exercise i'm doing this week!

if you are going to use them....use them on GOOD foods..like adding an extra bit of chicken to your dinner for extra protein after the excercise....

cos it kinda is pointless earning 5 activty points out walking....and eating a yorkie (not saying you do, just pulling that out of air to make a point)

Micki wrote: »

Well i had my weigh in yesterday evening. Had not been there in 2 weeks but was down a half pound. I was happy enough with that as i had drank my 2 litres of water yesterday and i am below WW goal so it is slow anyway! I stayed for meeting and learned something! The new Avonmore Light 1% milk(think it has replaced the avonmore low fat, in light blue carton) is in fact the same points as skimmed milk!

depends on the amount....some times they are the same pp for like 100ml but as the volume goes up the pp difference is there

rainshowers82 wrote: »

Hiya everyone is doing well can anyone tell me how many points are in those mini organic rice cakes ( the ones with yoghurt on them )

not sure off the top of my head....but they are quite high ....like 8 or 9pp per bag i think

Morning all congratulations on the losses all really good results & inspiring for the rest of us

Im glad to see we are still here, but to echo chinafoot I wonder would the mods & admins consider moving this thread to a different forum. I agree with points raised by previous posters & acknowledged by g'em the '2 groups' are at odds & there is a definite feeling that we are not wanted here, it's actually been said in the other thread & this is the reason why I can see a row like this bubbling over again quite soon. As Monife put it above some of us have this thread in lieu of telling ppl in real life. I'd hate to lose this thread & our little community I really would. So maybe to move us from the 'sciency' crowd would be better.

I also think this accounts for why alot of us ( well me definitely) don't bother posting in the other nutrition threads, which seems to be the bug bear for the 'sciency' crowd as well.... Just a thought

I'm also curious as to why the haters of WW are so intent on reading this thread if it pushes their buttons so much & causes them to get as het up as they did in the last few days?? I just hope bygones can be bygones & the snide commentary stops & ppls dietary choices are respected!

Lady Lainy wrote: »

not sure off the top of my head....but they are quite high ....like 8 or 9pp per bag i think

Thanks a million I have 3 of them sitting here looking at me and i forgot to point them

Eemia wrote: »

So technically this is better for you then slimline? Might give it a go

Yeah i would imagine it is better for you! I know they say slimline is only stripped of fat and has all the other stuff still in it but i am going to use the Light 1% now myself as i only ever have milk with cereal in the morning as i don't drink tea or coffee or even glasses of milk... And it's the same points so happy days

izzy24 wrote: »

had my wi in last nite and down 1lb... kinda disappointed cause was hoping for a bigger on but at least its down:D... best of luck to everyone else who has wi...

i used to get disappointed with only a one pound weight loss as i have 150lbs to lose but after my leader brought in a bag with 1lb of fat in it and seeing how much it was really motivated me and makes me thankful for every 1lb i'm down. Well done on your weight loss:)

dammitj wrote: »

Hi everyone, haven't posted on here for ages as I've been away from WW for a bit as I'm exercising a lot to tone up and felt a break from WW was needed, but I want to ask your advice.

I had a health check last week and my weight is in the normal range (I lost 3 stone with WW - yay) however my cholesterol is a little high.

I couldn't understand this as I don't eat butter (just lowlow on toast) and I never use oil/fat for cooking (I use the spray) but the nurse suggested it may be due to the fact that real butter is actually better for you than some of the "low fat" products and perhaps I'm having too much salt. (that's my own problem - I'm a salt fiend, and especially since it's 0pp!)

I wonder if some of the low pp foods are actually worse for you in other ways?
What do you think?

did they tell you was it your good cholesterol or bad cholesterol? there are two types....comes times it can run in the family i know ppl who are size 8 with high Bad cholestrol.

Salt is a killer,

Baby75 wrote: »

I think you have your answer, if you are using to much salt it might be it, I wonder would one of those spreads like flora would be better than low low, porriage is very good at reducing cholesterol or there are some bran muffin recipes that are meant to help!
hopefully some one else will know more Lainy may be!

you can get unsalted flora, maybe try some benicol drinks....and dont worry about fecking pointing it....cos HEALTH comes before ww and pp!

And i wouldnt be surprised that if some low fat products are worse for us health wise than full fat versions...like think of how many additives and E numbers must go into them....i try not to think about it! like technically diet coke is meant to be worse than regular coke....i try to avoid both tbh....

Muffin recipe.....this is my own tweaked concoction

125g white self raising flour
40g Light brown sugar
30g odlums wheat bran (dunnes stores)
1 whole egg
table spoon of low fat natural yoghurt
100 skimmed milk
Fruit of your choice (strawberries, blueberries, rasperries, banana all work great)
15g splenda
1 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder


Soak the bran wheat in the milk for few mins,

Cream the sugar/splenda/egg together,

Sift the flour/baking powder/bicarbonate at least twice to get it nice a fluffy.

Combine all of the above ingredents. taking care not to work it too much or they will sink and go flat. just at the end fold in the fruit.

(if using bananas have them thouroughly mashed with fork before folding into mixture)


This recipe makes six decent muffins at 4pp each! High fibre, really filling, with slow releasing carb energy. to make them even better again you can also use self raising brown flour (i've only seen that in super valu)

Oven should be pre heated to about 180 - 200 degrees, and they only need about 20 mins....leave them in the oven until cold if you can...if you open the door too quickly they can fall...so you could even get away with turning off the oven at about 16 mintues

(Took me ages to learn all the knacks...trial and error)

aspie mum wrote: »

there are good fats and bad fats out there

Olive oil is a good fat and cholestrol free

Real butter is not as processed as light spreads so is better for you though higher in fat content which is why I still only use real butter


At all costs try to avoid hydrognated fats they are the worse kind and very bad for you but are found in porocessed foods.

Prawns are also high in cholestrol so be careful with them.

We all know salt is bad for us so be carefull we are not using it too much too flavour our foods, we generally get enough from the naturaly occuring salts in our food.

Eggs have cholestrol but are generally good for you in moderation 6/7 a week are fine because the are a natural food and not processed

I use the low cal spray I know its probably not good for me but i have a really good egg pan and one squirt means no need for oil...I dont use it on salads

I do use the xlight mayo but very little and when having a sandwich I use relish but no butter and no mayo.

I hope this helps and if I have made any errors please advise:pac::pac:

gold star! essential fatty acids..we need them or we will actually fall apart!
they effect our absorption of vitamins, a decadency can screw up our reproductive system, our sleep, our skin will be dull, hair and nails will be weak,

there was a show a few weeks ago on RTE about salt in food...it might still be on the RTE player....it was really shocking, cant rememeber the stats, but it was like like 12kg or 12lbs of salt a year a family were eating BEFORE adding table salt to there plates....HOLY ****E!

I'm like you aspie, i do use xlight mayo...but only like about 15g at a time...i weight it out on the scales....i think someone might have taken me up badly yesterday when i was saying 70g for 2pp...i was only just pointing it...wasnt saying i used that...

a bit of sweet chilli is lovely on wraps and sandwiches too for that moisture...

Thanks guys.

I have a science degree myself so I know a certain amount about this, however I didn't know that prawns are high in cholesterol! Thanks for that - I LOVE prawns and eat lots of them, oops.

I think when I was heavier my cholesterol was lower, and I think it may be partly due to so-called low fat options.
And yes, I must cut down on the salt. I used to use too much of it because I smoked for ten years til January of this year and couldn't really taste anything!

Also, the health talk we had at work the other day said that those benecol/activia etc. drinks are a total waste of time. They add plant stenols etc. to these products, whereas you'd be better (and be less out of pocket) to just eat some broccoli and drink some milk.

Thanks for the replies guys!
Less salt for me!

Lady Lainy wrote: »

i can email ppl my college nutrition notes if ye like...they are too big to attach on here (just PM me your email addy)

i've definitely found... knowing how it works and why its needed by the body makes eating better easier...its all about balance...not cutting out all fats...

Thanks missus - no harm in having a read! Bring me back to my college days, lol!

LORNLAKES22 wrote: »

Quote : Why hasn't cutting fat from the diet paid off as expected? Detailed research—much of it done at Harvard—shows that the total amount of fat in the diet isn't really linked with weight or disease. (6-9) What really matters is the type of fat in the diet. Bad fats, meaning trans and saturated fats, increase the risk for certain diseases. Good fats, meaning monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, do just the opposite. They are good for the heart and most other parts of the body.

What about cholesterol in food? For most people, the mix of fats in the diet influences cholesterol in the bloodstream far more than cholesterol in food does[/U].

This is an excerpt from an article from the Harvard School of Public health - if you log on to the website - it may help to make the cholestorol issue a bit clearer

Thanks for this - will deffo check it out!