Weight Watchers--June 2010 - Page 3

[mama_y_sol]

That's awesome, BelovedK!

Glad to hear it!

[rootzdawta]

Well, I weighed in this morning and I've reached my weight goal. I went to recalculate my points so that I can maintain. I selected that I am no longer breastfeeding and it dropped me down to 24 points a day. I am breastfeeding but only twice a day at nap and bedtime. If I say I am still breastfeeding, it has me at 29 points a day. When I was still trying to lose weight (and breastfeeding as minimally as I do now), I was at 26 points a day and I did indeed lose the weight. I really don't want lose any more weight . . . I may just tell it I am still breastfeeding. What do you all think?

[BelovedK]

Originally Posted by rootzdawta

Well, I weighed in this morning and I've reached my weight goal. I went to recalculate my points so that I can maintain. I selected that I am no longer breastfeeding and it dropped me down to 24 points a day. I am breastfeeding but only twice a day at nap and bedtime. If I say I am still breastfeeding, it has me at 29 points a day. When I was still trying to lose weight (and breastfeeding as minimally as I do now), I was at 26 points a day and I did indeed lose the weight. I really don't want lose any more weight . . . I may just tell it I am still breastfeeding. What do you all think?

Can you just go on and edit your goal weight? I'm not sure, but I think I saw a place to do it. Oh yeah, if you are no doing it online, you can talk to the leaders and edit the goal weight. CONGRATS on reaching your goal!!!





I lost my first 5 pounds I am not sure why, I screwed up so many times this week, but this is a good motivator for me to stick with it

[SundayCrepes]

Originally Posted by rootzdawta

Well, I weighed in this morning and I've reached my weight goal. I went to recalculate my points so that I can maintain. I selected that I am no longer breastfeeding and it dropped me down to 24 points a day. I am breastfeeding but only twice a day at nap and bedtime. If I say I am still breastfeeding, it has me at 29 points a day. When I was still trying to lose weight (and breastfeeding as minimally as I do now), I was at 26 points a day and I did indeed lose the weight. I really don't want lose any more weight . . . I may just tell it I am still breastfeeding. What do you all think?

Congratulations!

I am tandem nursing, though my 4.5 year old only nurses 5 minutes or so a day. My 22 month old (nursing now) probably nurses 6 to 8 times a day. I use no nursing points. I did at first then both kids cut back on how much they were nursing and I had to eliminate all nursing points (I'd only been taking 4 back then.) Use whatever points you need to maintain your weight. Who cares what the WW people say? No one knows how many points I use.

[mommymonkey]

Hi everyone. I completed 2 weeks of WW online today. The first week I lost .5 and this week I lost 2 lb. So yay! But my points dropped by 3! I was surprised and got hungry just thinking about it. But I guess I'm up for this.

[Queen of Cups]

congrats on the loss, Mommymonkey!

So, I've not been doing well on WW that last week or so... We were traveling and I found it impossible to track points eating every meal out. Then we got home and I had awful PMS and was catching up on being home and without DH while he worked, and I just didn't track for a week. Ugh.

So, I really struggle with the monotony of tracking points every. single. day. I did ww last year for several months and that was part of why I eventually quit. Does this sound like a reasonable plan to y'all: I will track religiously Mon-Fri every week, not using any of my bonus points or exercise points, then not worry about tracking on the weekends. I'm not planning on going nuts and eating a ton on the weekends, just relaxing and enjoying family meals and date-nights with my DH and assuming that the bonus points/exercise points will cover me. Anyone do anything like this? I know that with the tracking every day indefinitely, one of two things will happen: (1) it will become a serious obsession and lead me back into an eating disorder, or (2) I will resent it so much that I quit WW again. I think tracking 5 days a week is a better alternative to either of these, and something I could live with on a permanent basis.

[SundayCrepes]

I'd say try and see how it works.

Our leader said WW used to have a program like that, but that most people found it hard to get back into the swing on Mondays. However, if it works for you, it works for you.

[Carley]

Can I join you all? I just joined WW for the first time last week & I love the way the program works. The extra weekly points make it doable for me. I've struggled with ED in the past & definitely get obsessive about calorie counting. I loved the WW article on how that drives some of us into ED insanity & doesn't help the lifestyle aspect of wellness. That sure describes me!

I'm at 146 3 months postpartum & my goal weight is 130, my pre-pregnancy weight. Most importantly, I'm doing a Couch25K program 5x/week, but doing 2 sessions at once... so 10K. My goal is to eventually run the whole set and beat 40 minutes time for 10K.

I pinched my sciatic on Thursday so I'm hoping the chiro does magic things so I don't get completely out of my routine

Originally Posted by Queen of Cups

I know that with the tracking every day indefinitely, one of two things will happen: (1) it will become a serious obsession and lead me back into an eating disorder, or (2) I will resent it so much that I quit WW again. I think tracking 5 days a week is a better alternative to either of these, and something I could live with on a permanent basis.

I'm super concious of this too. I'm hoping the extra weekly points will help keep me out of either of those holes. Splurges was something I definitely didn't account for calorie counting (I'd restrict until I couldn't stand it & then throw myself headfirst off the wagon eating pizza, cake & anything I could find in defiance of my "diet".. and then restrict like crazy all over again!) & since there is no pointcounting for vegetables I hope I can keep the obsession down... I used to log calories for spinach for goodness sake! I'd also weigh EVERYTHING in grams, and this time I'd like to just learn portion control.

Also learning the art of eating with dignity! I'm a super dieter super binger, and I really liked the WW article on eating with dignity, even if that means not sharing a dessert. I'm eating at the table & with the same manners I want my daughter to use.

Let's hope this lasts!

[rootzdawta]

Originally Posted by SundayCrepes

Congratulations!

I am tandem nursing, though my 4.5 year old only nurses 5 minutes or so a day. My 22 month old (nursing now) probably nurses 6 to 8 times a day. I use no nursing points. I did at first then both kids cut back on how much they were nursing and I had to eliminate all nursing points (I'd only been taking 4 back then.) Use whatever points you need to maintain your weight. Who cares what the WW people say? No one knows how many points I use.

Very true!!

Originally Posted by mommymonkey

Hi everyone. I completed 2 weeks of WW online today. The first week I lost .5 and this week I lost 2 lb. So yay! But my points dropped by 3! I was surprised and got hungry just thinking about it. But I guess I'm up for this.

Congrats!!

[rootzdawta]

Originally Posted by Carley

Can I join you all? I just joined WW for the first time last week & I love the way the program works. The extra weekly points make it doable for me. I've struggled with ED in the past & definitely get obsessive about calorie counting. I loved the WW article on how that drives some of us into ED insanity & doesn't help the lifestyle aspect of wellness. That sure describes me!

I'm at 146 3 months postpartum & my goal weight is 130, my pre-pregnancy weight. Most importantly, I'm doing a Couch25K program 5x/week, but doing 2 sessions at once... so 10K. My goal is to eventually run the whole set and beat 40 minutes time for 10K.

I pinched my sciatic on Thursday so I'm hoping the chiro does magic things so I don't get completely out of my routine

I'm super concious of this too. I'm hoping the extra weekly points will help keep me out of either of those holes. Splurges was something I definitely didn't account for calorie counting (I'd restrict until I couldn't stand it & then throw myself headfirst off the wagon eating pizza, cake & anything I could find in defiance of my "diet".. and then restrict like crazy all over again!) & since there is no pointcounting for vegetables I hope I can keep the obsession down... I used to log calories for spinach for goodness sake! I'd also weigh EVERYTHING in grams, and this time I'd like to just learn portion control.

Also learning the art of eating with dignity! I'm a super dieter super binger, and I really liked the WW article on eating with dignity, even if that means not sharing a dessert. I'm eating at the table & with the same manners I want my daughter to use.

Let's hope this lasts!

I love WW too . . . even though I'm at my goal weight, I'm sticking with it as a way of life. I tried a couple of different ways: eating none of my weekly points, eating half, eating all . . . eating all helped. I don't save them all the for the weekend but I do reserve about half of them for Saturday and Sunday. If I know we will be going out to eat or something and I can't calculate the points for that food, I will save all 35 points and not really worry about it. It seemed to be okay.

Good for you for joining WW! May the chiro work his magic!

Where can that article about eating with dignity be found?

[Gena 22]

Congrats and welcome everybody!

I'm really happy. After a tough first week of maintenance last week, I did much better this week. Not a huge real loss, since I think I weighed in heavy last week for a number of reasons. But I was careful this week, with the exception of a fun 4th. Mmmm, berry pie.

So now I'm right where I should be - 1.4 lbs under goal. Just have to hold this for another 4 weeks and I make lifetime! Yeah!

And this means I can have a second piece of the pie I saved at home. I was waiting to see how I weighed in. I'm good, so I get my reward! Looking forward to it and to a good week.

Keep up the good eating, ladies!

[lovetheheights]

Hi all: and congrats rootz and MM! I have beeing on WW for 7 months or so, and have sort of met goal, but I have reduced the amount since now that I am at that number feel like there is a bit lower to go.

I love that this is a combination of WW and mothering.com. Do people here have blogs, and have you shared them with each other? I will look back on the thread, just thought I'd check. I am ditmas-park-mom in case anyone is interested. Looking forward to being inspired by you all!

[BelovedK]

I wish someone would say something inspirational to me so I will get back on track

[lovetheheights]

I know...getting back on track is hard. I just had a binge for lunch and feel awful. I can't "get back on track" in any way but to just say NOW, start now. I drink a lot of water and say to myself that it's not tomorrow, it's today that I can feel good about.

But it IS hard. I often talk about a switch being thrown- it's like when I am OP and doing well I can't imagine binging. But then in the middle of one? Right after? I wonder how I ever DIDN'T do it.

so- how about you and I, for the rest of the day, drink a lot of water and eat healthy?

[BelovedK]

Originally Posted by lovetheheights

I know...getting back on track is hard. I just had a binge for lunch and feel awful. I can't "get back on track" in any way but to just say NOW, start now. I drink a lot of water and say to myself that it's not tomorrow, it's today that I can feel good about.

But it IS hard. I often talk about a switch being thrown- it's like when I am OP and doing well I can't imagine binging. But then in the middle of one? Right after? I wonder how I ever DIDN'T do it.

so- how about you and I, for the rest of the day, drink a lot of water and eat healthy?

On my way to the kitchen.....to pour myself some water, no more food until bean salad for dinner (wait, maybe another choice, I have dance class right after )

[lovetheheights]

Good job. I will be offline later but will check in on ya. And I'll know you'll do the same. Heading to make some green tea now. we can get through this day, then tomorrow maybe our switch will be flipped!

have some nuts or protein. Hard boiled eggs?

[BelovedK]

I'll be back to check on you too Thanks

[Gena 22]

Flipping the switch. I'm there with you! Maintenance is just so hard. I think there are some foods that are just triggers for me. Don't know if I can really have them. Last week's WI went so well. So I celebrated with a dinner out followed by the berry pie I had saved. Which lead to a week of eating and a huge gain. OK, I'll admit it - 6.6 lbs. Now that can't all be fat in a week. Some is actual food weight, some water weight, some clothes. But there is a gain in there and it's scared me back on track. At least I hope so.

But today's been good so far, and I'm feeling better. OP and went for a good walk.

A couple of points of inspiration:

- I eat much better on plan than I do off. Love the "game" of fitting all my GHGs and activity points in.

- I obsess less about food on plan than off. I know what I can and want to eat, know when I'll eat it, I do, feel good, and that's the end of it. When I'm binging all I think about is food. What will I eat next? I'm thinking about food while I'm eating! Totally out of control. Not how I want to be.

- Another member told me losing weight is hard, maintaining is hard, it's all hard. Which hard do you want to be?

Love this combination of WW and mothering too. A group of sweet, supportive ladies who get why I try to avoid processed foods, how tough life can be with small children, and get where I'm coming from generally.

Up and down, we're in this together.

[SundayCrepes]

Originally Posted by Gena 22

a huge gain. OK, I'll admit it - 6.6 lbs. Now that can't all be fat in a week. Some is actual food weight, some water weight, some clothes. But there is a gain in there and it's scared me back on track. At least I hope so.

It takes a change of 3,500 calories to gain or lose a pound. 6.6 pounds would be 23,100 calories over your maintenance need. A point is worth 50 or 60 points. 23,100 calories is about 420 points over the normal points you took in. I'm guessing you had a lot of water weight in there.

[mama_y_sol]

Sunday, I am thankful someone did the math for me. I was JUST cooking dinner after reading this thread thinking, "how many calories calories would she need to eat to really to gain 6lbs?" Impossible! Glad you had the exact same thoughts as me...and actually calculated it.

Last week I was down 2.8lbs, at tonights WI I was up 1lb...possibly a rebound, possibly due to some poor choices several days in a row. It's a journey and I'm in it for the long run either way.