WW At Home - Weigh in at home 2/10 - 2/16

Starting the topic - be right back

Karen C - Welcome back! It is WONDERFUL to hear from you. I'm so sorry about your mom, my sincere condolences. You sure have been through a ton of life changes but you sound like you are in a good place now with great plans - a fitness center - fantastic!

Karen - ugh on the PMS - I'm right there with you on PMS and not so good eating. How was your date with the treadmill and weight bench?

I had an OK weigh-in - down 0.4 - OK in that is was down, but I have to admit that I was disappointed in that I was expecting a larger loss. I guess the PMS swweet and salties took there toll. This weekend was so-so. I got a great workout in on Saturday and my eating wasn't bad. Yesterday, we went into the city with my parents to see a revival of "Man of La Mancha". It was wonderful. We went to a Chinese restaurant afterwards and while I've been worse, I've also been better. I was supposed to have my bloodtest this morning (fasting) but realized that I forgot to take my cholesterol medication last night! I hope if I go on Thursday morning, there will be enough time for the doctor to get the results.

Have a great one,
Judy

163.6/157.2/135 and 29/240 workouts
First 10% by the end of March!

Hi Karen and Judy, thanks for the warm welcome back. Yep, it's been a tough time but the worst is behind me and I am determined that the best is yet to come. I'm not going to let anything or anyone get me down. You should have seen me walking this morning. Actually I was running and skipping like a child! I'm 54! heehee! I saw a lot of smiles this morning at the lights during rush hour.

Karen, hope you got the munchies under control and managed to get hose workouts in.

Judy, sounds like you had a wonderful weekend. I hope to get up to the city soon before my sister leaves. I hope all is well with your health and that the blood tests are just a precaution.

Have a great night!

Judy, Sorry I forgot to congratulate you on the weight lost forever! Might have been a larger loss if not for the chinese food, that always causes me to retain water.

I wanted to ask if anyone has heard of the "Wendie Plan". Standing in the checkout line at the grocery store last week, I noticed Women's World headline about the unauthorized Weight Watchers plan, so bought it. Basically, you eat a different amount of points each day, but the same total for the week. So I would eat like this: first day 17, then 23, 18, 31-34, 17, 24 and last day 22. This averages to 22 points a day. You can adjust it to fit your points. The idea is that you don't ever go into starvation mode and lose much faster. I started last Thursday, so I'll let you know how I did at the end of the week.

Hi all.

Karen C- Welcome back! It's so good to hear from you again! My condolences on the death of your mother. I'm sorry, also, to hear of your divorce. But it sounds like you did what you needed to do to take care of yourself and your attitude is great! Good for you and best wishes on the start of your fitness center! I've heard of the Wendie plan. Let us know how it goes.

Karen B - Sorry to hear that the PMS monster got to you. Kick him to the curb!

Judy - Congrats on your loss. I know you wanted it to be bigger, but still, it's a loss. Sounds like you had a fun day on Sunday. I hope that the PMS monster makes a speedy exit from your house as well.

I had an ok weekend, albeit a cold one. I did so-so foodwise. Today has been better. I still haven't hopped on the bike. It's so hard for me to get back in that habit, but I'm determined to do so this week. Tomorrow I meet a friend for lunch. We're going to TGI Friday's, so I'll go to Dottie's site and figure out what I want to eat.

Talk to you later.

Carla

Hello everyone,

It sounds like everyone is having a pretty good start to the week.

Karen C., I bought that magazine but am afraid to have the high intake day. Lately it seems that once I start to slide the week seems to go on down that slide. Let me know how the Wendy Plan works for you.

Carla, I understand what you mean about getting back into the swing of things in your exercise program. I have just now got my self doing something everyday. I have now done 23 of the 230 exercises I committed to this year. Carla how old is your daughter?

Judy congrats on the lose :) At this point I would love any amount of a lose.

As you can see my weigh in is not reporting a lose. A maintain which I 'm going with( much better than last weeks gain). I have done some type of exercise every day for a full week. Which is a real biggy for me ( yes that is my arm you seeing slapping myself on the back). My clothes are starting to fit better ( I believe because of my Women on Weights class). Unfortunately where I am seeing the looseness is in my legs and fanny, which is not my problem area. I have the roundest tummy ( I'm as wide as I am deep). I bought the Pilates for Dummies tape and have yet to be able to do the whole tape. I am enjoying it and it is killing me. I plan on being able to complete the whole tape by the end of the month. My 3 year old son keeps telling me when my legs have gone down or I have quit before the lady on the tape. He seems to be working on keeping me honest.

I have babbled long enough. Good Night.

Anne
194/189/140
23/230 of workouts

Hi Everyone...

Only have a couple of minutes as I am posting from work...

Judy - yay on your loss! Man of Lamancha sounds wonderful. I had a sodium loaded meal on the weekend too. We went downtown for sushi...we ate at the sushi bar which has boats full of sushi floating by and you just help yourself. I ate way too much.

Karen C - Sabrina has been doing the Wendie plan. She's been stopping by once or twice a week. She had a good loss last week.

Carla - have a great lunch with your pal! Sending you bike vibes -:goodvibes to inspire you to climb aboard.

Anne - Your name is my middle name! That's great that you're seeing some reshaping. Legs and butt always seem to start off first, then other spots catch up. Legs and butt is where I need it the most. Nothing like a 3 year old as your personal trainer!:D

I went to see my Canucks play last night, only had one beer...but unfortunately I used going out as an excuse not to exercise! Must make amends tonight.

Have a great day, everybody!

Karen

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to report a .5 pound loss for a total of 6 pounds since January 1. Slowly but surely I WILL get this chub off of me.
I have a ton of work to do this morning so I'll be brief:

Karen: It's funny you mention the Wendie Plan, because I started doing it a couple of weeks ago. It works great for me, and I was able to get my stalled weight loss going again. It also just really works with my body really well, meaning, some days I'm not all that hungry, and other days I could eat everything in sight!
This plan affords me a little flexibility to eat under daily points when I'm not hungry, and over daily points when I'm ravenous.

This morning, there was a wee bit of ice on my driveway for
the first time this winter. I didn't realize it had gotten into the low 30's overnight so when I went running down my driveway I promptly lost my footing and fell! I landed on my right arm and it
hurts right now, but I don't see any bruising or broken bones.
But what a way to start the day.

Sounds like everyone is doing good, let's keep each other motivated so we can see some good losses next week!

Bye for now,
S.

166/160/135

Karen C - I'm glad to hear that the worst is behind you - your attitude is great. LOL about running and skipping! Thanks for your concern - the bloodtest is for my cholesterol for which I've been taking medication for a while - all routine. It would be great for us to get a chance to meet if you come up to NY. Where exactly does your sister live (although I know she is moving). I have heard of the Wendie plan and actually started doing it a long ways back. I never really got to see if it worked 'cause I found that it was too hard to plan for the high and low days on top of planning the meals for the week. I've heard anecdotal evidence that some people are successful with it but nothing "scientific" - it could just be that people are paying more attention to their points. Let us know how it works for you.

Carla - Yes, it's turned cold here too. Did you hop on the bike? I hope so - it's a habit that does so many good things for you once you get into the groove again. Unfortunately, the PMS monster is still here and big time - hasn't been great with the whole work thing. I've so had it up to here (hand over head). Yes, Sunday was a lovely day.

Hi Anne - it's always nice to know "real" names!! (Tahoemom) - well, a maintain is better than a gain so congratulations on it! Way to go girlfriend on doing some kind of exercise every day and starting on Pilates - I find it really hard - but it does wonders for your "core" area. My problem area is the same as yours - my stomach - my hips, thighs and butt could of course use some slimming and tightening but it's my pooch (lower stomach area) that needs the most help. LOL about your son's comments - I think it's great that he sees you doing something that's so good for you - good role model stuff.

Karen - Mmmmm on the sushi - love it. Hey, even if you didn't exercise when you went to the hockey game, you only had one beer and I think that deserves some arm slapping on your back, as Anne put it.

I had a rough-ish kind of day yesterday - BAD PMS on top of work stuff - can't say too much 'cause I'm posting this at work but I just couldn't deal with it yesterday - thankfully I was working from home. I did do an intense cardio workout after work which helped a lot as did my dear Tony who is being really supportive. Maybe my wailing ended up being for the good because I managed to control the snacking and banked 2 food points along with a whole mess of activity points. I think the doctor's visit on the 24th is also helping me keep on the straight and narrow - I have to be sure it continues all week!

Have a great one!
Judy

Wow, everyone has been busy! No time for individual replies, so congrats to all you losers and movers and shakers! Thanks again for the warm words about Mother.

Karen, one beer is probably good for you, LOL! Love the quote under your name, that's me, that's me!

Carla, hi again!

Sabrina, thanks for the info on the Wendie plan and hope your arm is okay

Anne, enjoyed your post Too cute about the three year old supervising your exercise.

Judy, sounds like you are handling the PMS monster just fine, hate it! When will it ever end? Sorry about the cholesterol. The gene is in our family but thankfully I didn't get it. My sister lives in Nyack and at the moment is working for Liz Claiborne in New Jersey.

Yesterday was just fine. It was a low point day and I didn't have a problem, but am concerned that I will when I start PMSing. I broke the cable on my ski machine so am walking/running/skipping outside and so far the weather is cooperating. My clothes are fitting better too! Happy happy happy! TTYL

Karen C - sorry to hear about your ski machine. You are lucky to be in Florida. No way would I be walking outside in our weather this week. This morning was a balmy 30 degrees but the temp is supposed to fall all day and tonight it will be 10 degrees!

I had a good day yesterday - a rest day from exercise (planned) but I did manage to bank a food point and today's sneak peek was good. Now I have to be sure I keep it that way. I'm going to try to do a short workout when I get home today. Tomorrow is a half day at work. In the afternoon, Tony and I are driving into the city to meet my cousin coming in from Connecticut at her checkup at Sloan Kettering (she's been fine for the last couple of years). We are all having lunch together so I'll have to watch that but I should have plenty of time for a good workout when I get back.

Have a great one!
Judy

Hi all...

It's a beautiful morning here, and I'm stuck inside at work.

Judy - good on you for banking a point. Enjoy your lunch out, and your half day off tomorrow!:)

KarenC - too bad about the ski machine...hope you can get it fixed asap. Lucky you to be able to get out to skip and jump:D .

Sabrina - yay for you for your half pound loss!!:cp:

Up 2 lbs this morning. I didn't exactly have a stellar week last week, so I expected the worst. On the bright side, I treadmilled and did an upper body workout last night. Back to the not so bright side; I have a very sore hip flexor that's been bothering me on and off for weeks. Tomorrow is a day off, so I'll be taking the dog pack to the beach for some exercise.

Have a great day,

Hi Ladies, good to be back on board the "At Home" group.

Judy, Yay on the point banked. Good luck at lunch tomorrow.

Karen, sorry about the gain and the sore hip flexor. Hope the day off gives you some relief.

Good sneak peek here too, so maybe I'll have a good weighin tomorrow. I went out to lunch with a girlfriend today and was good. The special was grilled salmon with veggies and rice, only problem was that it came with your choice of strawberry cheesecake or "chocolate climax" cake. Solved that problem by telling the waitress to bring it to the table in a to go box so I didn't even have to look at it. Girlfriend did the same and she took them both home. Yipeeee! No exercise for me today, I was so sore the last two days I decided to take a break. TTYL

Karen - sorry to hear about the gain but good for you for getting on the treadmill and doing a strength workout! I'm sorry to hear about your sore hip flexor - is the last few weeks the first time it's ever been sore? Not like I'm telling you anything you don't know but you should probably give it a rest and try icing it.

Karen C - WOW! Great move on getting the cake packed up so you didn't have to see it and even better that your girlfriend took both pieces home.

I had a rough day yesterday - I rode home in a railroad car with no heat - all I wanted to do when I got home was to have the homemade soup we were having for dinner. The sweet and salties got me last night and I ate all the points in the bank. This morning's sneak peek matches how tight my rings are - I plan on gaining back the ground I lost today though. We are having a fairly low point dinner and while I don't know where we are going to lunch with my cousin, I plan on watchng my points. I didn't exercise before work this morning because I went for my cholesterol blood test but I plan on doing a cardio & weights workout when we get home.

Have a great one,
Judy

I know you must have been freezing by the time you got home last night, sister said it was 10 degrees! Sounds like you have a good plan for making up lost ground. Good luck at lunch today.

Weighin this morning was good, looks like I'm down a pound. It's hard to tell on this scale I'm using at Mom's house. I really miss my digital scale which I plan on replacing when I get moved to Ft. Lauderdale. Went for a walk/run in the rain this morning. It's really just misting so it wasn't too bad. I can't find the right size cable for the ski machine so I'm still braving the elements. Nothing tempting on the agenda today so even though it's a low point day I think I'll do okay.Have a good one.

Karen C - way to go on the pound down! Yes, it was freezing yesterday afternoon - we had to walk a few blocks to find a place for lunch and the wind was brutal! Good for you for getting out for a walk/run.

I had a so-so day yesterday. I did well at lunch - had a tuna burger that was yummy and did a good cardio & weights workout. The problem was in the evening. Tony and I were pretty full from lunch so we decided not to make anything for dinner - just have cereal or something. I though I could make it work - a few snacks spread out over the evening - it started out well but then it didn't stop - lots of sweet and salty cravings. Of course, it could have been worse - I had a bunch of pickels for the salty cravings and I did manage to squeak by with still a 1/2 point of activity left in the bank. BUT, my rings were very tight this morning and the sneak peek was not a pretty siight. I hope I can guzzle enough water to get the salt out of my system and squeak by with any kind of a loss tomorrow. Why or why did I do that 2 days before weigh in??? Oh well, it's over and done with and it could have been worse. Note to me, in the future, make yourself a dinner even if it's later in the evening - you can't handle all snacks! I'm planning on doing some kind of workout after work - I just haven't figured out what yet.

Have a great one,
Judy

happy Valentine's Day everyone

Karen C, I can't believe the will power you must have to not even see the cake. Way to go :) It must be frustrating that you can't find the rightcable for your machine. Hopefully your body will take advantage of this change in your workout and burn a few extra calories for you.

Judy, I totally understand about those evening snacks. I don't know how many times my little bowl of cereal for dinner has turned into a huge waste of points with all the extra little snacks. Enjoy your water :)

Karen, How is your hip? Hope it is feeling better soon.

I had been doing pretty well. Keeping busy and moving but I blew it last night. We ate Ben and Jerry's. I didn't even stand on the scale today because I know my good sneak peek was going to be gone. My hubbie is gone all weekend so I will have feed the kids stuff that they like but I don't so I can make it a low calorie weekend. Good thing I bought a lot of salad makings and fruit at the store last night. I'm going to go hop on the treadmill, I don't want the B&J's to find a permanent home.

Anne

Hi all.

Sorry I was gone for a few days. Ana came down with strep throat (it's been going around at pre-school) Tuesday afternoon and when she's sick, she doesn't like mommy to leave her side. Thankfully, her fever is gone this morning and all that's left is a hoarse voice and mild cough.

Anne - Ana is 4 years old. Good for you for exercising everyday. Hang in there and you'll notice the results in your abdomen soon. How cute that your 3 yo keeps you honest! I may look for that Pilates tape - I need some toning.

Sabrina - Congrats on your loss! Sorry to hear about your fall - I hope your arm feels better soon.

Judy - Ouch on that cold ride home the other night. I would have wanted to dive in that soup too. I hope that your PMS has eased and that work is better for you.

Karen C - Soory to hear about your ski machine. It's good that you're able to get outside. Good job on getting that dessert boxed up and then giving it to your girlfriend!

Karen - Sorry about the gain. I hope your hip stops bothering you.

I'm posting another gain - .06. This has to stop, especially since I have a dr's appt. in a few weeks. Unfortunately, the last couple of days I've just been stuffing my face. I think the stress of Ana being sick coupled with being stuck in the house got to me. Tonight we're going to a cocktail party. I'll try to ignore the tasty tidbits and limit the wine and I should be ok. Tomorrow we're going to my cousin's grandson's birthday party and then to my mom's house for dinner. So it will be a challenging weekend.

And now I must go continue tackling the mountains of laundry that's been awaiting me.

Have a great weekend.

Carla

271.4/267.4/140

Anne - sorry to hear about the Ben & Jerry's. I know that when my husband is away it's a challenge for me. Good for you for planning to feed the kids stuff they like but you don't and stocking up on good, low point foods. Way to go on hopping on the treadmill. It's good to hear I'm not the only one who has problems with snacks instead of meals. The funny thing is, some people are very successful having many small meals throughout the day - maybe it's easier if you do that for breakfast and lunch too - all I know is that it didn't work for me last night!

Carla - sorry to hear that you've had such a rough time - hey, it's never good to see a gain but 0.6 is not that bad for "stuffing your face" for the last few days. I'm glad to hear that Ana is feeling better - that has to have been rough. I'm also sorry to hear that you have a challenging eveing tonight and this weekend but please don't let the last few days slip into "oh, what's the difference, I've already blown it" thinking! How is you knee doing? I was thinking that if Ana is feeling a little better, you might be able to get on the bike for 5 or 10 minutes - just to "warm things up" and also make you feel a little better about yourself. I can hear the ciriticism - which I understand 'cause I was doing that this morning - anyway, just a thought.

So far so good today. I've had a fairly low point breakfast and lunch. Tonight we are having pizza - I think I'm giong to have one slice of pizza with cheese - usually I don't but then ffeel unsatisfied so I am going to try a different strategy. I've been guzzling water and plan on picking up my knitting tonight - I haven't done it in weeks and I know it really helps with my problem - evening hand-to-mouth disease.

Have a great weekend,
Judy

Hi guys - remember me? I thought I'd pop in and say "hi!". I've been having trouble getting this site at home, but I got on fine at the office. I'm just back at work after a hysterectomy, and just getting the OK to start exercising, etc... I hope you all have been doing great on WW -- I'm building myself up to give it another try :-) Holly

Hi Holly!

Great to hear form you. Sorry to hear about the hysterectomy but glad to hear that you just got the OK to start exercising. Hey, check in with us even before you start WW - just be sure to post on the most recent thread (this is last week's). As usual, I'll be setting up the new week's thread come Monday.

I've been sort of static on my weight loss but have been doing a little better this week (see the thread for 2/17-2/23) and am hoping for a good weigh in tomorrow.

Have a great weekend!

Judy