So I have not been around much but I lurk sometimes. I switched to simply filling 2 weeks ago and am really enjoying it. Love that as long a I stick to power foods I can eat until I am satisfied. I find it easy to stick to them most of the time. I feel like it frees me to eat healthy food without 'saving' points for a snack later. Also down 2lbs since last month, so got to love that.
That's great... I've actually been meaning to ask here if anyone was doing that... It's something I really want to try... Sometimes for me all the tracking gets to be a bit much... And I can easily see myself eating that way... I actually printed out a power foods list and brought it with me grocery shopping just to sort of gently remind me to steer myself in that direction...
I think the next time I'm at a meeting I'll ask for some more specifics on it...
Down 3.9 today and got the old scolding message from the WW app.. "we know you're super excited to lose weight, but slow down". OK, I get it, healthy weight loss is slow and steady. However, I'm barely 5'2 and almost 300 pounds. I don't think a 4 pound weight loss is out of line... I know what they are trying to do and that's cool but it's kinda crummy to have WW pooh-pooh what I consider a really good week!
I took a second look at Simply Filling.. nope. I'd rather track than eat fat-free cheese!
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Congrats, Kitten! I completely agree about the scolding. I got one today, but it looked like I only lost 0.8 last week due to TOM. Celebrating being in the two-teens, it's been a long while for me
Congrats kitten and elaine on your loses this week that's awesome!!!
And kitten ITA about fat free cheese...lol...
So I'm still really trying to work on this whole "meal planning" thing this week... So this morning instead of making myself more crazy about it I decided to do something else that has been on my "To Do List"...
I went RUNNING!!!
I actually got myself out running before 7AM... Which for me is nothing short of a miracle...lol... And now according to my Fitbit, the WW app has given me 6 Activity Pts so far... Now I can lounge around the rest of day and feel completely justified...Lol...
And I kept my breakfast to 8pts so that should keep me right on target for the rest of the day... Just have to get through some grocery shopping a little later without going too crazy... But I should be fine...
Since it makes two and I practically need second breakfast and second lunch, it's perfectfor second breakfast. Trying to find cheaper, filling, and healthier recipes while mu budget is low.
Hi everyone! I'm still here though I haven't been sticking to WW recently. I actually just cancelled my membership. The good news is I haven't gained anything. I am doing a no eating out challenge for the entire month of May. One week down and I'm feeling pretty confident. I actually lost .4lbs from Tuesday until today so yay!! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
I just bought a dress (well actually a top and a long skirt) for a wedding I'm attending. I was thrilled to be able to buy it in a medium which I haven't done in over 20 years.
I took a second look at Simply Filling.. nope. I'd rather track than eat fat-free cheese!
I do not eat fat free cheese (I can't even find if in stores). Then I eat regular cheese and track the pts out of my 49 wps. But now I get to eat Greek yogurt with not extra pts plus popcorn and other great foods I have missed.
That's great... I've actually been meaning to ask here if anyone was doing that... It's something I really want to try... Sometimes for me all the tracking gets to be a bit much... And I can easily see myself eating that way... I actually printed out a power foods list and brought it with me grocery shopping just to sort of gently remind me to steer myself in that direction...
I think the next time I'm at a meeting I'll ask for some more specifics on it...
There is a great Facebook group that has all the info. Type in Simply Filling and you will find it. I love that I can eat just a little bit more of healthy foods (chicken , Greek yogurt etc) and not worry about how many pts I have left. I think I am going to be able to up my extra wps, because I am on maintenance and not trying to lose anymore. It definitely feels more like normal, sustainable eating rather then worrying about every little pts. I ate a Boston pizza this week, had a great pasta totally Power foods. That would have freaked me out before and I would have just failed. Now it was a win.
There is a great Facebook group that has all the info. Type in Simply Filling and you will find it. I love that I can eat just a little bit more of healthy foods (chicken , Greek yogurt etc) and not worry about how many pts I have left. I think I am going to be able to up my extra wps, because I am on maintenance and not trying to lose anymore. It definitely feels more like normal, sustainable eating rather then worrying about every little pts. I ate a Boston pizza this week, had a great pasta totally Power foods. That would have freaked me out before and I would have just failed. Now it was a win.
Thanks for the info... I'm less than 15lbs from my goal now (Thank God!) and even though I just re-joined WW I'm already thinking about maintenance... the last time I got to goal it was just from really sticking to my pts.. and of course once I stopped... well, here I am again... So I really like the idea of transitioning to simply filling... I think I'm going to start incorporating a few days here and there into my plan and see how I do...
I'm a WW veteran, primarily of the Momentum and Flex points days. The plan WORKS, whether it's points (in whatever form) or Simply Filling, and I just wanted to pop by and say you guys ROCK! I'll be joining you when I'm closer to my goal -- trying to shift some pounds quickly right now it's a long story -- but I'll be seeing you all in a couple of months!
I'm a WW veteran, primarily of the Momentum and Flex points days. The plan WORKS, whether it's points (in whatever form) or Simply Filling, and I just wanted to pop by and say you guys ROCK! I'll be joining you when I'm closer to my goal -- trying to shift some pounds quickly right now it's a long story -- but I'll be seeing you all in a couple of months!
We'll be looking forward to having to having you...
And hopefully I'll be a WW Lifetime Member by then too...
So last night I decided to dip into my wp's and have a couple of cookies (alright 4 actually...lol..) and some ice cream... And it felt a bit crazy... But I haven't had anything like that since my birthday almost 2 weeks ago... But I did run yesterday and I had earned 7 activity pts from my Fitbit... Plus my weekly's reset today, so it was sort of a "use 'em or lose 'em" thing... and the damage wasn't too bad on the scale this morning (AND I don't worry about day to day fluctuations anymore anyway)
BUT... I still can't seem to help worrying a little bit that using all those wp's is going to effect my weight loss...
BECAUSE... In my mind... in a perfect world I would stick to my pts everyday, not dip into my weekly's, earn a boatload of activity pts and not touch those too, and of course never be hungry... AND lose 3lbs a week!!!
WELL... Today I'm going to work on letting go of all of that!!!
SO... now back to all of this "meal planning" stuff that I'm supposed to being working on this week... Lol...
BECAUSE... In my mind... in a perfect world I would stick to my pts everyday, not dip into my weekly's, earn a boatload of activity pts and not touch those too, and of course never be hungry... AND lose 3lbs a week!!!
Weight loss would be easy if we didn't have all this BRAIN to deal with! I always worry about eating the weeklies too. I do find that eating them close to weigh-in day causes me some issues. I set my weigh-in day for Friday, that way I have Saturday and Sunday to use my weeklies because I find it very easy to stick to plan during the week. I feel like if I set my weigh-in for Monday, I might have already used a few weeklies during the work week and I'd end up going over during the weekend.
I used 46 out of 49 weeklies last week. 38 of those were on Saturday and Sunday and I still lost almost 4 pounds. However... I am still almost 300 pounds so weight comes off very quickly at this stage. I'm sure I'll find it necessary to cut back on those a bit when I get thinner.
Got on the scales this morning and finally saw a decent loss after a few weeks of the scale moving up or not at all (damn TOM).
Feeling a little bit deprived lately but keeping strong because I am so desperate to get to my 20kg loss goal and it feels like it's taking forever! 2.6kg to go!
