Hi there,
I'm not new to this forum! I think this place is very encouraging and supporting. However, I have decided to try weight watchers! I started today. I'm starting out slowly and cheaply. We are in the process of buying a house. So I have downloaded 2 applications on my iPhone that give caloric information and a points counter and tracker. I don't know if those are weight watcher things or not. But they seem to be good. The one even includes the flex points, activity points. Fruits and veggies, fat, water and milk servings.
If I know that I'm going to stick to this plan and it starts working slowly then I will ante up and get the books I need for the WW stuff so that I know all the points match up.
Other than that... I started losing weight in 2005. I started at 190 at 19 years old. I lost 40lbs down to 150. I got married in 2007 and gained 10lbs back. I've fluctuated between 150 and 160 since then. I would really like to get down to and maintain my original goal of 140. It's only 20lbs and then I want to stay at 140, I don't want to keep jumping back up. I just need to stick to a plan and do it.
When I originally lost the weight, I was on my own plan. I ate a lot of dairy products and reduced my portions and increased my activity. That worked well but I'd like to make sure I'm getting my fruits and veggies each day and staying healthier.
Thank you for the warm welcome.. I started counting points... But, I am going to start tomorrow making sure that I stay within my limits. I've been finding that I'm still hungry after the 22 points.... I have been eating my fruits and veggies and getting all of my protein and high fiber. I think my body just has to get used to this?
Hi! I'm joinging Weight Watchers tonight with my daughter and we are also in Buffalo NY. It would be great if we could share some tips and stores around Buffalo that have some great foods.
Hey Angel! That's a great idea! I've found that when I get hungry, I try to eat one thing at a time. For example, If I have a bowl of cereal for breakfast I wait a while to eat anything until I'm hungry again. Once I'm hungry again then I'll have a fruit or veggie until lunch time. Then I'll have something like a sandwich with veggies. But I don't eat a big huge meal at once. I eat slowly throughout the day. This helps manage my points and make sure I'm eating when I'm hungry.
I also started doing the wendie plan.. This fluctuates how many points I eat a day. Yesterday I had 28. Today I have 23. I'll see if it works well or not..
Other than that, we can share some stuff we find. I found the one recipe idea for pita pizzas. I get the whole grain/whole wheat pita (2pts), add some sauce (0pts) and lowfat WW cheese (2pts/ounce) and reduced fat pepperoni (it's about 2pts for a full serving, but I end up with half a serving on the pizza, so 1pt). It's very filling and it's only 5pts!!
It's very good and very filling. i don't have too many either as I just started last Saturday.. and I ended up having to restart and focus on points on Wednesday. I started counting Saturday.. but didn't stay within my allotment until Tuesday and Wednesday. Then Wednesday I decided to try the Wendie plan. We'll see how that works. I like the variety and it helps me use up the flex points for the week. I'm saving my highest points day for the superbowl party LOL
Leeesa... the apps are: pocket points (point calculator), iTracker-this tracks daily and flex points, water, fruits and veggies, dairy and good fat. With that one you need to input food and point amounts. iShape is similar to iTracker. It can count calorie or points. This is nice too it tracks intake of protein, carbs, fat on top of water, veggies and dairy. This has its own database, but you can add foods to it also.
I use all 3 together. It's been working out so far for me. These all cost .99 except I think one was 1.99. Very cheap.
Well, your goal sure sounds reasonable and doable. I think the actual meetings are what makes this program work for me. However, many have been successful with the support of the web. Very best of luck to you and remember you can always check out a meeting in your area for free!
Yeah. my DH's mother goes to the meetings. She's in maintenance now. She's lost about 60 lbs with it and it has taken her some time to do it. She is down to 130lbs now. My DH didn't want me to get too far into the WW and then stop and waste a bunch of money. We'll see how I do without the meetings. I'd like to in a month or so if I see good results get some of the books off Ebay. Until then I'll use my app's on my phone.
I forgot there is also a free one that has nutrition for a lot of restaurants. Because it's free it doesn't have every single menu item, but it works well for what it is. Anything I can't find, I just google.
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