This is a great thread for those who want support, helpful hints, friendship and a great bunch of people to communicate with. This thread has existed for a long time and we keep re-starting it whenever the old one gets too long. Feel free to stop in and chat, we are not a "closed" group and welcome newcomers. Some of us have been together for well over a year, some only a few days, but we care about each other. We offer tips, we share, we pick each other up of the floor when we've had rough times and we applaud when someone does well.
So, please do stop on by and share a bit, support is what it's all about! We can really do this together.
Micasa, welcome and we can discuss all the points you want here!
I can't even tell you how many times I have re-started Weight Watchers. It is like an old friend. I hate to say that I ditch my old friend from time to time, but I am always coming back.
This week, I was going to go an weigh in at a meeting on Tuesday morning and ended up deciding to take that time and get on the treadmill instead of attending the meeting. I reasoned it out, and I do not recommend others do this, that is was a particularly busy week and that I needed to take time for me. What would make me lose weight more effectively? Going to that meeting and trying to cheat that scale by wearing really lightweight clothes and skipping my breakfast? (who was I kidding?) or would it be better for me to get my ____ on that treadmill and spend the time I would have spent at the meeting on exercise. I chose the exercise. The WW people wouldn't have liked me ditching the meeting, but as time was really short this week, I decided to recommit myself to my eating privately instead of there at the meeting and to get moving. It worked for me this week, I am down another pound.
I shall return to WW next week, though. I am no fool. I need those meetings to keep me motivated and on track.
Ash, I also have a snacking (and eating out and eating desserts) with the husband issue. He is a very bad influence on me. He is naturally thin by nature and it seems that no matter what he eats, he is always about the same weight. I nicknamed him "Mr. Haagen-Dazs" after his favorite ice cream. He can take the pint container out of the refrigerator and just eat with no portion control. He uses real butter liberally. He wonders why I can't control myself and I have him as an example all the time. I do love this man, but sometimes it can be exasperating to have his eating habits "in my face" all the time.
By the way, all, I am still really way to busy and have yet to even open the box my new dehydrator came in and read the instructions. I bought all the stuff to dehydrate and I worry that it's going bad before I can make time to use it. Maybe later on today? We shall see.
Yeah, my husband can gain weight, but for now the Army keeps him thinner. His max weight is 196 lbs. and he goes anywhere from 193-6, I just worry about one day when he retires..actually I am hoping with our move to NC and more outdoorsy type stuff and no issue with exchange rates..we'll be able to get out and do more..I know we're def. not getting cable when we go back..I hate how much TV we watch here, but when we're not able to go places all the time..it's what we end up with over here..
Would you believe my 2 year old is 25.5 lbs. and asks me for food like 6 times a day. I know he runs around, but sheesh..I need to lose like three of him..lol
Ash, maybe you can take your 2 year old to some kind of playground and get out of the house? Both of you could benefit!
We need to all set tiny goals and take baby steps!
It's freezing over here in Germany so we don't go outside much. We do a lot with our Wii. I am hoping after we move, NC will be a lot more activities outside friendly..
Question - how do you plan ahead your meals. Apparently I am a mood eater - which sometimes becomes an issue..just wondering how people decide.
Ash, when will you be coming back to the USA? Today here in NH it is about 58 degrees, but I have a friend in NC and I guess it must be about 70 there today. You will love it. I've been to the Chapel Hill area.
Planning meals is difficult but I try to work out my points or calorie allowance for the day at the beginning of each day. What I do is try to have a 4 or 5 point breakfast, I never let it go above 5 points unless it's a holiday or very special occasion. I then figure out that will be our dinner. I try not to make it above 10 points unless I want to use flex points, as I often do.
Then, whatever is left is then divided into lunch with a few points for a small snack and a small Weight Watcher type of dessert or a yogurt.
I only get 21 points a day and it's VERY hard to stick to my plan. My appetite is more for about a 30+ point day.
I often feel deprived and sad about how I need to eat. It seems that others around me eat whatever they please and never gain weight. I have to admit that I strongly dislike exercise but I made myself get on the treadmill as often as I can.
I was in a gym for awhile but I slacked off and truly didn't like it very much. Seemed like, by the time I got dressed and got myself there and got home, I could have a workout DONE at home. I saved about a half hour or more of my time by exercising at home. I'm just not into sports of any kind.
Sometimes, if my mood is good, I like to put on music and dance when no one is watching. That can at least be enjoyable.
We will be backstateside in early January. I cannot wait. I think I am going back to meetings when we do get back, we shall see.
As for the planning I will keep that in mind. And I go through spurts of loving and hating exercise. That is why I am hoping to do more outside when we move.
My belly pooch won't hold up a pencil this morning! (You remember the bra test wih the pencil?) The pencil fell from under my pooch!
I have been wearing such baggy clothes since surgery, I wasn't sure if anything positive was happening. But if I look back at my postings, I did manage to lose about 4 pounds in the past month.
Can't really take credit for it since I was eating a lot of donated casseroles and stuff. But I will take credit for keeping my portions in line.
I did have a moment where I considered buying a bag of Doritos. My thinking was "With everything going on, I deserve this". But I changed that to "With everything going on, you deserve to treat yourself kinder than Doritos".
And my surgeon gave me a warm fuzzy, we were talking about the upcoming port placement for chemo, and he said something about "you are thin enough that...." I don't even remember the end , I was just so tickled to be "thin enough" for something!!
I really hope no one thinks I am being shallow thinking about weight loss in the middle of all my other stuff. I am just very grateful to be a little lighter while dealing with this health stuff.
roundpeg - That is great that you're able to see progress in the middle of medical issues. I don't think it's shallow at all, if it's a positive in your life I think you should celebrate it. I hope everything else turns out good, I will say a prayer for your health; I guess I missed somwhere that this stuff was going on. Sorry for that. Take care!
So I recalculated my points and I am supposed to be eating 28 pts. glup - I have not being eating that. Not on the higher end of it, but the lower end. I am sure that my weight probably has been effected by it. So, today, Saturday, I am starting a new. I started new in my journal and for today planned out not so much what I am having but where the points go at each time of the day. I am going to a baby shower and I thought of some foods that I know will more than likely be there and have given myself more points for "lunch" since it's around that time. I will take the sheet and my journal with me as well as my 1 liter bottle of water. That should help me not freak at the shower. At the end of today, I will post my journal so everyone can look at it.
Okay, so they didn't have anything at the shower that I thought they would except the cake. So - um yeah, I had to guesstimate, but I actually did great. So, here is my journal for today. I did use 5 flex pts. but um, yeah it wasn't because of the shower, it was because I had ice cream with the hubby..but I didn't eat it all like I normally would have..so well it's improvement. Like I said I do good till my man is home, but this was all on me this time! : )
0830 - 1 egg scrambled 3
FF Cheese 1
Salsa 0
4.5 oz. Grape juice 2
Apple sauce 1
1130 - Fiber 1 bar 2
1430 - Turkey 2
Cheddar cheese 8 <-- I know silly, but I love cheese.
Baby carrots 0
Dip 2
Cake 3
1730 - Bean bake 6
1900 - Ice cream 5 <-- Flex pts worth it, but I know bad girl, lol.
So, 28 pts. 5 flex pts. I think all things considering it was a good day. I should do good today, Sunday here already in Germany, so I should see some sort of loss...
Morning girls. Haven't been around much. My eating has not been that great either. I gained last week. I'm hovering around 190. I'm still going to meetings. I'm in a much better place than I was this time last year. So I will try and do better.
Roundpeg that's good on the pencil test. I agree you deserve something better than Doritos.
I haven't been able to exercise in a few weeks. Need to get back into that.
Linda user cp is at the top of the page on the left hand side.
Exhausted.
Was hospitalized Sun-Wed.
The doctors say I have an infection, but don't know where.
I had hives with it as well.
Anyway, I hope everyone is doing alright.
I'll be back Monday, hopefully I'll feel 100% by then.
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