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Judy, I actually have a bracelet from WW that I can track my points with. I just haven't taken it out of the box yet. :o I should because I think that is where my big problem lies...not keeping track of those darn points.
I gotta go. I'm supposed to be at my sister's house helping her with the grocery list for our camping trip. Then I have to get Simon to his appt. at 2 to get his rabies shot and the last distemper shot. More money!!! Chris |
Chrily -- tracking points is a biggie, but something I always had trouble with. My solution is to maintain a consistent regiment, varying only lunch and dinner. That way I only have to calculate lunch and dinner. Here's the schedule I use:
Breakfast -- Cereal + Milk (3 pts) Mid-Morning Snack -- Fruit (1 Pt) Lunch -- Varies (incl. 1 veg (0 pts), 1 Dark Chocolate Kiss (.5 pt) + an entree) Mid-Afternoon Snack -- Fruit (1 Pt) Late-Afternoon Snack -- Bread (1 Pt) Dinner -- Varies (Milk (1 pt), Fruit (1 pt), Dark Chocolate Kiss (.5 pt), entree) There is nothing magical about this combination of foods. It's just what I like. The point is that it is a consistent, daily, Monday-Friday food regimen. That means that nine points of my daily intake are fixed, and I don't have to count them. The only thing I have to track every day are the only things that vary: the entree for lunch and dinner. Since I also do the Wendie plan, I know exactly how many points I get each day, so to determine how much I get for lunch, I just subtract nine from my Wendie points for the day. (In the Wendie program, your flex points are spread out to different days of the week, and the point intake varies from day to day, with one super-high-day (for me, Saturday.) Remaining Points for Lunch/Dinner (Remaining Points/Total for the Day): Wednesday: 15/24 Thursday: 16/25 Friday: 20/29 Saturday: 30/39 Sunday: 15/24 Monday: 19/28 Tuesday: 17/26 So now, I just need to know how much I eat for lunch and dinner. If I choose a lunch that's 7 points (say, a lean cuisine), then I know I have 8 points left for my dinner entree. If I want to eat other snacks after lunch, they come out of my dinner allowance. That way, at the end of the day, I know how many points I have left, but I don't do a lot of counting. I have a post it note on my fridge that tells me how much lunch points I have each day, and I use that to pack my lunch -- I actually eat veggie pizza from pizza hut 4x per week (1 pizza, 4 servings at 8 pts each.) I actually usually keep track in my head, even, except on Saturday, when my diet is less consistent. Another thing that helps is to cook ahead of time, if you can. I also cook almost every weekend, and freeze individual portions of the dish, labelled with the contents and the point value. So, today, my lunch is 6 points, and that means I have 9 points left for dinner. When I wanted to eat bagels this morning (they are free at work every Wednesday), I just reminded myself (several times) that if I wanted bagels now I would have to eat a much lighter lunch and dinner, and I'd rather have subway tonight (9 points) than bagels this morning. Really, that's what WW is bought -- improving your nutrition overall by encouraging you to eat healthy food (which is coincidentally low in points) and about teaching you to understand food trade-offs -- you can have chips now, and a lighter dinner later, or you can wait, and have more for dinner. I have found it easier, psychologically, to wait to eat your goodies until the end of the day, so you have to spend less time resisting the goodies. (i.e. if you have pastry for breakfast, you have to spend the rest of the day resisting other goodies, but if you wait and have desert after dinner, you have to resist other goodies for less time. Of course, if you object to eating a consistent regiment, or use regular WW (not Wendie plan), you do have to count more. But it has worked for me -- and I want to share, on the possibility that it might work for you too. :D As far as walking outside, it's almost 108 here -- so I feel your pain. But I thought you said you belonged to a gym? Do they have a track? You could always walk inside. If the treadmill is too high impact, you might try an elliptical machine (the treadmill always hurt my back.) Regardless of how you do it, what matters is that you CAN do it. It's only a matter of finding the right strategies and techniques for you, and I think that's one of the great things about this group -- we offer support and share our strategies and techniques, and our SUCCESSES! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judy: Thank you, Judy. Our group has grown substantially, and I hope everyone feels the same way. (Re Your Comment: Everybody--now that we've got such a great group going and contributing here, I know we all understand that we'll comment and respond as we can without any pressure.) I'm glad you have a plan, Judy. I have faith in you. :D That is an interesting strategy for point counting, with the pennies. I was terrible at tracking until I started doing the Wendie plan... |
Hey, a WW bracelet to track points? I've never seen that! How does it work?
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Ariana-YOu have some great ideas! Anything that takes some of the mindless eating out of my way is great. According to WW, I am at 26 pts a day. I do have to make sure I have 3 meals and 3 snacks a day otherwise I get really shaky. I mainly eat cereal for breakfast and occasionally an egg or two. Toast is hard for me to use because I have a yeast allergy so when I have to buy bread for myself, its around $6 a loaf so my breakfast options are few.
I am sort of familiar with the Wendie Plan and I know on some days would be easier on me, esp on the days when I do work. I have more control over food when I am at home. How many flexpoints do you use a week? Another thing, I need some low point, filling snacks. I do get hungrier than my points allow. I do have a gym membership! I really like going there and I love the elliptical! :D I need to just quit coming up with excuses not to do it, and to just get 'er done. It just seems overwhelming and one more thing to try to fit into the day. I have so much going on all the time, there is just so little left for me. I know I need to make my weight and life a priority too. What to do? :D Judy! You would love the bracelet. It has pretty beads and a removeable charm. THe charm has 4 clear, then one black bead...and I Think its 30 bead total. The black bead marks every 5th pt. You move the charm as you use your points for the day. I think they sell them on the WW website but I've seen other businesses sell them too. Gotta go the computer is blipping out on me. Best buy gets it back again. They can fix the darn thing. Chris |
Happy Thursday
Morning all,
Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing. Chris: The bracelet sounds great! I will have to check that out. I have not been walking this week and I really need to get back on track in that area but the eating on plan has been no problem... Well have a happy day all! Susan |
Hi everyone:
Here is something for you to try - made these & they are pretty good for a chocholate fix! 3 cups all bran cereal 2 tsp baking powder 2 cups water 1 low fat brownie mix Preheat oven to 350 & spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray Mix 3 cups all bran, water & baking powder. Let sit 5 minutes Mix in brownie mix Bake 20/25 minutes & enjoy Each muffin is 2 ww points, pretty big & yummy. Even my daughter & her bf liked them. Good quick breakfast or snack. Gotto go, bye for now. |
Hey Bandit,
Thanks for the yummy recipe. I can always use something for chocolate! Princess, doesn't your weight line look yummy! Being in onederland is such a biggie! All goes well here. I'm getting a lot done and the food is better. I'm walking better too and that's a big help. Take care Turtles and keep on keepin' on! :cheer: Judy |
:D Evening everyone...
Just letting ya know that we are headed out on our big camping excursion so I won't be back until Sunday evening. I do want you all to know that I am taking my WW points tracker and books to read. :) :) :) I have packed some fruit and veggies and I think the rest of the food I can handle okay. Wish me luck. I hope I feel better tomorrow so we can go for a walk. My feet, legs, back and wrists are all very sore today. I haven't had a flare up like this forever. I'm armed with Advil though....:D Hoping this all fades off soon. I just feel all over yucky but didn't want to disappoint the kids. They've been looking forward to this trip for weeks now. Check back later this weekend. Chris |
Happy Friday!
Morning all,
Judy: I love the fact that I am in onederland! It feels great and I am looking forward to hitting my next goal, I just have not set one yet so I need to take care of that and get moving on it. Chris: have a great weekend! I am sure that you will have fun. I am hoping to get to the farmers market tomorrow morning... Love going there, it is great to walk around and look at all of the stuff and get some fresh produce. W/I tomorrow... not sure about that yet but I have stayed in my points range so it should not be too bad I just have not gotten out to walk so that is going to show up on the scale. Have to run but have a great weekend! Susan |
Hi Turtles,
Chris, feel better and enjoy the weekend away. You're doing great to bring your tracker and camping out automatically means you'll be more active, so the weight results should be good. :grouphug: Princess, You've got your points under control and that's a great thing. Let us know what your next goal will be. :cheer: In my quest to break 200# I have decided to set a new goal for myself. I am making believe that I just joined WW's and have set a 10% goal for myself. For this week, I am counting points and will try the penny trick. If that doesn't work, I'll check out the bracelet. Thanks for letting us know about it, Chris. I am not ready to go back to meetings, but am leaving that option open if my way doesn't work. :idea: Good luck to us all for a lovely weekend filled with fun and family and friends. Judy Itryharder 234.6/215/thinner into onederland :cool: |
Princess, what about a halfway-point goal? I have a list of 12 different mini-goals, and halfway is one of them! It's really nice not to have to focus on "the big picture" all the time. :)
Judy, good idea about switching your mindset back to "newbie". :lol: Back to basics, right? Forget all the tricks you know from following WW, and do it by the rules! ;) As for me, I weighed in with a 0.5 lb gain this morning, but it's TOM so I'm not that stressed about it. I'm eating my oatmeal and drinking my tea, and soon I'll get up to fix DH's breakfast. I'm getting back out to do a little bit of my volunteering, so I'm getting lots better. Still sore and tired, but that will go away. :) Keep on keepin' on, Turtles! |
Great idea!
Mousie, that is a great idea! Thank you very much!
Princess |
Oh, Turtles. I'm happy and sad. :dizzy:
I just found out that my parents' house has gone into escrow (as of last week). They used to live here, just 8 miles down the freeway, and then they moved to Texas 2 months ago. The house that sold was my childhood home, the only "permanent" home we ever had (my dad was in the military and we moved around a lot, until he retired). I'm planning to go by with my husband tomorrow, and take last pictures. And say goodbye. I'm also planning to scatter Toby's ashes around the property. Toby was a stray dog that we adopted. She lived her entire life in that house, 15 years with us. She got sick and we put her down at New Years 2005. I've had her ashes for these 18 months and I didn't know what to do with them, but I think leaving them at "her" house is fitting. Tomorrow will be an emotional day. Wish me luck. I know this is going to be hard...but I want to feel like I've said goodbye, instead of just walking away. |
Mousie: My thoughts and prayers are with you... it is going to be hard but I am sure you will do great.
That is a great idea about the dogs ashes... very fitting. Princess |
Chrily -- I'm glad you like them. I do have to eat every few hours too or I get shaky, dizzy and cranky. :o That's even more reason to split your main meals into "mini-meals" (i.e. a piece of fruit, a piece of 1 point bread, etc.) Even little snacks can be satisfying when you get used to it.
Since the Wendie plan incorporates flex points into daily totals, I don't really use flex points on their own. I also don't do exercise points. HOWEVER, if I am ravenous, and out of points, I still allow myself to have an extra serving of fruit or one of those one-serving healthy pop popcorn bags, guilt free. It may slow me down a bit on WL, but I doubt it. What it really means is that I never feel trapped by my WL program, and so deprived that I eat junk food in desperation (you know how sometimes, if you're not supposed to eat anymore, it's all you can think about it?) The funny thing is that I often realize I'm not as hungry as I thought, because I'll turn down the extra fruit or extra popcorn, because what I'm actually craving is fat. So, two or three times a week I have an extra serving of fruit or an individual healthy pop popcorn(1.5 pts) Sometimes the key is to give yourself an "out", so that you don't become desperately hungry and overeat. I think the key to exercisely regularly is to 1) Make it a habit -- set a workout frequency and rough schedule (i.e. workout 3x a week, strive for M, W, F -- if you miss one day, make it up) and stick to it for a month. After that, it becomes more of a habit. The longer you do it, the more of a habit it becomes, and as a result, it gets easier to just go. 2) Try working out on the way home from work. Don't go home first. It's too easy to stay home if you stop at the house. Bring your gym clothes to work and be ready to go. 3) Stretch afterwards. It makes you less likely to hurt yourself 4) If necessary, bribe yourself with a non-food item to stick to your workout regimen. 5) Focus on adhering to your workout schedule one week at a time. It gets overwhelming on larger scales. On my end, my WI last night has me down .6 pounds, which is great, considering I managed to hurt myself over the 4th of July and couldn't work out for a while, and it was 4th of July, so I had some rich food... I think I'm on target for next week. :D Have a good day ladies! I'll come back and say more on Monday, to everyone else's posts, as much as I can... Originally Posted by chrily: |
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