[SlimmingWorldChick]

I did the DVD at home it was fun i remember the wholer routine from when i was going through my fitness stage.

No i didn't have spagetti and meat balls, i still had the bolognese in the fridge, and felt like a bit of pasta and some rice so i just mixed it all together.

I feel so much better on the points plan i know my limit is within my points and it just feels normal...like i'm not even dieting..i also keep thinking is this how skinny people eat cos it's easy..I'm afraid of my next binge though ..but ive learnt to not say no to myself and always have a little and plan my treats more better.

[seranab]

You know I was having that same feeling. When I first started WW I remember saying to my husband "I must be doing something wrong... this is too easy" and I always make sure that if I want a snack I've left points for it and everything. I really love it and I feel accountable especially when I write everything down in my diary. I also use fitday.com to keep track of my intake, I really love it because it really highlights how well/bad you're doing. Also I'm eating medium sized portions... MEDIUM SIZED PORTIONS... I mean I poured myself "30grams" of cereal and I was like NO WAY do thin/healthy people only eat that much. Or even when I'm cooking something like steak... I would usually get them very thin but covering half of my plate. All of a sudden by measuring it... It doesnt look like a steak anymore. But I give myself time to really savour it so I'm quite enjoying the plan except for one thing... I'm finding it VERY hard to drink 8 glasses a day of water. I'm just about managing four, but it's very hard. How are you holding up with water and milk.

[SlimmingWorldChick]

91 days to go this is getting very confusing!!

seranab..The water and milk i'm finding quite easy cos i decided in december to give up all fizzy drinks and only drink water and i've stuck to it till now...no liquid other than water has passed my lips. I'm so proud of myself , this is how i know there will be no more crashing for on weight watchers, cos i know i put my mind to just drinking water and i did it. I drink 1 litre of water after every meal and i drink herbal tea a lot too. As for milk i love cereal so i did it everyday.

I can't wait to move my ticketer!!

[SlimmingWorldChick]

Day 91 menu..
So wierd cos my apetite is disappearing..i hate that..

Breakfast
Special K 28g(I've somehow managed to eat only this much for two days now)1.5 points
Skimmed milk 0.5
apple 0.5

Lunch
116g chicken 3
200g white rice 4
Blackcurrent bracer herbal tea

Dinner
Tuna salad sandwich 4
Ryvita minis Caramel 1.5
Tesco melon 1 tub 0.5(so much, so filling yet not even 1 point)
Twinings peppermint tea

Anytime
15g jacobs light cream crackers 1
1tsp WW strawberry fruit spread 0.5
Hob nobs light 28g(i'm addicted, but i'm able to enjoy this in moderation)2
banana 1.5
apple 0.5

Cos i'm working lates this week so i have to eat my dinner for lunch and lunch for dinner hence the tuna salad sandwich for dinner. Today was so wierd after breakfast i couldn't work up an apetite for lunch i waited and waited then my belly was rumbling but no apetite, so i just ate(i have to as i'm working till eleven with only 1 half hour break). But i always get the munchies when the boredom sets in at work.

[2muchbackend]

Your doing great keep it up.

[seranab]

Yeah... you're definately doing brilliantly!

[SlimmingWorldChick]

Wow thank you for the encouragement...

I've finished my points for the day and am not hungry but feeling very peckish when i came on and saw your encouragement it just vanished. ..Thank you...

I had a real test today, went out and couldn't find any sandwiches anywhere had to walk so far to Morrisons to find a place to buy a low fat sandwich which was not as nice as the WW ones, but now i know i need to be more prepared b4 i ho out like make my own sandwich and take my own yogurt. Me and my auntie also ended up at a buffet which was kinda difficult the funny thing was i wasn't hungry and although everyone was eating i easily resisted everything, cos i'd eaten and was not full but satisfied. I had some WW cookies when i got home and noone even noticed i'm trying to lose weight when i came home and tucked into my rice and chicken then some herbal tea and crackers with raspberry jam(0 points for a teaspoon) for afters. Wow i can do this, just like i gave up fizzy drinks i can do this!!

[SlimmingWorldChick]

Day 88!!I'm weighing on wednesday..cos i started again on thursday.

I had another binge on Sunday, this is common cos it's TOM. I didn't think i had an eating problem but now i'm beginning to realise that i do and i want to work through it.

My first step is i wrote everything i ate down and calculated the points, then i worked out how many excercise points i had and worked out to make 8 points(i still have 4 left, which i'm going to do tonight). I had eaten 22.5 points over my allowance some days in the week i had .5 points left so i subtracted that: 22 points still left, i subtracted my excercise 22-12=10 points left. Now i've only got 10 points to account for which i'm subtracting from my points today(-4), tuesday(-4) and wednesday(-2). And by Thursday ready for weigh in, it will be like it never happened!! I think this could work. I know this will work.

I read another post about someone who claimed they had blamed the plan saying it didn't work becos she constantly ate trigger foods. I think i may have a problem a little similar to this as I always get the muchies in the evening and if i snack on fruit i become full so i don't want anything else but when i snack on cookies it makes me want more. So i've decided to make another change I'm going to write a list of my trigger foods and replace them with healthier options. But i don't want to rescrit myself and fall off so the weekend i can have whatever i want within my allowance but for the week i have to stay away from trigger foods, do you think this will work.?

Some healthy things i love are:

Grapes
Crackers and nutella spread
Baked walkers crisps
Nuts(mite be a lot of points though)
Yogurt

[SlimmingWorldChick]

Day 86!!

I'm finding great alternatives to the normal junk i snack on which make me binge and actually don't make me that full. I was able to cut out those 4 points on Tuesday had a bit of a blip on Monday but worked out and added the extra points i needed to tuesday and wednesday.

Crackers have become my best friend they are so yummy and WW yogurts are only 1 point they make a great yummy filling desert. I found WW mango and lemon and lime i'm trying them tonite the're only o.5 points on the tracker. I have also been drinking a lot of herbal tea which has been keeping me full.

Yesterday i lost my apetite and decided to change my sandwich i have been having too much tuna i think cos it took me ages to eat, i swapped it for a jam one today..i think tomorrow i'll buy houmous and pitta bread and to make sandwiches also gonna have the oven baked pizza on Friday i think..oo i'm planning without realising..

Weigh in tomorrow i am feeling so light for this TOM..funny that cos i got on the scale after my little binge last week wednesday/thursday and had gained 3 pounds but i wonder whats in store this week...?

[SlimmingWorldChick]

Come on people i can see your viewing, post how you guys are doing with ths points mania...I was thinking will i count points for the rest of my life now? or will i just get accustomed to this way of eating and know how to eat for life. I really want this to change me...i also bought a points calculator!!

[modkittn]

If you are thinking of switching around your sandwiches, I do a 1 point wrap (try Cedar's Low Carb Wheat Wraps) with 2 TBSP hummus (1 point) and some turkey, ham, and lettuce. Usually the whole thing comes to 4-5 points depending on how much meat I use.

If you want to see what I eat you can check out the planning thread:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...=112499&page=2

I put my points in there too.

I did WW once before and lost 80 pounds. Then I moved, was completely stressed, started a new medication (with weight gain as a side effect), and couldn't find a WW meeting I liked. It all lead to a 70 pound gain back. I'm so happy to be back where I am now. I will NEVER stop counting my points again. EVER. It is SO easy and to be honest, I eat a lot of the same types of things. So now I can grab something and know in my head that it is 2 points. So there isn't a lot of guessing for me anymore. Eventually when you get there, things are a lot easier!

[SlimmingWorldChick]

86 days left and i've lost !!!

3 pounds!!!

I'm soooo happy cos now i'm 2 pounds away from the weight it says on my ticketer!!! This is my goal for next week...
I have never been on a new way of eating and lost weight on my TOM before or after a major binge...you know what i think i'm in control... this is amazing. I'm hoping to c great results for next week too...Watch this space!!!

[SlimmingWorldChick]

hello,

I'm back from a very naughty weekend. I counted points on friday but by and Saturday. But yesterday i lost count cos i went to my friend's on Saturday night but today is another day and i'm back counting. I didn't even go nuts yday it was so wierd by the time i got back from my friends house i had had a small bowl of muesli and full fat milk(she's breast feeding!!and insists this is the best to drink). I also made myself a sandwich and had a couple of bourbon biscuits and some shortbread. It was so wierd cos it was like i'd lost my apeptite(which i have lately)Then we munched on some pitta bread i think i ate 4 halves and tiny bit of chicken.

This morning i woke up not hungry at all it's 4 o'clock and all i've had is my special k 28g which looked huge and took ages to eat and a yogurt. Hmmm...whats happeing, when i weighed i had gained 2 pounds it's wierd cos i feel like i ate more than what ive gained. Wierd...i hope i can loose it. Hmm i see a small pattern developing here losing then gaining.

[SlimmingWorldChick]

I'm tempted to eat in the canteen at work but i have no idea of the nutritional info or what is actually in the food therefore it's hard to count the points..i also hate to guess the weight...but then again i have 19 points left... i mite just stick to a sandwich and fruit but then thats all for today since i'm working till 11.... Hmmm...not sure its a good idea.

[sunshine900]

Hi,
I'm not doing ww right now, but I have done it in the past, what I find helpful in order to get all my water, is to actually buy the bottled kind and to have it with me all the time, everywhere I go, I started barely drinking 2 or 3 glasses a day and now I can't go without at least 2 or 3 liters.