CatStarESP4~
I was wondering are you drinking lots of water. I know that sometimes I will have stayed the same or even I will gain if I dont drink a certain amount of water. If you arent a big water drinker than maybe you could try the flavored water, I know when I first was starting out, Flavored water really helped. Good Luck with next week.

MS

I am not weighing in until Thursday becuase I a teaching (subbing) during my regualrly scheduled meeting. Boo HOO!!!

To answer your question. Not all of the flavored water contains sweetners. Some do so when you go and are looking for kinds, then check for the sweetners. IF the ingredients say in the first four some type of sugar sweetner that is not natural, its pure sugar.

The reason why I asked if you drank your water is becuase 9 out of 10 times we dont drink enough water and that is why we gain weight whether it be .1 pounds or 5 pounds. Also, do you write down what you eat, drink, things like that with the points? I was trying to think of what i didnt do when I would gain weight.

I just started WW again today. I did it last year from late February thru early August and lost around 25 pounds. Unfortunately, I've managed to put all but three of them back on. This time I'm a bit more determined about it, and one of my friends is doing it with me.
I'm also excited that Applebee's now has the Weight Watchers menu.

Went to my meeting on Tuesday and gained 5.6 lbs...hmm can we say time of the month. I hate this I always gain so much weight when its that time...Lord if only my weight could keep dropping at this time.

Good luck to all

Bluefish...glad to hear you are back with WW and I am so happy that you have found a friend to do it with...I find that it is sometimes better to have a friend motivating you to do this then your own self, becuase they tend to remind you in that great way that friends can do, that "you dont really want that do you?" way. Good Luck keep us posted.

This is my second week on the program and I already dropped 1.4 pounds. I was shocked cause I was kind of bad last week. I'd eat a healthy during the day and then at night, I'd blow it by eating sweets. This being week 3 I'm getting on track.

I haven't been following WW, but I'm going to participate in the GC weightloss challenge and I'm going to get back on WW starting today.

I have a lot to lose (my frist goal is 50 pounds by September 1...but I really would like to lose 1-2 pounds a week)

Hopefully I'll lose and stick with it. I want to lose weight before I go back to school and so I can go to Germany (my parents are bribing me with a palne ticket to Germany if I lose weight).

I'm down 2.2 lbs in the first week, and I'm already halfway thru my second week. So far so good. My friend gained a pound but she attributes that to her little sister's high school graduation party.

Does anyone know how many points a butter tart is??

Lady Pi Phi,
What is a butter tart? I've never heard of one.

What?? No wonder it's not in the book. It must be a Candian thing.

The best way I can describe it is it's very similar to a pecan pie. Only smaller. The more traditional ones don't have nuts, but have raisins. Others are made with pecans or walnuts.

well i went to the doctor last week and he informed me that since my first appointment with him in feb. i've lost 20 lbs. i'm stunned, but quite pleased. more of an encouragement to keep going.

shelley j
sigma k

ps - see what happens when you stop drinking soda pop.

Congratulations on the weight loss. I am actually counting points today (Yay me!!!) I really want to try hard to lose weight. I't never easy for me and I have trouble sticking to diets. I know I lost 12 pounds before I fell off the wagon.

I really need to lose weight. I'm miserable at my current weight and also doing the GC challenge (although I haven't been good about up dating my journal.)

Who's the GC poster with the WW excel spreadsheet??

I went to a meeting today and I lost another 2 pounds. yey me.

That's good cause I was bad from the Thursday before Memorial Day till the Tuesday after.:D

That is me. Do you want a copy?

Allright, I'm back on. I'm really going to try this time. Mini goal - 5 lbs before convention. Final goal - 15-20 by our first anniversary (beginning of Sept).

i have to say that now that i've lost 20lbs just by diet, it's really really encouraged me to keep going and really work at it now. before i didn't really try TOO hard. i'd like to have lost another 20lbs by the time i go back to the doctor in august.

shelley j
sigma k

I had my third weigh-in tonight and I lost another two pounds. So far I've lost 6 lbs, hopefully by next week I'll be down about another 1.5 lbs because then I can switch weight brackets (my first goal. By my 25th birthday at the end of July I'm hoping to be down at least 20 lbs...so far I'm right on track. I drink so much water people probably think I'm a camel getting ready for a trip across the desert.
Oh, and I bought the "Greatest Hits" cookbook tonight b/c it was on sale. If anyone needs any recipe ideas, etc. send me a PM and I'll be happy to supply you with some low-point meals.

I went to my meeting today and I didn't gain and I didn't lose. I'm truly happy about this as I had a crappy-arse week last week. I ate very bad things and did next to no exercising. This is a brand new week. Like toocute, I have 2 more pounds to go till I reach 5 and get my gold star

I went to my first meeting on saturday.

I haven't been in a few months so I've decided to start up again. I really want to try hard this time to stick to it.
I lost 12 pounds on WW before I fell off the wagon.

Unfortunately I put all the weight back on and a little more :( .

So, here I go again.

I am not trying to lose weight, but I saw this thread and wanted to make an unsolicited comment...

I think that WW is good for two main reasons.

It promotes exercise, and it teaches valuable truths about food consumption. It teaches you that eating food is not bad, but good, and that it can be enjoyed as long as it is in moderation.

So to all of you out there, good luck and stick with it.

Why did that just sound like a WW ad? Oh well.

Even though it does sound like a WW ad it is true. I have been WW since January and have lost 35 lbs. Lately i Haven't been very good about writing things done and we have eaten out a lot, but surprisingly I haven't gained any weight back. I attribute this to portion control and knowing what I can order at all my favorite restuarants and not kill myself.

In a family where hight blood pressure is a problem it is important to watch our weight and also our food intake. My father, mother and myself have all had a drastic decrease in BP after loosing some weight and also exercising. My mom is almost completely off her Bp medication now.

I started two weeks ago and I've been following it to the best I can and working out 4 times a week for 30 minutes each time. I've also started to drink way more water. I've lost 8 pounds so far and I weigh in every Thursday. I'm eating way more healthly now that I'm on WW. I actually enjoy salads and veggies!

One of my biggest problems is that I am an emotional eater. I eat when I'm sad, when I'm happy, and especially when I am bored.
I AM ALWAYS BORED. My job is a huge factor in my weight problem. I sit all day doing the same thing for 8 hours a day. Because I am so bored I tend to snack, and what do I snack on? Crap from the veding machine. I've been good at following the point system, but I've dipped into my flex points quite a bit and I could easily use them the up before the week is done.
Now, short of quitting my job, what can I do to keep myself from snacking frequently when I am bored at work (which is constantly)?

READ! Or chat with other employees. Of course, I am in a small office with no vending machines (and I don't have change) so I can't really empathize. Then again, if this were my last job... then yeah, I could.

But yeah... pick up some HP fan fic and waste away 8 hours (it's what I do.)

:D

I drink water. I always keep a bottle of water at my desk and if I feel the need to snack I drink a bunch of water because it fills my tummy enough to take away the craving. I also chew gum. I find that when I am bored all I need is the physical chewing motion to make me feel full.

I've been really good about drinking my water, but it doesn't really make me feel full.

I used to go out from a smoke if I felt like snacking, but I'm trying to quit (have been smoke free for 6 days!)

Bring healthy snacks to work with you. I don't know much about WW, but what else can you snack on besides the salty or sweet stuff in the vending machines?

Celery is good for crunch. Add peanut butter or fat free cream cheese for a change of pace. I love cucumbers sliced and sprinked with a touch of salt. Cherry or grape tomatoes and humas is delish! Jello sugar free jello is great too. The South Beach diet allows nuts as a snack and I love almonds.

Of course, even with stuff like this you cannot snack all day, so do some of the things others mention. Drink water, chew gum, walk around the office, chat with a coworker, surf the 'net..... Set a goal for yourself. Put the 50 cents or dollar that you would spend a day in a bank on your desk and then treat yourself to a pedicure or some cute earrings after you have enough money.

I would say try one of these things-
Bring your own snacks so that they are healthier than what is in the machine. I love sugar free jello and it sooths my sweet tooth. When I need chocolate, I count out Hershey kisses and put them in baggies based on points. Then I suck on them instead of biting them so they last longer. Popcorn can be good if you need salty just choose the right brand. When I have been successful on WW it has been because of good planning ahead and less spur of the moment food choices.

Another suggestion would be to try eating 6 small meals a day. This may help you feel more full as well as give you something pre planned to eat as well. People I know who have tied this approach have been very happy with the results.

Good luck!

I chew an insane amount of gum - and I find that it works. I go through almost a pack of Orbit a day. (Plus it might help since you're trying to quit smoking! Good job on that by the way!) I'm most definetely an emotional eater too, especially the bored thing. But I've found that combining the gum with drinking the water - I get all my water that I'm supposed to have for the day in by 3 or so.
I also bring small snacks from home, like other people have said. I generally try for either stuff that I can suck on - like Tootsie Pops, Caramel Hershey's Kisses (2 of them are 1 point), hard candy or I buy those "Just 2 Points" bars. Salty stuff - I bag up a portion of the Baked Lays.
I'm doing pretty well so far using these ideas, I've lost almost 13 pounds in 7 weeks.

i'm the opposite. when i was working i didn't have a problem with snacking. i was too busy to think about it. now that i'm home all day, i'm eating MUCH more. i'm at least getting out and taking walks so hopefully that helps compensate a bit. i'm very much ready to get back to work and keep losing weight.

shelley j
sigma k

ps - i put on a pair of khakis today that i haven't been able to fit into forever! yeah!!!

Hey all--
I am going to my first WW meeting this Saturday, so I am very excited! I have a question, though--do you have to continue going to the first place you weigh in at or can you go to whatever one is nearest to you whereever you are(for example, the Sat. morning one is nearest to my house but there is another one I could go to on Monday at lunchtime that is near my work if I missed my Sat. meeting).
I lost about 50 pounds 2 years ago and I have gained 15 of it back, so my goal is to lose 15 pounds(and maybe more) and continue working out. I LOVE to work out and my suggestion to people is a BODY WORKS class. Its all the weights and stretching and it really helps trim your body(ie, get rid of rolls in bad places).
I'll let you all know how it goes!

Okay, so after reading this thread all day yesterday, I decided to go to a later step class and go to weight watchers yesterday, so I am an official WW person now!
It seemed fine and I actually ended up knowing 2 or 3 people in my group. My group leader was pretty good. I don't think she is going to be as excited as my little group was about saving some flex points to be able to drink, but she still seemed good.
Random question-anyone sure how many points are in a slim fast meal replacement bar.
I am going to eat sushi tonight-Yum!

Sushi is great! 4 pieces is only 2 points!!!

I would suggest working out before work... I think working out in the morning makes you want to eat in a healthy manner, and when you do decide to splurge on something, you will eat less of it, b/c you do not want to lose the "just worked-out" feeling. It sounds stupid, but it is true. Also, you could walk to and from work. saves gas and money. How far?

I don't drive, so I don't have to worry about gas, but it's at least a 2 hour walk to and from work. It takes 45 minutes on public transportation to get to work.

I can't work out in the mornings because I have trouble getting up. I am not a morning person. It my complete and utter boredom in my job that makes me snack. If I was busy or had interesting work to do, I think I wouldn't snack, but as you can see I don't which is why I spend half my day on the internet.

So week one has just passed.

I lost 3 pounds!

Congratulations! That's awesome!!!:cool: :cool:

That is great!
I don't weigh until tomorrow night but I hope I have lost some also.

That is great about the 3 pounds, congrats... I wasn't a morning person either, but I began making myself get up, it is really hard at first, and now I enjoy it. It is the best time to work out. You should try it.