Weight Watchers - 3rd week of January
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exer_cited
Cathlete
Hi Suzanne and everyone that follows!
I'm up a couple of pounds today too. Not too happy at the moment, but I guess I still haven't quite figured out this plan yet.
I just don't understand it. I was doing so well on the old plan. My food choices haven't changed and sure the points values for those foods have increased but so have my DP's, so what is the difference? I'm still measuring and weighing my food. Eating all my DP's and none of my WP's which is what I've done in the past. And I eat the majority of my AP's for the most part. This is just so discouraging...
I really wish I could go back to the old plan...
I'm going to start weighing myself once a month. If I can, that is. Since I usually weigh myself more than once a week (I know, I know, I'm not supposed to), not sure if I can physically stay away from the scale for that long. I'm just tired of seeing the yoyo-ing.
Thanks for listening to me vent! I'm definetly not ready to give up. I'm turning 40 in May and have a goal in my mind of where I want to be when I wake up that morning. I know May is a long ways away but right now it's not feeling good that I can't get this going.
Have a great day everyone!!
I'm up a couple of pounds today too. Not too happy at the moment, but I guess I still haven't quite figured out this plan yet.
I just don't understand it. I was doing so well on the old plan. My food choices haven't changed and sure the points values for those foods have increased but so have my DP's, so what is the difference? I'm still measuring and weighing my food. Eating all my DP's and none of my WP's which is what I've done in the past. And I eat the majority of my AP's for the most part. This is just so discouraging...
I really wish I could go back to the old plan...I'm going to start weighing myself once a month. If I can, that is. Since I usually weigh myself more than once a week (I know, I know, I'm not supposed to), not sure if I can physically stay away from the scale for that long. I'm just tired of seeing the yoyo-ing.
Thanks for listening to me vent! I'm definetly not ready to give up. I'm turning 40 in May and have a goal in my mind of where I want to be when I wake up that morning. I know May is a long ways away but right now it's not feeling good that I can't get this going.
Have a great day everyone!!
Stebby
Cathlete
Hi Suzanne and Melissa,
Sorry to hear about your struggles. I have a horrible sore throat (third day now, hoping I can get in to see my doctor tomorrow - she doesn't work Friday, Saturday or Sunday). Downside is I can't work out and my throat really hurts. Upside is that it hurts to swallow, and I can't eat anything remotely spicy, and I don't have much of an appetite, so I'm not over-eating. I'm drinking a ton of water (sometimes mixed with a tablespoon of honey, which, yes, I am counting in my points for the day!). I'm also thankful that this is just in my throat and I have no fever or other respiratory symptoms. Could be much worse!
Melissa, you're an online member, right? Maybe someone in the forums there can give you some ideas. There may also be something in the online documentation if you search it.
Stebby
Sorry to hear about your struggles. I have a horrible sore throat (third day now, hoping I can get in to see my doctor tomorrow - she doesn't work Friday, Saturday or Sunday). Downside is I can't work out and my throat really hurts. Upside is that it hurts to swallow, and I can't eat anything remotely spicy, and I don't have much of an appetite, so I'm not over-eating. I'm drinking a ton of water (sometimes mixed with a tablespoon of honey, which, yes, I am counting in my points for the day!). I'm also thankful that this is just in my throat and I have no fever or other respiratory symptoms. Could be much worse!
Melissa, you're an online member, right? Maybe someone in the forums there can give you some ideas. There may also be something in the online documentation if you search it.
Stebby
rmrmr
Cathlete
Hi ladies,
Unfortunately I haven't made it to a meeting to be weighed and have opted not to weigh at home. I go through stages where sometimes I weigh myself every morning and other times when I shrug away from the scale. I'm usually within 5lbs anyway. I need to get to a meeting to get the scale moving. My goal is to find a meeting and attend this week.
Do you think it might be helpful to include our food for the day/or day before so we can learn from each other?
Venting here-I strongly dislike that weight workouts are such a low AP earner. Weight work is so very important as we age, and especially for women. I missed a w/o last week and did Disc 9 and Disc 5 today, over 2 hours of weight training is equal to 1 hour of cardio in AP.
Melissa-Don't give up. My personal struggle is with food. I do best when I track everything I eat and drink tons of water. Don't forget that TOM also plays into the scale weight as well as water weight if you are doing a lot of weight training. When I lost weight the first go round with WW, it took me 9 mos to lose 17lbs. Now that I know I'm a slow loser, I just try to stay consistent with my eating/tracking and exercise. Maybe you should try eating some of your weekly points and that will get the scale moving.
Suzanne-glad you have a plan for rectifying your problem! I'm following STS right now which probably doesn't bode well with WW. I try to get in extra cardio w/o's throughout the week when I can.
Stebby-I think it was your suggestion to stick to points for meals and fruits/veggies or 0 points for snacks. Thanks for that tip. Hope your throat feels better soon.
Unfortunately I haven't made it to a meeting to be weighed and have opted not to weigh at home. I go through stages where sometimes I weigh myself every morning and other times when I shrug away from the scale. I'm usually within 5lbs anyway. I need to get to a meeting to get the scale moving. My goal is to find a meeting and attend this week.
Do you think it might be helpful to include our food for the day/or day before so we can learn from each other?
Venting here-I strongly dislike that weight workouts are such a low AP earner. Weight work is so very important as we age, and especially for women. I missed a w/o last week and did Disc 9 and Disc 5 today, over 2 hours of weight training is equal to 1 hour of cardio in AP.
Melissa-Don't give up. My personal struggle is with food. I do best when I track everything I eat and drink tons of water. Don't forget that TOM also plays into the scale weight as well as water weight if you are doing a lot of weight training. When I lost weight the first go round with WW, it took me 9 mos to lose 17lbs. Now that I know I'm a slow loser, I just try to stay consistent with my eating/tracking and exercise. Maybe you should try eating some of your weekly points and that will get the scale moving.
Suzanne-glad you have a plan for rectifying your problem! I'm following STS right now which probably doesn't bode well with WW. I try to get in extra cardio w/o's throughout the week when I can.
Stebby-I think it was your suggestion to stick to points for meals and fruits/veggies or 0 points for snacks. Thanks for that tip. Hope your throat feels better soon.
gonnabea5
Cathlete
Hey, Ladies, Diana gave out some nice advice. Kudos
No workout for me today cause it's my rest day. I'm currently following Cathe's Jan's rotation.
My first WWers plan, I lost 17 in 5 months. The second time I lost nothing in four months.
I like the idea of posting meanus everyday. I'll start tomorrow. But this is what three of my days looked like last week:
B- Yogurt (pre workout snack)
S- 3 eggs, 2 toast, spray butter, 2 cups spinach, fruit
L- salad, no dressing, Lean Cruisine or 12 oz of grilled chicken breast, fruit
S- popcorn or triscuits, maybe a few graham crackers, apple
D - 2 veggie, whatever I cooked, milk
I basically made sure I eat all DP, most of AP, and tried to stay away from WP. I know I have to eat alot to fuel myself for Cathe's workouts. BTW, if you look at her rotation for this month, it's tough. But, I did it. I'm getting stronger too.
I also support the idea of reading everything on the website, even the forums. I learned so much.
My weigh in day should be tomorrow, but since I know I ate the rest of the WP + DP today, I'm afraid of the scale for tomorrow. I may plug in my weight from yesterday (- 2.5) and change my weighin day to Saturday. I, like many others, tend to over indulge on the weekend because it's so busy, unpredictable and I'm tired of tracking.
Since I work out so much, I expected to loose more than that. But, since that's right at the recommended weight loss, I'm fine with it. I can definitely see a difference in my core area already.
No workout for me today cause it's my rest day. I'm currently following Cathe's Jan's rotation.
My first WWers plan, I lost 17 in 5 months. The second time I lost nothing in four months.
I like the idea of posting meanus everyday. I'll start tomorrow. But this is what three of my days looked like last week:
B- Yogurt (pre workout snack)
S- 3 eggs, 2 toast, spray butter, 2 cups spinach, fruit
L- salad, no dressing, Lean Cruisine or 12 oz of grilled chicken breast, fruit
S- popcorn or triscuits, maybe a few graham crackers, apple
D - 2 veggie, whatever I cooked, milk
I basically made sure I eat all DP, most of AP, and tried to stay away from WP. I know I have to eat alot to fuel myself for Cathe's workouts. BTW, if you look at her rotation for this month, it's tough. But, I did it. I'm getting stronger too.
I also support the idea of reading everything on the website, even the forums. I learned so much.
My weigh in day should be tomorrow, but since I know I ate the rest of the WP + DP today, I'm afraid of the scale for tomorrow. I may plug in my weight from yesterday (- 2.5) and change my weighin day to Saturday. I, like many others, tend to over indulge on the weekend because it's so busy, unpredictable and I'm tired of tracking.
Since I work out so much, I expected to loose more than that. But, since that's right at the recommended weight loss, I'm fine with it. I can definitely see a difference in my core area already.
MelanieC
Cathlete
Good morning everyone. Glad we have this support group! I'm losing slowly too - I'd love to see the scale drop 2/3 pounds, but it seems like its always 1 pound. Oh well - at least I'm losing.
Diana - I read your comments about weighing in. I used to weigh myself everyday but force myself not to because it gets obsessive. So, no matter how I feel on my weekly weigh-in day, I weigh myself even though I feel that I may have gained. It keeps me accountable and helps me to tweak my habits for the upcoming week.
Shereta - since you are a workout warrier, you'd be proud to know that I did STS Total Body yesterday plus Michelle Dozois Peak Cardio. I made sure I had plenty of protein during the day to make up for the vigorous workout!
This morning was IMAX 2 even though I had a wicked headache. I had a protein shake with milk & a banana immediately afterwards, then had oatmeal with 2 tsp of ground flax seed. I'm feeling really full.
Lunch will be kibbeh - a lebanese meatloaf which I made with extra lean ground turkey. Plus I'll have a tomato & cucumber salad and raw carrots.
Snacks today will be an apple, orange and cornmeal muffin.
For dinner I'm thinking of a spinach salad, and not sure of what the protein will be - maybe an egg or extra lean Canadian back bacon.
If I have any points left, I'll enjoy some popcorn tonight.
So have a great day everyone! We can figure out this new plan together!
Diana - I read your comments about weighing in. I used to weigh myself everyday but force myself not to because it gets obsessive. So, no matter how I feel on my weekly weigh-in day, I weigh myself even though I feel that I may have gained. It keeps me accountable and helps me to tweak my habits for the upcoming week.
Shereta - since you are a workout warrier, you'd be proud to know that I did STS Total Body yesterday plus Michelle Dozois Peak Cardio. I made sure I had plenty of protein during the day to make up for the vigorous workout!
This morning was IMAX 2 even though I had a wicked headache. I had a protein shake with milk & a banana immediately afterwards, then had oatmeal with 2 tsp of ground flax seed. I'm feeling really full.
Lunch will be kibbeh - a lebanese meatloaf which I made with extra lean ground turkey. Plus I'll have a tomato & cucumber salad and raw carrots.
Snacks today will be an apple, orange and cornmeal muffin.
For dinner I'm thinking of a spinach salad, and not sure of what the protein will be - maybe an egg or extra lean Canadian back bacon.
If I have any points left, I'll enjoy some popcorn tonight.
So have a great day everyone! We can figure out this new plan together!
exer_cited
Cathlete
Good morning everyone and welcome Tammy!
I feel great today. Woke up this morning without that heavy/holding onto something feeling but did not weigh myself since I weighed in yesterday (even though it wasn't pretty...) That's a big step for me... I could easily weigh myself/beat myself up daily, but I'm going to try to stop that and just feel good about myself without the scale dictating whether or not I should.
I spent alot of time reading through the info about the PP plan last night and realized that I really need to let go of the previous plan. Right now it doesn't matter that I was losing on the previous plan. What matters is making this plan work. After all, I am paying for it, right?!?! It's a waste of money if I can't make it work.
I think it's a great idea to post daily menus so that we can get some ideas from each other so here's mine and feel free to comment (good or bad):
B: 1/2 c 1% milk, Fiber One multigrain english muffin with 1 oz 99% fat free ham and 2 T shredded cheddar
S: apple
L: Whole wheat & flax seed tortilla with 4 oz chicken & 1 T Hidden Valley Ranch light dressing
D: 1 c 1% milk, 1 c pasta, 1/2 c pasta sauce & 4 oz 94% lean ground beef
S: WW lemon cream pie yogurt & 1/2 c lite Cool Whip
I know I have to incorporate some oils. And I will when I have sweet potato and roasted veggies on my menu, I just don't have any today. I'm going to start adding some flaxseed in my oatmeal as well. That's on my menu later in the week.
Have a great day everyone!!!
I feel great today. Woke up this morning without that heavy/holding onto something feeling but did not weigh myself since I weighed in yesterday (even though it wasn't pretty...
) That's a big step for me... I could easily weigh myself/beat myself up daily, but I'm going to try to stop that and just feel good about myself without the scale dictating whether or not I should.I spent alot of time reading through the info about the PP plan last night and realized that I really need to let go of the previous plan. Right now it doesn't matter that I was losing on the previous plan. What matters is making this plan work. After all, I am paying for it, right?!?! It's a waste of money if I can't make it work.
I think it's a great idea to post daily menus so that we can get some ideas from each other so here's mine and feel free to comment (good or bad):
B: 1/2 c 1% milk, Fiber One multigrain english muffin with 1 oz 99% fat free ham and 2 T shredded cheddar
S: apple
L: Whole wheat & flax seed tortilla with 4 oz chicken & 1 T Hidden Valley Ranch light dressing
D: 1 c 1% milk, 1 c pasta, 1/2 c pasta sauce & 4 oz 94% lean ground beef
S: WW lemon cream pie yogurt & 1/2 c lite Cool Whip
I know I have to incorporate some oils. And I will when I have sweet potato and roasted veggies on my menu, I just don't have any today. I'm going to start adding some flaxseed in my oatmeal as well. That's on my menu later in the week.
Have a great day everyone!!!
MelanieC
Cathlete
Hey Melissa!
Its good to hear that you're feeling positive, and congrats on weighing in even though you didn't really want to.
I'm learning to look at the whole picture rather than just the number on the scale. Like on Saturday I was only down 1 pound, but I really feel I look great. So, I'm not going to beat myself up because my weight loss is going slowly.
I like what you said about letting go of the old WW plan and embracing the new. Its so important to read as much as we can and learn how to make this work. Even though the scale isn't moving so fast, I feel that this new plan is teaching us how to eat properly for life, not just a temporary diet.
I find that with the new plan, I'm a lot more conscious of when I'm REALLY TRULY hungry, versus when I want to eat because I'm bored/tired/stressed. I've been getting into the habit of asking myself "are you really hungry?" Its also encouraging me to get away from processed foods/packaged snacks and get into healthy grains & veggies.
Anyways, just glad to hear you feeling positive!
Its good to hear that you're feeling positive, and congrats on weighing in even though you didn't really want to.
I'm learning to look at the whole picture rather than just the number on the scale. Like on Saturday I was only down 1 pound, but I really feel I look great. So, I'm not going to beat myself up because my weight loss is going slowly.
I like what you said about letting go of the old WW plan and embracing the new. Its so important to read as much as we can and learn how to make this work. Even though the scale isn't moving so fast, I feel that this new plan is teaching us how to eat properly for life, not just a temporary diet.
I find that with the new plan, I'm a lot more conscious of when I'm REALLY TRULY hungry, versus when I want to eat because I'm bored/tired/stressed. I've been getting into the habit of asking myself "are you really hungry?" Its also encouraging me to get away from processed foods/packaged snacks and get into healthy grains & veggies.
Anyways, just glad to hear you feeling positive!
exer_cited
Cathlete
Hi Melanie!!
I'm trying to be more conscious of when I'm truly hungry too. It's not easy but that's okay. I'll get there...
Even though the weight loss is slow and sometimes not even there, I can't help but think of where I would be if I wasn't on WW. Probably alot heavier than I am now especially since I made it through the holidays without gaining weight. That wouldn't have been the case had I not been logging everything in. So there's another positive!!!
We just have to keep on keeping on....or off in our cases Maybe not every week, but that's okay!!
Okay, time to get out of this chair and get some cardio in and EARN SOME EXTRA POINTS...WOOHOO!!!
I'm trying to be more conscious of when I'm truly hungry too. It's not easy but that's okay. I'll get there...
Even though the weight loss is slow and sometimes not even there, I can't help but think of where I would be if I wasn't on WW. Probably alot heavier than I am now especially since I made it through the holidays without gaining weight. That wouldn't have been the case had I not been logging everything in. So there's another positive!!!
We just have to keep on keeping on....or off in our cases
Maybe not every week, but that's okay!!Okay, time to get out of this chair and get some cardio in and EARN SOME EXTRA POINTS...WOOHOO!!!
exer_cited
Cathlete
OMG!! Just finished Circuit Blast...tough and fun!! 38 minutes/376 calories burned. I skipped through the core work because tonight is STS partner med-ball ab work with DH.
I just put it in my activity tracker as "circuit training, including some aerobic movement with minimal rest" for 38 minutes and it came back as 7 AP's earned. That seems like alot! Does anyone know if you can figure out AP's based on calories burned? I'm curious to see if it would come out to 7 AP's. I'm probably just over-thinking it...
I just put it in my activity tracker as "circuit training, including some aerobic movement with minimal rest" for 38 minutes and it came back as 7 AP's earned. That seems like alot! Does anyone know if you can figure out AP's based on calories burned? I'm curious to see if it would come out to 7 AP's. I'm probably just over-thinking it...
jennifermaria
Cathlete
Hey everyone!
Sounds like a few of us saw the scale go up a bit this week--I'm among those folks. Ugh. I've basically regained the weight I lost last week (1.2 pounds). A little frustrating, but I'm still going to stick to the plan because I still think it's a sound, healthy one.
Just wish my body would get the hint LOL.
Sounds like a few of us saw the scale go up a bit this week--I'm among those folks. Ugh. I've basically regained the weight I lost last week (1.2 pounds). A little frustrating, but I'm still going to stick to the plan because I still think it's a sound, healthy one.
Just wish my body would get the hint LOL.
jennifermaria
Cathlete
For calculating activity points, does anyone here just go by time and intensity, vs. just looking up the points value for an activity? For weights, for example, since I do circuit style (Valerie Waters style with little break in between exercises), I often get up there in intensity, so I count those as "high" intensity and it calculates the same number of points for me as cardio workouts.
I wonder though, if that's what I'm doing wrong and why I'm not losing weight consistently - maybe I'm calculating too many activity points lol.
Melissa: I'm the same way about weighing myself every day. I kept nodding as I read your post. We shall overcome together.
I wonder though, if that's what I'm doing wrong and why I'm not losing weight consistently - maybe I'm calculating too many activity points lol.
Melissa: I'm the same way about weighing myself every day. I kept nodding as I read your post. We shall overcome together
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Stebby
Cathlete
Hi jennifermaria,
I go by time and intensity rather than looking up the activities. I think that a lot of the values in the database are for lower intensity versions of these activities (for example, strength training using light weights rather than the heavier weights a Cathlete would be more likely to use). As long as we're honest about the intensity level it should come out OK. If I do a 60 minute workout and I feel that it was 1/2 high intensity and 1/2 moderate, I will enter 30 minutes at high and 30 minutes at moderate. But if it truly was 60 minutes of high intensity, I will record it that way and check back with myself later whether I have the symptoms of having done a high intensity workout (increased appetite, tiredness, a need to drink much more water).
Stebby
gonnabea5
Cathlete
Hello, Ladies.
Today's workout for me was Intensity. It was hard today maybe because I stayed up late and woke up really late. But I made it through. I decided to breakup my workout before adding into the AP calculator. Today, I added the warmup and cooldown as low intensity and the actual workout part as high intensity. That all equaled 11 AP.
Anyway. Today's food intake looks like this:
B. Yogurt -preworkout
L. Egg sandwich, canned greens,
s. banana, 2 small cookies, carrots
s. salad, apple
D. Cube steak, 1/2 c mashed potatoes, , milk
I did decide to change my weigh in day b/c weighing in on Monda is just not good for me. Normally on Sundays, I have lots going on at church, that my brain needs the break of not worrying about weighing in. So I did choose Saturdays as my new weight in day.
There's lots of great motivation going on today, and I'm liking it.
Today's workout for me was Intensity. It was hard today maybe because I stayed up late and woke up really late. But I made it through. I decided to breakup my workout before adding into the AP calculator. Today, I added the warmup and cooldown as low intensity and the actual workout part as high intensity. That all equaled 11 AP.
Anyway. Today's food intake looks like this:
B. Yogurt -preworkout
L. Egg sandwich, canned greens,
s. banana, 2 small cookies, carrots
s. salad, apple
D. Cube steak, 1/2 c mashed potatoes, , milk
I did decide to change my weigh in day b/c weighing in on Monda is just not good for me. Normally on Sundays, I have lots going on at church, that my brain needs the break of not worrying about weighing in. So I did choose Saturdays as my new weight in day.
There's lots of great motivation going on today, and I'm liking it.
Busy site today!! My weigh-in day is on Wednesdays, picked that b/c that was the day I joined but now I'm glad. I feel I use too many WP on the weekend that mid-week might give me a more accurate assessment each week by having Monday and Tuesday to get rid of any water weight.
Does anyone know why it would matter whether or not you use AP first or WP first?
I also have been calculating AP's based on time and intensity, ie. I did 30 min of low intensity on the treadmill followed by 20 minutes of moderate for 3 AP's. Yesterday was High Reps which I recorded as 40 minutes of moderate level activity (40 min b/c I omitted lunges and didnt count the warmup in my time) and got 2 AP's. To me that seems about right. I think I was overestimating how much I could "out run" a bad diet!
Today's food so far...
B--banana + 25 almonds
L--1/2 cup Fiber One cottage cheese, raw celery and peppers with 2 Tbsp dip, and a Twix Fun Size bar
S--Lean Cuisine panini
D--will be Progresso Lite Chicken Noodle Soup
With the above I'm still going to have 7 DP's left for the day so we'll see how hungry I am or what else I want to have with my soup.
I never did the old plan, sorry so many people are having problems/lack of results. The new plan certainly seems to make more sense from what I've read.
Does anyone know why it would matter whether or not you use AP first or WP first?
I also have been calculating AP's based on time and intensity, ie. I did 30 min of low intensity on the treadmill followed by 20 minutes of moderate for 3 AP's. Yesterday was High Reps which I recorded as 40 minutes of moderate level activity (40 min b/c I omitted lunges and didnt count the warmup in my time) and got 2 AP's. To me that seems about right. I think I was overestimating how much I could "out run" a bad diet!
Today's food so far...
B--banana + 25 almonds
L--1/2 cup Fiber One cottage cheese, raw celery and peppers with 2 Tbsp dip, and a Twix Fun Size bar
S--Lean Cuisine panini
D--will be Progresso Lite Chicken Noodle Soup
With the above I'm still going to have 7 DP's left for the day so we'll see how hungry I am or what else I want to have with my soup.
I never did the old plan, sorry so many people are having problems/lack of results. The new plan certainly seems to make more sense from what I've read.
MelanieC
Cathlete
Activity Points vs. Weekly Points
Hi Stacy,
This is what my thoughts are on AP vs WP: I'd rather use up WP first because I'm not quite sure of the accuracy of AP. Just in case I'm over-estimating how many AP I've earned, I'd rather use my WP that way I don't eat way too much, thinking that I have more AP than I actually do. Does that make sense?
I never dip into my AP. I usually use 20 of my WP.
Melanie
Hi Stacy,
This is what my thoughts are on AP vs WP: I'd rather use up WP first because I'm not quite sure of the accuracy of AP. Just in case I'm over-estimating how many AP I've earned, I'd rather use my WP that way I don't eat way too much, thinking that I have more AP than I actually do. Does that make sense?
I never dip into my AP. I usually use 20 of my WP.
Melanie
gonnabea5
Cathlete
Tamster, Activity Points (AP) are points you earn from working out or doing housework. You can choose which way you use them. Good job getting familiar with the site. there's lots of neat stuff there that can help you be successful.
I like to use my APs before my WPs b/c I feel like I earned the APs for that day, and I need them to recover correctly from working out. I try hard not to use WPs. I view them strickly as treat points so when I loose my mind and over indulge in something.
I like to use my APs before my WPs b/c I feel like I earned the APs for that day, and I need them to recover correctly from working out. I try hard not to use WPs. I view them strickly as treat points so when I loose my mind and over indulge in something.