Weight Watchers- 7/30

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Happy Sunday, all!
I hape that you are having good weekend. I know that weekends tend to be difficult for some. If you go over your points, just don't beat yourself up over it! I have found that if you flog yourself for going over your points, then it's harder to stick with the program!

If I have any questions about activity point values, I use the slide rule, but also double check with the Etools on the WW website. Often I am either right on, or 1 under what the website calculated (today was Step Blast for 60 min = 9 APs for me).

Let me know if you have any questions or in need of advice. I know that the meetings get expensive, but I look at it as spending $11/week on ME, and I could easily spend that much on junk food (and have!), so it's all in your perspective!
 
Hi Amy and all to follow,

I love that you are Weight Watcher. I find myself very frustrated with the program but not frustrated with them, frustrated with me. Again this week my weight is up again another 2lbs. If I could stop chewing my problems would be solved. I feel like I start every day with good intentions and by afternoon, early evening I fall ahort. I am trying to follow the fat loss rotations, but no fat loss. x(

I should really try and give myself to the program and allow it to work for me.

My weekly rotation this week is:
Sun-cardio&weight, and legs & glutes. Then I have to start painting my daugthers room.

Mon-Saratoga Raceway. Rest Day!!
Tues-Non stop step w/ Patrick Gouduea and PUB. More painting and then the fair in the evening.

Wed-Interval Max, finish painting and chill.
Thurs-Rhytmic Step and the fair again. Golf league in the evening.
Fri-Power Hour and then the waterpark.
Sat-Interval Max again. Maybe the horse show. It was supposed to be Imax2 but it isn't on Fittv this week.

Also focus on journaling my food and try to track my points.

Jenn
 
I went over my points on Friday, but, I figure that's what flex points are for, right? I tend to eat more on the weekends and am generally pretty good during the week so I think if I use 10 or so flex points on the weekend I'm not doing too bad.

I'm still really new at this program. It's not difficult to follow. I really like the flexibility. I find that if a diet is too strict I tend to blow it (especially on the weekends) and then I just give up. With WW and the flex points, being able to blow it on the weekends(at least a bit) is built into the program. Also, since I work out almost every day, I like the extra activity points.

Today I think I'll do Boot Camp!! Should be good for a few AP's!!

Good luck to all. Enjoy the rest of the weenend.
 
Jenn - I agree that you do need to give yourself to the program. I think so much of it for me was being completely mentally prepared to commit this time. My first couple of weeks were rough and I still have a ways to go to be completely OP but getting more comfortable with making good choices and eating less.

I haven't used etools that much yet but you can track on line. I guess you can create names for something you eat regularly and save it. You have access to more recipes. Also the recipe builder to calculate the points for a recipe you have. I like the thought of 39.95 per month rather than 100+ at a time buying the tickets.

There are many that can do it on line but I really need the meetings. Also found a local check in group on the WW Community that is helping me. And I have learned much from that and from Food Talk. I think before WW was more of a hobby where now I am trying to embrace this as a way of life. I like the idea of a planned cheat day! I am finding that I get full faster now and try to be OK with just throwing out the rest of something rather than force myself to eat it and have that uncomfortable, too full feeling. I am making better choices at the grocery store too. There are many low point options to help make it easier. I like the WW 1 point cakes when I need something sweet. Lemon and the carrot are my favorites esp with a few seconds in the microwave. Although I reach for those less often even though they are around.

My DH leaves tomorrow for 2 weeks in Brazil for work. I am going to use mostly frozen entrees for dinners and many days for lunch. Since these are portion controlled for me, I am anxious to see if this makes a difference at my WI. I really plan to work on the water too. I know if I see some results it will be easier for me to swallow! :D

Happy to find this group since I have a long journey and need A LOT of help to stay with it during the ups and downs.
 
I am doing Cathe's July rotation and today is a 20 min jog with her little series of various exercises. I'm not sure if I'm going to do the jog (hard on my feet, I have PF) or work on learning Rob Glicks Amazing Step Styles (hard on my time). I want to learn this routine, but it doesn't get my heart rate up very much and I'll have to spend a whole hour doing it. But, I'll never learn it if I keep letting that stop me.
I got some beautiful vegetables at the farm down the road, so I have those on my radar for today's morsels. They sell tomato seconds for a little less and I am really addicted to fresh salsa. This is such a great time of year to eat. I've also got green beans and patty pan squash. Have any of you ever had patty pan squash? They are delicious little funny shaped summer squashes. They're just basicly the best summer squashes you can eat.
Have a nice Sunday ladies!
Heather
 
I hope that everyone had a good day. I am planning on PLB tonight when I get up before work (work nights). I have found that when I work out as much as I do, I have to use all my flex points during the week to lose or I stall because I am not eating enough food. I figured out a couple of weeks ago that I was earning 40+ AP's/week!!! I laugh because they suggest that you try to earn about 28 or so per week. With Cathe, I blow past the 28 mark by Tuesday (my 'week' starts on Fridays).

Oh, one hint that I use because of working nights and have found to to work great.....if you have problems stopping eating at the end of the day, try counting your points starting in the evening, say around 5 pm. That way, you have to stop eating that evening, or you won't have any points for breakfast or lunch the next day. I do this because I go to work at 7pm and sleep during the day and it works great for me! It also works great because I am very much an "evening nibbler"!!!! If this doesn't make sense, just let me know and I will try to exlain it further.
 
Made it through my workouts, everything but abs. Now between doing the laundry and preparing my daughter room to be painted I will be up and down the stairs all day. Lots of leg work.

I work 6-2:30 and I'm pretty good all day. DD iced coffee at 6am. It is true America runs on Dunkin. I need to get away from the sugar. I love lite and sweet. 8am breakfast. 10am small snack if I am hungry. 12pm lunch usually leftovers. I get home at 3pm and fall apart. I need to work on a good snack then I workout. Dinner is between 6-7pm we are late eaters in my family. Bed 9:30-10pm. Any ideas for help with afternoon snacking. It's partly hunger, partly boredom. It is the worse time of day for me.

I also rack up the ap's. I don't really understand them and the flex points. Because I could easily eat 50points a day with some Cathe workouts. How will that help me loose?

One day at time is all can do, one day, one meal, one snack.

Jenn
 
I thought I heard that APs cap at 4 per day no matter how many you earn.

I did Jari Love Slim and Lean this morning. Not doing many Cathe's these days due to time and working out early in the morning (4:15am).
 
I was reading on the WW forum that it used to be that WW would only allow you to use 4 AP's a day. That is not the case anymore. You can use all of your AP's. That being said, how do you calculate your AP's doing Cathe's workout. I have a heartrate monitor that tells me how many calories I burn, so I've just been using 1 AP per 100 calories burned. Is this right?
 
BuffyR-
Did you get the little activity slider thing they give in week 3? It has you line up your weight with the the activity level and time length of activity and calculates the points. So, I weigh 125lbs and say I exercise for 60 minutes at a high intensity - I get 6 points. I count the Imax's at 6 and other workouts at 4. I don't know if it's right or not to value Cathe's other workouts so low. I figure because I am more aerobicly fit than the average person, I probably shouldn't count every workout at a high intensity because I know the Imax's are harder on my body than other workouts. I am not explaining this well.... I guess I figure Imax is hardest, than other cardio, than weight work. I then apply this theory to my points. I'm curious what you all experienced WW's thing about this.
Heather
 
Heather,

I'm doing WW online so I don't have the slider thing, but, I have used the activity calculator online. I weigh 122 and I put in 50 minutes of step (for Imax2) and got 5 points. I burned about 350 calories according to my heartrate monitor.

The problem I have is when I do a workout like bootcamp, Cathe's weight traing and cardio coach, I never know what to plug into the online activity calculator. I guess I'll just have to try and estimate as best as I can.

I too would love to hear from more experienced WW people to see what they think.
 
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