No more Yo-Yo'ing. V's Journal

I know, i use to weight everyday but then i got use to weigh-in only on fridays, sometimes i do it on sunday..depends on how my week went...lol..
WOW you are really impressing me with your points... the 1st 2 weeks i was really good, but over the past 3-4 days i have not been staying within my points, eating way to much, feeling very day, wanting to give up but at the same time trying to push my self to stick with it :/
what do you do to not go over and and i would like to try to eat less then 28 pts maybe...
 
What I try and do is find low point foods that I enjoy so I can eat a lot over the course of the day. Sometimes it gets tricky, especially since I only get 20 points now.

Take today for example. I used up 3 points on pretzel rods in the afternoon, points that I would normally have saved for dinner. So to compensate I had a 0 point soup and added extra veggies to it. So I had a nice big bowl of soup for dinner and didn't use up any points so I'm still within my daily point target.

But that's basically what I do, I try and get the most out of my points that I can. I'll always go for the lowest point version of a food item.
 
Hi there- I saw your post on Amber's thread and thought I'd touch base with you too since you were at 180 and now at 133- very similar to my goals!!
So I take it WW has been working for you? Any advice??

PS-congrats on the awesome progress!!!!
 
Hey thanks so much!! Whats funny is that I did plan last night what I was going to eat for today :) I think that I have gotten refocused but I dont think that I will be weighing in this week, I will save it for next week, b/c if I do then I will get mad at the scale if its not good and might want to give up..not really give up but EAT...so for the next 10 days i'm NOT going to cheat and hope it will be good... I have a wedding next month.. want to get to my goal :0 thanks so much for your help :) hope you have a great day!!
 
When I get enough money saved up... I will join weigh watchers. Right now is tough for me with tuition, car insurance, credit cards, groceries, etc... that I can't even afford an online meeting. But.. IT is obviously working wonders for you. And for a few people I know around me. (an old friend of my parents lost over 150 lbs on it! But unfortunately she gained it back when she got pregnant... because she thought she had an excuse not to eat healthy and exercise)

Good for you. GOOD luck with weigh in tomorrow or Friday tooo!
 
CurvyGirl27 said:
Hi there- I saw your post on Amber's thread and thought I'd touch base with you too since you were at 180 and now at 133- very similar to my goals!!
So I take it WW has been working for you? Any advice??

PS-congrats on the awesome progress!!!!
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Hi CurvyGirl,
Thanks for stopping by my journal.

I've always loved WW and have had great success with it. I would definitely consider giving it a try. A lot of people don't want to be bothered with counting points, figuring it'll be too much of a hassle, but once you've done it for a couple of weeks it becomes second nature. And the beauty of WW is that you can taylor your menu to what YOU like. Of course you want to try and make the best choices but if there's something that you want, you can have it (in moderation), just work it into your points.

It's a program where you can continue to live your life and don't have to necessarily feel like you're on a diet.

Stick with it consistantly and the weight will definitely come off.

If you decide you do want to give it a try and have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

V.
 
AmberNC said:
Hey thanks so much!! Whats funny is that I did plan last night what I was going to eat for today :) I think that I have gotten refocused but I dont think that I will be weighing in this week, I will save it for next week, b/c if I do then I will get mad at the scale if its not good and might want to give up..not really give up but EAT...so for the next 10 days i'm NOT going to cheat and hope it will be good... I have a wedding next month.. want to get to my goal :0 thanks so much for your help :) hope you have a great day!!
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Hi Amber,
If it's going to affect you menally, definitely skip your weigh-in this week. I think planning out your meals will help a lot. You'll be less likely to deviate because you'll have it set in your head what you're going to be eating and will be looking forward to each meal. Keep at it and you will get to your goal in time for the wedding. My daughtr's communion is next month so I'm hoping to be at goal by then as well. I'm glad to offer any help that I can. We are in this together.

Have a great day too.

V.
 
bmohearn said:
When I get enough money saved up... I will join weigh watchers. Right now is tough for me with tuition, car insurance, credit cards, groceries, etc... that I can't even afford an online meeting. But.. IT is obviously working wonders for you. And for a few people I know around me. (an old friend of my parents lost over 150 lbs on it! But unfortunately she gained it back when she got pregnant... because she thought she had an excuse not to eat healthy and exercise)

Good for you. GOOD luck with weigh in tomorrow or Friday tooo!
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Hi Brandy,

I know how money can be an issue. As much as I'd like to go back to the meetings and weekly weigh-in's there, I just don't want to have to pay to do it. Luckily I'm a lifetime member so once I do get back to my goal I can start going again and not have to pay each week.

If you'd really like to get started with Weight Watcher's now, without going to the meetings and paying for it, I can help you as much as possible. I can explain the program to you. It'll be easy for us to figure how many points you'd get each day. And if you tell me what you plan on eating each day I can tell you how many points that would be.

Consider it. I'd be more then happy to help.

V.
 
Tuesday, March 18th

Breakfast:
114g cottage cheese w/ 1 cup blueberries - 3 points

Snack:
1 cup butternut squash soup - 1 point
3 pretzel rods - 3 points

Lunch:
PB & J sandwich - 3 points
15g pistachio nuts - 2points
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Dinner:
1 cup Prgresso Veggie Noodle soup w/ added veggies - 0 points

Snack:
Weight Watcher's muffin - 3 points
80g prunes - 2 points

Total points for the day = 19


Workout:
Bike: 60 minutes, 884 calories, 18.02 miles


Day 41 of the Lenten Challenge complete (5 days to go!)
 
Wednesday, March 19th

Breakfast:
Weight Watcher's bagel w/ 1 wedge lite cheese spread - 3 points

Snack:
114g cottage cheese w/ 1 cup blueberries - 3 points

Lunch:
1 cup Progresso Veggie soup w/ added veggies - 0 points
15g pistchio nuts - 2 points
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Dinner:
5oz. flounder filet - 4 points
veggies - 0 points

Snack:
small creme italian ice - ?
80g prunes - 2 points

Total points for the day = 16 + the ice


Workout:
Bike: 60 minutes, 909 calories, 18.6 miles


Day 42 of the Lenten Challenge complete (4 days to go!)
 
Down another 2.1 lbs this week, WOO HOO. I'm very very happy with that. Another 1.5 lbs and I'm back at my Weight Watcher's goal. It'll be awesome if I can get there by next Friday. If I do I'm going to go back to Weight Watcher's to celebrate.

I'm not too worried about Easter tripping me up. I do intend to eat but NOT go overboard. Having a game plan in my head will help keep myself in control.

Here's how yesterday went:

Thursday, March 20th

Breakfast:
114g cottge cheese w/ 1 cup blueberries - 3 points

Snack:
Dunkin Donuts Cappuccino - 2 points

Lunch:
PB & J sandwich - 3 points
2 cups grapes - 2 points

Dinner:
Yoplait Whipped Yogurt - 4 points

Snack:
small no sugar added ice - ? points
80g prunes - 2 points

Total points for the day = 16 + the ice


Workout:
Biggest Loser Cardio Max DVD:
Warm-up - 5 minutes
Cardio Level 1 - 20 minutes
Cardio Level 2 - 10 minutes
Cardio Level 3 - 10 minutes
Cooldown - 5 minutes
Bike: 60 minutes, 931 calories, 19.1 miles


Day 43 of the Lenten Challenge complete (3 days to go!)
 
Wow V! I can't believe how well you are doing. I remember when we started the BL challenge, you were in the 160s.....wow you have come a LONG way. I can't explain how inspiring and impessive it is that you still are taking off so much weight. I tend to blame my low weekly weight loss on my current weight being relatively low, but you definitely show me that it's NOT that! The WW program really is doing awesome for you! It'll be an amazing feeling to go back there and show them how fantastic you look!
 
Busy, busy week has been keeping me away from posting in my journal. I haven't let it keep me away from exercising though. Still getting all my workouts in. Make it thru Easter fine. I gave myself a little free rein but didn't let myself go overboard and I was right back on program the next day.

Going to weigh myself tomorrow and Friday morning for the challenges. I've been staying away from the scale this week so as not to drive myself crazy with the day to day fluctuations. Hoping to be at my Weight Watcher's goal. Keeping my fingers crossed.
 
129.2 as of this morning which brings me below my Weight Watcher's goal! I made my truimphant return to the meeting today. They were all so happy to see me and asked me if I wanted to come back to work for them, lol. Life is a little too busy for that right now but it's nice to be wanted.
 
I gave myself a little too much leeway over the weekend and it's reflected on the scale. I'm up 4lbs since Thursday's weigh-in but am back on my program 100%. I'm hoping and doing my best to reverse that by Friday's weigh-in.

It always seems that when I reach my goal I let myself loose a bit and that's where the trouble begins. It escalates from there and eventually I put the weight back on.

This just goes to show me that I can't stray too far from my program, even when on maintenance. One meal isn't going to hurt but when it's two or three days of not really watching the weight just comes back on with a vengeance.

Here's how yesterday went:

Monday, March 31st

Breakfast:
Weight Watcher's bagel w/ 1 wedge lite cheese spread - 3 points

Lunch:
egg salad on toast - 3 points
15g pistachio nuts - 2 points
28g pretzel chips - 2 points

Dinner:
6oz. flounder filet - 4 points
peas - 1 point

Snack:
1 bag 94% fat free popcorn - 3 points
80g prunes - 2 points

Total points for the day = 20


Workout:
Bike: 60 minutes, 882 calories, 17.97 miles


Although the Lenten Challenge is over I'm going to continue with my no extra bites, licks and tastes. I find those extra bites can get me into trouble.
 
These past few weeks have been extremely busy and although I haven't had time to post on the forum I've been sticking with my program. As of Friday's weigh in I was down to 128.6 which I'm really happy about considering how busy I've been. Now things should return to a somewhat normal schedule and I'll be back to posting in my journal.
 
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