Weight Watchers

[pam]

One thing I ate a lot of because it took the edge off of hunger is the Campbells Soup at hand. The chicken with mini noodles = 1 point. To satisfy the sweet craving..tootsie pop sucker = 1 point. Also because I worked such odd hours with no regular shift I did purchase a few of the Smart Ones meals. Anything from 2-7 points though if you look at the Lean Cuisine ones they also show WW points.

Made it much easier at times to just grab one of those instead of trying to figure out meals and points. Of course that's just me. I thought the meals were good and again..regular food but it was about the portion size.

[Tarnished]

Sounds tasty, and I am guessing that it might just get me my whole wheat requirement.

What is slightly aggrivating for me is that I am very much an on the go type of person. I eat my breakfast at work (usually instant oatmeal in a cup), I eat my lunch at work (usually left overs from the night before), and then I come home and don't feel like cooking, or end up cooking and make only veggies. Much of what I eat doesn't use up many points, because I like veggies and stuff, and am not huge on the meats or grains. Yesterday for example I had my oatmeal, had a lunch of cauliflower and spaghetti with parmesan cheese (1 serving = 2 pts), and then stopped on the way home and got a burrito bowl at Chipotle. Got home and ate half of it, then looked it up online and found it doesn't have a points value. So I created it using recipe builder and said that it contains 2 servings, since I can't eat more than half of it in one sitting. Total that was 7 pts. I counted the snack I had after supper and still came out to 7 points still needing to be used.

Now this is just me thinking outloud here, but what I think might help me is if I figure out a way to get all my daily nutrition needs (dairy, fruit and veggies, protein, whole wheat, and oils) into each day and that I might be able to make all my points in one day. How sad is it that I learn that I need to eat more from participating in WW and then just can't figure out how? I suppose that my biggest problem is that I am tired when I get home and often really don't feel like cooking. It gives me an excuse to have something like a cucumber with light dressing and then be full for the night. Easy to make, no cooking and the dogs eat the skin and ends. But it costs like 1 or 2 pts and leaves me not getting all the nutrients that I need.

Sorry to ramble on like this, I guess I just need somewhere to put my thoughts on eatting where I can get feedback.

[pam]

No I'm glad you brought this up Tarnished. It perhaps will be my motivator to get back into it and I will have you to thank. Sometimes it's easier when someone else is doing it along with you.

[pam]

eat my breakfast at work (usually instant oatmeal in a cup),

I did this as well. I also ate Honey Nut Cheerios with skim milk quite a bit. I always added a fruit with my breakfast. Usually bananas. Dependent on the size of the banana that was usually another 2 points.

[beefche]

Tarnished, you have to eat more in the day. You need some good snacks--try yogurt and adding some granola to it. Try the Fiberone bars. Unsalted, raw almonds are good. String cheese with crackers.

If you have 25 points to eat (I'm just using an easy number for me to calcualte), you should eat about 15-20 of those points throughout the day. Leave the final 5-10 points for dinner and snack after dinner.

Also, I'm single with no kiddos at home. I work late usually so when I get home, I don't want to cook. I will typically cook 2 big meals on the weekend and then divide those up into meal portions. I will then eat that for the week for lunch or dinner. Try doing that sometime. I will use the crock pot for one meal and cook one on the stove. If I get tired of eating that, I'll eat cereal for dinner (how weird am I? I hate cereal for breakfast, but I'll eat it for dinner or a dessert).

[Tarnished]

Originally Posted by beefche

Tarnished, you have to eat more in the day. You need some good snacks--try yogurt and adding some granola to it. Try the Fiberone bars. Unsalted, raw almonds are good. String cheese with crackers.

If you have 25 points to eat (I'm just using an easy number for me to calcualte), you should eat about 15-20 of those points throughout the day. Leave the final 5-10 points for dinner and snack after dinner.

Also, I'm single with no kiddos at home. I work late usually so when I get home, I don't want to cook. I will typically cook 2 big meals on the weekend and then divide those up into meal portions. I will then eat that for the week for lunch or dinner. Try doing that sometime. I will use the crock pot for one meal and cook one on the stove. If I get tired of eating that, I'll eat cereal for dinner (how weird am I? I hate cereal for breakfast, but I'll eat it for dinner or a dessert).

Those are some good ideas. I am with you on the cereal. I am not a huge breakfast person, I hate most breakfast foods, but if you offer them to me after breakfast they sound great! Almonds are one of my favorite snacks, but I was unsure of whether I should continue to eat them as 24 almonds = 4 pts, but I guess it would use up the points I am not using otherwise.

Cooking on the weekends and then eating that through the week sounds like a great idea. I think I might try it out. Thanks for all the great ideas!

[Tarnished]

Originally Posted by pam

No I'm glad you brought this up Tarnished. It perhaps will be my motivator to get back into it and I will have you to thank. Sometimes it's easier when someone else is doing it along with you.

That would be great! I know exactly what you mean, if Faded was not actively working on weight loss with me I think it would be much harder. However he and I are currently on different shifts so I only get to see him on the weekends. It makes it difficult to discuss things when they pop into my head during the week. I am glad that I have both you and Beefche to chat with about this as it helps me work out some of the thoughts that are running through my head about all of it.

[pam]

Hey we can be your support system when Faded isn't around.

[beefche]

I actually don't like breakfast foods at all. Everyone who knows me makes fun of me because I typically eat leftovers for breakfast--chili, hamburgers, pizza. Now THOSE are some yummy breakfast foods!

Raw almonds (actually any kind of raw nuts) are very good healthy snacks. Yogurts are good (I don't care that much for yogurt myself, but they are good sources of calcium and protein). Ask at your WW meetings what other people eat for snacks. You'll get a lot of great ideas.

Also, try making some of the recipes that WW recommends. Their 0 point veggie soup is SO GOOD! Oh my gosh, it's yummy. Here is a website that has a lot of great ideas--Dottie's Weight Loss. One of the things I like about her page is the restaurant guide. She's done a lot of research and it really helps when I want a cheeseburger and fries--sometimes I will even change my mind and get a cheeseburger and salad.

[pam]

Oh my gosh Beefche..that's a website I have used as well.