Weight Watchers

[Tarnished]

I recently started Weight Watchers and was wondering if anyone else is involved with it. My husband and I have created an exercise routine for ourselves which we have been doing for about a month now, however we still needed help with our diet and so we decided to try weight watchers. What I have found from it is that I am not eatting enough. I tend to eat a lot of veggies and fruit if I can, but end up missing out on protein and dairy. Whole wheats I miss out on as well.

Anyway, wondering if anyone else is in weight watchers, or what other people are doing for weight loss.

Currently for exercise I do about 30 min on my elliptical and then about 30 min to an hour on my Wii Fit. I haven't really dropped a lot of weight yet, but I am hoping that with diet and exercise I will begin to really start to lose pounds.

[BenRaines]

Tarnished. It truly doesn't matter what the calories are that you eat as long as you eat less calories than you burn by way of normal living and exercise. If you exercise you can eat more than you can if you don't exercise.

You could eat sticks of butter and lose weight but it would not be very healthy.

A proper meal plan would include protein, carbohydrates and some fat, most fat will be in the other foods you eat.

If you would like to check out a great plan that I have used for years, it is free, check out Body-for-LIFE

Ben Raines

PS: Pam can tell you that I am who I am in the picture. We met last week. Not a Wally Cox double.

[pam]

Tarnished I have done Weight Watchers in the past and I loved it. I seriously need to get back doing it again. At first I did feel hungry as I felt I wasn't eating enough. But over time I started craving..I mean really craving...salads. Since there were no points in the vegetables themselves I could eat all I wanted. Which I did. It was any dressing you put on it that could use up your points however.

The first week I lost 6 pounds. After that I started averaging about 2 pounds a week which is what they recommend. But though I have been off of it for awhile..I do find myself really watching fat grams in foods.

Though after the Lumberjack breakfast BenRaines and I had..he is probably thinking..yeah right.

[beefche]

Tarnished, I've done WW too. You have to be careful and make sure you eat enough. If you don't eat enough, your body will conserve and you won't lose, but may actually gain.

I found that what helped me the most was drink PLENTY of water--at least 64 oz/day. Write down what you eat--even the times you go off your wagon. Exercise (sounds like you've got a handle on that).

I liked WW because it taught you a healthy way to look at food--no such thing as "bad" food. Just watch your choices and portions.

[pam]

That's really what WW is all about. Portions. You can eat whatever you want..even your favorite recipes. It was about portions.

[BenRaines]

Speaking of that Lumberjack breakfast I think Pam finished off my pancakes and toast for me.

I did eat all the sausage, ham, bacon and eggs.

Just kidding I ate all mine and watched pam turn down a box to take home all that she had left.

Ben Raines

[FairChild]

You need to remember that as you exercise, you create more muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat. Muscle burns more calories than fat tissue, even when you are not doing anything. If your clothes are fitting better, you are losing fat while replacing it with muscle tissue. I am doing TOPS. Take care and happy success.

[hordak]

2 things to remember

It isn't weight loss that is important it is fat loss.
A LB of fat is about 3500 calories, so burning or cutting 500 calories a day (from your maintenance calories) will only result in 1 lb lose per week. You didn't put in on over night, don't expect to take it off that way.

[Tarnished]

Originally Posted by beefche

Tarnished, I've done WW too. You have to be careful and make sure you eat enough. If you don't eat enough, your body will conserve and you won't lose, but may actually gain.

I found that what helped me the most was drink PLENTY of water--at least 64 oz/day. Write down what you eat--even the times you go off your wagon. Exercise (sounds like you've got a handle on that).

I liked WW because it taught you a healthy way to look at food--no such thing as "bad" food. Just watch your choices and portions.

Thats why I am doing WW, it really isn't that I am eatting bad things, it is more that I don't keep track of what I do eat and how many calories I am bringing in. What I have found from doing WW is that I am not eating enough. I get to the end of the day and realize I have about 10 to 16 points left and go, "Woah, how did that happen?" And I don't think that eating a big meal to make up those points right before bed is the way to do it. So I am trying to figure out ways to get the food into me so that my body doesn't constantly think I am on a starvation diet.

One thing that I think I really need is to find a good healthy snack that can sit on my work desk all day so that I can snack between meals. That way when I do get to the meal I am not so ravenous that I eat more than I should.

I think I have the water thing under control, I have a 24 oz bottle and a 20 oz bottle and I down both of them before lunch, one during lunch and one to two after lunch. Then I drink about 2 to 3 cups of water while exercising at night.

Thanks for all the great comments. This really is the first time in my life that I have really started working on reducing my weight. So any advice is helpful.

[beefche]

You have GOT to try FiberOne bars. They are 2 points each and I absolutely love, love, love the oats and chocolate one--it's like eating a candy bar for me. Each bar has 9 grams of fiber which is fantastic. They have recently come out with different flavors, but I like the oats and chocolate the best. Matter of fact, I'm having one right now--YUMMY!