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Hi Everyone,

So I've grown up since a teenager being overweight.  Coming from a European background and growing up with mountains of food on my plate, its a wonder I didnt get even bigger than I am.  I currently weigh 91.8kg, SW = 96.1 (isn't it funny how that .1 or .8 makes such a big difference - as long as its a loss).

Anyway, I've been on weight watchers which worked well for a while.  Lost 20kg but then put it on plus some as you tend to get cocky about yourself (note to self - not to do this again).  Actually I've done weight watchers a couple of times; but find it difficult to stick to the whole points thing when you get comfortable.  Im sure we've all tried weight watchers or something else.

The only thing I like was meeting up with new people and discussing recipes and substitutes for bad foods such as instead of Coconut Milk, light evaporated milk with 2 - 3 teaspoons of coconut essence or the new Light and Creamy Carnation Coconut Milk which came out last year - great for those curries. Also, they handed out weekly cards full of motivation and weekly topics such as GI foods, exercise, fats (good and bad) etc. 

I probably didnt succeed in WW because I hit a major plateau for approx 3 months and got extremely fustrated and so I quit - not to mention I was working extremely long hours (800-900pm for 3 nights, 800 - 600pm for the other two days.  In the end I quit my job as it was slowly killing me and I hated where I was - too much bitchiness and now Im in a job that I love, my boss is great - very flexible and I work 830-430 (sometimes a little more but very rare).

I met up with my boyfriend approx 7 years ago where he introduced me to portion controlling - who would have thought.  When I went round to his place for dinner the first time, he served a very very small amount of food unlike my mum's where she fills the plate till you cannot fill anymore.  Over time I learnt to adapt to my boyfriends way of serving - although I do find myself being heavy handed with the servings sometimes.  I find I am still learning but my boyfriend is a nurse so he is very good with what we eat etc - and it doesn't help that his a stick (like around 64kg).

So that's my story. 

Take care

Jen

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Great tip about the Coconut Milk. I love Thai curries!

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My new book: Winners Do What Losers Don't

Hi Jen and welcome. Thanks for sharing your story. I had often thought about doing WW but the thought of continuously counting points put me off. The Jenny Craig clinic offered me no support whatsoever and I didn't like their food.  Do you know what I used to do? I used to cram the plates with food too (when the kids were little) and if they left any on the plate, I would eat it - disgusting. I don't do that now. I was brought up to finish everything on my plate. I learned my lesson as we all do.  Sorry, Im rambling. I hope you enjoy this board. We are a supportive & friendly bunch. Hope to hear from you again.

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Hi wannabthin (dont we all),

The counting of the points is very annoying and it makes you buy there books so you can convert to points.  Its funny, I was doing something on the net and discovered the formula to convert to points.  So here it is ...  all too complicated to do for each item you put in the mouth ..

The Weight Watchers Points Formula

The actual Weight Watchers Points formula used in the Weight Watchers Points calculator is currently under strict US Patent laws. The formula is shown below::

Where:
p = Points
c = Calories
f = Fat Grams
r = Dietary fiber Grams

(Note: min{r, 4} equals the number of grams of dietary fiber or 4, whichever is smaller. In other words, only the first 4 grams of fiber "count.")

Some examples of Weight Watchers Points assigned to foods are shown in the following table, using a Weight Watchers Points calculator would yield a similar result:

Food	Calories	Fat (g)	Carbohydrates (g)	Fibre (g)	Weight Watchers Points
Medium Fries	450	22	57	5	10
Quarter Pounder with cheese	430	30	38	2	13
Cheeseburger	330	14	35	2	7
Big Mac	590	34	47	3	14
Corn on the Cob	140	2	34	2	3
Low-fat Grilled Chicken Pasta	873	8.9	134.3	10.3	17
Low-fat Asian Chicken Salad	714	9	121	9.6	14
Low-fat Brownie Sundae	326	3.2	72	4.6	6

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Welcome Jen!

Good to see you on here and thanks for the coconut milk tip!

If theres anything I can do for you just PM me, there are plenty of awesome and fun loving people on here wanting to help you.

-TF-

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Sometimes I Need People To Ask Me How I Am REALLY Doing.

JDC:

Hi wannabthin (dont we all),

The counting of the points is very annoying and it makes you buy there books so you can convert to points.  Its funny, I was doing something on the net and discovered the formula to convert to points.  So here it is ...  all too complicated to do for each item you put in the mouth ..

The Weight Watchers Points Formula

The actual Weight Watchers Points formula used in the Weight Watchers Points calculator is currently under strict US Patent laws. The formula is shown below::

Where:
p = Points
c = Calories
f = Fat Grams
r = Dietary fiber Grams

(Note: min{r, 4} equals the number of grams of dietary fiber or 4, whichever is smaller. In other words, only the first 4 grams of fiber "count.")

Some examples of Weight Watchers Points assigned to foods are shown in the following table, using a Weight Watchers Points calculator would yield a similar result:

Food	Calories	Fat (g)	Carbohydrates (g)	Fibre (g)	Weight Watchers Points
Medium Fries	450	22	57	5	10
Quarter Pounder with cheese	430	30	38	2	13
Cheeseburger	330	14	35	2	7
Big Mac	590	34	47	3	14
Corn on the Cob	140	2	34	2	3
Low-fat Grilled Chicken Pasta	873	8.9	134.3	10.3	17
Low-fat Asian Chicken Salad	714	9	121	9.6	14
Low-fat Brownie Sundae	326	3.2	72	4.6	6

Einstein would love that formula. The mc2 is enough for me to cope with lol. I sometimes buy stuff when shopping that has the Weight Watchers label on it. Thats as far as I go with it. I actually do know some people who have lost alot of weight on the program but they are obviously very disiplined - not me. What program did you say you are currently on?

 

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Hi,

Im currently at Fernwood gym and Im doing the "slimplicity program".  Basically its certain calories and they have a general food guide for you to work from.  For example Breakfast may be 1 bread/cereal, 1 milk ... etc showing you Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner.  So then you would choose 1 milk - which may be if you only like full cream milk then you only have a certain amount or if you like skim milk then a little bit more than full cream. So they basically tell you portions etc and you can substitute foods from whats called a food exchange. 

So this first week I was on a 5000kj program to kick start my metabolism (seems I went over) and then 6300kj from now onwards (which seems some days Im around the 5000kj - go figure).  You then write this in a food diary and each week I get weighed and measured every couple weeks or so and she goes thru my food diary.  My task this week was to not have so much processed meals - bugger - might have stuffed that one up.  It seems to work.  Also I have a calorie fat counter book so then Ill look that particular food item and write in my diary so I know every kilojoule thats going in my mouth (provided its written in the diary).

So thats the program, hope it wasn't too confusing.

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Thanks for that. The calorie counter book sounds like a handy thing to have. I have no idea how many calories I should be having a day. I'm sticking to around 1600. I eat mostly salads (too hot here to eat much else) and drink alot of water but like everyone else I crave something sweet now and then. Since starting at the gym a couple of days ago, my appetite has dropped drastically. Not sure if this is a good thing or not. I have never been to a dietician but thinking about it.

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Thanks for that formula. I've always wondered how they get the points value.

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My new book: Winners Do What Losers Don't

Hi,

Not sure what calories you should be on .. im currently on 6300kj on my good days. 

I've been pretty bad this week.  My bf was in hospital till the wee hours on monday morning, had to go to work on monday arvo cuz my boss was sick and went home (I work for a very very small company) and missed the gym session on monday.  I have tafe on tuesday's and thursday so that's out and by the time wednesday came round i was too tired to go.  It probably didnt help that Ive had junk this week. 

Lets see I had: A sausage roll, a chocolate donut, half a small box of hot chips, and another custard donut on a separate day.  BUGGER, will get back on track tomorrow, after all I see my nutrionist tomorrow - we'll see what she says about this junk.

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Weekly Diary:  (22/3/06)

CW: 91.7kg

Gain: 0.3kg (0.2kg muscle and 0.1kg fat) - how that works I dont understand since I ate all that junk and did no exercise, hmmmm - hopefully it doesnt catch up with me this week.

So on Saturday I went to the gym and did 45 mins cardio and 1/2 hour of weight circuit.  I really pushed myself when I was on the bike at the gym.  I had my mp3 playing Pump It by The Black Eyed Peas and if you've ever seen the film clip you will notice how energetic they are - lets just say I ended up in a pool of sweat after playing the song a few times over for that intense workout.

On Monday I went and did 15 mins on the bike and then a boxing class. My God I forgot what the pain was like.  She makes us do all this running to get warmed up (I HATE RUNNING) and then into the whole punching thing - I think I sweat more when I was holding on to the pads than anything else.

Today (Wednesday) I have a personal training session which goes for 1/2 hr and will do cardio for 1/2hr.

Eating Plan:

I have generally been good with the exception of having a sausage roll. Now to my defense on Tuesday's and Thursday's I have Tafe so I go to the shopping centre and grab dinner from there so I dont eat so late when I come home (usually around 9pm or 930pm).  So I went to the shops on Tuesday and pretty much everything was closed except for donut king (wasnt going to have that), MacDonalds (no way) and Michels Paterisserie. Hence from these choices I went for the sausage roll.  Still not what I wanted but anyway I've learned that on Tuesday's I will need to prepare my own meals before Tafe.

Anyway, will continue on ... If anyone has some idea's on how to build up more muscle in the arms to get rid of those flabby bits in the tricep area would be greatly appreciated.

 

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Ahh the power of music huh? I've found that just an awesome song can make any work out so much more fun, Im going to have to listen to that Black eyed Peas song now, it sounds good :D
Ive been listening to alot of Chemical Bros on my walks lately, really gets my pace fast!

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Yeah, music totally helps. 

 

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

Hi all ...okay, been slack in posting cuz I am soooooooooo busy with work and Tafe.  All I can say is that god we have school holidays so I've been going to the gym more.  Im very estatic ... drum roll ...    SW: 96.1kg

            CW: 88.9kg (Im in the eighties and loving it)

            GW: 76.1kg by December 19th  ...   

                              

Im still trying to learn the art of portion control - although my bf does help with that.  So hopefully I can maintain this weight loss ... and continue down into the seventies (I can safely say its been such a long time since I've been there). 

Anyway, good luck all in your weight loss.

 

 

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!

So I am still 88.9kg.  I'm sooooooooooooo tired today don't really feel like exercising but I will as tuesdays and thursday's Im at Tafe.  Its very difficult to keep motivated when the heavens looks like its about to pour down .....

Went for a 40min walk around the beach on Sunday and did a gym sesssion on Saturday - 1hr of cardio.

Anyway, I'll see how I go today. Perhaps may only may do 1/2hr of training.

 

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SW: 96.1
CW: 81
GW: 61

Task this week: To get drink more water and try new healthy foods ... !!!