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New to Weight Watchers
Hi,
My name is Karan and I am trying WW for the firt time. I have 4 kids with my youngest being 3 weeks old. I am nursing her as well. I am happily married as well. I am wondering if someone has a foodtracker program in excel that they could send me so that I can keep track of everything on my pc. I just don't have the time to write everything down. Thanks and hoping to get to know everyone! |
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New to Weight Watchers
Hi Karan, welcome to the group.
Brenda wrote in message ... Hi, My name is Karan and I am trying WW for the firt time. I have 4 kids with my youngest being 3 weeks old. I am nursing her as well. I am happily married as well. I am wondering if someone has a foodtracker program in excel that they could send me so that I can keep track of everything on my pc. I just don't have the time to write everything down. Thanks and hoping to get to know everyone! |
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welcome and good luck, Lee
wrote in message ... Hi, My name is Karan and I am trying WW for the firt time. I have 4 kids with my youngest being 3 weeks old. I am nursing her as well. I am happily married as well. I am wondering if someone has a foodtracker program in excel that they could send me so that I can keep track of everything on my pc. I just don't have the time to write everything down. Thanks and hoping to get to know everyone! |
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... I am wondering if someone has a foodtracker program in excel that they could send me so that I can keep track of everything on my pc. I just don't have the time to write everything down. Welcome! Just had to mention. I don't know about a foodtracker program? I would suggest giving a look at e-tools at weigh****chers.com. The price is not that much for what you get. I think the online points tracker is invaluable! As long as you have access to the web. |
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Hi, My name is Karan and I am trying WW for the firt time. I have 4 kids with my youngest being 3 weeks old. I am nursing her as well. I am happily married as well. I am wondering if someone has a foodtracker program in excel that they could send me so that I can keep track of everything on my pc. I just don't have the time to write everything down. Welcome to the group and to WW Karan. I used to use a simple excel spreadsheet - one column for the name of the food and one for the points. One problem though - you have to be near your computer to track! On a piece of paper you can track anytime, anywhere Here's our welcome notice to get you started in the group. Best of luck, and stick around to let us know how you go. Welcome to this great newsgroup where you'll receive lots of support, advice, and encouragement. Once a week on Sundays, I post a list of links that newcomers to asdww might find useful. You may want to look for that later in the week, or do a backwards search for last Sunday's post. In the meantime, here's our FAQ: http://www.didian.com/asdww/ our welcome notice: http://www.geocities.com/welcomenotice/index.html Frequently seen acronyms on this NG: NSV = Non-Scale Victory WOE = Way of Eating WOL = Way of Life (Living) OP = on Points or On Program DH = Dear or Darling Husband DS/DD/DGD/etc = Dear or Darling Son, Daughter, Granddaughter, etc WI = Weigh-in Other acronyms: http://www.wwlissa.com/dwlz100+/100+acronyms.htm Here's a short synopsis of the USA Flexpoints program by Joyce - How many points you can eat is only based on your current weight, as you lose weight those points allowed will decrease (logic is that your body will need less to operate). At 183 pounds and based on the new US flexpoints system, you will have a set point target of 24. In addition to this you are allowed 35 flexpoints to be used throughout the week ... as well as any activity points you earn on a particular day. When your weight drops to 175, your target drops to 22 points ... weight reaches 150, target once again drop to 20 points. 3 servings of dairy of recommended per day, 5 servings of fruit and veggies, minimum of 6 glasses of water. The basic plan is easy. Eat at least your minimum daily number of points. Points do not carry over from day to day. You are allotted 35 weekly flexpoints to be used at your discretion ... can divide them up and use daily (would be an additional 5 points per day) or save them and use them for a special occassion during the week. Activity points are earned based when exercising, but can ONLY be used on the day they are earned. Joyce WW starting weight: 228.8 - 2/5/02 current weight: 133.3 Lifetime: 4/4/03 And here's an explanation of Core/No-count by Laura - It is a great plan. You DO however need to make sure that you are eating at your normal Flex plan target number of points. This can be difficult for some and you WILL stop losing. Here is the summary of the plan: http://ahwww.home.comcast.net/summary.htm Here is the detail list of foods: http://ahwww.home.comcast.net/wwcoreplan.htm Basic rules: 1. Eat as much of the core foods as you need to feel "satisfied" (not full). 2. If you want to eat foods that are not on the core foods list use you 35 weekly points allowance (WPA). Note: use these points on healthy foods and not junk. 3. Activity points are used to supplement the 35 WPA for Non-core food items only. They must be used on the day they are earned. Note: most people find that they will increase the amount of core foods because they are hungrier due to exercising. 4. 2 teaspoons of heathy oil daily is required. ~Laura Please note that if you live in onther countries (UK, Australia, NZ, Europe), the Points plans are different. The UK and Australia/NZ calculate points based on saturated fat and total kilojoules. Most of Europe calculates based on total fat and total kilojoules. The desktop calculator above can handle all of these programs. Disclaimer: As an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, asdww is unusual in that most of the people who participate are respectful, considerate folks who freely share their experience with and knowledge of WW, weight loss, and maintenance. Yet occasionally, spammers, trolls, and flamers show up to post advertising, false information, insults, and the like. Nearly all of the time, people like this are just trying to yank someone's chain. Most of the regulars on this newsgroup offer their experience as a suggestion to try if you're stuck, but are quick to advise that each person has to find what works for him/herself. If someone posts something that doesn't sound right to you, ask the newsgroup, ask your WW leader, or ask your health professional. Much success on your weight loss journey! WW works! -- Julie. 93.5/73.6/74 (WW)/72 (Personal) kg 205.7/161.9/162.8 (WW)/158 (Personal) lb Here's our FAQ: http://www.didian.com/asdww/ and welcome notice: http://www.geocities.com/welcomenotice/index.html |
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wrote in message ... Hi, My name is Karan and I am trying WW for the firt time. I have 4 kids with my youngest being 3 weeks old. I am nursing her as well. I am happily married as well. Hi Karen, I'm not very successful at losing weight but I have been a breastfeeding counsellor in the past. I'd suggest waiting until baby is at least 6 weeks old before you start trying to lose. In the meantime your milk supply is establishing, you are still losing extra fluid from the pregnancy too. You may find you don't have as much to lose as you think. Your baby is going to need calories every day from you as you are providing his food, so please allow extra points for that, I'd imagine about 6 to 8 points more than you'd be on if not breastfeeding. More than at any other time you body will use what you put into it very efficently so do beware cutting your intake and ending up with a super frugal metabolism which does fine and doesn't lose on a restricted diet. Perhaps now track and point what you are eating and spend some weeks figuring out good portions for yourself and the points for various foods you normally eat. As you are nursing fluids are important so now is a great time to make friends with no points soup and water of course. Most women when they eat normally will gradually lose weight when nursing without making an extra effort. Conversely there is a minority whose bodies will not let go of their "stores" while still nursing, a sort of survival trail I suppose from times when today's food needs met didn't guarantee tomorrow's. I'm not sure how long you will be nursing the baby but you might consider checking out your local breastfeeding support group and seeing how other mothers of such young babies are managing to nurse and get back to a pre-pregnancy weight. What I'm saying applies to the extra pounds 10-20 which people get left with after having a baby, if you have more than that to lose it may be ok to start right away on a strict points ration, but my instinct is not to try to lose for a little while yet. Louise missing babies, my youngest is 5 :-) |
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