Well I'm here... and hungry...

....actually I'm not that hungry, I seem to have done nothing but eat
today, and its all pointed and so far nowhere near the 26 points I am
allowed a day...

Yesterday, my first day on WW, (yup - a complete newbie!) I could only
manage 19 points - what am I doing wrong? Advice and suggestions
please!

Went shopping last night and spent twice as long round the supermarket
looking up the points value of things I usually buy - Paul got really
fed up with me... having said that he is being really supportive which
is good, he also needs to lose weight but isn't going to pay to come
with me, he'll just follow alongside what I am eating.

Suzie B
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Southend, UK
http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga

Hi, Suzie! Glad you found us! I can't help with not being able to eat enough
points, tho. I can always find something to eat... G Tell Paul that if you
can put up with him and his cannon, he can jolly well go round the shops
with you! It does get easier to figure out what to eat as you get used to
the system. I can now make myself lunch without thinking about points - I
have a repetoire of lunches I can easily do. Dinner is a little trickier -
have to figure in what to do with the rest of the family!

--
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"Paul & Suzie Beckwith" wrote in message
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...actually I'm not that hungry, I seem to have done nothing but eat
today, and its all pointed and so far nowhere near the 26 points I am
allowed a day...

Yesterday, my first day on WW, (yup - a complete newbie!) I could only
manage 19 points - what am I doing wrong? Advice and suggestions
please!

Went shopping last night and spent twice as long round the supermarket
looking up the points value of things I usually buy - Paul got really
fed up with me... having said that he is being really supportive which
is good, he also needs to lose weight but isn't going to pay to come
with me, he'll just follow alongside what I am eating.

Suzie B
--
"From the internet connection under the pier"
Southend, UK
http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga

frood wrote:

Hi, Suzie! Glad you found us! I can't help with not being able to eat enough
points, tho. I can always find something to eat... G Tell Paul that if you
can put up with him and his cannon, he can jolly well go round the shops
with you! It does get easier to figure out what to eat as you get used to
the system. I can now make myself lunch without thinking about points - I
have a repetoire of lunches I can easily do. Dinner is a little trickier -
have to figure in what to do with the rest of the family!

--
Wendy

I have the answer to that one - they eat what I do, but have whole milk
yoghurts, more cheese, whatever!

Suzie, welcome aboard! Another quilter joins the merry throng!

I find the most useful thing is to work out the main meals for the week,
carefully pointed, and buy only for those meals. Alan (the DH and
shopper!) adds things like treats for James, crisps (chips to the US
contingent), and whatever. Alan doesn't eat cookies and sweet stuff,
being diabetic, and James would usually have more dinner than a desert
(unless it's apple crumble!).

Plan the main meals, make sure there's plenty no point soup in fridge
and freezer for lunches, avoid buying the things you shouldn't eat so
they are not in the house for moments of weakness! Keep plenty of
carrots on hand for nibbling, and plenty of fruit for deserts, nibbles,
whatever. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER!!!

Good luck!
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:06:49 GMT,
(Paul & Suzie Beckwith) wrote:

...actually I'm not that hungry, I seem to have done nothing but eat
today, and its all pointed and so far nowhere near the 26 points I am
allowed a day...

Yesterday, my first day on WW, (yup - a complete newbie!) I could only
manage 19 points - what am I doing wrong? Advice and suggestions
please!

Went shopping last night and spent twice as long round the supermarket
looking up the points value of things I usually buy - Paul got really
fed up with me... having said that he is being really supportive which
is good, he also needs to lose weight but isn't going to pay to come
with me, he'll just follow alongside what I am eating.

Welcome to the group.
Don't panic about not eating enough. That problem won't last long. You
must eat your minimum points though. Going below minimum fro any
length of time will slow weightloss. Sounds crazy but it's true.
Peanut butter is great for increasing points, or add a bit extra olive
oil when cooking, or eat some nuts.
Once you get into the swing of things your partner will automatiocally
lose weight if he eats the same as you. He's got to watch the snacking
when you aren't there though.
My partner has lost 4 stone without really counting points.We eat the
same stuff for meals, and just have to watch what we eat during the
day.

Good luck

Ray
--
rmnsuk
overall - 273/203/182
swwc - 205/203/192

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:21:51 +0100, Kate Dicey
wrote:

Suzie, welcome aboard! Another quilter joins the merry throng!

Thanks Kate - great to see some familier names here...

snip

Plan the main meals, make sure there's plenty no point soup in fridge
and freezer for lunches, avoid buying the things you shouldn't eat so
they are not in the house for moments of weakness! Keep plenty of
carrots on hand for nibbling, and plenty of fruit for deserts, nibbles,
whatever. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER!!!

Its hard at the start, 'cos the fridge/freezer/cupboards still have
stuff that we shouldn't really have, its a choice between throw loads
of stuff away (which I hate the idea of) or trying to count it into my
points allowance... its gonna take a while to get my head round this.

Do you religeously (sp) fill in your points journal each day - or are
you past that? Do the books get read by the weighers at each meeting -
or are they merely an aide-memoire for you to keep track of what you
are eating?

Suzie B
--
"From the internet connection under the pier"
Southend, UK
http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:13:32 GMT, "frood"
wrote:

Hi, Suzie! Glad you found us! I can't help with not being able to eat enough
points, tho. I can always find something to eat... G Tell Paul that if you
can put up with him and his cannon, he can jolly well go round the shops
with you!

Yaay - hi there Wendy!

Hehehe - Paul always comes shopping with me - stops me bringing home
all the stuff I shouldn't!

It does get easier to figure out what to eat as you get used to
the system. I can now make myself lunch without thinking about points - I
have a repetoire of lunches I can easily do. Dinner is a little trickier -
have to figure in what to do with the rest of the family!

Is it ok to have the same things every day? for breakfast and lunch
that is - we take a packed lunch to work each day and I usually can't
be a**ed trying to fathom out what to make every morning thats
different, so we have the same sandwich each day... altho I am making
a large no-points salad as well... it'd make sorting out how many
points to play with for supper a lot easier...

Suzie B
--
"From the internet connection under the pier"
Southend, UK
http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga

Do you religeously (sp) fill in your points journal each day - or are
you past that? Do the books get read by the weighers at each meeting -
or are they merely an aide-memoire for you to keep track of what you
are eating?

Yes. Log your points in a diary every day. That way if you don't lose
or lose too fast you should be able to figure out whats wrong.
Journalling is the best indicator of whether someone will be
successful or not.

Ray
--
rmnsuk
overall - 273/203/182
swwc - 205/203/192

"Paul & Suzie Beckwith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:13:32 GMT, "frood"
wrote:

Hi, Suzie! Glad you found us! I can't help with not being able to eat
enough
points, tho. I can always find something to eat... G Tell Paul that if
you
can put up with him and his cannon, he can jolly well go round the shops
with you!

Yaay - hi there Wendy!

Hehehe - Paul always comes shopping with me - stops me bringing home
all the stuff I shouldn't!

It does get easier to figure out what to eat as you get used to
the system. I can now make myself lunch without thinking about points - I
have a repetoire of lunches I can easily do. Dinner is a little
trickier -
have to figure in what to do with the rest of the family!

Is it ok to have the same things every day? for breakfast and lunch
that is - we take a packed lunch to work each day and I usually can't
be a**ed trying to fathom out what to make every morning thats
different, so we have the same sandwich each day... altho I am making
a large no-points salad as well... it'd make sorting out how many
points to play with for supper a lot easier...

Welcome aboard, Suzie. I can help answer some of your questions. I'm allowed
26 points too. I have roughly the same thing for breakfast and lunch
everyday since I don't have much time to have breakfast plus make my lunch
before I go to work in the morning. I vary my dinner and my snacks depending
on whether I go exercise after work or if I have something unexpected for
lunch. I just found it easier to stick with a basic menu for these 2 meals
due to time contrainsts.

Here's my basic menu:

Breakfast: 2 or 3 points cold cereal + 1 or 2 points Fruit (1/2 banana or 1
cup strawberries & blueberries or 1/8 cup raisons) + 1/2 cup 1% milk. (1
point) Total = 5 points

Occasional alternatives: 2 eggs scrambled (4 points) + 1 slice of toast with
dab of low fat margarine. (1.5 points) Total= 5.5 points

Lunch: 2 slices Low Fat bread (1 point), 3 oz Turkey/chicken breast (3
point), 2 teaspoons light mayo (0 points), Celery/Carrots (1 point), 1/2 Low
fat Dannon yoghurt (1 point). Total=6 points.

Other sandwich alternates: Peanut butter and jelly, Lean Cuisine or Weight
Watcher meals (5-6 points). Some days I add a slice of low fat cheese to my
turkey sandwich (1 point). If I am out of LF bread I have to adjust my
dinner menu to account for the extra points consumed by eating DH's bread
(3-4 points). Tip: aim for low fat meats like turkey or chicken breast that
are 1 point per ounce. I found that I needed a bunch of protein at lunch or
I was hungry by mid-afternoon. I added the yoghurt to lunch to give me
another serving of calcium since I don't like milk.

These basic menus leave me with approximately 16 points for dinner. I
probably should add a morning snack if I had time to take a break at work
but I'm not usually hungry until lunch because I have a good breakfast. I
also tend to eat my lunch while I am working or surfing the internet so it
tends to take me over an hour to finish my raw veggies so I am full by the
time I finish.

Hopefully this will get you started. It took me a few weeks to figure out
the menu for these 2 meals so I can understand your frustration. Hang in
there.
--
~~Laura (LJ)~~
246/223/221 10%
237/223/225 SWWC
started WW 4/21/03

Fats and starches are a fast way to use up points.

At the end of dinner one day, I still had 11.5 points to go, so later
that evening I had a big bowl of cereal (two servings) with 8 oz. of
1% milk. The cereal I chose has raisins, dates, and pecans in it, so
that used up a pretty good chunk of what was left. It was a real
treat.

The next day, it occurred to me that I could have had a bagel. A
friend of ours gave us a card good for a dozen bagels from Einstein
Brothers every month. Last time I was there, I asked for nutritional
data, and they're 350 calories each, so that's around 7 points (1 gram
of fat, but they didn't list the fiber content). Needless to say, you
can't go around eating bagels all day, but that would have been a nice
treat, too.

It is important not to go into starvation mode by not eating enough.
That slows down your metabolism and makes it harder to lose.

Stan
9/21/2003
309/299/199


On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 18:06:49 GMT,
(Paul & Suzie Beckwith) wrote:

...actually I'm not that hungry, I seem to have done nothing but eat
today, and its all pointed and so far nowhere near the 26 points I am
allowed a day...

Yesterday, my first day on WW, (yup - a complete newbie!) I could only
manage 19 points - what am I doing wrong? Advice and suggestions
please!

Went shopping last night and spent twice as long round the supermarket
looking up the points value of things I usually buy - Paul got really
fed up with me... having said that he is being really supportive which
is good, he also needs to lose weight but isn't going to pay to come
with me, he'll just follow alongside what I am eating.

Suzie B

Hi Susie!

Glad you found us! Tell "Mr. Cannon" that following along with you will
work just fine!

Hugs to the both of you!
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"Paul & Suzie Beckwith" wrote in message
...
...actually I'm not that hungry, I seem to have done nothing but eat
today, and its all pointed and so far nowhere near the 26 points I am
allowed a day...

Yesterday, my first day on WW, (yup - a complete newbie!) I could only
manage 19 points - what am I doing wrong? Advice and suggestions
please!

Went shopping last night and spent twice as long round the supermarket
looking up the points value of things I usually buy - Paul got really
fed up with me... having said that he is being really supportive which
is good, he also needs to lose weight but isn't going to pay to come
with me, he'll just follow alongside what I am eating.

Suzie B
--
"From the internet connection under the pier"
Southend, UK
http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga