WW Weekly Check-In

[bananapancakes]

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)

How did you do on your goal from last week?

What is your goal for this week?

Any other questions/comments?

[bananapancakes]

It was not a great week for me.

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)
I was up 0.6 pounds.

How did you do on your goal from last week?
Not good, I didn't get hardly any activity in.

What is your goal for this week?
Do some sort of activity at least 3 times this week.
Focus on power foods.
Reduce carb consumption.
Be down at least one pound at weigh in on Saturday.

Any other questions/comments?
What do you do about your 49 weekly points? I usually don't eat mine or only eat a few of them. Every day this week I was within my daily points plus target and I ate 30 of my 49 points and I was up this week. I am going to try not eating any of them this week to see if it makes a difference.

[vicky]

I lost 3.8 lbs!!
I'm terrible, I don't remember my goal from last week - but I did stay on plan!
Follow my weekly menu! I always spend an hour making the menu, then I say "eh!" come tuesday or wednesday.

FYI - The WW salted caramel smoothies are excellent in coffee and make a great latte!

[vicky]

Jan 21, 2013 10:33:17 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

Any other questions/comments?
What do you do about your 49 weekly points? I usually don't eat mine or only eat a few of them. Every day this week I was within my daily points plus target and I ate 30 of my 49 points and I was up this week. I am going to try not eating any of them this week to see if it makes a difference.

I occasionally dip into my weekly points, but not by much. If I do, I try to make them up with exercise during the week. I don't like using my weekly points, they kinda make me feel guilty, ha.

[melodramatic26]

I was down 1.8.

I ran twice this week which was a great start. I'm making it my goal to run 3 times this week. Half marathon training starts in just 2 weeks so I need to be ready.

I cut my breastfeeding points down to just part time feeding. I used almost all of my 49 points. I didn't count any activity points. It worked well last week so I'm going to do it again this week and see if it works again.

[lintscreen]

This week I am down 5 lbs!! I have no idea if some of that is just water weight or what, but I'm not complaining. Total down so far since 1/1 is 7 lbs. My pants feel a little looser and my ring keeps slipping around to the underside of my hand.

I had 15 activity points this week which isn't awesome, but it's better than nothing. I would like to match that next week as one of my goals.

As far as the extra points, I use most of them. I think I had 10 left over this week. I'll stick with that, esp since my daily point goal went down one today due to my loss.

[suzyp]

I'm going to join in!

I am was down 4.4lbs. (techinically, it was 6.4, but I was full sodium on my first weigh-in day, and had gained 2 lbs. in a day).

Goal for the week - lose 1.5 lbs. and to run twice by Friday. And to keep tracking, even when I have a 50 pt. day like I did on Friday (went out for DH's birthday).

I don't plan on eating anywhere near the 49 pts. if I can help it. I have been doing WW for a long time, took a 2 year break and am back and cannot figure out how the "flex" points went from 35 to 49 when at the same time fruits are 0 points. I should trust the WW scientists, but it just seems like a lot of food.

[curtains]

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)
I lost 3 more pounds

How did you do on your goal from last week?
Not so good - my goal was to exercise more and I haven't done that

What is your goal for this week?
To exercise more

Any other questions/comments?
Thanks for doing this - being accountable is very helpful when I feel like cheating

Read more: pandce.proboards.com/thread/125170/ww-weekly-check#ixzz2IcrpVftW

[ElizabethBennet]

Great work everyone!

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)

I changed my weigh in day to Fridays and on Friday I was down .8lbs.

How did you do on your goal from last week?

I added some more activity last week, but I failed at drinking more water

What is your goal for this week?

Drink more water

Any other questions/comments?

This weekend was rough, I don't know that I slept more than 4 hours the whole time. DD has been sick so I have been grabbing whatever and not tracking. I need to get back on track today.

[kaybee85]

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)
Bad. Gained 2.2. This is where I get really frustrated, because I stayed w/in weeklies, but used a lot. Still feel like I shouldn't be gaining (maybe staying stagnent?? but shouldn't beign w/in weeklies still have you lose?)

How did you do on your goal from last week?
I did okay with tracking, but we did eat out a lot last week. I know this is why I gained, but I thought I still did ok tracking what I ate. Maybe the estimations, etc were way off?

What is your goal for this week?
To lose the weight I gained

Any other questions/comments?
I'm frustrated
ETA: Specifically because I ran 10 miles this past week and did weight lifting one day. I know that what we eat has the most influence on weight loss, but it is super annoying that I can run that much weekly and still gain weight.

[kaybee85]

Regarding weekly points, I am obviously struggling with them now, but up until I got down to 160s/low 170s I could easily eat most of my weeklies and lose consistently each week.

[trafficgirl]

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)
I was up 0.6 lbs (but lost 5 lbs the week before, so I thought I'd probably maintain)

How did you do on your goal from last week?
Been trying to eat a lot more fruits and veggies. I did okay - better than before I made the goal

What is your goal for this week?
Still on the fruits and veggies track

Any other questions/comments?
RE weekly points, I almost always use all of mine. What's funny is last week I didn't (had about 20 left over) and I gained. Not sure what that's about. I think I would feel too deprived if I didn't use the weekly points, and that just spells disaster for me.

[ElizabethBennet]

kaybee- maybe it's water weight from sodium?

[kaybee85]

Jan 21, 2013 11:10:38 GMT -5 ElizabethBennet said:

kaybee- maybe it's water weight from sodium?

I think you're probably right, but I have definitely been seesawing for...well like a year, and it is super annoying. Mostly, it is me making poor decisions, but I go back and forth on how much am I really willing to give up food-wise to be skinny. I LOVE FOOD SO MUCH. lol

[anlo]

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)

Up 0.2

How did you do on your goal from last week?

Not good at all. Went out for H's birthday and had a few too many drinks.

What is your goal for this week?

Lay off the booze! And continue with the exercise I started last week.

Any other questions/comments?

I'm really embarrassed about my exercise. I talked with my dr. about it. I had a stress fracture in my foot a couple of years ago, and now every time I get back to working out (elliptical) it starts hurting again. She wants me to start with 5 minutes, then a break, then another 5, but even that hurts. I don't want to be a baby about it but I think I may have another fracture. How do you know when to push through and when to stop?

Read more: pandce.proboards.com/thread/125170/ww-weekly-check#ixzz2IcwSqgra

[anlo]

Also - I almost always use about 3/4 of my weeklies. I don't use any activity points because I'm afraid I overestimate how hard I've worked and I know I would use exercise as an excuse to just eat junk.

Thanks to everyone who is doing this. It really helps so much to have a community to share with.

[suzyp]

Jan 21, 2013 11:10:38 GMT -5 ElizabethBennet said:

kaybee- maybe it's water weight from sodium?

I was thinking the same thing - even if you tracked your eating out correctly, the extra salt that's in non-homemade food can make you retain water.

Would it help for you to tweak what you are eating with the points (less carbs, more protein or fat, or less sweets)?  Sorry you are getting frustrated.  But remember, it's only one week and your body may "even out" next week.

[Teachermama]

Jan 21, 2013 10:29:16 GMT -5 bananapancakes said:

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)


I went up 0.2lbs

How did you do on your goal from last week?


I did pretty well with eating fruits and veggies but I didn't do well with tracking

What is your goal for this week?



I want to do better at tracking and exercising
Any other questions/comments?

How do you make time for exercise? 

[kaybee85]

Jan 21, 2013 11:22:18 GMT -5 suzyp said:

Jan 21, 2013 11:10:38 GMT -5 ElizabethBennet said:

kaybee- maybe it's water weight from sodium?

I was thinking the same thing - even if you tracked your eating out correctly, the extra salt that's in non-homemade food can make you retain water.

Would it help for you to tweak what you are eating with the points (less carbs, more protein or fat, or less sweets)?  Sorry you are getting frustrated.  But remember, it's only one week and your body may "even out" next week.

I definitely think I need to mix up what I'm eating. I usually eat well until 5pm ish. My husband doesnt usually get home from work until 7-8. I have a snack  (greek yogurt w/frozen berries and an apple or something like that) at about 4, but then when I get home from school I am STARVING for dinner, and don't have dinner until 7-8. Any suggestions?

[anlo]

Jan 21, 2013 11:28:18 GMT -5 kaybee85 said:

Jan 21, 2013 11:22:18 GMT -5 suzyp said:

I was thinking the same thing - even if you tracked your eating out correctly, the extra salt that's in non-homemade food can make you retain water.

Would it help for you to tweak what you are eating with the points (less carbs, more protein or fat, or less sweets)?  Sorry you are getting frustrated.  But remember, it's only one week and your body may "even out" next week.

I definitely think I need to mix up what I'm eating. I usually eat well until 5pm ish. My husband doesnt usually get home from work until 7-8. I have a snack  (greek yogurt w/frozen berries and an apple or something like that) at about 4, but then when I get home from school I am STARVING for dinner, and don't have dinner until 7-8. Any suggestions?

Maybe add more protein to your snack, like peanut butter with your apple? I struggle with night time eating too.

[kaybee85]

That's a good idea. I thought since the Greek yogurt has a lot of protein, I would have been covered there. I guess I need to start making daily plans of amounts of protein/sugars/etc to aim for

[melodramatic26]

Jan 21, 2013 10:52:56 GMT -5 suzyp said:

I'm going to join in!

I am was down 4.4lbs. (techinically, it was 6.4, but I was full sodium on my first weigh-in day, and had gained 2 lbs. in a day).

Goal for the week - lose 1.5 lbs. and to run twice by Friday. And to keep tracking, even when I have a 50 pt. day like I did on Friday (went out for DH's birthday).

I don't plan on eating anywhere near the 49 pts. if I can help it. I have been doing WW for a long time, took a 2 year break and am back and cannot figure out how the "flex" points went from 35 to 49 when at the same time fruits are 0 points. I should trust the WW scientists, but it just seems like a lot of food.

Not to be snarky, but 49 pts isn't a lot to use over the course of a week. That's only 7 extra points a day.
If you already get a lot of points to start with, maybe the 7 extra aren't necessary for you, but if you only get 29 for the day, just going out for one meal can blow a big chunk of your daily point allowance.

The 49 are there for you to use when and if needed, to help make this program livable. It would suck to use 28 points on a dinner out and then think you can't have breakfast or lunch that day b/c you are out of points. That's why they give you the weeklies.

and I'll be honest, I think people that say it's too much are kidding themselves on what they are eating, otherwise, they wouldn't need WW or to track what they eat.

[eddy]

Down 1.5 lb.

This was my first week so I am very pleased.

This week I want to add a coup,e more workputs in. I was really happy with how well I did with eating.

[vicky]

Melo - I don't eat a lot, but when I didn't track I was eating the WRONG foods. That's why I need weight watchers. I need to see what I'm eating and make better choices. And some days, 26 points is a lot - other days I want more than my 26. People are different, yanno?

[suzyp]

Jan 21, 2013 11:39:09 GMT -5 melodramatic26 said:

Jan 21, 2013 10:52:56 GMT -5 suzyp said:

I'm going to join in!

I am was down 4.4lbs. (techinically, it was 6.4, but I was full sodium on my first weigh-in day, and had gained 2 lbs. in a day).

Goal for the week - lose 1.5 lbs. and to run twice by Friday. And to keep tracking, even when I have a 50 pt. day like I did on Friday (went out for DH's birthday).

I don't plan on eating anywhere near the 49 pts. if I can help it. I have been doing WW for a long time, took a 2 year break and am back and cannot figure out how the "flex" points went from 35 to 49 when at the same time fruits are 0 points. I should trust the WW scientists, but it just seems like a lot of food.

Not to be snarky, but 49 pts isn't a lot to use over the course of a week. That's only 7 extra points a day.
If you already get a lot of points to start with, maybe the 7 extra aren't necessary for you, but if you only get 29 for the day, just going out for one meal can blow a big chunk of your daily point allowance.

The 49 are there for you to use when and if needed, to help make this program livable. It would suck to use 28 points on a dinner out and then think you can't have breakfast or lunch that day b/c you are out of points. That's why they give you the weeklies.

and I'll be honest, I think people that say it's too much are kidding themselves on what they are eating, otherwise, they wouldn't need WW or to track what they eat.

I don't think you're being snarky.   But when you're used to 35 per week, an increase to 49, is a fairly significant.) I just cannot figure out why the increase in points. I originally started WW in Fall of 2000 and did it religiously for seven years (took 2 years to get to Lifetime, i wasn't losing for 7 years!   Anyway, I pulled my old stuff out and the difference in the daily points values are pretty significant.  At first you had a five point range of points per day and then they switched to the flex points, of 35 points per week (so 5/day).  It was just surprising. I am not sure if they added points to make it more livable or if somehow the change in the calculation of the points had some affect on the points (although what I normally eat is pretty much the same point value).

Just trying to figure out the why and how the daily/weekly point allocations changed is all. 

[kaybee85]

Jan 21, 2013 11:51:54 GMT -5 suzyp said:

Jan 21, 2013 11:39:09 GMT -5 melodramatic26 said:

Not to be snarky, but 49 pts isn't a lot to use over the course of a week. That's only 7 extra points a day.
If you already get a lot of points to start with, maybe the 7 extra aren't necessary for you, but if you only get 29 for the day, just going out for one meal can blow a big chunk of your daily point allowance.

The 49 are there for you to use when and if needed, to help make this program livable. It would suck to use 28 points on a dinner out and then think you can't have breakfast or lunch that day b/c you are out of points. That's why they give you the weeklies.

and I'll be honest, I think people that say it's too much are kidding themselves on what they are eating, otherwise, they wouldn't need WW or to track what they eat.

I don't think you're being snarky.   But when you're used to 35 per week, an increase to 49, is a fairly significant.) I just cannot figure out why the increase in points. I originally started WW in Fall of 2000 and did it religiously for seven years (took 2 years to get to Lifetime, i wasn't losing for 7 years!   Anyway, I pulled my old stuff out and the difference in the daily points values are pretty significant.  At first you had a five point range of points per day and then they switched to the flex points, of 35 points per week (so 5/day).  It was just surprising. I am not sure if they added points to make it more livable or if somehow the change in the calculation of the points had some affect on the points (although what I normally eat is pretty much the same point value).

Just trying to figure out the why and how the daily/weekly point allocations changed is all. 

One of the reasons they did this is that food 'costs' a lot more point now they they did before points plus. Some foods that used to be a 1 point snack are now 3.

[eddy]

They changed the calculation of points. Now it isn't based on calories, but on the ratio of fat, carbs, fiber and protein. This plan makes much much more sense to me. You are rewarded for choosing fruits, veggies and lean proteins instead of junk that is only 100 calories. I think it teaches you how to eat healthy.

[melodramatic26]

Agree Eddy. The entire program is different from 3 years ago. You can't just look at the nutrition info and know the points anymore. Your dailies went up, your weeklies went up BUT in general the point value of foods went up too.

I'm not saying to blindly trust the science of it all, but it sounds like you are looking at one component that changed instead of viewing the whole program.

[beaker]

I don't post often, but I'd like to start posting more. I restarted WW last week and thought I'd jump in and share:

How did you do this week? (up, down, stayed the same)
Down by 1.6

How did you do on your goal from last week?
I just want to gradually lose, so I am happy with that number.

What is your goal for this week?
Be more active. I'm glad the days are gradually getting longer so it is no longer pitch black outside when I get home from work.

Any other questions/comments?
Does anyone else have problems with the scanner app? It only works for me about half the time I use it.

[suzyp]

I firmly realize that I am thinking too much about this, especially since I am very happy that they switched the focus to what you are eating rather than just how many calories you are eating. (Although, the increase in the points for Skinny Cows makes me very, very sad!)