Weight Watchers

CathJ said:
They could also presumably help and explain when, despite two weeks of eating healthily and exercising, you've picked up another kilo. Which frequently happens to me.
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Muscle is heavier than fat which explains why you put on more weight when you first start exercising. If you keep at it though you will find your body becomes trimmer. If you do a lot of cardio you will burn fat while toning.

Having said that, joining a group of like minded people does make it easier to lose weight.

Mila said:
So much for growing up and being responsible, i'm at a point ( after a year and a half ) that puking is becoming an option............
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Don't ever do that. I have a family member who was bulemic and it was absolutely f*cking horrible for everyone concerned. You need to talk to someone if you are even considering it, chances are your body is changing because you are hitting late twenties/early thirties.
 
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Yes, there is an extra book that you can purchase for R70 and it's worth every cent!
Today will be my 14th week with Weight Watchers and I am going to join for another 12 weeks. You are NOT on a diet with WW, you learn to eat healthy and not to overeat.
 
So far so good :)

The meeting was fairly useless, she mostly just read out of their little leader handbook, but then she's not the regular meeting leader so maybe she got called in at the last minute. And the book is filled with references to things that only apply to Aus/NZ members, which is a bit sad.

But I agree with you, Jewelbox - the approach seems to be very much towards a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting. I'm probably eating more today than I have, recently, the difference being that it's seed loaf instead of white; fruit instead of chocolate or nuts. And they do seem very realistic and practical - if you don't eat pumpkin, find another veg that you do like and have that instead! And the meals are real meals, that are quick and easy to make (although you do have to plan ahead a bit, to get fresh veggies and stuff).

I got the extra points book, it does look very helpful.

So I'm feeling positive, feeling that it's something I can follow - now it's just a case of seeing whether or not I actually lose weight!
 
... and if you plan on munching down on something you can't find in the "points book"

WW points calculator

I've got the manual calculation somewhere.
[edit GIYF :):
p = (c/50) +(f/12) - (min{r,4}/5) where p=points; c=calories; f=fatgrams; min{r,4}= the lesser of dietry fibre grams or 4, only the first 4 grams of fibre "count" ]

CathJ said:
...a healthy lifestyle rather than dieting...
... feeling positive, feeling that it's something I can follow ...
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+1
 
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Hoof-Hearted said:
aah! now we get to the part where you need to pay for a personal body analysis ;)
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Actually, I thought it would be something more like that. But all they do is weigh you, then tell you to look it up in a table in your book :confused:
 
CathJ said:
Actually, I thought it would be something more like that. But all they do is weigh you, then tell you to look it up in a table in your book :confused:
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Surprising. I'd have thought they would want to take body fat% (or at least your BMI) into account when they calculate your caloric intake levels. Some people "weigh" more but are not necessarily fat.
 
If it's that simple then here's a basic example for the wenches from a metabolic rate calculator I got from a personal trainer type person

Female
Weight: 50 kgs
Age: 35
Height: 1.7m
Activity level: moderate

Daily caloric intake target to lose weight = 987 to 1,387 calories (kCal)

Share that between your macro nutrients of Protein, Fats and Carbohydrates and you should be able to calculate how many points you are allowed per day. From what I've seen the ratio's of each don't make that much of a difference as long as you don't go totally ape on one to the detriment of another
 
Hoof-Hearted said:
If it's that simple then here's a basic example for the wenches from a metabolic rate calculator I got from a personal trainer type person

Female
Weight: 50 kgs
Age: 35
Height: 1.7m
Activity level: moderate

Daily caloric intake target to lose weight = 987 to 1,387 calories (kCal)

Share that between your macro nutrients of Protein, Fats and Carbohydrates and you should be able to calculate how many points you are allowed per day. From what I've seen the ratio's of each don't make that much of a difference as long as you don't go totally ape on one to the detriment of another
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Actually a 1.7m tall woman weighing 50kgs shouldn't be losing weight, she'd already be below the bottom of the "healthy weight" range. But your point of how to calculate it still holds :)
 
CathJ said:
Actually, I thought it would be something more like that. But all they do is weigh you, then tell you to look it up in a table in your book :confused:
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:confused: I can ussually not make head or toes of thase things:(

But we have a support system now:D
 
You also get a points calculator, so you can work out the points of different food.
I lost one kg this week and I feel great!

CathJ, you must not give up!
 
Weight watchers does work if you stick to your points allocation. I've been on it for almost two weeks and have lost weight :D.
Its a pain to have to look up everything you eat, but after a while you get to know the points of the foods you eat often and then only have to look up the points of uncommon foods.
My "leader is a bit useless, but it does help knowing that someone is going to be checking up on you every week. The SA food list is very helpful too.

Its also good for comparing foods, such as you can have a cup of strawberries for 1/2 a point as opposed to chocolate (which is just a scary amount of points)
 
RustyPrincess said:
Weight watchers does work if you stick to your points allocation. I've been on it for almost two weeks and have lost weight :D.
Its a pain to have to look up everything you eat, but after a while you get to know the points of the foods you eat often and then only have to look up the points of uncommon foods.
My "leader is a bit useless, but it does help knowing that someone is going to be checking up on you every week. The SA food list is very helpful too.

Its also good for comparing foods, such as you can have a cup of strawberries for 1/2 a point as opposed to chocolate (which is just a scary amount of points)
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Like your blog:D
 
RustyPrincess said:
Weight watchers does work if you stick to your points allocation. I've been on it for almost two weeks and have lost weight :D.
Its a pain to have to look up everything you eat, but after a while you get to know the points of the foods you eat often and then only have to look up the points of uncommon foods.
My "leader is a bit useless, but it does help knowing that someone is going to be checking up on you every week. The SA food list is very helpful too.

Its also good for comparing foods, such as you can have a cup of strawberries for 1/2 a point as opposed to chocolate (which is just a scary amount of points)
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It is very educational! For example, oreos are 4 points each, whereas a Baker's Gingernut biscuit is only 0.5 points. So you suddenly realise that you're not going to eat oreos except on very special occasions ;) Whereas before, you would have had them without realising how bad they were.

My leader is also useless... actually, not so much useless as mean. So I'm looking to change groups. I'd settle for a useless leader :)
 
Mine is a fat old lady, which isn't very inspiring... but she isn't mean... My new favourite snack is two maries with a marshmallow melted in the microwave between them... Just over 1 point!! Finger biscuits are 1/2 a point too... Oreos are evil, but oh so yummy!!
 
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