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Can we talk WW for a min/ also menu help
I need to do something about my eating habits, cause lets face it Sonic, and pizza rolls are not the best thing to eat.
I need something to help keep my accountable and the only meeting is on Mondays at 530pm and I would love to go but my sister goes there and I do not want to be around her AT ALL.
So I was thinking of doing WW online and maybe get a group together here and have check ins.
What do you ladies think?
Also I really need help in planning a menu for myself. I am so lost HELP!!
Re: Can we talk WW for a min/ also menu help
I've done WW for a while. I'd be up for a check in here. My meetings are wednesday evening.
The first step to planning with WW is to find out how many daily points you get, and then figure out how to break them out into your daily food - meals/snacks...
I get 27 points daily. I usually use 7-8 points in the morning (breakfast/tea/snack), another 8-10 for lunch/afternoon, and another 10-12 for supper/evening.
I used to eat few of my weekly points, but I'm experimenting right now with adding them in again...
For meals with WW there are a variety of things you can do. For suppers, I tend to focus on lean proteins (pork loin, chicken breast, lean beef, etc), add in a whole grain/starch (brown rice, roasted sweet potatoes, whole wheat pasta...), and have some steamed or roasted veggies (with a bit of seasoning to your taste, watching the added oils).
Lunches can easily be leftovers of suppers. Or, I have found it can be helpful to make up homemade soups and have those with a few extra things added. The online WW tools have a "recipe builder", and I use that to add up the points for a recipe of soup (large batch, frozen in individual servings), and figure out how many points per serving. I really enjoy having raw veggies with lunch (hence the carrot joke in my sig pic).
Snacks for me are often a fruit/veggie paired with a protein of some type - an apple and low-fat cheese is pretty common for me, or some berries and non-fat yogurt.
Breakfasts for me are fruit-intensive, because I like it. Sometimes it's oatmeal with berries, or yogurt with low-fat granola and berries. Sometimes I fry up a couple eggs with salsa. Or, make an "egger" with a bunch of add-ins like bell pepper, spinach, lean ham, low-fat cheese, and an egg mixed in, and then cooked in the microwave. I'll eat that on it's own, or put it between a bagel thin for a bit of a breakfast sandwich.
Good luck - the first bit of time is the hardest, as you get used to how the points get calculated and you find out how high some convenience items are...
I have done WW in the past (lost everything from pg #1 with it).
I am now counting calories online, using loseit.com and the loseit app. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! And I'm never paying for WW again (loseit is free). I'm doing it with 3 friends and we keep each other motivated and on track. myfitnesspal also works (very similar to loseit, but the friend who got us started got started with loseit so there we are).
I would recommed loseit or myfitnesspal plus friends (either real-life or from here) and message boards (here and loseit etc). You can get good menu plans, support etc, all without spending any money on WW (or having to face your sister
)
And if you want to start a group on here, I'm in. I'm trying to lose 35 lbs and would love company.
Good luck with whichever plan you choose for weight loss.
I lost 70 in 2011 on WW.
Ill be glad to help you if you want to do that. Or you can pm me anytime.
I have been doing WW online for over a year now, I would be down for a check in!! Have you checked out Skinnytaste.com? She has really yummy recipes and always puts the WW info and all the nutritional information.
Are you having trouble finding time to cook? If that is the case I suggest only cooking a couple of nights a week. I used to think that I needed to have a different meal every night of the week and I would end up with a ton of spoiled leftovers.
I now cook 3-4 times a week and we eat leftovers or go out the other nights.
My meals include something from these "dinner groups" -
Crock-pot meal /soup- black bean soup, chicken enchilada soup, pulled pork, vegetable soup
Salad - right now my favorite is the harvest salad from www.annies-eats.com/. I cook up a pound of chicken on the first night and it makes great leftovers for lunch and dinner. (this normally makes ~ 6 individual meals)
Seafood - I buy salmon or crab cakes from Costco and just heat up on the George Forman. This is an easy meal.
Some other kind of meat and a salad - Some of my go to meals include fajitas, lettuce wraps, turkey burgers (I make a big batch ahead of time and freeze)
Pasta/Spaghetti Squash - I normally have pasta on hand incase I am feeling lazy. I prefer to use spaghetti squash and make my own sauce, but sometimes I am too busy.
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I was wondering if there was a WW check-in here!
I do an at-work meeting at lunch time. My meeting isn't on the regular WW local schedule b/c it's not for the general public. Any chance you might have a meeting at work, school, etc? I also do the online so I can track on my iphone. I used to do just the online program and it worked but I got lazy after a few months. They do have message boards on WW so I should have found those for the group experience. If you don't need to check in with a group online should work. Tracking or keeping a food journal is a huge part of the program and you can do that online or in a meeting.