anyone on WW??

[Aggie_Ama]

I am on it, online. I don't go to their boards, too much OCD and know-it-alls. It seems like a lot of people on there just want to attack people not using the plan the way they think is right. I definitely don't follow it to a T but I am doing okay. It is helping me be more aware of what I am eating and try to cook more.

I lost 40 lbs several years ago but moved and got less focused on cooking and living right. I am not trying to lose it again, about 10 lbs down, 25-30 to go depending on where I feel my goal weight is. I struggle to log on weekends, which reminds me I need to log now. What I found last time is my body does not feel good to me at those arbitrary height goals. I got thin and lean at 123 but felt I couldn't enjoy anything to maintain it. A year later my mom told me I looked sickly thin at that weight and she is obsessed with getting thin again! I am happier at 130-135 which is at the very top of the recommended weight for my age and height. Rubbish.

[elk]

glad to hear my intuition was "on" after 3 messages...holy cow! although i did get some valuable info if i disregard the tone.

just started. maybe i'll keep this going and bump it..sending a call out...if i have a question you all can help me answer!

cycling is great for activity points...although an hour at an avg of 14mph should be worth more than 4...


Aggie...a +1 for listening to your body
DivingB......I'm impressed!!!

[greycoral]

I am also on weight watchers, have been for almost 11 months. I have lost almost 50 lbs (40 lbs to go) and my husband, who was also doing WW with me, has lost over 60! I had a tough time in the middle, and was stuck at the same weight for about 3 of those months until I really kicked up the exercise.

I also do the online version, but don't visit the message boards anymore. I used to, but never really liked them much.

[elk]

alot of ppl seem to hit a plateau....but I've seen more people lose more weight and keep it off on WW than on anything else.
I have to lose 50lbs...3 down...47 to go!!

[ASammy1]

I lost about 10 over the summer on WW at Work program. I have been plateauing the last 2 months with increased exercise

[elk]

try cutting back the carbs?

[ASammy1]

Cutting back on the carbs is going to be my next trick. We will see what happens...

[Veronica]

I I got thin and lean at 123 but felt I couldn't enjoy anything to maintain it. A year later my mom told me I looked sickly thin at that weight and she is obsessed with getting thin again! I am happier at 130-135 which is at the very top of the recommended weight for my age and height. Rubbish.

It looks like they just use the BMI tables, which do not work for everyone. I'm 64.75 inches tall and weigh 149. That puts me at the top of their chart. But I have 22% body fat. If I kept my lean body mass the same to get their recommendation, I'd have like 15% body fat. I don't think that would be attractive.

Veronica

[Aggie_Ama]

It looks like they just use the BMI tables, which do not work for everyone. I'm 64.75 inches tall and weigh 149. That puts me at the top of their chart. But I have 22% body fat. If I kept my lean body mass the same to get their recommendation, I'd have like 15% body fat. I don't think that would be attractive.

Veronica

Yup, I think they try to make logic out of a chart. BMI doesn't work for many people I know and a lot of them are at an "ideal" weight but so sedentary they aren't as healthy as I am.

My husband says it is because they don't take in account how much weight I carry in my chest. I lost 40 lbs and barely went down a cup size. Probably right I read once each boob is like 8 lbs. That is my excuse, 16 lbs off and I would be way close to their "ideals".

[katluvr]

I know this is a thread about WW.
Yes, 4 (or 5) years ago did WW (on line--no bullentin boards) and started biking and lost 25 pounds. Have struggled w/ getting the last 10 or so off. Up and down and have not been able to REALLY get back on and stick w/ WW.
I know when I did it the first time I HARDLY ever added in my biking or activity points. Only day we splurged or ate out was after a really long bike ride. But was fairly if not really strict. Just can't get back to that place. I wish I could.
But the reason I am posting is this quote: Probably right I read once each boob is like 8 lbs.
Ok, yes, I lost weight in my chest....I am like an A now....(if that!).
Even so....I never have carried NEAR 8 pounds per boob! Even if I lost the rest of my "boobs" it would maybe be 2 pounds---total---if I am lucky!
You just made me LOL!

[Aggie_Ama]

But the reason I am posting is this quote: Probably right I read once each boob is like 8 lbs.
Ok, yes, I lost weight in my chest....I am like an A now....(if that!).
Even so....I never have carried NEAR 8 pounds per boob! Even if I lost the rest of my "boobs" it would maybe be 2 pounds---total---if I am lucky!
You just made me LOL!

Haha well glad to make you laugh. Sometimes they are a curse, I was a size 4 at my thinnest and a 34D (barely close to DD), no shirts would fit them and not be huge for my waist. Only really mattered with business casual type stuff but really there is a down side to everything.

Sure my best friend who is barely an A told me to STFU but seriously, 8 lbs is probably right for me (or maybe that article said both, total) and I will use that as my excuse to never hit 113-127 for my ideal weight. I just want a reason to give those weight charts the bird!

[Veronica]

You know 8 pounds is how much a gallon of water weighs. 1 boob = a gallon of water?

Veronica

[Aggie_Ama]

I am beginning to think it must have been on average two boobs? I mean I got some fairly big boobs but I can't see one weighing 8 lbs! Although I did like telling myself that.

Sorry to hijack Elk's WW thread but since it WWers here, does anyone use a HR to figure activity points? I prefer not to eat my APs but I am curious since I just got a HR monitor how my run tonight translated. I am very curious about my cycling since the cycling APs seeming really messed up, racing>12 mph?!

[Karma007]

I started last january (online) and lost 20lbs. Went off over concerns of needing to use 'artifical' foods like sweeteners to meet my goals. I went off in August when life got so crazy lbs didn't matter. I recently signed back up, but have been lazy about it. With a new bike (YAY!) I'm hoping I can use it as a self-check, instead of a bible..

[Susan Otcenas]

I'm 3 weeks in and down about 5 pounds. This makes me happy. :-) Another 25-30 would put me at a really healthy weight. Like some of you have mentioned, that would probably be a weight on the high end of what the charts say is normal for someone my height. But I've been that weight before, and I know I looked and felt really good at that level.

I try not to eat more than 1/2 my APs, but will if I'm really hungry.

So far, I've never used more than half my weekly points. Most of those have been spent on Friday evenings, when I have dinner with friends. I always try to pick one of the healthiest things on the menu, but eating out is so hard. It's the fat and salt that makes so much restaurant food taste so good! Estimating points for restaurant meals is really difficult. I try to err on the high side. I had a "salad" last week that I estimated at 25 points!

I expect this will be a long journey, and hope I have the will power to get me past the inevitable plateaus. I really want to make this work!

Nice to know there are other fit active women out there with the same struggles.

Susan