Quick Weight Loss Tips: [Serious-Weight-Watchers] Digest Number 12151

There are 25 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1a. Re: Update- OT for Some
From: toddlermomof2@aol.com
1b. Re: Update- OT for Some
From: Faye Ridpath

2a. Crock Pot Oatmeal
From: Sharon Ranonis
2b. Re: Crock Pot Oatmeal
From: Carol Kumer
2c. Re: Crock Pot Oatmeal
From: Annie Littlewolf
2d. Re: Crock Pot Oatmeal
From: Laurie Goodrich OBrien

3a. Funny
From: Sharon Ranonis
3b. Re: Funny
From: Judee Lefler

4a. Re: Help Me! (answer and real long!)
From: agilitydogs2000

5.1. Re: Insulin Resistance
From: Judee Lefler

6a. Giving up
From: kstead383
6b. Re: Giving up
From: toddlermomof2@aol.com
6c. Re: Giving up
From: Mary

7a. Re: Help Me!
From: Judee Lefler

8a. Tonight.....first weigh in...after my start....I am excited
From: mrsmcmc41
8b. Re: Tonight.....first weigh in...after my start....I am excited
From: Jennifer Brown

9a. Our Daily Exercise Thread: Share What You Did! , 8/20/2009, 12:15 p
From: Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com
9b. Re: Our Daily Exercise Thread: Share What You Did! , 8/20/2009, 12:
From: CMCDonna@epix.net

10. Im back after a very long hiatus
From: purplegasunshyne

11.1. Re: Weigh-In
From: Annie Littlewolf
11.2. Re: Weigh-In
From: Faye Ridpath

12a. 9 lbs.....my feelings were kinda hurt
From: mrsmcmc41
12b. Re: 9 lbs.....my feelings were kinda hurt
From: Claudia L. Ewing
12c. Re: 9 lbs.....my feelings were kinda hurt
From: Faye Ridpath

13a. Re: question about a recipe
From: fml41

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1a. Re: Update- OT for Some
Posted by: "toddlermomof2@aol.com" toddlermomof2@aol.com mepperly07
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:38 am ((PDT))

So sorry to hear about Dh's brother, Faye. *hugs* to all of you.
Melissa

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1b. Re: Update- OT for Some
Posted by: "Faye Ridpath" ispgypsy@gmail.com fayefromtampa
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:43 pm ((PDT))

Thank you, Melissa.

~~~Faye~~~

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> So sorry to hear about Dh's brother, Faye. *hugs* to all of you.
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2a. Crock Pot Oatmeal
Posted by: "Sharon Ranonis" kricscr@omh.state.ny.us sranonis
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:53 am ((PDT))

I make Steel Cut Oatmeal in the Crockpot often. It is absolutely delicious and easy.
I bought a small crockpot just for this purpose (it holds about a quart). The only caveat is that you have to use evaporated skim milk. Other types of milk breakdown in the crockpot.
It comes out so creamy and yummy. I wind up with enough for a couple of days. Sometimes I add wheat berries, or flax seeds, dried cranberriers, etc. etc.

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2b. Re: Crock Pot Oatmeal
Posted by: "Carol Kumer" carolkumer@sbcglobal.net carol_19422000
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:42 am ((PDT))

I'm going to try this...thanks.

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From: Sharon Ranonis <kricscr@omh.state.ny.us>
Subject: [Serious-Weight-Watchers] Crock Pot Oatmeal
To: Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 12:50 PM

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2c. Re: Crock Pot Oatmeal
Posted by: "Annie Littlewolf" mkdebord@comcast.net robindebord
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:09 pm ((PDT))

Hi! Could you give us the measurements of ingredients to cooking our oatmeal in the crockpot? And does our regular oatmeal (Quaker oats) work, or do we have to find steel cut oats somewhere?
Thanks for any advice!
Annie

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From: Sharon Ranonis
To: Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:50 AM
Subject: [Serious-Weight-Watchers] Crock Pot Oatmeal

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2d. Re: Crock Pot Oatmeal
Posted by: "Laurie Goodrich OBrien" lgobrien@charter.net lgobrien75
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:09 pm ((PDT))

Can you use just water instead of the evaporated milk? How long do you cook
it in the crockpot then?

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Subject: [Serious-Weight-Watchers] Crock Pot Oatmeal

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3a. Funny
Posted by: "Sharon Ranonis" kricscr@omh.state.ny.us sranonis
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:02 am ((PDT))

I'd like to share a story that only those of you in this group might appreciate. Last night my husband went with me to the supermarket. I needed some "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" spray. On my shopping list I wrote "ICBINB". My husband was reading the list and asked me what "ick-bin-bee" was. At first I had no idea what he was talking about, until I looked at the list.

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3b. Re: Funny
Posted by: "Judee Lefler" jlefler@mi-connection.com olstens
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:09 am ((PDT))

I am truly lol....lol. Sharon, that is sooo funny. I abbreviate everything too, and a friend I send e-mails to, is 'always' scratching her head..........lol.

That is a precious moment.

TTYL, Judee in NC

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4a. Re: Help Me! (answer and real long!)
Posted by: "agilitydogs2000" agilitydogs2000@yahoo.com agilitydogs2000
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:36 am ((PDT))

--- In Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com, Faye Ridpath <ispgypsy@...> wrote:
> I decided rather than be constructive and
> try to figure out the points for what I taste tested
> that I didn't know the
> points and then quit tracking from them on! Why? I have no idea!
> Maybe one of you does.

I don't but I can offer a few thoughts - which is easier? tracking or just eating things?

Well of course just eating things - a little of this a little of that, not having to weigh and measure. How many things do we have to keep track of? Kid's appointments, tracking blood sugars, how much we have in the bank, even what day it is! After all, the day of the week has a big impact on our food intake - a weekday and week-end? When do we get paid and when do we go to the store.

Sometimes it seems the only peace we have is relaxing with food - sometimes the only thing we aren't in charge of is when we reward ourselves with food.

> Then when after midnight rolled around on Wednesday I
> started out good I
> said ok new week get back on track woman!

There are times when the a lnog time frame is great for me - say I want to run a 5K next month and I need to ramp up my schedule - so I plan out each week and fitness goals. Or maybe we want to lose that 5% or 5 pounds so we try to decide wehn we'll meet that goal.

But there are also times that time just stretches on and on and on. I mean the rest of my life? On program? It's been such a struggle and I can't imagine the rest of my life on program.

There are times when I can only plan the next meal. Just the next bite that's headed to my mouth - Wdednesdays and Fridays don't matter - sometimes it's just the next meal. And let's not even get into the whole end of summer and getting kids ready for school and it seems like everybody else is changing and we're still stuck - what? - weighing and measuring and tracking.

> We
> went to Golden Corral and I have been doing good even
> there but for some
> reason last night I didn't.

One of my weaknessses is being taken care of. I spend so much time taking care of others - and then to take care of myself by weighing and measuring and eating one plate of salad fat free dressing, roast turkey and no bread or dessert? So there I sit, finsihed, while everyone else goes back for their second plate and I certainly can't go and sit by myself in the car - just a little more ...

And as much as I may argue with myself about tracking and eating reasonably and taking care of myself is watching everyone else have fun, it just doesn't seem so.

But I've told you what the devil on my sholder says to me? What goes through your mind? One thing that comes to mind is a different schedule - maybe you're used to working the night shift and now you're part of the rest of the world and just want things to benormal. Or maybe you want to pretend - just for this time - that everything's normal - that you can eat like you did when you were 20 and not worry about it.

And then there's the perky - be positive, you can do it! I'm always reminded of having probably said this when I was tutoring in calculus - you can do it! I ahve a physics degree - doesn't matter what I think - you can do it! - about quantum mechanics and quantitative analysis - maybe you can't do it. I'm left handed and tried to learn to crochet one time. really HATED it when all these people were saying "anybody can do it!" and I found it incredibly tedious, found my efforts pretty infantile, really didn't see the need, I mean, can't you just buy what you want - or have one of those friends who think it's easy to make you what you want? So what is this "you can do it!" when we're not sitting there at Golden Corral with your family after the day you've just had?

> But I do eat cuz I work 3rd
> shift and even on my off days I try to stay up else I have
> a hard time
> getting through my first day back on after I come off my off days)

So whatever else we tell you, this can be a good point - the most weight I ever gained was in grad school, we had one class that met at midnight because of the work schedule of one of the students. So to make that class, I had to go to class, teach my workload, sleep until class, go to class, then go back to sleep before my regular day started again.

Sometimes my problem is that staying on program won't give me what I want and wating will. Maybe I want a normal family, to fit in, to be accepted. I want to be served a fresh breakfast with a close friend on a terrace overlooking sparkling water with sailboats, birds overhead, a slight breeze carrying the scent of flowers. Just to relax in that environment. Forget that I've never been in a sitaution like that, I just want the world to slow down and let me enjoy my food and company.

And then again, you remember the grad school experience? Sometimes my sister, who lived with me, worked third shift and there were times when I was eating alone, away from family, and I was facing another meal poor and without friends. So sometimes maybe the image is something like Golden Corral, surrounded by lots of people, all jostling, having a good time, part of a crowd.

Which of thses sounds more like what you want?

WW has a great plan to help you get back on track, but it's not easy - and sometimes I really want it to be easy! It's always easier to not stay on program - no thought, no planning required.

1. Plan you goals. Maybe long term goals really doesn't sound real to you - oh yeah, we want to weigh 120 pounds but inside we think "get real! I'm not twenty something anymore and I ahve other demands in life!" Maybe the image of losing THAT MUCH weight and it taking THAT LONG is discouraging, so sometimes we have to jsut break out the smallest next step - just this meal right now at Golden Corral. No Wednesday meeting, no tomorrow and work schedule.

2. Envision your success - this one is hard for me. What does eating normally at Golden Corral really look like? What you've done before? Choices you make or amounts? Are there things normal people don't go near? The longer we're on program the more we're bombarded by things - salads can be sabotaged with the fatty dressings, the peaches are canned in syrup, watch out for the hidden fats in gravy, what's the fat percentage of the beef, does it count as Set Points are does it count as regular points? Eating normally at Golden Corral always means a lot of sitting while other people are eating.

But expand it beyond Golden Corral, what really changes in your life? Running gets easier but still hurts - even if it feels great when I'm through. But I still need to devote dedicated time to plan, track meals, exercise. I didn't get younger, wealthy, and have great kids.

3. Don't sabotage yourself.
So how do we sabotage ourselves - I'll never lose all the weight I need to. It's just too hard. I tried all last wekk and only lost xx weight, and now I have to do it again - all that hard work for such a small result? Do some reading on results oriented and process oriented goals - results oriented focus on the results we want - see step 2 - but process oriented is the process - learning what successful people do to lose weight - and the process doesn't ever quit.

"I haven't lost as much weight as I would like - I've been real unhappy with my last week, but I can change that by ..."

By what? Just for this week, what will help you most? Trying a new flavor of yogurt? Going to bed before your favorite TV show because you need the rest? Maybe taking out a cup of coffee onto the patio at midnight? Calling the dentist for that appointment because you were afraid it was bad news you didn't need?

So fill in the blank - I've been unhappy with my last week, but I can change it by ...

4. Be your own cheerleader.
This one is hard - for some people, it's always easier to think of solutions for other people and encourage other people than ourselves. So if you were to point out things you did do well this week, what would they be? What were your successes? List some talents or skills you have and what you find easiest on program. I find it real easy to give up snacking - I find it easy to track - I find it easy to say no to fatty foods. What are easy choices to make for you? What have you always been good at?

5. Avoid being a perfectionist. It's just a week - maybe a lousy week, but just a week. It's important to you but no world peace. You don't get fat in a week and don't get skinny in a week so let it go - it's in the past now and only has value to let you see what it means - what you've learned.

There's a author and lecturer who started a program many years ago that now writes for a major magazine about weight issues. And it was something like "don't obsess over your diet and eat exactly what you want but in moderation." I did learn this approach wasn't for me only because I don't have all the skills I need to make it work.

But you know the old saying I've heard time and time again in WW "Fail to plan, plan to fail"? We hear it all the time. I recall a member who made it to lifetime without ever "gonig over poitns or gaining weight." And someone later said, "Then she hasn't learned yet how to handle those pressures."

So let's look at what we can learn from failure - you're not gonig to get each week perfect - and it's not what happened next week that's important, it's what happens this week. So what are your skills that will make this next week better? What do you need to concentrate on that's within your skills?

6. Follow through with your goals. Are you better at short term goals or long term? Or maybe your long term fail because you're not thinking short term? What on program do you do well? What are you doing better but you're not perfect? What are the most difficult things? What does it take to get yourself in the right frame of mind to make that next meal on program? I find that it's actually taking five mintues before the meal to talk to myself - if I wait until I've got the menu in front of me or am staring at the picures of what I DON'T want to eat, it's too late.

7. Affirm your self-belief.
Maybe it's not that you'll lose all the weight you need to, maybe it's just that you can stick to the program today. Maybe it's just that you won't go over points and concentrate on a family crisis. I've tried a lot of ways to "reward" myself other than eating and the only ones that seem to reverberate is reading, yardwork, and exercise. But now we're back to those skills you have. What are you best at? Do you get stuck in a rut in meal plans? Have you found great ways to fix your favoties and stay on plan? Do you have a hierarchy of tempting situations? Starting with family meals, things you buy "for the kids", eating out at a place you only liek one or two things - and they're on program - to all you can eat buffets? If you want to capitalize on what you do well, how would you plan to practice success?

barbara
at lifetime for 25 years but stil lfinding some situatinos a struggle

I was
> doing good too. Then I went back to the mall cuz I had got my husband the
> first book in Dean Koontz's Frankenstein trilogy and he liked it so much he
> wanted the rest so I went to get them. Only there was still time to kill
> till the mall opened so I went to Steak and Shake!
>
> I just don't know how to get back on track! :-(
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> Oh and part two of this is I thought midnight-midnight was good cuz of 3rd
> shift and all. I figured I get off at 6 get home at 6:30 so am usually in
> bed by 8ish maybe 9 during the school year if hubby doesn't take Marcella to
> school. But it seems I run out of daily points too soon.. So maybe I need to
> change when I want my new days to start I don't know. I know it can be
> anytime as long as it is a 24 hour period.
>
> Ok thanks for letting me vent...
>
> ~~~Faye~~~
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5.1. Re: Insulin Resistance
Posted by: "Judee Lefler" jlefler@mi-connection.com olstens
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:07 am ((PDT))

And before WW I used to have avoid sugar
at all costs. But now if I stick to things like the flavored lowfat yogurts,
WW ice creams and goodies that they have at meetings, 100 calorie packs, my
sugar readings dropped. In fact, I've even had some sugar lows!
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Isn't it wonderful, Faye.....yeah. I almost feel like a normal person again.....lol. I am sold on WW, and even if I don't loose another pound (well, probably not...lol), I would still stick to this program. It does seem like a program I can stick with for the rest of my life.

Hugs, Judee in NC

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6a. Giving up
Posted by: "kstead383" kim.stead@cox.net kstead383
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:07 am ((PDT))

After almost 9 weeks on WW and not losing any weight, I've decided to give it up. I've been very good at keeping track of my points, exercising daily, etc and just can't seem to take the weight off. I am undergoing medical tests now to see if there's something else going on that could be affecting my weight.
I do still plan to use the points program and my register for online only, but for now, I think I need to take a break.
I hope you will let me stay with the group, and if not, I understand.
Thanks for your support.
Kim

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6b. Re: Giving up
Posted by: "toddlermomof2@aol.com" toddlermomof2@aol.com mepperly07
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:08 am ((PDT))

Kim,
Sorry to hear that you're taking a break, but I understand. Are you
sure you took the points quiz correctly? Have you been eating all your
points? Perhaps don't eat all your WPAs and your APs and see if that
works? Or check into the Simply Filling technique which is what I'm
doing. Sometimes your body needs a change. Hopefully the medical tests
will help figure out if something else is going on, but if not, I hope
you'll give WW another chance.
Melissa

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6c. Re: Giving up
Posted by: "Mary" lightsteps@gmail.com mary_ziller
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:09 pm ((PDT))

Hi Kim. 9 weeks is a long time to go without results, but what other options
are out there? We should never give up, but if what we are doing is not
giving us the results we want, then something has to change.

Everyone is different. I am sure that you will find the right combination of
foods and exercise to be successful. I am sure that you can do anything that
you put your mind to.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM, kstead383 <kim.stead@cox.net> wrote:

>
>
> After almost 9 weeks on WW and not losing any weight, I've decided to give
> it up. I've been very good at keeping track of my points, exercising daily,
> etc and just can't seem to take the weight off. I am undergoing medical
> tests now to see if there's something else going on that could be affecting
> my weight.
> I do still plan to use the points program and my register for online only,
> but for now, I think I need to take a break.
> I hope you will let me stay with the group, and if not, I understand.
> Thanks for your support.
> Kim
>
>
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7a. Re: Help Me!
Posted by: "Judee Lefler" jlefler@mi-connection.com olstens
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:08 am ((PDT))

I just don't know how to get back on track! :-(
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Faye, I know exactly what you mean....it is SO HARD to get back on track, even after just a day or two. The same thing happened to me last week. My daughter was visiting, we went to a wonderful scrapbooking convention, and then out to eat at Chili's afterwards, and then the next day I had an opportunity to go out with two of my children and their spouses, so of course, I went, because I don't get to do that very often. I had 3 'bad' days, but really 'made' myself get back on track on Sunday. I was convinced I had gained weight, but was glad that a pound still came off.....but, I'm still worried it may show up this next week. Oh well....
I keep telling myself that's why we have that extra 35 pts. during the week, and I do use it from time to time. I only get 20 pts. so I have to.............lol.

I have to keep reminding myself, it's easier to stay on course and continue to track my points even if I eat something with too many points.

Judee in NC

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8a. Tonight.....first weigh in...after my start....I am excited
Posted by: "mrsmcmc41" mrsmcmc41@yahoo.com mrsmcmc41
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:08 am ((PDT))

For the first time in my life, I look forward to stepping on the scale tonight. For some the thought of stepping on at this size would be horrifiying.....but for me it is exciting. I have been morbid obese for the last 20 years of my life.....and feel like this is my chance for change. I have had an awesome week and think I will do well....I will keep you all posted.

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8b. Re: Tonight.....first weigh in...after my start....I am excited
Posted by: "Jennifer Brown" mazdalady9@yahoo.com mazdalady9
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:38 am ((PDT))

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To: Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: [Serious-Weight-Watchers] Tonight......first weigh in...after my start....I am excited

For the first time in my life, I look forward to stepping on the scale tonight. For some the thought of stepping on at this size would be horrifiying. ....but for me it is exciting. I have been morbid obese for the last 20 years of my life......and feel like this is my chance for change. I have had an awesome week and think I will do well....I will keep you all posted.

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9a. Our Daily Exercise Thread: Share What You Did! , 8/20/2009, 12:15 p
Posted by: "Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com" Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:56 am ((PDT))

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Our Daily Exercise Thread: Share What You Did!
Thursday August 20, 2009
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
(This event repeats every day.)

Notes:
Did you know that daily exercise:

Can help to reverse pre-diabetes?
Can reduce your cholesterol and triglycerides?
Can increase your HDL, the good cholesterol, and lower your LDL, the bad cholesterol?
Can strengthen your heart and lungs?
May prevent osteoporosis?
Can reduce your risk of stroke?
Can help you sleep better?
Can help with depression?
Can lengthen your life?
Can help promote and maintain weight loss?

What exercise did you do today?

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9b. Re: Our Daily Exercise Thread: Share What You Did! , 8/20/2009, 12:
Posted by: "CMCDonna@epix.net" CMCDonna@epix.net memoriesmom2002
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:42 pm ((PDT))

I ran two miles at the high school track.
Donna

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Subject: [Serious-Weight-Watchers] Our Daily Exercise Thread: Share What You Did! , 8/20/2009, 12:15 pm

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Our Daily Exercise Thread: Share What You Did!

Date:

Thursday August 20, 2009

Time:

12:15 pm

- 12:30 pm

Repeats:

This event repeats every day.

Notes:

Did you know that daily exercise:

Can help to reverse pre-diabetes?
Can reduce your cholesterol and triglycerides?
Can increase your HDL, the good cholesterol, and lower your LDL, the bad cholesterol?
Can strengthen your heart and lungs?
May prevent osteoporosis?
Can reduce your risk of stroke?
Can help you sleep better?
Can help with depression?
Can lengthen your life?
Can help promote and maintain weight loss?

What exercise did you do today?

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10. Im back after a very long hiatus
Posted by: "purplegasunshyne" PurpleGASunshyne@aol.com purplegasunshyne
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:36 pm ((PDT))

Hi All! Im a member but have not participated in forever. Well, Im back and hope to be activly contributing again!

Im Jennifer, I live in Guyton GA (right outside Savannah) I have a 10yr old son and a 2 yr old son. Im a stay at home mom.

Im looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. I went to my 1st meeting on Tuesday after not going in a long time!

Thanks for listening, well reading!
Jennifer :)

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11.1. Re: Weigh-In
Posted by: "Annie Littlewolf" mkdebord@comcast.net robindebord
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:09 pm ((PDT))

Hi Faye!
Thank you for your advice to me. For some reason, it seems I want to squirrel away points "just in case" I need them for later that day. And then I end up at the end of the day with points left over. And no appetite to eat them. The other night, I ate 2 ice cream sandwiches to help eat up my day's points, and was still 3 points short. The ice cream sandwiches are 3 points each, so you can deduce that I had 9 points leftover after dinner. Points I had saved during the day, just in case. I need to eat more at breakfast and eat something at lunch - I usually skip lunch, because I have no appetite at that time. Sometimes I have a 2 point bar around 4PM, before dinner. We eat dinner late at our house - around 8PM. My husband isn't hungry until that time, so that is when we eat. I'm used to it now (we are 32 years married)! Of course, now that we are empty nester's, that works for us, but when our daughter was still living with us, we had dinner at 6:00 - 6:30 every night. So now I am pre-heating the oven at 7:30PM. That always feels odd. But I am getting used to it.

Maybe what I should do is pencil in my breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, for the next day, and maybe pencil in dinner first. Then, I can reach my points number every day. If I can PLAN my day ahead of time, the night before, I will see what I can eat for each meal. Does that sound like a good idea to you?

I'm glad you helped confirm my decision to not try NS. It IS expensive, and I don't learn anything about how to eat with it. At least with WW, you learn how to eat out of your own pantry and refrigerator.

Best wishes!
Annie

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11.2. Re: Weigh-In
Posted by: "Faye Ridpath" ispgypsy@gmail.com fayefromtampa
Date: Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:22 am ((PDT))

Annie,

Planning (which I must learn to do myself) is definitely a good thing.

I am learning that the hard way. I recently started 3rd shift at my job
because the other 3rd shift gal got diagnosed with lung cancer so I got
asked if I wanted to do it (prior to that my shifts were 3 or 4 till 10pm) I
said yes because this way I can sleep while my 9 year old daughter is in
school and then wake up about at the most maybe an hour after she gets out
of school (hubby said he will pick her up after school at the bus stop
except for one or two days a week when he is on a run at that time- he is a
courier) and still get a few hours with her. With the other schedule I
*never* saw her during the school year because I was usually still in bed
when she was getting up for school (cuz of working late), gone before she
got out of school (cuz at that time of day it takes me about 40 minutes to
get to work), and of course she was in bed when I got home from work.

Anyway so now I have the new hours which are great but I am still getting
adjusted to them so a lot of times I had been just grabbing conveniant
things to bring to work which are ok but not the best food choices for
*every* time you eat! All 100 calorie packs because I would be rushing
around at the last minute with no idea what I was going to eat so just
grabbing the first thing I could find.

This week I improved this greatly. I have in my mind how many times I will
need to eat that night (I am also diabetic and if I don't eat every 2 hours
I have very bad reactions) and plan accordingly. If something unexpected
happens I just change something that I had planned to eat. For instance
tonight Bob (hubby) said "Rotissirie chicken sounds good, why don't I go get
us some for dinner?" So he did and then he was so sweet and took some of the
leftover of it and some light mayo on Arnold's thins and made me a sandwich
out of it to bring to work tonight. Then I also brought a banana, yogurt,
and one slice of lunch meat wrapped around a piece of string cheese. It was
ham and cheese loaf and only a point per slice.

~~~Faye~~~

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Annie Littlewolf <mkdebord@comcast.net>wrote:

> Hi Faye!
> Thank you for your advice to me. For some reason, it seems I want to
> squirrel away points "just in case" I need them for later that day. And
> then I end up at the end of the day with points left over. And no appetite
> to eat them. The other night, I ate 2 ice cream sandwiches to help eat up
> my day's points, and was still 3 points short. The ice cream sandwiches are
> 3 points each, so you can deduce that I had 9 points leftover after dinner.
> Points I had saved during the day, just in case. I need to eat more at
> breakfast and eat something at lunch - I usually skip lunch, because I have
> no appetite at that time. Sometimes I have a 2 point bar around 4PM, before
> dinner. We eat dinner late at our house - around 8PM. My husband isn't
> hungry until that time, so that is when we eat. I'm used to it now (we are
> 32 years married)! Of course, now that we are empty nester's, that works
> for us, but when our daughter was still living with us, we had dinner at
> 6:00 - 6:30 every night. So now I am pre-heating the oven at 7:30PM. That
> always feels odd. But I am getting used to it.
>
> Maybe what I should do is pencil in my breakfast, snack, lunch, snack,
> dinner, for the next day, and maybe pencil in dinner first. Then, I can
> reach my points number every day. If I can PLAN my day ahead of time, the
> night before, I will see what I can eat for each meal. Does that sound like
> a good idea to you?
>
> I'm glad you helped confirm my decision to not try NS. It IS expensive,
> and I don't learn anything about how to eat with it. At least with WW, you
> learn how to eat out of your own pantry and refrigerator.
>
> Best wishes!
> Annie
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
>
>

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12a. 9 lbs.....my feelings were kinda hurt
Posted by: "mrsmcmc41" mrsmcmc41@yahoo.com mrsmcmc41
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:10 pm ((PDT))

Ok I went to my meeting.....I lost 9 lbs and my friend lost 12....the topic of the meeting tonight was plateaus......the hostess or what ever she is....says...."those of you in a plateau....don't give up....remember the first few weeks when you lost more weight...well that wasn't real weight it was water weight and we all know that." Lisa and I were crused....I guess deep down inside we knew it was water weight but we were so excited only to have the meeting leader crush us....I keep reminding myself that I don't do it for her.....I hope the next meetings will be more uplifting.

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12b. Re: 9 lbs.....my feelings were kinda hurt
Posted by: "Claudia L. Ewing" clewing1953@sbcglobal.net clewing1953@sbcglobal.net
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:26 pm ((PDT))

I am so sorry that happened. In trying to encourage others, she crushed
those of you just beginning. People always say it is water weight you lose
when you first start losing, but I don't believe that is the case. I mean, I
wasn't eating any less salt or drinking any more water, so why should it be
water weight that I lost? I know I have gained water weight on occasion, but
I feel I am retaining fluid at that time. This is just my opinion.

So don't let the leader's comment dissuade you and Lisa. Keep right on doing
what you are doing. Know that the weight loss will level off, and you
probably will hit those plateaus, but you will lose weight.

From: Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mrsmcmc41
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:45 PM
To: Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Serious-Weight-Watchers] 9 lbs.....my feelings were kinda hurt

Ok I went to my meeting.....I lost 9 lbs and my friend lost 12....the topic
of the meeting tonight was plateaus......the hostess or what ever she
is....says...."those of you in a plateau....don't give up....remember the
first few weeks when you lost more weight...well that wasn't real weight it
was water weight and we all know that." Lisa and I were crused....I guess
deep down inside we knew it was water weight but we were so excited only to
have the meeting leader crush us....I keep reminding myself that I don't do
it for her.....I hope the next meetings will be more uplifting.

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12c. Re: 9 lbs.....my feelings were kinda hurt
Posted by: "Faye Ridpath" ispgypsy@gmail.com fayefromtampa
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:56 pm ((PDT))

It sounds like you feel like your team leader did you a diservice im
mentioning this but seriously you have to know you won't lose 9 pounds every
week! That would be very unhealthy! I think that's all she was pointing out.

~~~Faye~~~

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:45 PM, mrsmcmc41 <mrsmcmc41@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ok I went to my meeting.....I lost 9 lbs and my friend lost 12....the topic
> of the meeting tonight was plateaus......the hostess or what ever she
> is....says...."those of you in a plateau....don't give up....remember the
> first few weeks when you lost more weight...well that wasn't real weight it
> was water weight and we all know that." Lisa and I were crused....I guess
> deep down inside we knew it was water weight but we were so excited only to
> have the meeting leader crush us....I keep reminding myself that I don't do
> it for her.....I hope the next meetings will be more uplifting.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

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13a. Re: question about a recipe
Posted by: "fml41" fml41@yahoo.com fml41
Date: Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:49 pm ((PDT))

I just cut up a small apple into 1/2 cup of Old Fashioned Oatmeal and add about 1 cup of water. Microwave for about 2 1/2 minutes--use a big straight sided bowl and check and stir it after a minute and then every 20-30 seconds after that. If you don't use a big straight sided bowl, it could boil over. You can also add cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpin pie spice, etc... Oh yeah, it turns out to be a huge bowl of oatmeal volume wise.

--- In Serious-Weight-Watchers@yahoogroups.com, Millers <rkmiller25@...> wrote:
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> Hi
> There is a recipe in the Sept/ Oct Weight Watchers magazine for Overnight Oatmeal with Apples. It sounds real good but I don't really want to have my oven on all night. Was wondering if anybody knew if this would work in a crock pot and if I would have to make any adjustments.
>
> TIA
>
> Karen in WI
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>
> Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
>
> Love the people who treat you right.
>
> Forget about the ones who don't.
>
> Believe everything happens for a reason.
>
> If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
>
> If it changes your life, let it.
>
> Nobody said life would be easy.
>
> They just promised it would be worth it.
>
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