Starting over

KD,

I started over with this group 2 weeks ago and it is great.
Good luck.

Winnie

Thanks Winnie - seems like a great bunch to me too!

KD

"Winnie Roberts" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2857-404E72D6-187@storefull-
3111.bay.webtv.net...

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KD,

I started over with this group 2 weeks ago and it is
great. Good luck.

Winnie

Ack, I don't think I could do it on 26 points a day. As it
is, I'm only managing 28-29 because I get a fair bit of
exercise (no car means you use your feet more). Perhaps I'll
stick with the regular way for now, see if I can drop a few
pounds this way.

I must say, I'm not finding it easy. I'm hungry. Maybe it's
just my reaction of trying to get back in the swing of
things, and my body is wondering where the heck the rest of
the food is! Maybe after a few more days, my bod will adjust
to the fact that this is all she gets?

I do eat plenty. Maybe I just need to space it out a bit.
For breakfast, it's usually cereal and half a banana. Snack,
a hardboiled egg, some Simple Pleasures cookies and a
caramel chocolate chip rice cake (Quaker, they're AWESOME
for one point!). Lunch, a homemade WW veggie burger or
veggie soup, then an apple in the afternoon. But by the time
I get home at 5, I'm starved!

On the positive side, I walked the stairs once to get to my
office today. I'm on the10th floor! I'm going to try doing
that once a day to add on some exercise.

KD

"Connie" <walshclan@nospam_primus.ca> wrote in message
news:404D3D26.7020809@nospam_primus.ca...

Quoted message said:

KD if you are 218 lbs you would get 26 points a day plus
any exercise points that you may only use that day (or
not) or lose forever. On top of that you get 35 Flex
points for the week. Laura our resident excel expert wrote
a excel spreadsheet that tracks your points for you (you
should enable the macros when prompted):

home.att.netflexjournal2.xlsOpen ↗

I hope this helps with the new program, everything else is
mostly the same. Congrats on dodging that ol' brownie
bullet!!

Connie

KD said:

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

To answer some of the questions, I am not currently
going to meetings.

Time

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and budget do not allow it at this moment, I may get
back there some day...no doubt about it, they do help!
Fortunately I kept all my books,

so

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm back to following the plan.

I'm at the end of Day Two now, and I have to say I've
done quite well. Wasn't easy...I was feeling hungry
between meals and those brownies were calling, but I
dodged the brownie bullet and will do it again tomorrow!

Flex points - so your daily point goal is probably
lower, and you have

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

extra to spend when you need it, is that the way it
works?

Next question - the weights (at least I assume they are
weights) that

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

put in their signature. Would they represent starting
weight, current

weight

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and goal?

For me, I was about 240 when I first started following
the program

(using a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

friend's books), and got down to 220. Then I joined
myself and got to

203

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for my wedding day. Ideally I'd like to be about 175 or
so - I am a

5'11"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

woman, and have what I would NOT consider a small frame!
I was once 152

when

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was in my late teens, and was too thin (had a broken
jaw, wired shut

for

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

two months, very effective diet plan). Right now I'm at
about 218 or so.

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

never did crack the 200 mark on my last try, that's my
next major

hurdle.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Keep the support coming! 🙂

KD

"skiur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qf6dnQwBnd63ftbd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

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Welcome KD! Julie

"KD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

>Hi folks!
>
>Looks like a really good, supportive group we have
>here.
>
>I am, unfortunately, a lapsed Weight Watcher. I lost
>about 40 pounds

last

Quoted message said:

>year to fit into the wedding gown, then got married,
>and went PFFFFT. Haven't been able to get back to going
>to the gym consistently, haven't

been

>journaling or really paying attention to points, and
>have been...er...supplementing my fairly healthy brought-from-
>home lunches

with

Quoted message said:

>unhealthy soups and brownies from the Treats shop in my
>new office

building.

>*sigh* The stupid shop is just too handy, I think the
>only solution is

to

Quoted message said:

>not to bring money with me to work.
>
>In short, I've put on about 20 pounds since my
>September wedding. The

only

Quoted message said:

>good habits I managed to keep were drinking gallons of
>water, and

taking

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

my

>coffee with milk instead of cream. How discouraging,
>after how hard I

worked

>to get the weight off in the first place.
>
>But anyhow, today is a new day! I've stayed in my point
>range, went to

the

Quoted message said:

>gym, and basically been good all day! Yay me!
>
>I look forward to hearing about your successes, and
>learning some new low-point recipes to kick-start my
>program. I've recently discovered a

corn

>chowder one if anyone likes that sort of thing. It
>makes about four

servings

>at five points per serving, and involves skim milk,
>skim milk powder,

etc.

Quoted message said:

>KD
>
>PS - I haven't gone to meetings since last year..what
> is a flex point anyhow? That's new since I was
> there.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

--

Cheers,

Connie Walsh

241.5/201/155 RAFL 210.5/201/198.5 2nd 10% 219.5/201/198

KD:

Going with the tried and true works for me!! Keep us
posted!!

Connie

KD said:

Ack, I don't think I could do it on 26 points a day. As it
is, I'm only managing 28-29 because I get a fair bit of
exercise (no car means you use your feet more). Perhaps
I'll stick with the regular way for now, see if I can drop
a few pounds this way.

I must say, I'm not finding it easy. I'm hungry. Maybe
it's just my reaction of trying to get back in the swing
of things, and my body is wondering where the heck the
rest of the food is! Maybe after a few more days, my bod
will adjust to the fact that this is all she gets?

I do eat plenty. Maybe I just need to space it out a bit.
For breakfast, it's usually cereal and half a banana.
Snack, a hardboiled egg, some Simple Pleasures cookies and
a caramel chocolate chip rice cake (Quaker, they're
AWESOME for one point!). Lunch, a homemade WW veggie
burger or veggie soup, then an apple in the afternoon. But
by the time I get home at 5, I'm starved!

On the positive side, I walked the stairs once to get to
my office today. I'm on the10th floor! I'm going to try
doing that once a day to add on some exercise.

KD

"Connie" <walshclan@nospam_primus.ca> wrote in message
news:404D3D26.7020809@nospam_primus.ca...

Quoted message said:

KD if you are 218 lbs you would get 26 points a day plus
any exercise points that you may only use that day (or
not) or lose forever. On top of that you get 35 Flex
points for the week. Laura our resident excel expert wrote
a excel spreadsheet that tracks your points for you (you
should enable the macros when prompted):

home.att.netflexjournal2.xlsOpen ↗

I hope this helps with the new program, everything else is
mostly the same. Congrats on dodging that ol' brownie
bullet!!

Connie

KD said:

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

To answer some of the questions, I am not currently going
to meetings.

Time

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and budget do not allow it at this moment, I may get back
there some day...no doubt about it, they do help!
Fortunately I kept all my books,

so

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm back to following the plan.

I'm at the end of Day Two now, and I have to say I've
done quite well. Wasn't easy...I was feeling hungry
between meals and those brownies were calling, but I
dodged the brownie bullet and will do it again tomorrow!

Flex points - so your daily point goal is probably lower,
and you have

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

extra to spend when you need it, is that the way it
works?

Next question - the weights (at least I assume they are
weights) that

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

put in their signature. Would they represent starting
weight, current

weight

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and goal?

For me, I was about 240 when I first started following
the program

(using a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

friend's books), and got down to 220. Then I joined
myself and got to

203

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for my wedding day. Ideally I'd like to be about 175 or
so - I am a

5'11"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

woman, and have what I would NOT consider a small frame!
I was once 152

when

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was in my late teens, and was too thin (had a broken
jaw, wired shut

for

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

two months, very effective diet plan). Right now I'm at
about 218 or so.

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

never did crack the 200 mark on my last try, that's my
next major

hurdle.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Keep the support coming! 🙂

KD

"skiur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qf6dnQwBnd63ftbd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

>Welcome KD! Julie
>
>
>"KD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
>"]news:[email hidden]...
>
>
>>Hi folks!
>>
>>Looks like a really good, supportive group we have
>>here.
>>
>>I am, unfortunately, a lapsed Weight Watcher. I lost
>>about 40 pounds
>
last

>>year to fit into the wedding gown, then got married,
>>and went PFFFFT. Haven't been able to get back to going
>>to the gym consistently, haven't
>
>been
>
>
>>journaling or really paying attention to points, and
>>have been...er...supplementing my fairly healthy brought-from-
>>home lunches
>
with

>>unhealthy soups and brownies from the Treats shop in my
>>new office
>
>building.
>
>
>>*sigh* The stupid shop is just too handy, I think the
>>only solution is
>
to

>>not to bring money with me to work.
>>
>>In short, I've put on about 20 pounds since my
>>September wedding. The
>
only

>>good habits I managed to keep were drinking gallons of
>>water, and
>

taking

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>my
>
>
>>coffee with milk instead of cream. How discouraging,
>>after how hard I
>
>worked
>
>
>>to get the weight off in the first place.
>>
>>But anyhow, today is a new day! I've stayed in my point
>>range, went to
>
the

>>gym, and basically been good all day! Yay me!
>>
>>I look forward to hearing about your successes, and
>>learning some new low-point recipes to kick-start my
>>program. I've recently discovered a
>
>corn
>
>
>>chowder one if anyone likes that sort of thing. It
>>makes about four
>
>servings
>
>
>>at five points per serving, and involves skim milk,
>>skim milk powder,
>
etc.

>>KD
>>
>>PS - I haven't gone to meetings since last year..what
>> is a flex point anyhow? That's new since I was
>> there.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

--

Cheers,

Connie Walsh

241.5/201/155 RAFL 210.5/201/198.5 2nd 10% 219.5/201/198

--

Cheers,

Connie Walsh

241.5/201/155 RAFL 210.5/201/198.5 2nd 10% 219.5/201/198

you can divide up the flex points and use them daily if you like, the part I
had most trouble with is that the flex plan added 14 points a week and I
have trouble eating the daily target most days, so I save most of mine and
have a special treat at the end of the week, Lee
KD <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Ack, I don't think I could do it on 26 points a day. As it
is, I'm only managing 28-29 because I get a fair bit of
exercise (no car means you use your feet more). Perhaps
I'll stick with the regular way for now, see if I can drop
a few pounds this way.

I must say, I'm not finding it easy. I'm hungry. Maybe
it's just my

reaction

Quoted message said:

of trying to get back in the swing of things, and my body
is wondering

where

Quoted message said:

the heck the rest of the food is! Maybe after a few more
days, my bod will adjust to the fact that this is all
she gets?

I do eat plenty. Maybe I just need to space it out a bit.
For breakfast, it's usually cereal and half a banana.
Snack, a hardboiled egg, some

Simple

Quoted message said:

Pleasures cookies and a caramel chocolate chip rice cake
(Quaker, they're AWESOME for one point!). Lunch, a
homemade WW veggie burger or veggie

soup,

Quoted message said:

then an apple in the afternoon. But by the time I get home
at 5, I'm starved!

On the positive side, I walked the stairs once to get to
my office today. I'm on the10th floor! I'm going to try
doing that once a day to add on

some

Quoted message said:

exercise.

KD

"Connie" <walshclan@nospam_primus.ca> wrote in message
news:404D3D26.7020809@nospam_primus.ca...

Quoted message said:

KD if you are 218 lbs you would get 26 points a day plus
any exercise points that you may only use that day (or
not) or lose forever. On top of that you get 35 Flex
points for the week. Laura our resident excel expert
wrote a excel spreadsheet that tracks your points for
you (you should enable the macros when prompted):

home.att.netflexjournal2.xlsOpen ↗

I hope this helps with the new program, everything else
is mostly the same. Congrats on dodging that ol' brownie
bullet!!

Connie

KD said:

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

To answer some of the questions, I am not currently
going to meetings.

Time

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and budget do not allow it at this moment, I may get
back there some day...no doubt about it, they do help!
Fortunately I kept all my

books,

Quoted message said:

so

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm back to following the plan.

I'm at the end of Day Two now, and I have to say I've
done quite well. Wasn't easy...I was feeling hungry
between meals and those brownies

were

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

calling, but I dodged the brownie bullet and will do
it again

tomorrow!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Flex points - so your daily point goal is probably
lower, and you have

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

extra to spend when you need it, is that the way it
works?

Next question - the weights (at least I assume they
are weights) that

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

put in their signature. Would they represent starting
weight, current

weight

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and goal?

For me, I was about 240 when I first started following
the program

(using a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

friend's books), and got down to 220. Then I joined
myself and got to

203

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for my wedding day. Ideally I'd like to be about 175
or so - I am a

5'11"

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

woman, and have what I would NOT consider a small
frame! I was once

152

Quoted message said:

when

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I was in my late teens, and was too thin (had a broken
jaw, wired shut

for

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

two months, very effective diet plan). Right now I'm
at about 218 or

so.

Quoted message said:

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

never did crack the 200 mark on my last try, that's my
next major

hurdle.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Keep the support coming! 🙂

KD

"skiur" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qf6dnQwBnd63ftbd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

>Welcome KD! Julie
>
>
>"KD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
>news:hDO2c.112023$IF6.3549678@ursa-
>nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>
>>Hi folks!
>>
>>Looks like a really good, supportive group we have
>>here.
>>
>>I am, unfortunately, a lapsed Weight Watcher. I lost
>>about 40 pounds
>
last

>>year to fit into the wedding gown, then got married,
>>and went PFFFFT. Haven't been able to get back to
>>going to the gym consistently,

haven't

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>
>been
>
>>journaling or really paying attention to points, and
>>have been...er...supplementing my fairly healthy brought-from-
>>home lunches
>
with

>>unhealthy soups and brownies from the Treats shop in
>>my new office
>
>building.
>
>>*sigh* The stupid shop is just too handy, I think the
>>only solution

is

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>
to

>>not to bring money with me to work.
>>
>>In short, I've put on about 20 pounds since my
>>September wedding. The
>
only

>>good habits I managed to keep were drinking gallons
>>of water, and

taking

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>
>my
>
>>coffee with milk instead of cream. How discouraging,
>>after how hard I
>
>worked
>
>>to get the weight off in the first place.
>>
>>But anyhow, today is a new day! I've stayed in my
>>point range, went

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>
the

>>gym, and basically been good all day! Yay me!
>>
>>I look forward to hearing about your successes, and
>>learning some new low-point recipes to kick-start my
>>program. I've recently discovered

a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>
>corn
>
>>chowder one if anyone likes that sort of thing. It
>>makes about four
>
>servings
>
>>at five points per serving, and involves skim milk,
>>skim milk powder,
>
etc.

>>KD
>>
>>PS - I haven't gone to meetings since last year..what
>> is a flex point anyhow? That's new since I was
>> there.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

--

Cheers,

Connie Walsh

241.5/201/155 RAFL 210.5/201/198.5 2nd 10% 219.5/201/198