Thread: The Trials & tribulations of a weight watcher

Hi i have been following s/w the last few months and have lost 2 stone, i am unable to go to the s/w class any longer so am changing to a w/w group i am joining tomorrow night i will be resetting my target i hope to make as many "friends" on here as i have on the s/w thread xx

have just come back from w/w class got to go through my books now as i had to leave class early to pick DD3 up from work. for a couple of days will use the w/w meals and bulk them out with loads of veg.

thursday 9th february
26 pp

breakfast- 2 weetabix with blueberries and skimmed milk from 1/2 pt allowance (6 pp)

lunch- 2 slices w/w bread,slice w/w cheese, lettuce, onion & tomato. tin w/w soup w/w caramel wafer (7 pp)

dinner- 2 w/w sausages, green beans,carrots & brocolli, 150g new pots, 2 tbs brown sauce (7 pp)

snacks- apple, pear, latte, w/w layered fromage frais w/w rich toffee bar (6 pp)
total pp = 26
49 weekly pp - 7 = 42 left
( 1/2 pint semi skimmed milk 4, 3 tsp cocoa powder 3)

Have just made some fruity oat fingers ( have yet to try)
90g oats
2 ripe bananas
2 eating apples grated
3 tbls sweetener
1 tsp mixed spice
1 egg beaten
185 g blueberries ( could also use dried fruit but pp's would increase considerably)

Heat oven gas 4 / 180*c
Line a swiss roll tin with foil & spray with frylight
Mash banana's with the egg , set aside
Add rest of ingredients into a large bowl add the banana & egg mixture stir well till all ingredients are well mixed together
Put in the prepared tin, press the mixture into the tin so its flat
Put in middle of oven for 40 mins, turning halfway through
Leave in oven till it' s cool, cut into 12 fingers
pp's for whole recipe 12 / 1 pp per finger :-)

Found you! to WW - and good luck on your new quest.

Look forward to following your food diary and hoping you achieve your goal. Think I'll stick with the SW principles but will be interesting to see how this plan goes.

Bye for now ........

Hi rosie glad u found me i've got someone to talk to now lol will be interesting to see how i do, it takes a lot more organising than s/w was reading through my books till 1.30 this morning eeek got to get out of the s/w way of thinking . Hope u have a good day love val xx

Re oat fingers needs a bit more sweetener and wouldnt leave in oven to cool again bottom was bit soggy so next time will take out and put on cooling wire i put them back in oven for 10 mins upside down to dry them out so they r ok now, not bad for 1 pp :-)

friday 10th february
26 pp

breakfast- 2 crumpets, 2 tsp low fat spread, 2 tsp honey (8 pp) satsuma

lunch- small tortilla wrap, 2 slices ham, watercress & 1tbs sweet chilli sauce (6 pp)

dinner-2 egg omelette, mushrooms & bacon & salad
pear (9 pp)

snacks- w/w rich toffee bar, w/w caramel wafer (3 pp)
total pp = 26
42 weekly pp - 4 = 38 left
1/2 pint semi skimmed milk 4

Hi Val!!! Hope you are finding WW ok. I've done pp but its confusing just reading about after following SW!! Good luck!

Good luck with WW. Have a great weekend.

Irene xx

Originally Posted by IreneH

Good luck with WW. Have a great weekend.

Irene xx

Thank u irene its taking a bit of getting used to after following s/w :-)

Originally Posted by hjanea

Hi Val!!! Hope you are finding WW ok. I've done pp but its confusing just reading about after following SW!! Good luck!

Hi helen as ive just said to irene its taking a bit of getting used to some parts r a bit confusing for example crumpets r 2 pp each but if u have 2 its 5 pp same with bread 1 slice is 1 pp but 2 slices r 3 ???? Not sure if that happpens with everything u have 2 of will have to ask next week xx

I am finding i am being very careful with my portion size and am weighing everything something i didn't think i would be able to get my head around, have decided rather than using my weekly propoints daily from now on will use them weekly for a takeaway or mcd's so im having a real treat with them :-) Am loving crumpets with honey on at the moment yummy never tried it before would be nice with golden syrup on as well will check out the difference in cals if there's not much in it will buy some. Will fill my food diary in later just going to brave the cold and go to town, if anyone reads this post hope u have a good day xx

Hello lovely

Glad to see, as always, you are determined in your new quest. I hope this gives you a boost and I will be following your posts just as I did before.

It's really weird reading your diary - like a foreign language - and I don't even follow SW!!

Love Pomooky XXX

Hi pomooky thanks for popping in its like a foreign language to me at moment too lol
Made a lovely mexican beef pan fry today i was being brave i dont usually like mucked about food i did change it slightly but loved it, hope alls ok with u and ur enjoying the weekend love val xx

Mexican beef pan fry
8pp per serving serves 4

Frylight
1 red onion
2 large mixed peppers
2 cloves garlic chopped
500g extra lean beef mince
2 tsp paprika
1tsp corriander powder
3 tbs sweet chilli sauce
1 tin chunky tinned toms
Diced courgette

Spray large pan with the Frylight
Add onion, peppers, garlic, & courgette fry till soft
Increase the heat and add the mince, paprika & corriander cook for 10 mins till browned add chilli sauce and tinned tomatoes add salt & pepper to taste
Serve with brown rice
If u use quorn mince will be 6 pp a serving
And s/w friendly :-)

saturday 11 th february
26pp

breakfast- 2 crumpets, 2 tsp low fat spread, 2 tsp hunny (8pp)

lunch- mini tortilla wrap, wafer thin chicken, watercress, 1 tbs sweet chilli sauce. satsuma & pear (6pp)

dinner- mexican beef pan fry, 30g brown rice (11pp)

snacks- caramel wafer (1 pp) strawberries
total pp= 26
38 weekly pp-11=27 left
1/2pt skimmed milk 3, w/w fromage frais 1, 5 w/w caramel wafers 5, w/w rich toffee bar 2