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I've got tix for the Digitour in 2 weeks. I'm looking forward to seeing Key of Awesome. I'm also contemplating going to Toronto to see LMFAO!!

I love LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, BEPs, Gaga, David Guetta, Pitbull, etc. In fact, that's pretty well the components of my workout playlist!

Hi everyone! I'm new to virtual gastric banding. In fact, I'm the only person I know IRL who has had it! It's still uncharted territory in Montreal, from what I know. WW has the monopoly on weight loss programs, although we just got Jenny Craig. I love WW, and always will, but I have been...

Offspring

I Want You To Want Me: Cheap Trick

Tonight's The Night: Rod Stewart

Ugly Kid Joe

Train Kept A-Rolling: Yardbirds

Nine Inch Nails

I Don't Care: The Ramones

Sly and the Family Stone

Ramones!

I Will Always Love You: Whitney Houston (RIP)

Slaughter and the Dogs

Journey to the Center of the Mind: Amboy Dukes

Simple Plan

One Tin Soldier: The Original Caste

Kansas

Breakfast In America: Supertramp

My 600-Pound Life starts tonight on TLC. I'd ordinarily be optimistic that it would at least be interesting, but TLC are the wonderful folks who brought us "Sister Wives", the Duggars & Gosselins and "Extreme Couponing". So I don't know if this will be awesome or a train wreck...

Is the trainer a guy named Chris? Because this sounds exactly like Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, which I enjoyed thoroughly.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada!

Tell Me Lies: Fleetwood Mac

Sugarland

Rolling Stones

Everclear

Cupcake Girls

The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde: Georgie Fame

2 Broke Girls

Man in the Mirror: Michael Jackson

Simon and Garfunkel

XTC

Big Daddy's House

No Doubt

ABBA

Hi.I'm in Canada, but the program is the same worldwide, so the math is the same. I used my Recipe Builder on eTools. A few notes: Is the couscous 6 oz. dry weight? If so, it's 16 PPs. If it's cooked courcous, it drops to 5 PPs. Eggs are 2 PPs apiece, Splenda came out to 4 PPs for 2 c., and...

Love Is A Battlefield: Pat Benatar

Dead Like Me

As I Lay Dying

Arcade Fire

Hey, I resemble that remark! (Must be a "Rachel" thing....) I was born without a "Satisfied" switch and just have "Full" and "Feed Me" as the options, and from what I've been reading, this may be related to ghrelin which is the hunger hormone. Since there's not enough research to date on...

NOFX

No Doubt

Electric Light Orchestra

Sly and the Family Stone

Sex Pistols

LMFAO

Red Red Wine: UB40

Art Cons

Empty Nest

Edge of Glory: Lady Gaga

Besides the fact (or probably because of the fact) that I started singing "Price Tag" over the song, I didn't hate it. I prefer the North American ads, which focus on believing, tapping into your inner strength, etc., etc. Yeah, I'm one step away from listening to Tony Robbins.:sigh::sigh...

ABBA

LMFAO on the 15th! Every day I'm shuffling in anticipation. And so's my niece, because it's her Sweet Sixteen present!

I Can Has Cheezburger Television Without Pity Food Network.ca

KEEP Holding On: Avril Lavigne

Not sure that many of you will know these people because they're North American, but maybe you'll just find them weird enough: Mark Salling (Puck on Glee), Iron Chef Michael Symon, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto (see a theme?????), and I once had an *explicit* dream about SkyBlu from LMFAO.

I'm a (bordering on crazy) cat lady - I have three furbabies! Iggy, the eldest, is a portly orange Garfield-type cat. Fugee is a humungous blue tuxedo cat and Max, the most recent addition, is an adorable but undersized brown tabby. I took Max from my cousin, whose family's allergies forced...

Bumping for clarification: If you had a million dollars, you wouldn't have to eat Kraft dinner, but you'd still eat Kraft Dinner? I am not on SW - yet. But reading about how so many of the Blue Menu items are free, I'm wavering more and more towards making the switch from WW. The only...

I was interested in joining SW after reading the tons of threads on Minimins, but I have to say that, for the North American market, the program is "not ready for prime time". (Props to anyone who gets the reference!) Live meetings are in a very limited test market area, the language on the...

If you pay for a monthly pass, eTools (your esource) is included. Worth it IMO, especially if you have a smart phone that supports the WW app. I rely on my iPhone to calculate pps, track, etc. (The free app doesn't have very much in terms of content.)

Farmer's market? We have them in normal supermarkets, in the squash section. They look like a yellow football (North American type of football - LOL!)

I love festivals - Montreal has an International Jazz Festival every summer that is da bomb! Last year the B-52s were one of the headlien acts. I love most forms of music, ranging from radio pop (I have tix for LMFAO) to old-school punk. Basically, anything except opera or death metal. My...

Nones, that sucks. Usually Canada lags behind the US because the materials have to be translated into French. Fortunately, you'll have a ton of "reliable sources" right here!

Am American leader who's a Facebook friend is going for training on Oct. 30, and will let us know about what we can expect. I'm happy that the changes roll out in Canada on the same day as the US, because usually we're lagging behind. It could be a world-wide roll-out this time (if not...

I also find the texture is more potato-like than BNS. They also make excellent hash browns for breakfast, with diced onion and a ton of paprika.

QFT. My list includes Buffy, Angel, Ringers, 2 Broke Girls, Chopped, and Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bags (OWN Network). I also watch the Young and the Restless, but I've been watching since I was young and restless myself. I plan to Netflix classics like Quantum Leap and Sliders, which I...

Commercial smoothies have points, because they usually have added sugar. (The McDonald's smoothies are tooth-hurtingly sweet IMHO!) But homemade ones consisting of pure fruit do not. You can use Crystal Light or leftover coffee from the a.m. as the liquid to change the flavours up. Any juice...

Just checked on eTools, and my 1-pp yogurts came up as totalling 2 pps if eaten at different times of the day, and 3 if I logged it as a double portion in one setting. So, round up if you eat all the bread in one meal, and not if it's spread out throughout the day.

My father used to use a hot dog bun for his banana sandwiches. The banana took the place of the hot dog, and he used peanut butter instead of mustard and relish. Yummo!

IT'S Raining Men: The Weather Girls

I'm Too Sexy: Right Said Fred

purple rain (great screen name, BTW!!), it really doesn't taste like celery. In fact, the boiling process made it taste just bland and smooth. Next time, I'll throw a clove of garlic into the water to see if it infuses into the mash.

MY Boyfriend's Back: The Angels

I have a new fave veggie - celery root. slightly dubious but very curious, I bought one, and after peeling, cubing, boiling and mashing, it was indistinguishable from mashed potatoes, and best of all, it was 0 PPs! It's much closer to the mouth-feel of taters than mashed cauli, which gets a...

Video Killed the RADIO Star: The Buggles

The carrots really add something to pasta sauce, IMHO! I make applesauce in my slow cooker, with excellent results. I don't even bother peeling the apples because my Ninja blender makes short work of the peels, and then I don't lose the pectin, which gives it so much body. Also, I make my...

IT'S Now Or Never: Elvis Presley

Guard dog

Skeletal

TENDER Is The Night: Jackson Browne

My best toy ever was a Pebbles Flintstone doll that my father brought me back from a business trip to NYC. I loved that doll soooo much! Sidetracking just a bit: My aunt and uncle owned a doll hospital and their basement was filled with boxes of doll parts - arms, legs, bodies and boxes of...

One Love: Bob Marley

TORN Between Two Lovers:Mary MacGregor

Umbrella (eh, eh, eh)

Yellow

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Eric Burdon and the Animals

Wow, that's better than the quote I got ($1500 CDN, or 950 pounds sterling). I'd certainly consider it at the rate you were quoted!

Yes We CAN Can: Pointer Sisters

Lookin' Out My Back Door: CCR

THE Night Chicago Died: Paper Lace

centrifuge

It's Only ROCK & Roll (But I Like It): Stones

engaged

Isolated

I Would Do ANYTHING For Love (But I Won't Do That): Meat Loaf

Give A LITTLE Bit: Supertramp

Girls TALK: Elvis Costello

Master craftsman

One

One Tin Soldier: The Original Caste

Alimentary

I'm making Eggplant Parmesan (kinda sorta) - slices of aubergine dredged in egg and coated in ground-up oatmeal seasoned with Italian seasoning, baked, then topped with passata and FF mozzarella cheese and baked till the cheese is a bubbling blanket of ooey-gooey goodness. I'll also make a...

Reason To Believe: Rod Stewart

That's an accurate description of an old-school WW meeting, and the younger the leader, the less likely you are to encounter this. My meeting is nothing like that. Although we cheer like crazy when someone hits a milestone, there's no confessing unless it's in the form of a request to...

STANDING In The Shadows of Love: Four Tops

SOMETHING Tells Me I'm Into SOMETHING Good: Herman's Hermits

Tell Me Something Good: Rufus

Check the Splenda website for recipes. I've never had a bad result.

Applesauce Avocado (non-spicy guacamole) Hummus Babaghanoush Chocolate pudding Greek yogurt (has healthy bacteria in case you're on antibiotic) Quinoa Smoothies Feel better soon!

GOOD Mother: Jann Arden

No, I'm on Momentum (North America) and we'll be switching over to PointsPlus in a couple of weeks. The people in my meeting who consistently lose are the ones who consistently move, and the ones who come but are stagnant are the ones who raise their hands in the air and wave 'em like they just...

I Want You BACK: Jackson 5

Don't Dream it's OVER: Crowded House

Day job

Gothic

SHE's A Rainbow: Rolling Stones

She Drives Me CRAZY: Fine Young Cannibals

Our program is completely different - you earn APs right off the bat, which is great for people like me who work out first thing in the morning and then get their walking in. We can earn as many APs as we want, but can only eat up to 28 per week. I have only dipped into them a time or two, but...

DOWN On The Corner: CCR

Tonight it's gonna be 2 eggs with home-fries (mixture of onions, zucchini, red pepper, and cauliflower) in 1 tsp. EVOO, a bagel thin and tomato slices. And for snack, some of the yummy pumpkin that is in the slow-cooker as we speak!

TIME In A Bottle: Jim Croce

Charity

I'll suppress my sausage and mash envy in the knowledge that I had an awesome dinner as well - skinless boneless chicken thighs done with lots of veg and canned tomatoes in the crockpot, served with 1 c. cooked cornmeal. I'm not doing PP, but it came to 7.5 Points on Momentum. Soooo good...

How Do I Know: Whitney Houston

I had to Google, but apparently it's a refrigerator cake that's very dense. It looks like a very fudgy brownie, which can't be bad!!

LOVE is a Battlefield: Pat Benatar

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying: Gerry and the Pacemakers

Congratulations! Wishing them a long and happy life together.

Jack AND Diane: John (Cougar) Mellencamp

:happy096::happy096: High fives to you!

Awesome! Thanks, Vanda. Now what's the amount of APs we're allowed to eat per week? Currently, we can eat 28 over and above our 35 in the slush fund. (I don't get the new booklets till December 6 - I see the boxes sitting in my meeting room every Saturday taunting me. Grrrr!)

Mmmm, cauli-rice! For those of us who eat lower-carb-style while on WW, this is a treat! Do you get shirataki noodles in the UK? I have a "thing" for them, and haven't had real pasta in about a year, with the exception of the night before I did a half-marathon. I think we need a spin-off...

*waves at Kim* Hi Neighbour! Massena is a fave cross-border shopping destination for Montrealers - in fact, there's a lady who organizes bus tours and she alternates between Burlington, VT, Plattsburgh and Massena. I've heard amazing things about your Target. And I have my Price Chopper and...

I use cauliflower instead of potatoes, for mashing and for making home fries to go with breakfast.

I Remember You: Ramones

The cuteness! The cuteness! I'm so glad she's back to her usual self. <3

Want. And it's much less spendy than an Actifry! :thankyou: One of the women in my WW group doesn't use cooking spray at all - she coats her oven fries in beaten egg whites before seasoning, and says this adds to the crispness. I haven't tried this, because my kittehs don't like slurping up...

Thanks, WWPrincess! I generally earn about 28-35 APs on the current Momentum program, but never dip into them. I'm guessing you were either walking a marathon or doing a shop-a-thon, which is also very aerobic when done properly. I wore my pedometer when I did Black Friday last year and got...

I have had some good results using non-WW cookbooks, before online tools were available. Just manually calculate the PP per serving, and you'll be okay.

I don't parboil, either. My secret is baking the fries on one of those ventilated baking sheets that you are supposed to use for frozen pizzas.

Anyone? Bueller???

Hugs and purry prayers from my furbabies to yours. It's so important to have a vet you have confidence in.

This is one of those topics that pops up in my meeting - there are a few people who choose to live below their Points target so they get to goal faster, and those (like me) who eat every Point that's on the table and wear black with a little veiled hat every time their Points drop. AFAIK, you...

Bananas are on sale this week at my local supermarket chains. Coincidence? I think not! And isn't it amazing how I'd be happy to budget 2 Points for a bar that's really Frankenfood while bypassing the banana, which is the Original 100-Calorie Pack!

No WOMAN No Cry: Bob Marley

Hi! Can anyone tell me how many APs I'd get under ProPoints, for 50 minutes on the elliptical at High Intensity? I weigh 155 pounds. Thanks in advance!

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon: Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

Beautiful Dirty Rich: Lady Gaga

Ella Belle, that sounds awesome, and if you folded it in half, you could make it into a quesadilla. I grew up making mini-pizzas on English muffins, which is a "fun food". Zebredy, the best way I can rationalize the entire Points count changing is that I've gone to a new country and the...

I'd like to join a team, too, please! I am getting close to goal (about 15 pounds away!) and I would love the extra motivation to push me across the finish line! Thanx in advance!!

Healthy options: Veggies and dip (salsa mixed with Greek yogurt, hummus, guacamole, fat-free ranch or Caesar dressing, etc., etc.) I also like apples and sugar-free caramel dip. Or air-popped popcorn sprayed with cooking spray and dusted with chili powder and Splenda. If you like spicy-sweet...

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Elton John

You Light Up My LIFE: Debby Boone

Life In the Fast Lane: The Eagles (Weirdness alert: I clicked on this thread, saw the previous entry was Bon Jovi, and guess who's playing on the radio!)

All by MYSELF: Eric Carmen

Whatever works for you, Lynn. I've been known to track on Post-Its, the back of Price Chopper receipts and cute notebooks from Dollarama. I also prefer the 2009 journals to the 2010 ones, and I grabbed a bunch of them before I started with eTools. I'm also really stoked for the new program...

Another Canadian (Montreal, to be precise)!

I started WW when there was a Points range (i.e., 20-27) so this was a no-brainer for me. It makes it easy for me to manage my budget, because I am not one of those people who goes out for a big dinner every week, so I don't usually have to "save up" for a trip to the Chinese buffet. Having...

Awesome! I went from a 22W to a regular 10, and it's an amazing feeling!!!

WITHOUT Me: Eminem

Hi Lara! The way it's been working in North America is that we use up our Weekly Allowance Points first, and then dip into the APs, if we're tracking online. If you're tracking manually, you have the option (according to my awesome leader) of using your APs before using your weeklies. Both...

What about eating things like full-fat cheese, the skin from your roast chicken, some PB or almond butter with an apple, etc. to bring the PPs up? You'd be eating up to your target level, without compromising the quality of what you're eating.

Yummmm, Becky! That sounds awesome! What kind of cheese do you use?

Look Through Any WINDow: The Hollies

Easy come, easy go. It did sound too good to be true. :cry::cry:

Corn is 0 PPs! So are snow peas and sugar snaps! I see a lot of stir-fries in my future. *wonders if broad beans make a decent substitution for edemame or could be used to make hummus*

Hi Sue. What would you normally do the night before a typical weigh-in? If you're used to going out for dinner on Saturday night and weighing in the day after, this is "typical" for you. (I like my Saturday morning WI time for just this reason!) It's not the extra Points in the food...

Smirky, did you check out the link in my post (right above yours)? It's for oven fries using BNS. Hungry Girl loves BNS and uses it quite a bit, so check out these links.

You realize what this means: 0-PP chips! I've made this recipe a few times, and the fries are da bomb. Cajun seasoning goes well with the sweetness of the squash, so if you wanna spice it up, go ahead. Enjoy!

Hi bestlife! I'm still on Momentum for the next 3 weeks until the new program rolls out. Are you in the US or Canada? I started a special thread for North Americans. To quote Bob Barker, "Come on down!"

Hi! Our new program doesn't launch will the 28th of November, and I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated place for us to run any spoilers, speculation, feedback on the UK program, discussion of North American products and how the new math might affect their Points, etc. I am so...

There's a lot of confusion about Set Points at my meeting. We once had a 20-minute discussion about how many Points to count for salmon, because a fillet was 9 Points and the Set Points was 5 or 6 and Highliner had packaged frozen fillets that were only 2, yada yada yada. I don't really use...

Woo-hoooo! Thanks so much, Becky!

Hi! Does anyone have the PPs for butternut and other winter squashes? Thanks in advance. :):)

Hi! First of all, check your Points allowance, which is incorrect. The new plan has changed all the math, but I don't think 16 is right on the old plan. (I'll use the "old plan" for this post, to make it easy on the OP) WW is all about eating real food whenever possible. For the same 3.5...

The Heat is On: Glenn Frey

What happens when you are On Program for a long time is that your body gets used to the same level of Points, and this may actually result in a big weight loss! It's like a fire burning more effectively when more wood is thrown on. In any case, enjoy every ooey-gooey piece, eat till you're...

Up The Ladder To The Roof: Diana Ross and the Supremes

The Comfort Plus list is just like Set Points, which is part of Momentum, but this is for use when you're at a restaurant or someone else's house for dinner and don't have the ability to weigh or measure your portion of food. The other catch is that you are supposed to eat until you are...

How'd you know??? TPBM is doing laundry tonight.

KING of Wishful Thinking: Go West

Eight Days a WEEK: The Beatles

Hugs and purrs to Sophie!

I Believe In Miracles: The Ramones

Oh no, a close encounter with Buffet The Points Slayer!!!!! My plan is to have three plates. The first one is a regular dinner plate, piled high with salad, carrot sticks, and any other 0-Points food they have. Along with that, have some wonton soup, minus the wontons. If there's sushi, go...

Mine hang from hooks above the stove. Easy access makes all the difference!!

What I love is the support from my WW groups (IRL and you guys!) And the ability to eat anything I want (just not *everything I want*!)

One Night In Bangkok: Murray Head

It comes out very light and fluffy, and is totally delish. It's fun to have different "pairings" of cake mix and soda.

I have a WI uniform. Most everybody in my group does. In the summer, I'm in a sundress or yoga capris and a t-shirt and now that it's chilly, I'm in a big t-shirt and leggings. One lady actually comes in street clothes and changes before weighing in to.... wait for it.... one of those...

I actually like my home-made (slightly less authentic) versions better! I can buy bottles of General Tao sauce at the supermarket and instead of 16 Points per serving, it only costs me 6! I love a Points bargain!! Is there a UK equivalent of Hungry Girl? For those who are unfamiliar with HG...

Inge, the latest Atkins book (The New Atkins For a New You) does give a vegetarian option, IIRC. I also don't get how the new PP math is a disadvantage for Simply Filling, because it's possible to live very nicely off the foods on the list. Any extras (buns for your veggie burgers...

Vegetarians would do much better on Simply Filling, which from what I understand will still be an option.

The WW rule is that people with EDs are not supposed to sign up. In fact, people with <5 pounds to lose aren't even accepted. My suggestion is to work with a good ED treatment program, if you aren't already. Your health is way too important to entrust to a commercial program like WW, which...

With Or Without YOU: U2

Electric Youth: Debbie Gibson

Me too! We used to get ginormous potatoes from the farmer's market. They must have been the size of an NFL football! That'd be dinner - a baked potato stuffed with cheese and butter. [/food porn] But mashed cauliflower is surprisingly good, and it's 0 Points.

7-ish, from what I can piece together. It would be a freebie on The Artist formerly Known As Core (Simply Filling, in the Momentum plan)

Yup, my workplace is either too hot or too cold. TPBM always has the radio going in the background at the office.

COME To My Window: Melissa Etheridge

The slowing down of weight loss is your body protecting itself from going into a state of shock from too rapid weight loss. WW isn't a crash diet, which is why it's safe, even if it's a little slower at times that we'd like. I am Yertle the Turtle when it comes to week-to-week loss, but all...

One of the women in my WW group uses lightly beaten egg whites to coat her potatoes when she makes oven-fried chips, which she says makes the seasonings adhere and gives a crisp coating. I just use cooking spray.

Julia, I think what you're saying is that, if you compared the change in Points values to the exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the pound, the numbers would change but the overall standard of living would be approximately the same. I can happily live with that, because the end...

Lynn, we had an awesome extra-toed tuxedo cat named Homer who rehabbed himself after he had a stroke, at around Sophie's age. It took a few weeks, but he was back to his regular antics. Until we clued into the fact that he was tapping his paws on the affected side as a way of doing...

I GOT The Music In Me: Elton John & Kiki Dee

Poor kid! She really didn't learn to cope with the real world, did she? Part of me wants to give her a hug, but I think the type of help she'd need wouldn't be the huggy-buggy type. She needs a week with Jillian Michaels.

Yummo! I have always wondered what the proper spices for doner would be. Thanks so much for posting this! The nice thing is that there's no "filler" like bread crumbs in the mixture, so it's easy to do the math when calculating your calories/Points/whatever. I'll make some tzatziki with...

Two years ago, I was the overweight middle-aged woman in the gym populated by buff university students. Now, I'm the woman who kicks @$$ on the elliptical 3 mornings a week. I'm so much a part of the gang that I never have a hard time getting "my fave" machine. Load up your iPod with some...

I am planning to buy some really good pieces of clothing when I reach goal, the classic and classy type of work wear that would make me look like I'd had a promotion. Along the way, however, I have bought a bunch of tchatchkehs - even a pen from Dollarama can commemorate a successful...

Kewl! I just did this with my LF yogurt and it came out to 3 Points, which makes sense, because the "currency" has been "re-valued", and it was 2 Points under Momentum math. How is the calculation for Activity Points changing? I have been using a very fuzzy math of 1 AP per mile or per 100...

I Got The Power: Snap

:cry::cry:My friend the Bon Jovi freak can't afford tickets, so I have to find someone else to drag along with me. Or win tickets, but I've never been lucky yet when it comes to radio contests. GAAAAAHHHH! I saw so many good concerts this summer - Adam Lambert, Green Day and the Black Eyed...

Time Is On My Side: Stones

First impression comparing the sample menu to the Points values in Momentum - we're gonna be closer to low-carbing, more like "good carbing", to be precise. Which is good, because I know a lot of people who'd reach for a granola bar rather than spending the Points on a banana. Is Core/Simply...

Thanks for the heads-up, Irene. I'll try to find this on-line.

Pack a few pieces of LF string cheese, or a peeled hard-boiled egg or two, and a fruit. This can hold you over from breakfast till lunch, with no problem, then you have your sandwich. I'd make a wrap on a WW tortilla or use a WW pita, stuffing that bad boy with tons of lettuce and grilled...

Not so impressed with the EasyTones, but I adore the ZigTechs. I can walk all day in them, and my feet feel as refreshed as if they had just been massaged. I don't feel anything whern I wear the EasyTones, but I have been doing the elliptical trainer for the past two years, so maybe that's it??

Pumpkin oatmeal is da bomb! Now, add the pumpkin along with an envelope of SF hot chocolate mix, and you'll be transformed, I tells ya! At this time of year, you should be able to buy pumpkins in the store and make your own puree. I did this yesterday a.m. - I cut it in half, scooped out the...

The switchover is different in different countries - in the UK it appears to be next Monday, but the US and Canada don't change until early December. I assume that's because the US celebrates Thanksgiving on Nov. 25, and it'd be a big honkin' ball of confusion for everyone if they were to roll...

Shrinking girl, we've had Weekly Allowance Points in North America for a few years, and they're great! There are a lot of people who try not to dip into them at all, and as many who use every. single. one. (That would be me!) It depends how high your Target is - when mine was 27, it was a lot...

No personal experience with it yet - I'm waiting till I can pick one up in my "As Seen On TV" store. But I know people who are very satisfied with the results.

I am glad to see WW's acknowledgment of the fact that not all calories are created equal, nor is losing weight a simple matter of calories-in-calories-out. The human body metabolizes an apple differently to a 100-calorie pack of HFCS-laden Oreo Thins, at least mine does. I'm predicting that...

*waves at syren* More local faves from Montreal: Smoked meat sandwich from Schwartz's Poutine (has to be from La Belle Province, not the nasty McDo version) Real bagels, warm from the oven. President's Choice Ice Creams (they are all eeeeevil, so pick yer poison) Crunch bars, Cherry Blossoms...

I'm not Ali, but from my experience, whenever there's a tweak/change in program, WW gives you the new materials. It's usually 1 book a week X 10 weeks, and Week One has the basics, enough food listed to be able to work the program, the slider/calculator, etc. (Yes, I have a collection of...

I'm SO Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)

Sounds like my MP3 player, except I have a bunch of mashups and tons of Black Eyed Peas tunes. I'm always adding songs to my playlist - I'll have to check out Alexandra Burke. I "multitask", actually, because the TV at the gym is on with closed captioning, which I watch while my music plays.

There were the same criticisms when WW launched Core when South Beach was at the height of its popularity. I know zilch about SW, but I do know that the gluten-free trend is becoming a phenomenon, and many more people are discovering that they are either sensitive to gluten, insulin-resistant...

I love seeing the pics of everyone's furbabies! Anyone who says cats don't have distinctive and loving personalities has never seen an actual cat in action.

I love it when people show their ignorance. *coughGordonfromathomeinhisparents'basementcough* Thanks for the link. The more I read, the more I lurve the new plan. I especially love the incentives to eat real foods and not manufactured ones - my WW leader says, "If it grew on a plant, enjoy...

Okay, you twisted my arm, now I'll tell you about my boys: Iggy is an orange tabby of the portly, Garfield variety and Fugee is a blue tuxedo cat. They have distinct personalities - Iggy is a lovebug and will sit and stroke my face with his paw. However, his love only extends to me because...

I don't do a coating, per se. I just mix an egg and seasonings into the meat, moosh it up, and grill. I find that they hold together well without any added carbs, but YMMV, and if the mixture is too moist, 1/4 cup of oat bran (yes, the uncooked cereal!) will tighten up the mixture perfectly...

Nom nom nom!!!

I use ground turkey most of the time instead of beef, because the extra-lean ground beef is kinda $$$ and doesn't go on sale frequently. I like to grill turkey burgers as well as using it in meatballs or chili.

Another vote for iWatchr. It's very user-friendly, and the learning curve is not too steep. The official WW iPhone app is only available in the US, from what I believe. But we are getting it in Canada later this year. Can't wait - then I can sync with eTools!!

Coke Zero is my beverage of choice!

Welcome! I just signed up yesterday, and this is a great and very dynamic group of people. What plan are you following?

Woo hoo!!!!! Your hard work is showing!! Are you gonna post pics?

Psychotic Reaction: Count Five

((((Hugs)))). The Heartbreak Diet is no way to lose weight, but you sound like a very strong woman and you are doing what's best for you in the long run.

Yup, they are the only frozen dinners that are on sale this week at my local supermarket chains! And since I have a couple of coupons, SCORE!!!!!

LOVE Shack: B-52's

Cool, Sharon. My co-worker is seeing Usher in November, and she's really looking forward to it. (Did you ever hear the mashup of the musical track from Red Red Wine and the vocal track from Umbrella? Awesome!)

Me! Me! I'm seeing Lady Gaga in April and want to get Bon Jovi tix for February 18. Anyone else?

In no specific order: Biggest Loser Big Bang Theory Buffy/Angel (Classics, I tells ya!) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition The Young and the Restless (I've been watching since Day 1, and I love it still) And, because it's on at my gym when I work out, Earth: Final Conflict. Over the noise of the...

What about regular oatmeal with cocoa powder and canned pumpkin added to it? Very yummy, and I love the idea of having something dessert-y for breakfast. In the summer, I make parfaits with yogurt and berries. In the US, they have Chocolate Cheerios. I think a serving is 2 Points. <envy>

I'm going to ask my leader when our new program rolls out. I plan to take the Monday off from work and go to an early a.m. meeting. (Yes, I'm that much of an obsessional geek, plus the meeting is near my mother's apartment and I can make her grocery order on Monday, which would be more...

Oy vey! Bacon on a bagel? :needhug: I'm an old-school traditionalist, so my bagels have FF cream cheese, lox (a.k.a. smoked salmon), and lots of tomatoes, onion slices and lettuce. Capers are good, too, but unless you plant them in the cream cheese, they roll all over the place! LOL!

It's a Reboot! I'm looking forward to Reboot Camp.