ProPoints HoneyOc's New And Exciting WW Journey To Goal!

[Honeyoc]

Hi guys! I'm a SW member who switched to WW about a month ago. LOVING WW pro points and in 3 WIs I've lost 10lbs! I WI on Mondays so we'll see what that brings, hopefully a good loss.

DH and I are currently in Australia and I found it really difficult following SW here primarily because of all the socialising we've been doing but also, being in unfamiliar kitchens and not wanting to stock up too much on cooking ingredients (we're here only on a long holiday, heading back to London in 2 weeks) I haven't really been inspired to cook. We eat out a lot as well, so all in all WW seemed a more ideal route to go down and I'm so glad I bit the bullet and joined online! Did I mention how much I'm LOVING pro points?! It's just what I needed to get me to goal, I haven't got much left to lose so watch this space!

When we get back to the UK I intend to go out and buy the WW deluxe starter pack with the shopping guide, eating out guide etc. I'm not sure how different the pointing is when comparing Aussie WW to UK WW, should be interesting to see! Some the brands I mention may be alien to most of you but bear with me until we get back to the UK and I can really get stuck in and cook up a storm! So excited!!

Here's a little info on me. I'm 30, married 3 years with a gorgeous daughter who turns one on the 18th of February. I'm still part breast feeding (my little one is on mostly solids now) so I get 33pp a day. I started SW at 13st 2lbs and got down to 10st 8lbs on. Then we came to Australia, Christmas happened etc and the weight creeped up a bit. Since I started WW, I'm back down to 10st 2lbs and would love to get to my goal weight of 9st 7lbs! I'm not too concerned when it happens, it'll happen when it happens. I'm just glad I found a plan that I enjoy and clearly works!

O h I weigh in on Mondays so my first few entries may be a bit scatty with the weekly points as I've already used most up earlier in the week!

Here's what I had yesterday, Friday 03 Feb

BREAKFAST - 9pp
Went to a cafe with DH and had;
2 poached eggs (4) on a thick slice of crusty multigrain toast (3)
Small skinny latte (2)
Watermelon wedges (0)

LUNCH - 10pp
Roasted 0 point vegetables (pumpkin, red pepper, asparagus, courgette, red onion, beetroot) dressed with a squeeze of orange juice (0) and 1t olive oil (1) Mixed with 80g pasta (dry weight - 7) and 30g feta cheese (2)

DINNER - 15pp
180g fillet steak, grilled (8 ) with 250g h'made rosemary potato wedges (4) steamed zucchini, broccolini & sugar snap peas (0) with 1 tsp butter (1)
Peter's light & creamy ice cream slice (2) fresh strawberries (0)


Total points - 34/33 (1pp from weeklies)

 

[WhitePigeon]

Ooh, welcome honeyoc! I moved over from SW in November and am really enjoying following WW. I think both plans are great however as a busy student, WW is at times, a lot more convenient.

Your food for yesterday looks delicious, particularly your dinner. Yum!

Have a lovely time for the rest of your trip in Australia, I'm sure there can't be that many differences between UK WW and Aus WW?!

 

[Honeyoc]

Hiya Whitepigeon! Oh dear it seems like a lot of SWers have defected to WW! Oh well, whatever it takes to get us to goal! Off to take a sneaky peek at your diary

BREAKFAST - 7pp
1/3 300g pot full fat Greek yogurt (3)
1/4C toasted muesli (3)
Decaf coffee with creamer (1)
Banana (0)

LUNCH - 9pp
BBQ at MIL's
Grilled chicken breast (5)
6 prawns with a bit of gremolata crumbs on them (4)
Mixed veg salad, no dressing (0)
Fruit salad (0)

DINNER - 17pp
Dinner out at an AMAZING restaurant!
Grilled barramundi (4) black squid ink linguine with chilli and basil (10) shaved fennel and green bean salad, no dressing (0)
Small skinny cappuccino, in lieu of dessert lol (2) small chocolate that came with the coffee (1)

Total points - 33/33
No weeklies used

 

[Honeyoc]

Sunday 05 Feb - WW propoints

Okay yesterday's munchings;

BREAKFAST - 7pp
200g pot full fat Greek yogurt with raspberry coulis (6)
Banana & strawberries (0)
Decaf coffee with creamer (1)

LUNCH - 10pp
Hefty sandwich! 2 thick slices of settlers gain bread (7) filled with 100g cottage cheese (2) oven roasted grape tomatoes in 1t olive oil (1) and fresh basil (0)
Spinach salad with balsamic vinegar (0)

SNACK - 2pp
Watermelon wedges (0)
2 squares Margaret River dark chilli chocolate (2)

DINNER - 16pp
My version of Wagmama's ginger chicken udon lol! Large skinless boneless chicken thigh (4) cooked in 1t coconut oil (1 - OMG coconut oil in stirfries, to die for!!) with peppers, sugar snap peas, mushrooms, carrots, Chinese cabbage, broccoli, chillies, coriander & mint (0) 200g fresh udon noodles (8) soy sauce (0) oyster sauce (1) topped with slivered pickled ginger (0) and crushed peanuts (2)
:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

Will definitely be making this again when we get back to London, and I'll post a proper recipe and pics. It was. MASSIVE bowl of yumminess


Total points 35/33 (2pp from weeklies)

 

[Honeyoc]

Monday 06 Feb - WW propoints

Weighed in this morning and I lot 1lb. Yay!

BREAKFAST - 6pp
1C Special K advantage (4) - its like regular special K with much more fibre and protein
1/2C light milk (1)
Banana & strawberries (0)
Decaf coffee with creamer (1)

LUNCH - 9pp
3 egg omelette (6) with fresh crab meat (2) green pepper, mushrooms, tomatoes, spring onions (0) and 1t olive oil (1)
Roast rosemary pumpkin wedges (0)

DINNER - 16pp
Indian takeaway
1/2 portion prawn curry (no coconut milk - 7)
1C plain basmati rice (5)
1/2 naan bread (4)
Mixed salad (Lebanese cucumber, tomatoes, carrot, spinach dressed with lime juice & salt - 0)

DESSERT - 5pp
Hot chocolate made with 1t cocoa powder (0), 1C light milk (3) and 4 marshmallows (2)


Total points 36/33 (3pp weeklies used, 46pp left)

 

[NumNumPigsBum]

OOO another defectee, I am currently trying to decide whether to buy an online pass or go to meetings to get my head around it all. I need a little more flexibilities these days. My little guy is almost walking and requires constant attention. Also rushing around like a blue bummed fly after the other kiddos and husband means a tinned soup or ready meal (Lord Forbid!!) would come in handy once a week!!

How are you finding it?

 

[louise1979]

well done on your loss... wont be long now

:4633:

Weighed in this morning and I lot 1lb. Yay!

BREAKFAST - 6pp
1C Special K advantage (4) - its like regular special K with much more fibre and protein
1/2C light milk (1)
Banana & strawberries (0)
Decaf coffee with creamer (1)

LUNCH - 9pp
3 egg omelette (6) with fresh crab meat (2) green pepper, mushrooms, tomatoes, spring onions (0) and 1t olive oil (1)
Roast rosemary pumpkin wedges (0)

DINNER - 16pp
Indian takeaway
1/2 portion prawn curry (no coconut milk - 7)
1C plain basmati rice (5)
1/2 naan bread (4)
Mixed salad (Lebanese cucumber, tomatoes, carrot, spinach dressed with lime juice & salt - 0)

DESSERT - 5pp
Hot chocolate made with 1t cocoa powder (0), 1C light milk (3) and 4 marshmallows (2)


Total points 36/33 (3pp weeklies used, 46pp left)

 

[Honeyoc]

OMG Numnum, you too?!! LOL! This is hilarious! Welcome aboard! I can definitely say that the flexibility with WW is just great, however my main reason for switching to WW was because every time I ate non SW friendly food, I always gave up on the plan and carried on eating terribly for the whole day(s) or even weeks! At least on WW if I eat something "bad" I just deduct it from my daily points, as I would any other food item, and carry on with my day. I like having the freedom to eat ANYTHING I want. I eat mostly whole foods and what we know to be SW free foods but just having the choice makes everything so much easier on me mentally. Needless to say I'm LOVING it! I'm currently in Australia on a long break and when we first came I gained half a stone but I started WW four weeks ago and I've lost 11lbs so far! Only 8lbs to goal!!!!!

I recommend joining a meeting with the Monthly pass option which gives you access to the online database for points, diary etc and you can attend as many different meetings as you like! Comes to only about £20 a month. It'll be good to have that guidance from a WW leader for those first few weeks. We get back to London next Tuesday and there happens to be a meeting near me on that day at 10 am so I'm going to that one. I'll of course also get the WW kitchen scale, all the books and whatever else I cn lay my hands on! Lol! Good luck!

 

[Honeyoc]

Tuesday 07 Feb - WW propoints

BREAKFAST - 7pp
I made a very simple but very delicious smoothie! Frozen strawberries, a chopped frozen banana and 1C light milk (3) all whizzed up! Made over a pint and was VERY filling!

Later on DH and I went to our favourite cafe and I couldn't resist their toast and homemade preserves lol. So I had a thick slice of crusty soy & linseed bread (3) with 2t blueberry preserve (1) and several cups of ginger mint tea (0)

LUNCH - 11pp
Chicken avocado salad. Spinach, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes (0) topped with a grilled chicken breast (5) 1/2 a large avocado, chopped (5) and a heaped tablespoon of cottage cheese (1)

DINNER - 16pp
Sis in law cooked a noodle prawn laksa dish which was delicious! I appointed myself the kitchen assistant so was able to note what she put in it. She's pretty healthy and usually cooks with spray oil and she used light coconut milk which was handy lol! On SW the coconut milk (light or not) would have thrown me and made me give up and go for the plum & almond crumble she made for dessert. But this time I was able to simply point the meal like I would any other and say "no thank you" to the offer of dessert and have a yogurt instead! YAY!!

So anyway the dish contained
250g pack of rice noodles (24)
1 x 400ml can light coconut milk (16)
500g fresh prawns (sneakily read the fishmonger's sticker on the pack lol - 10)
Onions, carrots, aubergines, bok choi, red peppers, coriander, mint (0)
Fish sauce (0)
Soy sauce (0)
1T sugar (2)
Lime juice (0)
Chicken stock (0)
Total points for entire dish = 52
Served 4 of us, so each portion was 13pp

Then I had 1/2 a 200g pot of full fat Greek yogurt with passionfruit coulis (3)


Total points 34/33 (1pp weeklies used, 45pp left)

 

[jaylou]

I'm here too!!

Had my second WI yesterday and another 1.5lb down, so 3.5lb in 2 weeks - not lots, but better than I was doing on SW.

I haven't looked around the WW diaries much, so I'll go off for a peek now - I love your food honey!

Must admit I'm enjoying it for the same reasons as you, more flexibility, less tendency to say s*d it, and those weekly points come in really handy. I've always always poo poo'd WW but not now, I can really see the attraction.

I haven't been to a meeting as I've joined online but I'm sure I can pick up other hints and tips from those who do go to meetings

 

[Honeyoc]

Well done on your loss Jaylou! 3.5lbs in 2 weeks is great! I'd be happy with a 1.5lb average weekly loss!

 

[Honeyoc]

Wednesday 08 Feb - WW propoints

I think I'll start including the Good Health Guideline list at the end of each day's entry to make sure I'm getting all the bits I need. The WW Good Health Guideline is basically a list of healthy food groups you have to ensure you're eating to maintain good health & wellbeing on the diet. So when designing your meals for the day you need to include those first and if you have any points left they can go on treats or whatever you like. I love that idea because it's kinda like SW healthy extras, there to make sure you're eating a healthy well balanced diet, not just eating whatever you like thinking that staying within your daily points is all that matters. I'll try my best to make sure I tick all those boxes everyday!

BREAKFAST - 9pp
1/2C oats (5) cooked in 1/2C water, just barely warmed in the microwave, topped with 1/2C light milk (1) fresh strawberries (0) 4 walnuts (2) 1t maple syrup (0)
Decaf coffee with creamer (1)

LUNCH - 10pp
2 thick slices settlers grain bread, toasted (7) piled with roast veg (pumpkin, beetroot, red onion, red pepper, cherry tomatoes, asparagus) dressed with 1t olive oil (1) and a small squeeze of fresh orange juice (0) and topped with 100g cottage cheese (2) spinach salad (0)
MASSIVE lunch! And so tasty!

DINNER - 17pp
Home made lasagna (17) pretty pointy yikes! But for the first time in a long time I made a proper white sauce with butter, flour, milk etc. it was delicious!
Steamed mixed veg (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, sugar snap peas)


Total points 36/33 (3 weeklies used, 42p left)


WW GHGs
2 serves fruit
5 serves vegetables
2 serves protein
2 serves dairy
2 tsp healthy oil
8 glasses water
Wholegrains wherever possible
1 multivitamin
30 minutes exercise

 

[Honeyoc]

Thursday 09 Feb - WW propoints

BREAKFAST - 6pp
1C special K advantage (4) 1/2C light milk (1) chopped strawberries & banana (0)
Decaf coffee with creamer (1)

LUNCH - 18pp
Ate out. Had a chicken burger and garden salad. Chicken burger consisted of a large multigrain bun (6) grilled chicken breast (5) a bit of avocado (3) tomatoes & lettuce (0). There must have been some oil in the chicken so I'll just call it 2 points. The garden salad was plain (0) also had a skinny latte (2)

DINNER - 12pp
Another ultra simple dinner by sis in law. Barbecued fillet steak, roughly 180g (8) with a mixed leaf salad, 1t olive oil & balsamic vinegar to dress (1)
1/2 pot Greek yogurt with fruit coulis (3)

Gawd I've eaten enough red meat on this trip to last me 10 lifetimes! I think I'm going to go on a fish binge when we get home!

Total points 36/33 (3 weeklies used, 39pp left)


WW GHGs
2 serves fruit
5 serves vegetables
2 serves protein
2 serves dairy
2 tsp healthy oil
8 glasses water
Wholegrains wherever possible
1 multivitamin
30 minutes exercise

 

[NumNumPigsBum]

Food looking Yummy as always! Tomorrow is my first day of pointing. About to go for the big weekly shop. Looking forward to eating pitta bread and porridge all in the same day next week lol

 

[louise1979]

Morning,,,,, just wanted to pop by honey and see if your long hol was good . Bet you are well smiling to be back in your own place though i know i always am.
Was reading your ww entrys , hopefully you will be doing pictures to go alongside them now you are bk
x x x