Lozzy Gozzy
Silver Member
Hi everyone!
A little bit about myself...
Name's Lozzy, 21, and by the age of 16 I was 19 stone (266lbs/121kg)! Through a LOT of hard work I am now 11 stone 5lbs (159lbs/72kg) which was done through calorie counting... A few weeks ago I plateaued at 70.5kg/156lbs and that's when I decided I needed a break...
I've been thinking and admittedly I think I'm borderline bulimic (non-purging), so hence I'm here! I think Weight Watchers seems to promote a more healthy attitude towards eating, rather than being very restrictive and seems better for the long term... With calorie counting I was very in control which could sometimes be a bad thing because I would be quite excessive with my calories/exercise!
Soooo, I've come here for help! I would be so appreciative if people could answer a few questions for me! I know a fair bit about Weight Watchers and I know the general jist of it as I'm not new at all to weight loss! (I'm not going to meetings however I do have that little blue folder which seems very handy! ). Here's my questions...
(1) Weight Watchers POINTS® Calculator is this a reliable points calculator??
(2) I've calculated my points to be 24...
Female [3]
21 [4]
11 stone 5lbs [11]
5'6" [2]
Walking most of the time [4 I spend every day at the gym]
Total = 24
However, when I was calorie counting my limit was 1100, usually less! So I personally feel 24 is going to be far too much for me and I will put on weight (I put on weight very easily, even eating 2000 calories like a normal woman should I put on weight after eating so low).
I know this is very frowned upon with weight watchers, but as a calorie counter at heart...
Say like a 1/2 point ww yoghurt is 50 calories, so I could have 48 of those a day to take me to my 24 point allowance, however, that's 2400 calories!! I know it doesn't typically work like that, but do you see where I'm coming from?
So, I've been looking at a lot of the food lists and generally the 1/2 point foods are 50 calories, so I was thinking of for the first two weeks to have about 16 points allowance a day (stereotypically 1600 calories), so it's not too big an intake from going from my measly 1100 calories a day!
Does that sound okay by people??
If I feel hungry on this amount I'll fill on "free foods" or up my points
(3) I'm a MASSIVE gym fan! I'm there everyday, can someone pretty please explain activity points?? I probably will save them, rather than eat them, but it'd be nice to know how they work
(4) Can you literally eat anything?? Like fruit pastilles are 2.5 points a roll, I could eat like 6 packets a day for 15 points and it'd still work???
(5) Has anyone else switched from calorie counting to weight watchers??
(6) How have people done in their first week? Is it usually a success?
Pretty please, any answers to these would be so much help! And I'd really appreciate it!!!!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Lozzy x
A little bit about myself...
Name's Lozzy, 21, and by the age of 16 I was 19 stone (266lbs/121kg)! Through a LOT of hard work I am now 11 stone 5lbs (159lbs/72kg) which was done through calorie counting... A few weeks ago I plateaued at 70.5kg/156lbs and that's when I decided I needed a break...
I've been thinking and admittedly I think I'm borderline bulimic (non-purging), so hence I'm here! I think Weight Watchers seems to promote a more healthy attitude towards eating, rather than being very restrictive and seems better for the long term... With calorie counting I was very in control which could sometimes be a bad thing because I would be quite excessive with my calories/exercise!
Soooo, I've come here for help! I would be so appreciative if people could answer a few questions for me! I know a fair bit about Weight Watchers and I know the general jist of it as I'm not new at all to weight loss! (I'm not going to meetings however I do have that little blue folder which seems very handy! ). Here's my questions...
(1) Weight Watchers POINTS® Calculator is this a reliable points calculator??
(2) I've calculated my points to be 24...
Female [3]
21 [4]
11 stone 5lbs [11]
5'6" [2]
Walking most of the time [4 I spend every day at the gym]
Total = 24
However, when I was calorie counting my limit was 1100, usually less! So I personally feel 24 is going to be far too much for me and I will put on weight (I put on weight very easily, even eating 2000 calories like a normal woman should I put on weight after eating so low).
I know this is very frowned upon with weight watchers, but as a calorie counter at heart...
Say like a 1/2 point ww yoghurt is 50 calories, so I could have 48 of those a day to take me to my 24 point allowance, however, that's 2400 calories!! I know it doesn't typically work like that, but do you see where I'm coming from?
So, I've been looking at a lot of the food lists and generally the 1/2 point foods are 50 calories, so I was thinking of for the first two weeks to have about 16 points allowance a day (stereotypically 1600 calories), so it's not too big an intake from going from my measly 1100 calories a day!
Does that sound okay by people??
If I feel hungry on this amount I'll fill on "free foods" or up my points
(3) I'm a MASSIVE gym fan! I'm there everyday, can someone pretty please explain activity points?? I probably will save them, rather than eat them, but it'd be nice to know how they work
(4) Can you literally eat anything?? Like fruit pastilles are 2.5 points a roll, I could eat like 6 packets a day for 15 points and it'd still work???
(5) Has anyone else switched from calorie counting to weight watchers??
(6) How have people done in their first week? Is it usually a success?
Pretty please, any answers to these would be so much help! And I'd really appreciate it!!!!
Hope to hear from you soon!
Lozzy x