Mifford
Silver Member
Hi everyone
Having done every diet in the past with no success except for with Cambridge I discovered a while back that I have a thyroid problem. Now that it looks like it is under control I decided to give WW another try with the new system to see how I got on and re-started 2 weeks ago.
My first week I lost 3lbs according to my scales and I was over the moon but I didn't make my first weigh in because I picked up a chest infection and wasn't well. I was on antibiotics and was also sick as all hell so couldn't eat properly for days.
Having got back on food my weight has gone back up again this week and my first official weigh in tonight shows that I've lost 1.5lbs over the two weeks.
I was initially REALLY disappointed with it but I've been reminding myself that when I'm ill my thyroid doesn't work as well as it should plus having not eaten properly for a few days and then having to eat mainly carbs such as rice and crackers - even though I was within my points still I knew that would show on the scales initially.
So I'm trying to get myself back on track this week and started cooking meals again etc. The biggest problem I'm having is trying to eat enough to get up to my 34 daily points! I'm not depriving myself of food and I'm certainly not hungry so how does everyone else increase the points when they are low on a particular day?
As an example today I had a bowl of gluten free chocolate stars for breakfast with skimmed milk and a bowl of fruit salad. Then for lunch I was running around today so had ham "sandwiches" using gluten free crispbreads and low fat ham, along with a salad and some fruit to follow. Dinner was a HUGE stir fry with a whole pack of seafood selection, loads of veggies and a portion of egg noodles followed by a packet of fruit gums (weekly treat) and an apple.
According to my calculator so far today I've used 22 points only leaving me 12 short. But I'm really not hungry so what do I do?? I know that I've not been eating enough points wise in the past and my counsellor thinks this may be partly why I've struggled to lose weight so I need to increase my intake but I actually like things like fish and white meat, I can't eat bread and after years of having to eat low GI to try and counteract my thyroid before I was medicated I now rarely eat potatoes or heavy pasta.
Any hints as to how to deal with days like today and get my intake up will be greatly appreciated. In the meantime I'm off to make a hot chocolate - i don't really want it but I know it will bring my points total up easily.
Having done every diet in the past with no success except for with Cambridge I discovered a while back that I have a thyroid problem. Now that it looks like it is under control I decided to give WW another try with the new system to see how I got on and re-started 2 weeks ago.
My first week I lost 3lbs according to my scales and I was over the moon but I didn't make my first weigh in because I picked up a chest infection and wasn't well. I was on antibiotics and was also sick as all hell so couldn't eat properly for days.
Having got back on food my weight has gone back up again this week and my first official weigh in tonight shows that I've lost 1.5lbs over the two weeks.
I was initially REALLY disappointed with it but I've been reminding myself that when I'm ill my thyroid doesn't work as well as it should plus having not eaten properly for a few days and then having to eat mainly carbs such as rice and crackers - even though I was within my points still I knew that would show on the scales initially.
So I'm trying to get myself back on track this week and started cooking meals again etc. The biggest problem I'm having is trying to eat enough to get up to my 34 daily points! I'm not depriving myself of food and I'm certainly not hungry so how does everyone else increase the points when they are low on a particular day?
As an example today I had a bowl of gluten free chocolate stars for breakfast with skimmed milk and a bowl of fruit salad. Then for lunch I was running around today so had ham "sandwiches" using gluten free crispbreads and low fat ham, along with a salad and some fruit to follow. Dinner was a HUGE stir fry with a whole pack of seafood selection, loads of veggies and a portion of egg noodles followed by a packet of fruit gums (weekly treat) and an apple.
According to my calculator so far today I've used 22 points only leaving me 12 short. But I'm really not hungry so what do I do?? I know that I've not been eating enough points wise in the past and my counsellor thinks this may be partly why I've struggled to lose weight so I need to increase my intake but I actually like things like fish and white meat, I can't eat bread and after years of having to eat low GI to try and counteract my thyroid before I was medicated I now rarely eat potatoes or heavy pasta.
Any hints as to how to deal with days like today and get my intake up will be greatly appreciated. In the meantime I'm off to make a hot chocolate - i don't really want it but I know it will bring my points total up easily.