Hi everyone, I'm new to the Weight Watcher boards and I'm having success following the old points system but I thought to keep me motivated I would write a food diary. I enjoy reading other peoples as they give me ideas for meals and maybe you will get ideas from me too.
So far I've lost 25lbs and 6oz to be exact, mostly following WW but I did try Atkins for 2 weeks I only lost in the first two days and then kept losing and putting on the same couple of pounds so gave it up, I have recently tried HCG which is very strict, I lost 7lb in a week put on 3lb when I stopped and binged, so went back on HCG lost 7lb in a week again then stopped because it's just so strict and I just can't do it and won't ever do it again, then pigged out again for a week and put on 3lbs but now I have lost that and from tomorrow anything I lose will be a new loss. I've been back on WW since last Friday and so far so good and sticking with it. I don't go to meetings as I can't afford them anymore plus Pro Points didn't work for me.
I now weigh 11 stone 3lb, I'm 5 foot 1 inch tall and I would like to weigh 8 stone but would be so happy to get to 8.5 stone. I'm 43 years old and when I was 28 I weighed 7.5 stone, but I haven't been that low since. Today I got into my pair of size 16 cropped jeans, which I'm so happy about as I was wearing size 18/20's.
So here goes, today's menu: By the way I don't always eat conventional food for breakfast, it doesn't fill me up and as I'm up at around 6am everyday with my 3 year old daughter I need food that fills me up, so I eat other foods, like today for example.
All counted in old style points, I call them Vintage points:
Breakfast:
Steamed Cod fillet 1 point, a free salad, Hellman's lighter than light mayonaise 1/2 point.
Mid morning: Weight Watchers carrot cake, 1 point.
Lunch:
Tortilla wrap 3 points, lettuce, cucumber, red onion no points, humous 1.5 points. If you've never tried this then do, it's something I eat often and it's so nice!
WW carrot cake 1 point, WW choc dessert 1 point poured over the cake and heated up in a bowl in the microwave so scrummy, wish I could have had more though.
Packet of Marmite rice cakes, I looooovvvvveeeee these, 1.5 points.
Dinner: Homemade spaghetti carbonara, I was so looking forward to this and when I made it years ago (it's a Slimming World recipe) it was wonderful but I didn't add the bacon this time to keep the points lower and it just wasn't the same. 7 points. I wish I hadn't bothered though and just stuck with my home-made bolognese which is really really nice.
1 meringue nest 1 point, WW choc dessert heated up and poured over the meringue nest, 1 point.
I only drink water and sometimes diet fizz but I'm trying not to drink them anymore as not good for you.
Today I drunk 1 can Pepsi Max and water.
No exercise but did clean the windows so I count that as some exercise. Might go on my cross trainer for 10 minutes later.
19.5 points eaten, 21 is my allowance.
Ruth
So far I've lost 25lbs and 6oz to be exact, mostly following WW but I did try Atkins for 2 weeks I only lost in the first two days and then kept losing and putting on the same couple of pounds so gave it up, I have recently tried HCG which is very strict, I lost 7lb in a week put on 3lb when I stopped and binged, so went back on HCG lost 7lb in a week again then stopped because it's just so strict and I just can't do it and won't ever do it again, then pigged out again for a week and put on 3lbs but now I have lost that and from tomorrow anything I lose will be a new loss. I've been back on WW since last Friday and so far so good and sticking with it. I don't go to meetings as I can't afford them anymore plus Pro Points didn't work for me.
I now weigh 11 stone 3lb, I'm 5 foot 1 inch tall and I would like to weigh 8 stone but would be so happy to get to 8.5 stone. I'm 43 years old and when I was 28 I weighed 7.5 stone, but I haven't been that low since. Today I got into my pair of size 16 cropped jeans, which I'm so happy about as I was wearing size 18/20's.
So here goes, today's menu: By the way I don't always eat conventional food for breakfast, it doesn't fill me up and as I'm up at around 6am everyday with my 3 year old daughter I need food that fills me up, so I eat other foods, like today for example.
All counted in old style points, I call them Vintage points:
Breakfast:
Steamed Cod fillet 1 point, a free salad, Hellman's lighter than light mayonaise 1/2 point.
Mid morning: Weight Watchers carrot cake, 1 point.
Lunch:
Tortilla wrap 3 points, lettuce, cucumber, red onion no points, humous 1.5 points. If you've never tried this then do, it's something I eat often and it's so nice!
WW carrot cake 1 point, WW choc dessert 1 point poured over the cake and heated up in a bowl in the microwave so scrummy, wish I could have had more though.
Packet of Marmite rice cakes, I looooovvvvveeeee these, 1.5 points.
Dinner: Homemade spaghetti carbonara, I was so looking forward to this and when I made it years ago (it's a Slimming World recipe) it was wonderful but I didn't add the bacon this time to keep the points lower and it just wasn't the same. 7 points. I wish I hadn't bothered though and just stuck with my home-made bolognese which is really really nice.
1 meringue nest 1 point, WW choc dessert heated up and poured over the meringue nest, 1 point.
I only drink water and sometimes diet fizz but I'm trying not to drink them anymore as not good for you.
Today I drunk 1 can Pepsi Max and water.
No exercise but did clean the windows so I count that as some exercise. Might go on my cross trainer for 10 minutes later.
19.5 points eaten, 21 is my allowance.
Ruth