OK... well after all my questions yesterday and not being able to find any answers... I decided to join Weight Watchers. They are doing a deal at the moment where you can join the e-community for £35 and that gets you a 3 month membership. These are my reasons for joining:
- I have not lost any real weight for the last 6 weeks
- Although tracking calories is good it doesn't reflect "good" or "bad" calories
- I feel like I need some structured help rather than trying to do it myself
- It has a high success rate
I think my reasons are quite good... I am just tired of not seeing the results I want... even when I took my inch measurements yesterday there aren't any changes from July... I think I have done really well... I had lost 20lbs (now 17) and I am staying focused and haven't once given up even over the last few weeks when I have been confused and not seeing any of the results I want. I haven't joined the classes as apart from weighing-in I don't think they will be suitable for me and in regards to support I feel like I work out alot of my issues by blogging!
I have signed up for 3 months so will see how it goes and see if I see a movement in the scales I will continue with them. I think I have already got an answer to why I am not losing weight... portion sizes.
I added my points up yesterday and found that I am just eating way to much! I have been assigned 34 points a day then plus the weekly allowance of 49 points. To begin with I was like ... wow that's a big daily allowance no way will I use all of those... man oh man how wrong could I be! It is shocking just how quickly the points add up!
One thing I am struggling with though is working out my portion sizes... everything is measured in grams or ounces etc and I although I have a rough idea I know it isn't totally correct. So I need to try and find something to measure it all out without looking like a complete idiot (no offence to anybody who does this ) and having a pair of scales (my family would rip me to pieces if they saw me weighing out all my food!)
So I am going to do all I can to stay within my point limit and I am going to try and not use the points I have earned from activity.... but I know that they are there if I really need them eg This Friday I am going out to a client lunch to Nando's and then in the evening we have a colleague's leaving party and we are going out to Pizza Express!!!
I have done Weight Watchers before and had some success with it..but I wasn't dedicated or that interested and so after about 3 weeks gave up!
So stage 2 of weight loss now begins... bring on the loss!
I really like the weight watchers plan and it is amazing how many points some things are, damn curry!
ReplyDeleteI know I am shocked how many points my home made cottage pie is adding up too....scary!!!
DeleteI discovered today that I had been grossly underestimating things (I think in my head I think everything is 100g!) when tracking the measurements of them. So, weighing them was super helpful. But, maybe you could look for one of those guides that shows you the approximate weight of things relative to the size of your hand/popular items (like this - http://www.jagsfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/portion-size-414x600.gif - but with UK measurements).
ReplyDeleteGood luck with Weight Watchers!! Your progress is fab so far - I checked out your pictures and you look great and you're super pretty (creepy!)! x
Thank you for the lovely comments... the link was really good! I worry that I might underestimate soem days and then others i think I am underestaimating... but we will see on Monday when I have my weigh in!
DeleteHey, first time on your blog and loving that you've joined weight watchers! I'm so with you on how quick points add up - particularly when you add alcohol to the equation. Eeeek! One thing I would say though is GET WEIGHING SCALES. Not only is there no way to accurately track and point your food without them, but you can also almost 'cheat' the system if you have a pair of digital scales that weigh to the nearest gram...for example 54g of pasta is 5 propoints...but 55g is 6 propoints...ok it might sound like next to nothing but it really helps to stretch your points as far as possible when you're struggling. I have Salter weighing scales and they were about £9 from Asda. And as for your family ripping you to shreds - I can't imagine that they really would if you explain why you're doing it, but if they do then you need to have a big chat with them about supporting your decisions and your lifestyle choices because its one of the most important things about losing weight (in my very humble opinion of course)
ReplyDeleteWOW that comment seemed to go on forever, but yeah, trust me, get the scales!!!
Lauren
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