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Moondance

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 06:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy you are truly an inspiration!:)

Nancy

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 06:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks moon i'm going to see about becoming a weigher-and/or a leader once i hit goal--so i can continue to inspire others and also to keep myself inspired-- :)

Jbean

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 04:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
thanks to everyone for their encouraging words. the water thing is hard for me, too. mostly because i just don't like it, but i force myself to drink it anyway. something that really helps me is putting a packet of sweet-n-low in it to improve the taste. that way, you still get your water, but without the caffeine and sodium that soda has. it may sound weird, but it tastes better to me.

nancy, i think you would make a great leader. you are so enthusiastic. it is very motivational! congrats to you!

Nancy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 06:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just got a great idea from someone--

Plain non-fat yogurt + mott's flavored applesauce(8 oz yogurt and the small individual serving of sauce)..i'd have to "point" it out but it would prob be 3 pts for the whole thing--sounds yummy :)

Egbok

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 09:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That does sound yummy from one who likes things "pointed" out.

And Jbean, whatever works!! I put slices of lemon in my morning ice water.

Jbean

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 07:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
you guys may already know about this, but just in case, i'm gonna share it anyway. there is this stuff called "0 point soup". and i don't like any of the ingredients in it by themselves (except for green beans), but all together it is FABULOUS, and it fills you up and you can use your points on things like ice cream sandwiches...lol. ok so here's what it is:

1 can italian green beans
1 can carrots
1 can tomatoed zucchini
1 can chicken broth
1 can tomatoes with oregano, basil and garlic


heat to boil for at least 3 minutes, and you are done.

this stuff is WONDERFUL!

Jbean

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 07:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i have a question about earning points through workout. how does this work? i work out for an hour 4 times a week...bodypump, a weight training course that works every muscle group in your body.

also, how does "banking" points work. my point range is 22-27 points per day. what is lowest point # i can have in a day considered safe. today i have only had 16 so far. so how does that work? would i bank 6 points for the rest of the week or more? i am a little confused. thanks in advance for your help. :)

Nancy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 07:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
jbean there's a whole thread on here called weigh watchers recipes where that soup and a whole bunch of more w.w. recipes are--

anyway

banked points you need to eat your minimum at least every day or your body tends to go into 'starvation mode' and will hang onto your weight with all its might--(some people even gain if they eat under points--its ok on rare occasions but not recommended to go under---

personally for me i tend to eat mid-range (18-23 pts for me means i eat around 20-21 pts)

banking you can ONLY bank 5 points a day of food points and up to 4 earned aps points...

Nancy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
also you banked points are cumulative for the week--so if you banked 5 today and 3 tomorrow you'd have 8 points which you can use on any given day that week--points are 'cleared' out upon weigh-in--and at the most you can eat 10 banked points in one day.. :)

Nancy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 07:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh an aps--do you have an aps point finder?

its based upon your weight and intensity as well as the time --if you don't have an ap finder give me your weight(email if you prefer) and i'll figure it out :)

Egbok

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 07:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jbean, I heard that I'll be getting a tool called the POINTSbooster which is something like the POINTSfinder that I now have. Apparently with the POINTSbooster, you can calculate the points of your activity and then earn points..??? I'm not sure if this is all correct information and maybe Nancy can tell us more.

Okay, now for my weigh-in for Week 1 of WW!!

I lost 2.8 pounds.
<Eggie has a big grin on her face!>

Nancy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 07:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeh egbok!!! good for you!!

I'm not familiar with the points booster although i've heard they are changing the program a little bit and your aps points will be earned after the first 20 minutes instead of the first 20 minutes earn you some aps(so instead of earning 3 aps for one hour you'd earn 2 aps for 40 minutes(60-20 = 40)

my meeting is saturday if they mentioned the booster thing i won't hear about it til saturday but i'm guessing it has something to do with that--

Nancy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
egbok how old is your aps points finder you know have? my ap points finder is from 2002....

Nancy

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lol actually i think what i'm calling an aps points finder is the 'points booster' your talking about--the points finder you're referring to is your food points...

anyway yes on week 4 you'll get the points booster what i call the aps points finder :)

That you plug in your weight the intensity and duration to get your Activity points which you can eat/use up to 4 a day of those...

Also if you exercise a lot(more than an hour a day at high intensity) its advised to ate at Least your minimum + half your activity points or you can go into that same 'starvation mode'

(lol there have i edited this post enough)

Egbok

Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 09:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Nancy, I didn't know what you were referring to when you mentioned the "aps points finder" - what does "aps" stand for and then maybe I'll connect with it. Anyway, WW gave me a book entitled "Complete Food Companion" and this gives me the point value for foods. I also received a POINTSfinder tool that calculates the points of foods from the Nutrition Facts labels that we all see on the boxes and cans, etc. I look for Dietary Fiber in grams, then look at the Calories, then the Total Fat in grams to come up with a point value for that particular food item. The POINTSbooster will be given to me in a few more weeks - I think Week 4. Anyway, I'm well on my way and I've been using your suggestion and writing the point value on all my boxes and cans!

Thanks for your support, it means the world to me!! You'll be a fantastic WW Leader!! I am so excited for you to reach your goal.

Nancy

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 02:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
egbox 'aps' stands for activity points--aka exercise points--which is what you'll get in week 4-
Activity POINTS BOOSTER


basically you get to eat extra points (4 a day) if you exercise--its similiar to the points finder

You slide the finder to your weight and intensity--(low medium high)--and the Points Booster will tell you how many points that amounts too..

You can use those points in that day or bank them (4 only) to use another day--General i eat mid points range like i stated above and do not eat my aps(i earn 3-4 aps usually) but if your super hungry after exercise you can certainly use them.

Also if your exercise a lot, (preparing for a marathon or just super active), its always good to add half of your activity points to the bottom of your range..that means if your range is say 20-25 and you exercise/earn 4 aps i'd tried to eat at Least 22 points that day) (20 + 2 of the activity points) but techinally you could eat as much as 29 points(25 + 4) for that day without using your banked points.. :-)

Jbean

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 04:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
congrats egbok, that is great news! i'll report mine on monday.

nancy, i am emailing you about the aps thing. :)

Nancy

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 05:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jbean i'm not at home and can't access my aol account from work--but email me at

<> and i'll answer you..(guard that email info with your life LOL :)

Removed e-mail at users request. Mod(22)

Nancy

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 08:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK--you want to hear something funny--

Back in 1979 i made life-time with weight watchers but didn't keep my membership active for more than a few months...(i was 21 then)..

Last year when i went back to W.W. i figured they wouldnt have my l.t. membership numbers/information so i went back as a new member and have paid steadily since then--anyway now that i'm so close to my new goal weight i decided to see if they did INDEED have my l.t. info--so i shot an email to the w.w. lifetime address on-line and i got my reply today with my membership number and my goal weight--now IF i were to meet that old goal weight i'd have to loose 28 more lbs my goal weight WAS 120 which is the miniumum weight for my Height..

What WAS i thinking back then? I can't even imagine weighing that now LOL LOL

Moderator

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy: If you would like the e-mail address above removed or moved to Jbean's personal folder, please let us know.

Mod (22)

Egbok

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy that was a cute story! Oh yeah, I wrote your work email addy all over our employee bathroom wall....LOL. I'm just kidding of course!!

Enbwife

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy - my old goal weight back in 1988 was 118!!! Ha ha! Like I'd ever weigh that! It's now 135.

Weighed in last night and lost 1/2 1b which isn't bad considering I missed last week and it through me off a bit. 6.5 gone to date and I now feel motivated to eat better this week. I'm really hungry today though! Don't you hate that when you have really hungry days for no reason...

Nancy

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mod 22 that would be great just remove it now please--if she hasnt seen it i'll get it at home later anyway :)

Nancy

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lol Lisa--i think at 21 my idea of a good weight range and now is drastically different..ideally i'll be happy getting to 140 or so but first up is 148 to stop paying :)

I'm think i prob shouldnt have had to pay as much since i am still considered life-time but that's ok it's worth it anyway :)

Jbean

Friday, February 28, 2003 - 04:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
sorry nancy, didn't get your message until now.