WW Help

This is my Second week on WW. My first week I lost 5.6 pounds. I know most of that is water. You must drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. Try to keep a water bottle with you at all times.

Try to limit your carb intake to breakfast and lunch, and have a mostly protien dinner.

Eat plenty of salad

If you can, excersize...even if it is walking each day. When I excersize, I do not add in my points from excersizing....I only eat the points I was supposed to eat before excersizing.

Try not to eat all your flex points each week. My first week I used 6 of them, and this week I didnt use any of them.

If you need any more help, just ask

I can only tell you that I've done WW twice in the past and I'm back on for a 3rd time. I lost weight each time I did it, and the only reason I gained it all back was because I stopped following the program. I lost 20 pounds in 2.5 months the first time and then lost 10 pounds in about 2 months the second time. I'm doing the Flex points now, and lost 2 last week and 2 this week. The one thing that I know for sure is that WW is not a one set of rules fits all type of plan. You need to tweak it to get the most benefit out of it...you need to figure out what works best for you, within the plan, and that may take some time. It's also been said that the last 10 pounds are the hardest to lose, and if you've already lost almost 5 of the 14, well, it may not happen as quickly as you would like. The Flex points are there for a reason...if you feel like you've been using more during the weeks when you lost less, cut back, and vice versa. Sometimes you really do need to eat more in order to lose weight.

Finally, just remember that any loss is a good loss. Try not to worry about it too much. You may have weeks where you think you should lose because you did everything right and you'll maintain or gain, or just the opposite - you think you might gain, but you wind up losing. The body works in strange ways. Give it time and you'll get the results you want.

considering that's more weight than i've lost in the 4 months since i've joined....i think you're doing great!!!
but exersize can't hurt anything!!

I have been doing WW since January. I am hoping once I hit lifetime to become a leader. Here is what I have done to help me in my loss:

Journal, journal journal.

It is so important to journal. You see what you are eating, how many points and it makes you more aware of the food intake. It really helps put things into perspective.

If you feel funny about journaling, get the bracelet. I cant tell you how many times people thought it was a really classy bracelet. I just smile.

Dont be embarresed about being on WW. Be proud of yourself. You are developing healthy eating habbits. I have gone into Boston Market and asked to see a nutritional fact sheet so I could do my points, I always take my slider to the supermarket, and it helps so much. When you see how many points something is worth, you start to ask yourself, is having that item worth it. Its X amount of points, would I rather have that or a bigger portion at dinner and a dessert. You start to develop really good eating habbits.

drink at least 8 glasses of water. If you get tired of water, add a slice of lemon, drink diet soda (no points), tea, or black coffee.

Eat fruit. Its 1 point and its a great snack. If you have a salt craving 15 small pretzles are 3 points.

Salads healthy and zero points, but its what goes on the salad where the points add up. dressing, croutons, bacon bits, and even olives they are all points and can turn that zero point salad into a high point salad.

Eat salad with dinner. It will fill you up with your meal.

Try and drink water with your meals. It too will help in making you feel full.

Dont deprive yourself of anything. If you want a chocolate bar, have it, but remember to add in your points. Flex points are a great thing.

Allow yourself one 'cheat' day. Maybe the day you weigh in, allow yourself that one day to indulge in stuff you love. I love cheesecake and my weigh in day is the day I have a slice of cheesecake. So many points, but so worth it. Then I have a week to do good. So allowing yourself that one day is like a reward, a treat. something to look forward too.

Dont worry, dont get discouraged. You can do it.
If you can do this you can do anything