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i joined Weight Watchers today,
i weigh in at 14 stone, 5 lbs, although a lot of my friends say i really dont look that weight. im 5 foot 6. a lot of my friends and work colleagues say i look about 11 or 12 stone, and to be honest i myself dont think i look 14 stone.
i know im big boned, and overweight with it, but the girl at Weight Watchers has set me a target of 11stone!! a lot of people i have told think its a bit much. i am already very active as i work in a leisure centre and im always at the gym or the pool. i would have thought my target would have been about 12 stone, i am just wondering if anyone else thinks this is a bit much?
i weigh in at 14 stone, 5 lbs, although a lot of my friends say i really dont look that weight. im 5 foot 6. a lot of my friends and work colleagues say i look about 11 or 12 stone, and to be honest i myself dont think i look 14 stone.
i know im big boned, and overweight with it, but the girl at Weight Watchers has set me a target of 11stone!! a lot of people i have told think its a bit much. i am already very active as i work in a leisure centre and im always at the gym or the pool. i would have thought my target would have been about 12 stone, i am just wondering if anyone else thinks this is a bit much?
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Perhaps you could set yourself goals in between where you treat yourself to something you really want. It might not seem such a huge step.
Good luck anyway!:)
I go weightwatcher too! I blame the munchies I get from smoking!! It gave me a big booty! When I started I was given a target of 10% of my body weight which was a stone (which I have since lost!! ) They shouldn't have told you, you need to get to 11 stone! Maybe they meant that would be your ideal weight?! Anyway keep going with it cos it does work! And you don't have to always stick to it! the occasional choccie bar don't hurt!! :razz:
Exactly. Attainable goals. You should set your own goals, say a stone in 4 months, that's under a pound a week. Tell your WW rep you think it's too much weight to look at losing in one go. Believe me. If you set your target for losing 14lbs in four months, when you achieve it, it'll boost you self asteem so much the rest will be a doddle. Good luck anyway
I am 5 foot 4, weighing nearly 12 stone. Even if I could lose it down to 11, I will still be largely built.
I started going to weight watchers cos I was feeling really fed up with myself, especially after splitting up with my b/f of 3 years! I'm quite short and I felt that I was getting a lil too pudgy for my height. I've been going since mid-september and I have lost over half a stone which has made all the difference.
Keep going cos it is worth it, and in fact, I am eating more now than I did before! And I haven't had to give up the foods I like, just eat them in moderation!
Good luck
Anyway, I've been going for seven weeks now and I've lost 15.5lbs!!!
What Rubberskin said about interim targets is important. I get the feeling that alot of the people who go aren't really committed and you need to have ambition if you are going to get anywhere. The menus they give you are useful, but most people don't stick to them. However, the second book you get gives "points values" for most foods and it's easy to use them to build your own menus.
It's worth using the low point filler foods, such as fizzy jelly, to keep the hunger away without it having a negative effect on your diet.
If you want any help PM me...
3 and a half stone is a lot to lose but I'm guessing they've set you this target as its a healthy weight for your height. As you're so active that'll help you shed the weight a lot faster than other people who go to your group & don't exercise. Good luck.
I think that a pint of jelly is 80 calouries? That would equate around 1 weight watcher's point.
If you try and deprive yourself of snacks you will only want them more, then when you give in its going to be something naughty..like the ginger nuts you wouldnt have felt so guilty if youd have pigged out on food that has a low point score.
Dont give up, You CAN do it, but dieting shouldnt be torture, if you starve yourself you wont feel motivated, just hungry.
Nah, sugar free is free (no points), as is Diet Lemonade.
You make half a pint with hot water as normal, but the rest you make up with Diet Lemonade instead of cold water. When it sets it retains the "fizz".
It's completely ruined normal jelly for me now though
The worst kind of snacking is the hob nob biscuit. Each one is 70-80 calouries, and with a cup of tea, you will ALWAYS follow up with 3 or 4 hob nobs. The amount of calouries will be comparible to a sandwich.
'Go Ahead' and other low fat varients are tasty, but expensive options, or vice verea (same price, but doesn't taste as good).
The fizzed jelly is a good one, as a jelly pack is only around 45p, and with one-eigths of a lemonade bottle, add 10p.
thanks to everyone who replied with encouraging comments
it helps !
well to update, its a week since i joined and i went to get weighed today and i have lost 6pounds!!! i am so proud of me!!
but i know that i shouldnt get complacent now and i also know that i may stay the same next week...but im so happy for now! and if i havent lost anything next week then i will deal with that when it comes!
My friend has been eating sensibly ( I didnt say dieting because she doesen't call it dieting) for about 9 months now.
To be honest she is approx 5 ft 3 and was wearing size 18 to 20 clothes. shes never told me her weight, i think because she was embarrased. Anyway I didnt really notice a difference straight away, but as the months have gone by you could see her face had thinned out, and the tops of her legs. It seemed after a few months the weight was just dropping from everywhere. One day I was walking in town behind her but I didnt realise it was her because from the back she was half the size, and she had a new skirt and jacket on and looked unbeleivebly thinner than she was. Shes down to what she feels right with, she looks unbeleivebly well, shes had a new hair do and honestly shes a new woman.
Now everyone comments to her how well she looks and that has given her loads more confidence. Oh I almost forgot, she is now size 12 to 14.
Just wanted to share that with you, just to let you know that it can be done, good luck
I feel pretty low at the mo my boyfriend says im not fat but helps me out if i want to lose weight(hes bought me slimming pills that ive asked for-even tho they were crap- and hes bought me one of them toner machines which i use as an excuse if i put weight on (muscle!)
He tells me the ebst thing i can do is running, but i dont want people seeing me running!!! So he suggested the stairs which sounds good, you run up and down them for as long as you can and because ur going upwards its more of a workout! Im gonna start cycling again and using my toner machine, also my sis has got a 'air walker' for christmas(where ur feet go in opposite directions, back and forth) so ill use that when shes got it set up!
Ive decided for me id be better exercising than dieting as my mam buys low fat foods for me all the time but they never seem to work, exercising will.
What does a slimming pill do? It increases your metabolism. This is the rate in which your energy gets burned up. Calories is energy. For every 3500 calories you take in excess, you gain one pound. So the slimming pill will speed up the rate in which your weight gets converted back into energy and then is used for everyday applications like walking and carrying.
Now if you did a daily exercise like cycling for 40 minutes, you will not only lose the calories directly on the bike, but you will also lose calories indirectly from the increase in your metabolism rate. If you stick to a daily ritual on the bike, or at least every weekday, you will achieve a permanent increased rate.
This is what the slimming is equivelent too, but I think that the exercise is a healthier and much cheeper method.
If you can afford to join a gym then do so...toning machines and pills are all well and good but nothing can beat cardio vascular exercise..
baldog, as i said, i work in a leisure centre so i get the gym free, ive been going quite often. cheers everyone for all your replies!
You lost something thats the main thing
That is 6 x 3500 = 21000, which equates to losing 3000 calories a day. In order to lose that much, you would either
a) Not eat
b) Burn 3000 calories on top of what you eat i.e. 5000 calories a day
I'm impressed. Losing 1 lb in a week will be the norm. To maintain this, you will have to burn 500 calories more than what you eat per day. i.e. eat 2000, burn 2500.