A couple of things that are working for me
It's been a while since I posted here. I broke my arm in late Jan and it made it hard to type. But I've made some progress with the weight loss, so I thought it might be worth noting down some hints and tips. Will share these with two of my sisters who've recently joined WeightWatchers.
Weight Watchers foods are not the only low-point option
Other brands do 'light' or 'healthy' ready meals, snacks and sandwiches that are worth checking out.
Stash some low-point snacks
I find it very hard to resist the chocolate machine and the little shop. So, taking advice from Skinny Doll's blog I've learned to stash low-point snacks in my handbag, my desk drawer and at home.
These include:
Fruit (0 ProPoints)
14g snack boxes of raisins (1 ProPoint)
Alpen Light cereal bars (2 ProPoints)
Packets of 3 Jaffa Cakes (4 ProPoints but worth it!)
Pom Bear crisps (3 ProPoints)
Dark choc (3 ProPoints for 20g)
Mini containers of nuts (3 ProPoints)
Make Chinese-style food using lots of veg, prawns, sachet of sauce and Uncle Ben's Express Rice
Very yummy and much lower in ProPoints than a takeaway! My other half came up with this idea and it works really well. (He mentioned this morning that he is losing weight as a result of me doing WW)
It is worth weighing high carb stuff to keep portion size sensible
When I started WW, people said, "Watch out - you'll have to weigh everything." But I don't really bother with most things, I tend to do stuff by eye (e.g. a quarter of a packet or whatever). But with pasta or breakfast cereal it is worth weighing stuff cos it makes a lot of difference in terms of points and it's worth getting used to a sensible portion size. 60g of pasta is plenty, but I'm pretty sure I would have wolfed down twice that without noticing when I used to eat pasta without weighing it.
Find low point sandwiches
I eat shop-bought sandwiches most days at work and I've found that they can vary between 7 ProProints and more than twice that. So now I tend to stick to sandwiches in the 7-10 ProPoints range as this means I have points spare for an afternoon snack.
Talking of which, it's about time I went to get some lunch!
RuthJ
Weight Watchers foods are not the only low-point option
Other brands do 'light' or 'healthy' ready meals, snacks and sandwiches that are worth checking out.
Stash some low-point snacks
I find it very hard to resist the chocolate machine and the little shop. So, taking advice from Skinny Doll's blog I've learned to stash low-point snacks in my handbag, my desk drawer and at home.
These include:
Fruit (0 ProPoints)
14g snack boxes of raisins (1 ProPoint)
Alpen Light cereal bars (2 ProPoints)
Packets of 3 Jaffa Cakes (4 ProPoints but worth it!)
Pom Bear crisps (3 ProPoints)
Dark choc (3 ProPoints for 20g)
Mini containers of nuts (3 ProPoints)
Make Chinese-style food using lots of veg, prawns, sachet of sauce and Uncle Ben's Express Rice
Very yummy and much lower in ProPoints than a takeaway! My other half came up with this idea and it works really well. (He mentioned this morning that he is losing weight as a result of me doing WW)
It is worth weighing high carb stuff to keep portion size sensible
When I started WW, people said, "Watch out - you'll have to weigh everything." But I don't really bother with most things, I tend to do stuff by eye (e.g. a quarter of a packet or whatever). But with pasta or breakfast cereal it is worth weighing stuff cos it makes a lot of difference in terms of points and it's worth getting used to a sensible portion size. 60g of pasta is plenty, but I'm pretty sure I would have wolfed down twice that without noticing when I used to eat pasta without weighing it.
Find low point sandwiches
I eat shop-bought sandwiches most days at work and I've found that they can vary between 7 ProProints and more than twice that. So now I tend to stick to sandwiches in the 7-10 ProPoints range as this means I have points spare for an afternoon snack.
Talking of which, it's about time I went to get some lunch!
RuthJ