ProPoints First time weight watcher - Food diary

[kfairhurst81]

Hi

A bit about me-

I used to be a complete gym bunny and a very toned size 10, when I changed jobs I found I struggled to make time for the gym and eventually stopped going but still exercised in other ways at home so stayed a less toned size 10. I got married in 2010 and on the first day of honeymoon completely tore the ligament in my left knee. At the end of 2010 I had this operated on and slowly began to gain weight as I was doing no activity whatsoever.

By 2012 I was a size 14 and not very happy about it but was struggling to shift the lbs. In May I found out I was expecting our first child and our amazing son was born in January of this year. He is 10 weeks old today . Unfortunately I was one of those silly people who decide that pregnancy is the perfect time to stuff yourself silly so now I am sitting at 13st 12lbs and a very wobbly size 16

I have just joined Weight Watchers online who say I can have 45 pro points a day and 49 weeklies which seems a huge amount but I am breast feeding so we'll see how it goes. I've decided to start a food diary to keep me motivated. I have never done a slimming plan before so I'm excited to see the results.

Wish me luck!!

Week 1 statistics

Height 5' 7''
Weight 13st 12lb
Waist 39''
Hips 47''
Right Thigh 27"
Left Thigh 26.5"
Right Arm 13.5"
Left Arm 13"

 

[Emmaline]

Hi Kfairhurst, Welcome to the forum.
First of all.. congratulations on your wee baby boy.. :553:
Second.. Well done on starting your diary too.. it's a great help to be able to see how you are doing and others can drop in to give you the support.
My daughter lost all her weight following WW and I am sure you will find it helpful too.

All the best to you...

 

[kfairhurst81]

Well my first day dieting isn't officially until today as I only got on line yesterday afternoon to plan my meals but I decided that I would diary all my food from yesterday and take any excess from my weeklies to ensure the best loss possible this week. I have a hen do on the 20th so I would love to be a few lbs lighter. I'm actually shocked at how much I ate - its so easy to kid yourself that you're not really eating that much... so here goes;

Breakfast
45g Cornflakes with milk – 7pp
2 x Coffee with 2 Sugars and Milk – 4pp
11pp

Lunch
Medium Skinny Cappuccino from Costa (No Sugar) – 3pp
Costa Ploughmans Sandwich – 12pp
Tyrells Vegetable Crisps – 6pp
21pp

Dinner
Uncle Bens Express Rice ½ Pack – 5pp
M&S Fuller Longer Chicken Curry – 8pp
½ Tub of Rachels Raspberry Yogurt – 5pp
18pp

Snacks
M&S Tuna & Sweetcorn Sandwich 10pp
1 Lotus Caramelised Biscuit 1pp
1 Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino 1pp
2 Sugar 1pp
13pp

Total 63 PP

Daily PP used 45
Weekly PP used 18

Weekly remaining 31

 

[shadow12]

Hya good luck on your journey, I started ww on Tuesday and a similar start weight to you 13st6, I'm on 29pp a day x

 

[kfairhurst81]

Hi, Thank you. Good luck to you too. They do seem to have given me a lot of extra points because I'm breast feeding - I better stick at it or they'll take them off me lol. I will be weighing in on a Tuesday so we should be on the same day too we'll have to compare notes

 

[shadow12]

Thank you and yes that's a lot of points but yo do need it to make the milk for baby so enjoy while it lasts lol


Am really looking forward to weigh in, only 3 days in but am feeling great and making soo much more healthier choices

 

[kfairhurst81]

Well yesterday I went shopping and got some alpen coconut and chocolate bars as a treat as they are only 3pp each and absolubtly delicious and last night I ate 2 along with the 2 Alpen Light bars I had at breakfast so I went way over my daily points - very annoyed at myself! I also need to cut down on cups of tea and coffee. I'll give it a try today eek..

Breakfast
Quaker Oats with milk 5pp
1 tsp Honey 1pp
2 Bars Alpen Light 3pp
9pp

Lunch
M&S Egg Mayo Sandwich 9pp
200g Baked Beans 4pp
1 Slice Hovis Wholemeal Bread 3pp
16pp

Dinner
Large Spag Bol made with quorn mince and dolmio 16pp
1 Tablespoon Parmesan 2pp
18pp

Snacks
Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino 1pp
3 Cups Tea with Sugar and Milk 5pp
Banana 0pp
2 Alpen chocolate and coconut bars 7pp L
13pp

Total 56 PP

Daily PP used 45
Weekly PP used 11

Weekly remaining 20

 

[shadow12]

Although you went over on your points today it's not like you sent over by eating aloud of crap and that's what your weeklies are there for

I bought some Special K bars today think they are new and they are only 2 pp each so I picked up 3 boxes in different flavours to see me through it saves 1pp from the Alpen bars as every point helps lol

 

[kfairhurst81]

Well I was naughty again yesterday had wine and chocolate eek!! It was so good though - thank god for weeklies which means I'm still on plan. I am going to have to buy in some fruit so I don't keep snacking on the alpen bars lol. My dad is coming to lunch today and was going to buy a rotisserie chicken thinking it would be the healthy option - 13pp in a quarter!! I bought some sweet chilli and lime breasts instead only 5pp each. I can't believe I always thought rotisserie chickens were healthy.

So yesterdays meals were...
Breakfast
Quaker Oats with milk 5pp
1 tsp Honey 1pp
Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino with sugar 2pp
Banana 0pp
8pp

Lunch
½ tub Rachels Raspberry Yogurt 5pp
M&S Fuller Longer Chicken in Red Wine 8pp
13pp

Dinner
Chicken Casserole 6pp
New Potatoes crushed with Philidelphia 6pp
12pp

Snacks
1 Tea with milk and sugar 2pp
Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino 1pp
2 Ryvita with Philidelphia and celery 3pp
Alpen chocolate and coconut bar 3pp
2 Bars Alpen Light 3pp
2 Glasses Prossecco 6pp
1 bar Dairy Milk Chocolate 7pp
25pp

Total 58 PP

Daily PP used 45
Weekly PP used 13

Weekly remaining 7

 

[elfy1807]

Nice to read your food diary kfairhurst. I'm sure it will all go well.

Do you have a goal (like a weight you'd like to be, amount of weight you'd like to lose, number of inches off certain areas) or just want to lose weight, see how it goes and maybe get back down to the size 10 you were?!
No need to answer, just curious. I enjoy hearing other people's goals, and you already have your starting stats up there. If you had your goal(s) up too, I'm sure the members here are all willing to support you, and will enjoy celebrating your losses with you, and giving you the motivation to keep going when things don't quite go to plan.

Good luck with your weight loss! =D

 

[Deepsurf]

I started WW propoints recently too and first week lost 1lb but that was Easter week so really focused last week and stuck to propoints and weighed everything and lost 5lbs. Delighted with myself. 45 daily does seem very high even though you are breastfeeding. My sister is too and she is on 39. I think it's 10 propoints over what you normally get if you're breastfeeding. Love reading all the food diaries. Good luck with it all and keep us posted.

 

[kfairhurst81]

Hi - Thanks for the messages.

Yes my goal weight is 10st which is what I weighed at my wedding in 2010 I'll try and figure out how to add it to my profile. I was 9st before that so I would eventually like to be back there but that may be a pipe dream.

Wow Deepsurf 5lbs in a week is amazing. Is that using your weeklies too? I think 45 is high but I'm going to see how it goes I'm still starving all the time! - I could honestly eat constantly! Hopefully if I can stick to what they've given me I'll see a loss. Can't wait to weigh in now.

 

[elfy1807]

Well done Deepsurf. I'd love to lose 5lbs soon (well 6lbs and make it to a nice round 12stone, meaning just an extra 2 stone to my goal).

My aim is to get to 10 stone, to get to a normal BMI weight and then anything after that is bonus, so I think that's how you should start kfairhurst - go with your 10, see how you get on, and then maybe alter the goal to 9stone.

As for the high points, I read on another thread, someone was struggling to eat all their daily allowance and someone recommended eating fuller fat items - full fat yoghurt instead of low fat or fat free, full fat butter instead of cal sprays etc, so maybe you could try that to use them.
Also, if you're hungry, try some more filling foods, there's a couple of threads where people are using simply filling on ww. They don't count their pp, but I'm sure they could give you some tips on filling foods with higher pp so you're not getting hungry as often (and end up snacking on high pp junk to use the points), but still using all the points.

 

[kfairhurst81]

I don't seem to have a problem using the points lol. I'm pretty happy with my allowance if I can lose weight on it. Guess I'll find out on Tuesday. I hope you get your 6lb that would be amazing

 

[kfairhurst81]

Well I managed to only go one point into my weeklies yesterday. Lunch with my Dad was amazing. I totally recommend those chicken breasts. I really wanted chocolate last night while I watched a film so I didn't have pasta with my bolognaise sauce at dinner. Not the healthiest swap I know but I got to enjoy my chocolate guilt free

Breakfast
Quaker Oats with milk 5pp
1 tsp Honey 1pp
Banana 0pp
6pp

Lunch
Tesco chicken breast with sweet chilli and lime 5pp
Crushed New Potatoes with Light Philidelphia cheese 6pp
Salad 0pp
2 tablespoons Light Salad Cream 2pp
13pp

Dinner
Quorn Mince Bolognaise (Made with Dolmio) 7pp
1 Tablespoon Parmesan 2pp
Salad 0pp
1 Tablespoon Light Salad Cream 1pp
10pp

Snacks
Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino with no sugar 1pp
2 Tea with milk and sugar 3pp
2 Ryvita with Philidelphia and celery 3pp
Alpen chocolate and coconut bar 3pp
1 bar Dairy Milk Chocolate 7pp
17pp

Total 46 PP

Daily PP used 45
Weekly PP used 1

Weekly remaining 6

 

[elfy1807]

I don't seem to have a problem using the points lol. I'm pretty happy with my allowance if I can lose weight on it. Guess I'll find out on Tuesday. I hope you get your 6lb that would be amazing

Sorry, I must've misread when you said you thought it seemed pretty high.
If it's working for you, then good luck with it =D

And thanks, it would be nice. It's so hard avoiding weighing myself. Really hope I've lost something this week, as I feel I've done well with my eating so far and have kicked butt down the gym (in my opinion haha)

 

[kfairhurst81]

Well yesterday we went to our friends for their sons 4th birthday party. There were loads of pizzas and I ate one slice before I even remembered I was supposed to be dieting. Just shows how much you eat without even thinking about it. We were there for 3 hours so I ended up having a second slice just before we left as I was starving - luckily they were tesco pizzas cut into 10 slices so each slice was tiny and it only worked out at 5pp.
Also when we first got there they had no diet drinks so I was offered a britvic J20 which was only 88 calories but when I came home to point it it was 4 points!! I wish I'd stuck to water. It turns out I have used all my weeklies now so have to stay under my dailys today.

Yesterday looked like this
Breakfast
Quaker Oats with milk 5pp
1 tsp Honey 1pp
Banana 0pp
6pp

Lunch
1 Can Baked Beans 9pp
4 slices Warburtons Wholemeal Toast 6pp
15pp

Dinner
McCain Jacket Potato 5pp
Home Made Chilli 6pp
Salad 0pp
1 Tablespoon Salad Cream 1pp
12pp

Snacks
Dolce Gusto Skinny Cappuccino with no sugar 2pp
2 small slices pizza 5pp
1 Bottle Britvic Apple and Raspberry 4pp
Alpen chocolate and coconut bar 3pp
1 Bar Alpen Light Double Choc 2pp
1 Tea with Milk and Sugar 2pp
18pp

Total 51 PP

Daily PP used 45
Weekly PP used 6

Weekly remaining 0

 

[kfairhurst81]

I'm so proud of myself. I've been out shopping and on my way back I had to pass McDonalds.I was starving and was so tempted but I came straight home and had some Ryvita with Philidelphia and an apple. It was really nice and I'm so relieved I didn't break!! I might plan one into next weeks meals to reward myself

Weigh in tomorrow morning I can't wait xx

 

[elfy1807]

Well done on not giving in.
I know how hard it is not eating takeaway.
My fave ever is KFC, and since starting WW on wednesday, I've been around people eating KFC twice.
Once on Wednesday, when my friend popped into the drive thru, and then again on Thursday when my bf wanted KFC and asked me drive him there. And I sat there watching him eat it, extremely jealous. He left his chips as well, and it was hard not pinching one off his plate. But I resisted.
So well done you!

Good luck with your weigh in, let us know how you get on
I'm not weighing til Wednesday, and it's also hard resisting the urge to weigh myself right now haha

 

[shadow12]

Well done on resisting and good luck for weigh in tomorrow. It's my first weigh in aswell!

I've already planned when having McDonalds the points etc lol

I'm having nandos for lunch tomorrow after weigh in and can get a nice lunch for around 13points which is great