Weight Watchers Day 1

iheartsippycups

I finally decided to join weight watchers after a few friends of mine did & have had success. Today is Day 1- my daily points are 27.The point system will take some getting used to, but I have the app on my phone to help me out & the bar code scanner.

Anyone have any tips/advice?

iheartsippycups

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Be very very aware of portion size.  I actually ended up buying some cheap food scale until I got more co

missyishere

Going through your cupboards and fridge to determine points and write them on containers can help, too.

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ASmallWonder

Drink LOTS of water and add a salad to both lunch and dinner.  Prep your food for work/travel the night before.  You're much more likely to grab and eat a baggy of carrots or grapes if they're prepped for you than not.  I think for a lot of

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missyishere:

Going through your cupboards and fridge to determine points and write them on containers can help, too.

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elmoali:

Drink LOTS of water and add a salad to both lunch and dinner.  Prep your food for work/travel the night before.

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bearfootz

The biggest challenge that I have is that I need to remember to plan ahead and keep healthy snacks around for when I get hungry so that I can snack on something low point vs. heading to the vending machine.  When I plan, I do well.  And it's

missyishere

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What are good go to snacks/meals with low points? how do I see that without looking up food individually?!

missyishere

iheartsippycups:

What are good go to snacks/meals with low points? how do I see that without looking up food individually?!

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iheartsippycups

Thanks for all the tips & ideas ladies!

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MamatoA2010

I'm a WWer but my body is sluggish with losing weight. It took me a full year to lose 32 lbs. I started WW in March 2012 weighing 188 lbs. I'm now 156. GL to you!

weeblek

Lifetimer here, lost 34 lbs in 10 months and kept it off for 7 months so far.  

Hard boiled eggs = 2 points.  They kept me full a lot longer than other snacks, like chips/pretzels.  Fruit = zero points I think, even bananas, w

Soxgirl07

When I did it years ago, I figured out the point value of a lot of my go-to recipes and wrote it out by ingredient. That way I didn't have to calculate each time AND I could easily see where the points were to make substitutions, either for the points or

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Mom2Oli:

When I did the program, fruits and veggies were 0 points, but you have to be careful with which fruits. I loved mango