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February 2012 Moms
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Weight Watchers Mamas
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I started yesterday. It was the first time I've weighed myself since my last PP check up over a year ago. Man was that number really hard to see. I knew I was a chunky monkey but the number just proved it.
My goal weight is my weight when I was first married (ten years ago!).
Any yummy recipes or tips you have? I last did WW a few years ago when I was trying to get in shape to run a marathon.
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Re: Weight Watchers Mamas
I love WW! I am wearing my pre-preg jeans (need to buy new ones, I think I stretched them when I was preg?) and am within 5 pounds of my lowest adult weight. Favorite recipes are from a WW cookbook....lemon caper chicken and tomato chicken. They are both way easy, but I only recall the specifics for the tomato one. Cook thin pounded chicken in pan (about 12 minutes). Set aside. Add tomatos, onions, garlic, a dash of olive oil, 3 tbsp vinegar, a couple tsp water to skillet. Cook until tomatos are the consistency you want.
I serve the tomatos on the chicken and veggies on the side. I think it's 5 pp per serving.
Progresso light soups rock. Panera salads (thanks to this board!). Tilapia. Chicken teriyaki in the crock pot with brown rice (on LaaLoosh).
Edited to add garlic
WW is great- I love it and have had a lot of success on it for years now. I know the point system is a little different now- just find foods that are filling and lower in points. I love egg white omelettes, Greek yogurt, and vita muffins, and Thomas's light English muffins. It's something I've been doing for 10 yrs and plan to do it forever- it can definitely accommodate anyone's life!
I don't have any recipes off the top of my head, but I follow skinnytaste.com and hungrygirl.com- they send stuff out almost everyday. Also, Sparkpeople is another great resource. Good luck!
Go-to easy foods- egg white omelettes with veggies, toasted light English muffin with sliced tomato or peanut butter, Greek yogurt with a half a cup of fiber 1 mixed in, lots of fruits and veggies, Vitamuffins, salads with avocado and egg whites, low point soup, veggie burgers on sandwich thins, frozen fruit bars, skinny cow ice cream, chicken burgers, salmon, tilapia, grilled chicken
I try to eat a few points less than my daily allowance- I follow the old program, so I get 20 pts a day. I try to eat 17 and if I am still hungry at the end of the day, I will eat something. I also plan my points out in advance- so I know what I will eat when, etc., so I don't run out of points. I had this problem when I tried doing WW as a teenager- I would keep eating and not think about what would happen if I had no points for dinner.
I also only shop on the outer perimeter of the super market and try to avoid eating things out of boxes/ bags. Of course I do sometimes, but this really helped in making me feel fuller longer and eating more healthy foods.
Good luck!!!!!!
I do no point snacks mostly.
Oranges
Apple slices
Pickles
Sometimes throw a couple Laughing Cow slices (1 point each) onto a plate with fruit and that's yummy.
My pick me up is tall decaf Starbucks mocha frap nonfat no whip (3 points).
I also love the VitaTops at 3 points and have those randomly.
WW ice cream rocks - I usually have a cone in the evening if I want more to eat and it's carby and dairy and pretty satisfying.
And my sanity savers for fast food...
Taco Bell beef fresco tacos - 4 points each (and if I eat a light soup for lunch you better believe I eat four for dinner and feel zero guilt)
Taco Cabana Street tacos 3 pack are 7 points, and the soft black bean taco is five points.