Re: Bevs weigh in & now I've beensick...

[Guest guest]

It's my understanding that you can't bank more than ten food points per

week. So even if you ate your minimum points every day for six days saving

up for a party and ended up with 30 points banked you are only supposed to

use ten. That's what they told us in our meeting anyway.

Kris

Bevs weigh in & now I've been sick...

HELP!

I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good news.

SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat. I

am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days to go

before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked points

to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them gradually. I

still don't have much of an appetite yet.

Bev

216.8/185.2/130

Start Oct 22 2002

[Guest guest]

You have to eat your minimum points each day, plus activity points. You can

bank up to half of your activity points, but have to eat at least half of

them. If you have 30 points in the bank you can only use 10 in one day, but

you could use 10 one day and 10 the next, for example.

Semalee

Either you are in control, or you are being controlled. I choose to be in

control.

176.4/150.2/125

-- Bevs weigh in & now I've been sick...

HELP!

I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good news.

SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat. I

am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days to go

before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked points

to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them gradually. I

still don't have much of an appetite yet.

Bev

216.8/185.2/130

Start Oct 22 2002

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My understanding is you are never " required " to eat any of your activity

points. Have you heard otherwise?.

Charlie

Bevs weigh in & now I've been sick...

HELP!

I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good news.

SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat. I

am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days to go

before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked points

to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them gradually. I

still don't have much of an appetite yet.

Bev

216.8/185.2/130

Start Oct 22 2002

[Guest guest]

My understanding is you are never " required " to eat any of your activity

points. Have you heard otherwise?.

Actually, yes. I had heard that too, and I had also heard that you should

never eat more than four in a day. I have been excercising for the last 3

weeks at least 3 days a week high intensity workouts (like advanced step) I

am not a person who was very active before, but I like the advanced classes

cause I am so busy trying to keep up that I don't even realize I feel like I

am going to die!! Anyway, I have been eating a maximum of 4 of those points

each day and making sure to get all of my veggies, eating yogurt for dessert

drinking water by the gallon, etc. I have showed a gain for the last three

weeks. Not small gains either, this week was 1.2 pounds, last week 4 pounds

and the week before 2.2. I talked to my leader about it (cause I have been

quite successful on WW before now) and she said WW recommends you eat all of

your activity points because if you don't your body will go into conserve

mode, which is what is happening to me probably. It is very hard for me to

fathom eating 7 extra points on the days I work out, especially cause I am

not nearly as hungry those days!! But I am going to try it this week and

see what happens.... Anyway, that is what my leader said....

Semalee

Either you are in control, or you are being controlled. I choose to be in

control.

176.4/150.2/125

-- Bevs weigh in & now I've been sick...

HELP!

I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good news.

SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat. I

am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days to go

before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked points

to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them gradually. I

still don't have much of an appetite yet.

Bev

216.8/185.2/130

Start Oct 22 2002

[Guest guest]

Isn't there a gal on the list that is a personal trainer?? I would be really

curious to know what her opinion is on this subject. I have been told (by

both my WW leader and a friend who is a body builder) that when you are

working out regularly you are building muscle, and in order to build muscle

your body has to take in a lot of extra water to repair and rebuild. It can

take weeks or months for your body to get rid of that extra water if you are

continuing with the exercises. So your weight gain may not be anything more

than water retention and gain from building muscle. If you aren't

comfortable eating more I don't know that you should. I would think that

it's more important to listen to what your body is telling you. If you are

starving after doing all the exercise and your points aren't enough then it

would make sense to eat more. But if your body isn't hungry I shouldn't you

listen to it?

Kris

Bevs weigh in & now I've been sick...

HELP!

I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good news.

SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat. I

am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days to go

before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked points

to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them gradually. I

still don't have much of an appetite yet.

Bev

216.8/185.2/130

Start Oct 22 2002

[Guest guest]

> You have to eat your minimum points each day, plus activity

points. You can

> bank up to half of your activity points, but have to eat at least

half of

> them. If you have 30 points in the bank you can only use 10 in one

day, but

> you could use 10 one day and 10 the next, for example.

well, Semalee, if you're throwing up every 30 minutes like I was, its

very hard to think about eating your minimum points....

I felt better Thursday, then it came back with a vengance on Friday.

Today, I have managed to keep breakfast down for the last few hours

anyway.

I guess I'll just pretty much have to scratch this whole week points

wise, unless some one can tell me the points for " alka seltzer " ?

Lots of sodium, I know, but I even threw up the water.

Man, I really hate being sick....

Bev (not enjoying the week at ALLl)

> From: " Bev <bevsuebb@c...> " <bevsuebb@c...>

> Reply-To: Serious-Weight-Watchers

> Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:59:24 -0000

> To: Serious-Weight-Watchers

> Subject: Bevs weigh in & now I've been

sick...

>

>

> HELP!

> I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good

news.

> SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

> I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat.

I

> am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days

to go

> before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked

points

> to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them

gradually. I

> still don't have much of an appetite yet.

>

> Bev

> 216.8/185.2/130

> Start Oct 22 2002

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Aww Bev.. wow.. that really is bad.. I'm sorry you were/are sick. Here's a

ton of healing vibes for you.. ((((((Bev))))))... now get better!!

---

O.

272/232/172

Re: Bevs weigh in & now I've beensick...

> well, Semalee, if you're throwing up every 30 minutes like I was, its

> very hard to think about eating your minimum points....

> I felt better Thursday, then it came back with a vengance on Friday.

> Today, I have managed to keep breakfast down for the last few hours

> anyway.

[Guest guest]

Thanks ,

You're such a sweetie! I feel better already ;>

and now the weather people are calling for 4-6 " of ICE tonight and 8-

12 " of snow tomorrow & Monday (26 degrees now). Gee, I wonder how

much better this can get? AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! LOL

just playing though, I love snow, and all 3 of my sons are home, even

my oldest from college, my DH is in the house too, instead of running

all over & working his tail off like usual. SO, despite being woosie,

all is pretty good ))

Bev(off to load the woodstove, brrrrrrr)

> Aww Bev.. wow.. that really is bad.. I'm sorry you were/are sick.

Here's a

> ton of healing vibes for you.. ((((((Bev))))))... now get better!!

>

> ---

> O.

> 272/232/172

>

>

>

> Re: Bevs weigh in & now I've

beensick...

>

> > well, Semalee, if you're throwing up every 30 minutes like I was,

its

> > very hard to think about eating your minimum points....

> > I felt better Thursday, then it came back with a vengance on

Friday.

> > Today, I have managed to keep breakfast down for the last few

hours

> > anyway.

[Guest guest]

>

[Wow, Bev. Where do you live? Throw some snow down this way (Texas)!!]

No don't!!! I hate the cold!! I am so tired of winter, is this the winter

that just keeps on keepin on or what????? Glad you are feeling better Bev,

I would just do the best you can with your points and listen to your body.

If you can't eat that much don't force it, but get plenty of fruits and

veggies they will make you feel better faster...

Semalee

[Guest guest]

[isn't there a gal on the list that is a personal trainer?? I would be

really

curious to know what her opinion is on this subject. I have been told (by

both my WW leader and a friend who is a body builder) that when you are

working out regularly you are building muscle, and in order to build muscle

your body has to take in a lot of extra water to repair and rebuild. It can

take weeks or months for your body to get rid of that extra water if you are

continuing with the exercises. So your weight gain may not be anything more

than water retention and gain from building muscle.]

My leader said something similar, she said it could even take 4-6 weeks to

balance back out. My husband keeps saying it has to be muscle cause he says

I look better than ever, but it just seems like so much!! You all would be

proud of me, I made myself eat 38 points yesterday (25 + 10 banked + 3

activity (gardening)) I basically ate everything I wanted, even a chocolate

bar.... It is amazing how much food is in 38 points!!

Semalee

Either you are in control, or you are being controlled. I choose to be in

control.

176.4/145/125

[Guest guest]

Gardening! I am so jealous, where do you live! I'm stuck in the deep

freeze in Ontario, Canada.

Semalee wrote:

>

>

> My leader said something similar, she said it could even take 4-6 weeks to

> balance back out. My husband keeps saying it has to be muscle cause

> he says

> I look better than ever, but it just seems like so much!! You all

> would be

> proud of me, I made myself eat 38 points yesterday (25 + 10 banked + 3

> activity (gardening)) I basically ate everything I wanted, even a

> chocolate

> bar.... It is amazing how much food is in 38 points!!

>

> Semalee

> Either you are in control, or you are being controlled. I choose to be in

> control.

>

> 176.4/145/125

>

>

[Guest guest]

Like anything having to do with the human body, your experience is going

to vary. If we were all machines created on an assembly line than what

works for you would work for me, and vice versa. Unfortunately that's

not the case, so you have to work within the WW program to find what

works for your particular body.

I earn (when healthy) 7-9 Aps a day. I never eat them. I bank 4 of them

and the rest are happy little presents I give to my body. On the weekend

I go into my bank. You can bank 9 points total a day (only 5 from food)

so unlike what someone else said in the thread, you CAN bank more than

10 a week. I use my bank on the weekends, some on Saturday some on

Sunday, but never go into it more than 10 points per day. I leave every

week with 20-30 points uneaten.

Doing this I lost an average of 2.1 pounds a week over a year.

Unfortunately that might not work for someone else. I am assuming my

metabolism is pretty regular. It doesn't rev up or slow down much, but

runs pretty much the same. For one thing, I never seriously dieted

before WW (except a three day nightmare with that horrible Atkins, and

one crash diet when I was very young where I starved myself to lose,

only to gain back double within half the time it took me to lose).

Someone else might have yo-yoed for years, really bunging up the

metabolism to the point where they can't eat any of their Aps without

gaining. Someone else may have a body that is highly susceptible to

metabolic change from diet and exercise. One size just won't fit all.

So I suggest that people try different things if they find that they are

gaining. More food might be the answer, or not eating the Aps might be

the answer. Quitting, though, is never the answer so I applaud everyone

who keeps going despite gains!

Tory

Bevs weigh in & now I've been

sick...

HELP!

I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good news.

SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat. I

am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days to go

before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked points

to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them gradually. I

still don't have much of an appetite yet.

Bev

216.8/185.2/130

Start Oct 22 2002

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/17/2003 10:02:28 AM Central Standard Time,

bevsuebb@... writes:

> Do Texans cope well with snow? LOL

No they don't!! LOL You should see them trying to drive with just an inch out

there. They act like it's a blizzard. Texans do know about water shortage

though!! I'm originally from Michigan, so I don't consider myself a Texan.

Thank goodness. LOL

Luanne

[Guest guest]

Im in Charlottesville Va.

We've had more snow this year than the last 5 put together!

Our stupid school system got cocky & didn't bother to build in any

snow days this year so the kids will be going to school thru JULY

probably. Even my 9 year old is getting tired of being off and he

hates to go to school!

We need the moisture though, and slow melts from snow are the best

way to get in. We had more folks with wells going dry, and the

reservior was at 30% for about 2 months this fall. We were really

getting scared about the water sitch. All is good now though!

Do Texans cope well with snow? LOL

Bev

> In a message dated 2/15/2003 6:54:40 PM Central Standard Time,

> bevsuebb@c... writes:

>

> >

> > and now the weather people are calling for 4-6 " of ICE tonight

and 8-

> > 12 " of snow tomorrow & Monday (26 degrees now). Gee, I wonder how

> > much better this can get? AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! LOL

> > just playing though, I love snow, and all 3 of my sons are home,

even

> > my oldest from college, my DH is in the house too, instead of

running

> > all over & working his tail off like usual. SO, despite being

woosie,

> > all is pretty good ))

> >

>

> Wow, Bev. Where do you live? Throw some snow down this way (Texas)!!

>

>

> Luanne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Bev,

I think it is so neat that we are both named Beverly, both teach school, and

both had sinus infections. We didn't have school today due to President's Day.

No snow days for us yet and I'm hoping we don't have any. Last year we went till

June 7. ugh!

Re: Bevs weigh in & now I've beensick...

Im in Charlottesville Va.

We've had more snow this year than the last 5 put together!

Our stupid school system got cocky & didn't bother to build in any

snow days this year so the kids will be going to school thru JULY

probably. Even my 9 year old is getting tired of being off and he

hates to go to school!

We need the moisture though, and slow melts from snow are the best

way to get in. We had more folks with wells going dry, and the

reservior was at 30% for about 2 months this fall. We were really

getting scared about the water sitch. All is good now though!

Do Texans cope well with snow? LOL

Bev

> In a message dated 2/15/2003 6:54:40 PM Central Standard Time,

> bevsuebb@c... writes:

>

> >

> > and now the weather people are calling for 4-6 " of ICE tonight

and 8-

> > 12 " of snow tomorrow & Monday (26 degrees now). Gee, I wonder how

> > much better this can get? AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! LOL

> > just playing though, I love snow, and all 3 of my sons are home,

even

> > my oldest from college, my DH is in the house too, instead of

running

> > all over & working his tail off like usual. SO, despite being

woosie,

> > all is pretty good ))

> >

>

> Wow, Bev. Where do you live? Throw some snow down this way (Texas)!!

>

>

> Luanne

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

[Gardening! I am so jealous, where do you live! I'm stuck in the deep

freeze in Ontario, Canada.]

I live in Katy, Texas, just west of Houston. I was gardening Saturday and

now we just got another cold front, so it is cold again!! expecting a high

of 50 today. I know, you are thinking you would kill for 50, but I don't

like anything lower than 70 now that I have lost some weight!!

Semalee

Either you are in control, or you are being controlled. I choose to be in

control.

176.4/150.2/125

[Guest guest]

Do Texans cope well with snow? LOL

HA! Uh, NO!!! well, actually, it rarely sticks (especially in South

Texas), so we just like to watch it falling from the sky. (Me from inside

under 4 blankets.... actually, I don't even like to see it!! LOL!!) Grew

up in Park City, Utah (home of the 2002 winter olympics), and I have to say

I don't miss that awful white stuff ONE BIT!!

Semalee

Either you are in control, or you are being controlled. I choose to be in

control.

176.4/150.2/125

[Guest guest]

Oh man Tory,

I wish you were my leader, the one I have is good, but you've got her

beat by miles

You are such an inspiration to me.

Thank you!

Bev

> Like anything having to do with the human body, your experience is

going

> to vary. If we were all machines created on an assembly line than

what

> works for you would work for me, and vice versa. Unfortunately

that's

> not the case, so you have to work within the WW program to find what

> works for your particular body.

>

> I earn (when healthy) 7-9 Aps a day. I never eat them. I bank 4 of

them

> and the rest are happy little presents I give to my body. On the

weekend

> I go into my bank. You can bank 9 points total a day (only 5 from

food)

> so unlike what someone else said in the thread, you CAN bank more

than

> 10 a week. I use my bank on the weekends, some on Saturday some on

> Sunday, but never go into it more than 10 points per day. I leave

every

> week with 20-30 points uneaten.

>

> Doing this I lost an average of 2.1 pounds a week over a year.

>

> Unfortunately that might not work for someone else. I am assuming my

> metabolism is pretty regular. It doesn't rev up or slow down much,

but

> runs pretty much the same. For one thing, I never seriously dieted

> before WW (except a three day nightmare with that horrible Atkins,

and

> one crash diet when I was very young where I starved myself to lose,

> only to gain back double within half the time it took me to lose).

> Someone else might have yo-yoed for years, really bunging up the

> metabolism to the point where they can't eat any of their Aps

without

> gaining. Someone else may have a body that is highly susceptible to

> metabolic change from diet and exercise. One size just won't fit

all.

>

> So I suggest that people try different things if they find that

they are

> gaining. More food might be the answer, or not eating the Aps might

be

> the answer. Quitting, though, is never the answer so I applaud

everyone

> who keeps going despite gains!

>

> Tory

>

> Bevs weigh in & now I've been

> sick...

>

>

> HELP!

> I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good

news.

> SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

> I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat.

I

> am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days

to go

> before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked

points

> to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them

gradually. I

> still don't have much of an appetite yet.

>

> Bev

> 216.8/185.2/130

> Start Oct 22 2002

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

This is my only complaint about loosing weight. I am always freezing now! My

husband used to always complain that it was to cold in the house (at 70

deg.) and I would tell him it was fine and go put some more clothes on. Now

I'm always complaining it's cold and he just laughs and tells me " then go

put more clothes on " ....then he goes and turns up the heat )

Kris

-----Original Message-----

I know, you are thinking you would kill for 50, but I don't

like anything lower than 70 now that I have lost some weight!!

Semalee

Either you are in control, or you are being controlled. I choose to be in

control.

176.4/150.2/125

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bev. What a very sweet thing to say.

Bevs weigh in & now I've been

> sick...

>

>

> HELP!

> I had my weigh in on Tues, and lost 2 pounds! That is the good

news.

> SOOOO. Got the " mini flu " Tues night & all day Wed.

> I've been sick for the last 2 days and was TOTALLY unable to eat.

I

> am dealing with a total of 32 banked points and I've got 5 days

to go

> before my next weigh in. Any ideas of how to put those banked

points

> to good use? do I just drop them & move on, or use them

gradually. I

> still don't have much of an appetite yet.

>

> Bev

> 216.8/185.2/130

> Start Oct 22 2002

>

>

>