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Your efforts paid off! Congrats!

This report was on the news this morning and they noted that the advice to workout for an hour a day or more only applies to those who do NOT watch what they eat & the standard 30 minutes, 7 days a week is fine for those who are watching what they eat. It just goes to show you how important eating right really is when it comes to weight loss.

WW POINTS® Tracker entries Friday, March 26, 2010 Morning 1/4 cup(s) trail mix 4 1 cup(s) cooked instant oatmeal 2 Subtotal 6 Midday 6 oz Light Berries 'N Cream Yogurt 2 Subtotal 2 Evening No entries for this meal time. Subtotal 0 Anytime Trader Joes Yogurt Covered Pretzels 4 Subtotal 4 Food POINTS values total used 12 Food POINTS values remaining 10

I am at 164, so i have lost 9/10 of a pound this week. Not much but I will take it.

That is the best story I have read for an NSV & beats the scale any day doesnt it?

Are most of you like me and find that the days you seem to be down the most are Fridays & Saturdays? I find that very compelling actually. I always retain water Mon - Thurs for some reason. Go figure.

Dear HG, Just bought Almond Breeze (Unsweetened Vanilla). What should I do with it? AB Advice Please Dear AB Advice, Way to go! You have purchased my favorite milk-like product on the planet: Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze. I am in love with that stuff. Madly, in fact. Why? Because it has half the calories of most light "milk" options, and the flavor is WAYYYYYY better. An 8-oz. serving of UVAB has just 40 calories (not to mention 25 percent of the daily value for vitamin D), and it's super creamy! INSANITY. There are dozens of ways to use this stuff -- including HG recipes that call for light vanilla soymilk -- but I don't think there's room to share them all! Here are some of my favorites... 1. Over cereal. Use a half-cup serving, and you'll add just 20 calories to your cereal. Or use more for a LARGE bowl of cereal, like our Ginormous Cereal Bowl-anza! 2. In smoothies. It's a delicious, low-calorie base for blended fruit drinks. Just toss it in the blender with your favorite fresh or frozen fruit, some ice, and maybe a little no-cal sweetener. So good! 3. In lattes and other coffee drinks. Ditto -- a great base. Calories in lattes and frozen coffee beverages often rack up quickly. UVAB eliminates that STAT. (BTW, click here for some of my other product picks for making coffee drinks.) 4. To make an AMAZING and large low-cal glass of chocolate "milk." I LOVE this. Just stir 2 tbsp. Hershey's Sugar Free Chocolate Syrup and a Splenda packet into 8 oz. UVAB. It's great over lots of crushed ice. Mmmmmm! And only 60 calories and 3g fat (POINTS® value 1*). ENJOY!!! P.S. For those who are new to the world of Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Breeze, find the stuff with the non-refrigerated boxed milk swaps at select markets. (In very select markets, you can find the refrigerated version with the other milks, but make sure it's the UNSWEETENED kind.)

Dear Hungry Girl, After a year and a half on Weight Watchers, and 86 lbs. down, I'm fighting a serious weight-loss plateau over here. What do you do to re-energize and motivate yourself when you've gained and lost the same pound for the past few months? Stuck Scale in Sacramento Dear Stuck Scale, First of all, OMG, congratulations are in order! You've lost 86 lbs.! That is INCREDIBLE. Please do not for ONE SECOND downplay how awesomely amazing that is. Please! OK, now that we have that out of the way, we can address the plateau. I am by no means a plateau expert, but here are some tips that might help... 1. Change it up. Try altering what you're eating. You may be in a food rut! You could also try eating your largest meal in the afternoon instead of dinnertime. That works for me... 2. Work out a little more. This might not sound like fun, but think of it as a nice way to kick your weight loss into gear! And remember, even small increases in activity add up. Walk more, take the stairs... move around! The more you move, the more calories you'll burn. 3. Don't "cheat" the system. I'm not saying YOU do this, but some people push the limit on POINTS® (you know who you are, POINTS®-limit-pushers!). Don't undercount or fill your day with items that juuuust qualify as a lower POINTS® value. Maybe overestimate a little bit for a week, and see how that goes for you. 4. Don't lose sight of portion sizes. Make sure you haven't unintentionally been increasing your portions. Toss your food on a kitchen scale every so often. 5. Be patient. You are ROCKING. Truly. What you are experiencing is very common. That's a lot of weight to have lost in 18 months, and your body may just need some time to adjust. Do NOT let this discourage you. Just hang in there and stick with it, and you'll get over the hump. Really, YOU WILL!

WW POINTS® Tracker entries Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Morning 1 1/4 packet(s) Instant Oatmeal Peaches & Cream 3 1 1/2 Tbsp Coffee-Mate French Vanilla Liquid Creamer 1 1 tsp coffee, instant or regular, powder 0 1 Tbsp sugar 1 Subtotal 5 Midday 2 1/3 serving(s) Tasty Bite Madras Lentils 6 1/2 cup(s) coleslaw 4 1 pattie(s) Garden Veggie Patties™ 2 Subtotal 12 Evening No entries for this meal time. Subtotal 0 Food POINTS values total used 17 Food POINTS values remaining 5

Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too! Awe shucks folks I will keep them coming then. I didnt know people were paying attention. I highly recommend the WW Taco soup recipe that I posted as well. I personally could not live without it. I also recommend the Pumpkin Pudding (so easy) topped or layered with fat free whipped topping...mmmmm!

I found this on youtube and it brought a smile to my face and tears to my eyes so I wanted to share. Boy did I need this and I didnt even know that I did.

Thanks for the love Was able to graduate to a little solids tonight. Still under 1100 calorie in-take, however, I just had to get on that elliptical tonight for 32 minutes! I could not resist any longer. You know how those ellipticals are...like a hampster on a wheel, once your legs get going you cant stop! Loving the restiction but like Angie B says, still trying to wrap my head around the amount of food I am able to eat and being mentally okay with it and walk away.

Wow! And I thought my fill from 6.6cc to 8cc was agressive! It sounds like you are too tight. I have not been able to eat that much solids since my fill 5 days ago but have had no problem guzzling water down that's for sure. I am still a fish & water does not fill me up.

Thanks Lindsay for mentioning this. I am going to keep this in mind.

WW POINTS® Tracker entries Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Morning 1 1/3 packet(s) Instant Oatmeal Peaches & Cream 3 2 Tbsp Coffee-Mate French Vanilla Liquid Creamer 1.5 1 Tbsp sugar 1 1 tsp coffee, instant or regular, powder 0 Subtotal 5.5 Midday 2 1/3 serving(s) Tasty Bite Madras Lentils 6 Subtotal 6 Evening No entries for this meal time. Subtotal 0 Anytime 16 nut(s) almonds 2.5 Subtotal 2.5 Food POINTS values total used 14 Food POINTS values remaining 8

Although I was unable to claim it due to not being a home owner, I did get a letter of neccessity from my general practioner.

POINTS® Tracker entries Monday, March 22, 2010 Morning 1 1/2 tsp coffee, instant or regular, powder 0 2 Tbsp Coffee-Mate French Vanilla Liquid Creamer 1.5 1 Tbsp sugar 1 6 oz Light Blackberry Yogurt 2 Subtotal 4.5 Midday 2 serving(s) Tasty Bite Madras Lentils 5 1 serving(s) Popchips 100 calorie pack 2 Subtotal 7 Evening No entries for this meal time. Subtotal 0 Anytime 1 packet(s) Instant Oatmeal Strawberries & Cream 2 Subtotal 2 Food POINTS values total used 13.5 Food POINTS values remaining 8.5

Hi Kat, I was banded 4 months ago as well and here is what I noticed with me. During the 4 months that I did not have restriction I had to keep my calorie in-take down to around 1200 and excercise for 30 minutes a day on my elliptical at home and doing this I was loosing about a pound per week. As of 4 days ago I have reached ideal restriction and have lost about 2 pounds in the 4 days without excercise but do to being a bit on the tight side my calorie in-take has now dropped to about 800 calories per day and that is why I am not excercising. I do not want to put myself in a situation where I get light head, dizzy and possibly faint. If I get back upto 1200 calories I will start excercising again. Anything below 1100 calories per day I would say maybe avoid cardio and do resistance or weight training instead. Hope this helps.

Dognamit! You just blew my mind away! Oh boy, let me think about this one for awhile b/c if what you are saying is correct it means some people have more fat cells then others and that means we are all screwed! It also explains why the size zero gal in the office eats the most amount of food in the kitchen and never gains weight!

Elliptical 30 minutes per day