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Post by irisinnia on Oct 28, 2019 13:04:56 GMT
lavonm, They are great! Really spicy. I might pull back just a little on the chili powder and cumin next time, but I didn't have a whole head of cauliflower either, so that could have been it. lol
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Post by irisinnia on Oct 28, 2019 13:07:16 GMT
reneinitaly , I have a happy planner! I don't use it for tracking food though. I write the plan down in my bullet journal and then track in my app (iTrackBites). I do meal plan for the week in it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2019 15:33:07 GMT
I love my happy planner! I am also using a bullet journal system using photocopies from a template that I found online. What I'm going to try this week is using that as my paper tracker and then just transferring the final information from the day to my happy planner. I will eventually find a system that works for me.
Two quirks from this week. One of my Facebook groups that I really like and that is almost entirely dedicated to points plus... Well they did something that ticked me off not , but not to me personally. One of the admins shares a lot of recipes. The picture on one of the recipe looked very very very similar to something that I have just looked at. Lo and behold she she copies them , pastes them without giving credit to.now she doesn't come out and say that it's her recipe but the fact that she's not giving credit to who wrote the recipe and took the photo bugs me a lot.
Some of the old Weight watchers leaders here in Italy have gotten together and are doing this thing called Weightt Wellness. Interesting because they had this name since probably 5 or 6 years ago before Weight watchers did the WW Reimagined. But they have a distance program, so I thought I would call in find out a little bit about it. It's 10 weeks, they give you information they give you a tracker you have a weekly 30- 45 minute telephone call...in our Jess for an exorbitant or at least what I thought it was an exorbitant amount of money. 30 bucks.....A WEEK!π²π²π²
the program itself has nothing to do with Weight watchers anymore as they have a very Mediterranean diet format and approach to all round eating.
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Post by irisinnia on Oct 29, 2019 12:28:54 GMT
I forget how important the plan resources are.
Yesterday I was feeling a little grandiose and had a 3PP breakfast (that was actually pretty satisfying, lots of zeroes) and then a 6 PP lunch. Sounded good at first but I ended up crazy hungry at mid-afternoon (my most vulnerable time when it comes to snacks and cravings). So, needless to say, I didn't do myself any favors yesterday.
Back to basics! I used that suggested PP target and am going to go 7PP for breakfast and 8 PP for lunch. That should help me stick to my planned snack in the afternoon.
Sometimes I think it's easier to mess up jumping back in than when I first started the program. I have to be careful not to overdo it because I'm not at the end of my journey anymore, I'm back at the beginning. Meaning little changes will get me a lot farther than big ones.
My water GHG and fruit/veg GHG are going great so far!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 15:51:25 GMT
I just rejoined for 3 months. I always try to honestly give the new programs a real trial run. I am still waiting to post here because this really feels like home now. I obviously have 12 days of freestyle and then the new program rolls in. My intentions are to learn the purple program because it's the closest to what I did with Core and simply filling. After the 3 months I will decide but I will probably will not renew .....number one because of cost and number two ,even when I get to goal I still have to keep paying as I'm online only.
Which means you guys are going to have to put up with me for a while. ππππ
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Post by kidznpupz on Oct 30, 2019 16:05:29 GMT
I just joined iTrackBites and the carb conscious plan is points plus. I did my best with Points Plus which was before WW decided to throw all the free foods in. I need something more regimented to follow but also the ability to have a small sweet snack at night. So far so good. I think that even if WW makes the changes that are expected the points plan they're supporting isn't Points Plus - it has tons of free food which to be honest totally confuses me. I like tracking in a journal too - I used to buy the WW one and leave it open on my kitchen counter as a reminder. It would be helpful to me if maybe we discussed the basics of the points plus plan. I stay within my daily points and save weeklies for special occasions - what do you guys do? BTW you have to be careful of recipe points you find because they are probably calculated according to a different formula since Freestyle came along. It's better to use the Points Plus calculator on your app just to make sure you know what you're number really is. I'm feeling pretty hopeful because I've done it before and I feel empowered to do it again !
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Post by borntexan on Oct 30, 2019 18:10:28 GMT
I am on maintenance and trying carb conscious on ITB.
In losing mode is anyone succeeding using weekly points?I get 33 points on there and I have never used my weeklies.
Thanks.
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Post by lavonm on Oct 30, 2019 18:55:46 GMT
Which means you guys are going to have to put up with me for a while. ππππ We're fine with that. Have fun trying the different options.
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Post by lavonm on Oct 30, 2019 18:59:15 GMT
I just joined iTrackBites and the carb conscious plan is points plus. I did my best with Points Plus which was before WW decided to throw all the free foods in. I need something more regimented to follow but also the ability to have a small sweet snack at night. So far so good. I think that even if WW makes the changes that are expected the points plan they're supporting isn't Points Plus - it has tons of free food which to be honest totally confuses me. I like tracking in a journal too - I used to buy the WW one and leave it open on my kitchen counter as a reminder. It would be helpful to me if maybe we discussed the basics of the points plus plan. I stay within my daily points and save weeklies for special occasions - what do you guys do? BTW you have to be careful of recipe points you find because they are probably calculated according to a different formula since Freestyle came along. It's better to use the Points Plus calculator on your app just to make sure you know what you're number really is. I'm feeling pretty hopeful because I've done it before and I feel empowered to do it again ! Welcome! I recently bought the Skinnytaste planner & I'm using that. I have the ITB app but I tend to ignore my phone. The planner sits out & reminds me constantly that I need to record my points. I always calculate my own points for recipes although I also have the calculator if I need a quick guess. I've discovered errors over the years so that's why i like doing my own calculation. It takes longer but then I mark it down on the recipe & I'm good the next time.
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Post by lavonm on Oct 30, 2019 19:02:54 GMT
I am on maintenance and trying carb conscious on ITB. In losing mode is anyone succeeding using weekly points?I get 33 points on there and I have never used my weeklies. I'm just getting back to the swing of things but in the past, I wasn't able to eat all my weeklies & lose. So right now I'm doing 26 points plus some weeklies each day. I'm working on how many I can eat & still lose this time. I'll post again at the end of the week with how many I used & whether I gained or lost.
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Post by irisinnia on Oct 30, 2019 19:57:34 GMT
Regarding kidznpupz and borntexan questions. I'm with lavonm . I am just getting back into it, but historically, I've always eaten my weeklies (even some activity points). I get 34 a day + 7 weeklies a day = 41 points which I consider my daily max. If I have an event coming or go over because of some surprise, then I'll try to stick to my dailies the next day to compensate. But I would say 90% of the time I'm not just eating my dailies. This week, I have three days left and 18 weekly points, so that's only 6 left a day. But it was my mom's birthday so I did pretty well, with the help of some zero point soup.
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Post by sunshinep396 on Oct 30, 2019 20:49:45 GMT
I am doing PP (Carb Conscious) using iTB & my old WW materials. I don't always trust the points values given on the app and use my old Complete Food Companion, Dining Out & the points calculator to double-check. I just started this week. I had been using MFP, but tracking every little thing is so laborious.
- How do you keep track of your GHGβs? (app? paper? other?)
On the app under "Checks".
- How do you fit the GHGβs into your day?
Water - my favorite drink, so no problem. I usually have a large glass beside me wherever I am.
Fruits & veggies - my favorite foods, so again, not a problem. An added bonus: my DH is a gardener and we live in a mild climate, so we have lots of fresh fruits and veggies.
Dairy - I drink ff milk in my coffee and usually have yogurt for breakfast, so these fit fairly easily. I also take calcium + D vitamins.
Protein - I eat lots of beans, seafood & lean meat, usually at lunch and dinner. Boiled egg is one of my favorite snacks and I like scrambled eggs for breakfast. Fish and seafood are plentiful here and my go-to choice for restaurant meals.
Oil - I use an oil-based vinaigrette on salads and vegetables, add oil to PB2 for sandwiches or snacks, saute meats & veggies in it.
Whole grains - This one is the hardest for me, as whole grains are very point-y. I eat brown rice and Dave's Killer bread, popcorn (I use oil for this) and whole wheat light English muffins several times per week. I don't like whole grain pasta. I like oatmeal, grits and quinoa, but don't eat them on a regular basis.
- What is the one GHG youβre going to work on this week? And how are you going to do it?
I am concentrating on checking off all the GHG's through pre-planning meals to include them. I find pre-planning meals for the week works great and cuts down on trips to the grocery store.
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Post by borntexan on Oct 30, 2019 20:57:00 GMT
When I did PP in losing mode I hardly ever used weeklies but now I eat different foods than I was eating back then and I was just wondering.I don't want to feel like I'm on a diet for the rest of my life.
I need to buy a pp calculator.I know there is one online but I don't want to use it every time I have a question and figuring points for meat is difficult unless I double track calories.
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Post by irisinnia on Oct 31, 2019 3:09:34 GMT
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Post by sunshinep396 on Oct 31, 2019 16:54:36 GMT
Whether I was losing or maintaining, I always ate every last point allowable--daily, weekly or fit. It worked for me then, but I am being a little more cautious now, as I am just a little older and just a little less active. I know others were not able to eat all their points and lose. I also knew it made a difference what the "extra" points were used for. Eating extra protein or whole grains was okay, but too much junk or alcohol and it didn't work. You just have to find what works for you.
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