Always hungry on Weight Watchers [chocoholic] [weight watchers]
Im starting the Weight Watchers at work planning. I had previously but now have more friends on it so I feel like Im a support group at work where I end up doing a lot of snacking.
One of my problems with the WW I was always hungry. I am a carboholic and CHOCOHOLIC, so I miss them. I understand that on WW you have things, but obviously they are high in points so when I eat them I feel I not enough points for the rest of the day LOL eat! I was told to drink more water, and I try that but it does not satisfy my hunger and I end up with a headache.
Any of you that have been on WW, and succeeded, you can offer some advice on how I might feel more full and not hungry all the time?
THanks
Carol
Reply:I am starting my 6th week on WW and am down 10lbs. I was a fast food junkie and a soda junkie(at least 5 cans a day). When I started WW I went cold turkey on those things and I don't even miss them! I still go out to eat at restaurants but I am making better choices. Even the othe day, i was hungry and thought I'd go to Wendy's and have a cheeseburger but once I got there, I looked at the menu and wanted a salad instead. I have lost desire for fast food I mean, don't get me wrong, every so often I want it and wil get a burger but it's different now. I rather have something more filling. As far as chocolate, when I PMS I want it and have found wondeful yummy alternatives…trust me, fat free and low fat is NOT what it used to be and I am PICKY! You just start adapting and you really don't even realize it. WW is an excellent program that teaches you how to balance your foods and it also has the highest success rate of people keeping the weight off. It takes awhile to get used to but give it a chance and don't get discouraged-if I can do this, ANYONE can. Plus I work in a restaurant (burger joint) so I face the food every day but haven't touched it since I started WW.
Reply:If you eat foods high in fiber, it makes you feel full. If you eat an apple in the morning and drink a glass of ice cold water (COLD water poured in a glass FULL of ice) that does 2 wonderful things for you:
1.) The apple is high in fiber and will give you a full feeling early in the day. Apples are also a great snack to hold you over until the next meal
2.) The cold ice water is great because your body has to bring it down to body temperature in order to metabolize it, so you burn calories while doing so.
I am on WW and I have lost 17 lbs. in 5 weeks. I make sure that I use my daily points up and I rarely ever use the extra points they allow for cheating. I also swim 5 days a week, so maybe that is also contributing to the weight loss. I do know that just swimming alone wouldn't work for me, because without WW I'd be eating the same crap food I used to eat and my weight would just plateau…not go down.
I wish you all the luck with WW – it is hard at first, but like one of the pp's said, your body will get used to it. Another cool thing about WW is that salads are free (no meat or cheese because it costs points) and all you "pay" for with points is the dressing. I like Newman's Own Light Balsamic Vinegarette (in the packets from McDonalds) because 2 tbsp. is only 1 pt, so for a mid-afternoon snack that will fill me up I have a free salad with a 1 pt. dressing.
Best of luck to you! Let me know if any of this works for you!
Juanita
Reply:I can never do WW.I simply can't trust myself to make the correct choices.The only time I lost on WW was back when they had,I think it was called the choices plan and you had to have so many fibers, so many protein etc etc.All the choices on the plan were healthy foods.I have tried points but wow can you eat some kinda junk food—I'd buy a box of ww ice cream etc and use up my points on those kind of things and be forever hungry. I don't avocate real low carb either but I will tell you this when I eliminate carbs along with lowering calories I'm not hungry and that is half the battle.
I do have some friends that did WW and they lost alot but over a long period of time;2 lost 50lbs(took 1yr) and one lost 40(took her 2yrs)and another lost 30(Took her only 5mo).
I myself want somewhat quicker results,at least 2-3lbs per week it may never happen because I'm such a slow loser.I mean I'm on low carbs/low calories,use a food diary,exercise and am very strict with what I eat and also just started to take Meridian to help boost my metabolism.I'm just hoping for 1-2lb loss per week.
I think you can do good on WW,you need to make it the healthy diet it was devised to be, you just need to limit your bad carbs,so as to curb the hunger. That would be the battle for you to win.
When I think of all the diets I have been on it didn't matter if it was sensible or a crash diet the weight I lost always in the end when averaged out equated to 1-2lbs per wk. So good luck and get rid of some of those carbs
Reply:Don't give up. Check out the point system of weight watchers. You can keep your carbs; chocolate; any foods, and still lose weight. And you won't be hungry. Guaranteed. :wave:
Reply:I've found the only way to not be hungry is to stop eating those kinds of foods altogether. After a few days to a week or so, you'll stop having cravings for them. I LOVE pasta, and ate it all the time. But once I stopped eating it altogether (not just less often) I found I didn't want it anymore.
WW leaves you hungry because it is low in fat. Fat does not make you fat. Combining fat with sugar and processed carbs makes you fat. Eat nothing but butter for 5 days and you will lose weight! Not recommended but it has been done. Eat like a caveman and hunger goes away. Primal Mind Primal Body—-good book!