WEIGHTWATCHERS??
#235815 - 01/05/06 02:18 AM
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Gold
Reged: 10/19/05
Posts: 38
Loc: London
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Hi
Has or IS anyone currently combining their eating for IBS with the Weightwatchers plan? Ive staretd this week and have stuck to it reliously AND excercised (thats a biggie for me!) I know I shouldn't weigh myself till the 7 days it is up but after 4 days I did this morning and have stayed the same!! (I know be patient) but I gues just wanted to see if anyoe else had been successful doing this plan?
Thanks ('',)
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Yep!
#235869 - 01/05/06 07:56 AM
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Bevvy
Reged: 11/04/03
Posts: 5918
Loc: Northwest Washington State
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Hi Gold,
If you do a search in this board you'll find several posts about WW; we discussed this a month or two ago and several folks had some good input.
I just joined WW last week -- in fact, a week ago today -- so I don't know if I've lost anything yet since "weigh-in" isn't for several hours yet. I will not weigh myself anywhere else other than the meeting place, and only once a week. Water fluctuations can throw it off too easily.
I've had some ups and downs this week. You'll see some of my posts about additives in WW "ready-made" products causing me extreme distress. I strongly recommend you avoid them! Their chocolate toffee candy, for instance, made by Whitman's, is full of Maltitol Syrup, and made me very sick. I was doubled over with cramps, nausea, and "D", and had to turn to my "Big Guns" for relief (Donnatal). Their frozen desserts are full of artificial sweeters and DAIRY, which are killers for me. And even their frozen meals contain HFCS! Like so many of us, I can't tolerate any of this stuff.
I purchased one of the WW cookbooks and made my own dessert -- look for my post in the Recipe Board entitled "CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE." It's totally safe and absolutely delicious; furthermore, it's half the points of the WW frozen desserts. From that same cookbook I'm also making Double Chocolate Biscotti and Carrot Cake.
I am also doing the on-line program, although I haven't figured it out yet. I'm terribly "computer-challenged."
I believe WW is "do-able" with IBS, but it's not easy. For example, I cannot tolerate cabbage, but it's in the zero-points vegetable soup. We're supposed to have dairy on the program, but obviously I cannot; I will substitute soy milk and soy cheese whenever a recipe calls for dairy. Also, we are supposed to take a multi-vitamin, but I cannot because they cause tummy cramps, so I've had to eliminate them as well.
I know the program can work because I'm a lifetime member, having gotten my gold key 21 years ago. The trick is to stick with it and to exercise, as you are doing.
WE CAN DO THIS!
Bev
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Gold, I just joined the online WW program, and in particular the WW Support Board. I asked if anyone there has IBS, and was surprised to discover there are a few. Here's what several folks said about their IBS and WW:
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I am the IBS Queen! LOL! Try Beano. I keep a can of Febreez at my desk. The office is used to it now. Can't help it. My b/f and son will never get used to it. It's natural and a part of life. A healthy person passes gas at least 14 times a day. You can (a) be healthy and pass gas or (b) be unhealthy and still pass gas!
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try checking here: http://www.ganedenbiotech.com/index.php?page=DAIBS I bought this recently and have not had a problem with bouncing back and forth from one extreme to the other.... It works best to take it consistently.
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I have IBS that is triggered by exercise which makes it hard to lose wight. I can do cardio as long as I'm careful but if I try lifting weights (especially anything abdomical) I have an instant IBS attack. I can eat pretty much anything (except brocolli and fish) most of the time, but if I'm in the middle of an episode I pretty much can't eat anything solid for weeks. I wish there was some sort of solution. I will be glad to take them if anyone has one.
And here's the last, and the best:
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I'm sorry you have IBS, it's no fun. I have it as well. I can't eat many things - no dairy, wheat, corn syrup, have to limit fruit & veggies to once a day and they can only be bananas and squash. I am on the core plan, because I can eat lots of lean meat, brown rice, barley and quinoa. (These things can be high in points....) I am having success with core, my sweet tooth is gone. I'm not too hard on myself for not making the 8 healthy guidelines, it's really not possible to get all the fruit & veggies in -- I concentrate on drinking a lot of water. I hope you find something that works for you, and I hope you get relief!
One more thing, with my IBS I can't have anything "convenient" like frozen meals, and I can't have most desserts. Also, I can't really go out to eat. I have to cook a lot, so I make all of my meals on the weekend and freeze them. Hope this helps! I know it's a bummer but it is soooo worth it to be healthy!
Hope that helps, Gold! That last one helped me.
Bevvy
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I am on the WW boards as well. Is anyone interested in doing a daily WW thread here or alternately, an IBS thread on the WW Board?
If we did it on WW, I would suggest maybe the General Daily Threads or Challenge Central (since IBS &WW ARE a challenge  ). If we did it here, either on the Diet or Fitness board.
Whatcha think?
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I'm definitely up for it!
Snorkie, I'm down a few pounds, and doin' REAL well with the program, now that I've cut out their processed foods and using the WW recipes instead, substituting soy products for the dairy. However, the classes are TERRIBLE. The lecturer is BOR-RING! I get absolutely NOTHING out of them. I'm thinking of dropping out of the classes and sticking with just the online program, which I love. I don't need the classes for anything except weigh-in, but I can do that at home here since my scales weigh me exactly the same as theirs. I get no support from the classes at all, so there's no point in me blowing my money on them. I can SOOOOO do this with the online program alone because I am DRIVEN.
Yeah, I'm definitely up to a WW thread here, but I don't know if we have enough folks for it. WW's Challenge Central seems to be a pretty good place, but I'm not nearly as familiar with that Board as I am this one.
Regardless, I'm up for it! I am SOOO into this! I've given myself 8 months to get my cholesterol and BP down, not to mention my weight, and I'm definitely gonna do it, you BET!
I love your idea.
Bevvy
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