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What's a Chaffle? I've not been on these boards for a while, so forgive me if I've missed something obvious!

WW used to be great -- back when the points system was basically calories & fat & fibre -- but over the years their plans have gotten more and more complicated and less and less effective. I quit and moved to MFP when I realized that I was paying 50 bucks a month to be told to eat skinless chicken breast and steamed…

I have a similar issue -- I'm entering a couple of recipes I've made from an old WW cookbook. The book is old enough that it provides a calorie count and macros for each recipe as well as a points count (it's from 2004, so it has a very old points system -- the one from before Points Plus). The recipe obviously stipulates…

I got rid of the ones I didn't like, but I've kept the stuff I loved in every size I've been -- it's not so serious for the small sizes, but it's really important to keep professional clothes that fit and look *good* when you're fat, because it's such a struggle to find them!

If you do a google search for "low calorie salad dressings -yogurt" you get an interesting selection -- the "-" tag lets you exclude a particular item from a search. Useful if you have allergies or just hate things, like pinterest. Using beans, blended cottage cheese or broth as a base seems to be the trick for many of…

I'm a former WWer starting MFP again -- lost 55 pounds (from 206-150) in 2018, but stopped keeping track and have gained 20 back. So gearing up and getting back on the horse. I'll never do WW again, though. It's expensive, and Freestyle manages to be simultaneously too restrictive and not informative enough; it's just too…

And you have such AMAZING blue eyes! [/quote]

Oh, me too. From 'vast' at 135 to 'vaster' at 206. And I'm pretty sure that constant dieting all our lives long totally f***s our metabolisms.

Well, there's actually evidence that we have a given weight that our bodies gravitate to: search for "body weight homeostatis" in PubMed or any research database and you'll find a bunch of articles that support it. It's observed in animals as well: doesn't mean that it can't be changed, with work, although it's more likely…

Because you want to be able to bike and play with them? Because you want to be around for your grandkids and your great-grandkids? Honestly, I'm 57, and I'm so damn glad I'm doing this -- I only hope I can keep it up! I think that being a healthy weight and reasonably active helps older people more than younger ones: it…

People are utter *holes, aren't they? Although, when you come to think of it, you're a thousand times better off than they are -- no matter what your weight. After all, you'll be smaller (or not) but they'll always be the kind of ****** who would yell an insult at a total stranger on the street.

Pulling on the first pair of tights I grabbed this morning, without worrying about whether or not the legs would be long enough to reach my crotch or the top large enough to fit around my middle without rolling down over the course of the day. Seriously, it's now 4:30 and I haven't had to adjust the damned things ONCE.…

Thanks guys -- I will break out the Instant Pot and fire up some soups -- and stews. And yes, I'm going to bring an electric kettle, a teapot and a mess of teas to my office. I've also filled the freezer at work with nukeable frozen meals -- not ideal but better than the cafeteria. I walk to work, so carrying an extra…

That looks strikingly like WW Zero point soup -- which I remember as being delicious! :)

According to Scooby.com daily calories for weight loss is 1291 -- nothing happens if I exceed 1200, in practice.

Alas, then I will not lose any weight. I'm 5' 4.5" and 57, and I'm female -- I have a TDEE of about 1375 calories.

You have an official office snack? I know the corporate world is a bit bonkers, but that strikes me as a bit invasive... :smiley:

I'm still going on the losing -- 20 pounds left to go, so I won't be done until the spring -- but my solution to Halloween candy is to give out small cheap novelties and toys instead. Glow bracelets, bubble blowing stuff, whistles, balloons, slime, plastic jewelry, rubber ducks and such -- they keep from year to year, you…

No, it's not -- but it's often hard to explain that to people. It's not a question of tracking, but of keeping the count low enough to achieve or maintain weight loss. And being constantly aware -- as many people on this thread can witness! I'm still in the losing phase: 25 pounds or so to go, 50 already lost. I've just…

Sorry!

I haven't read all of the entries yet, but something just hit me: does it occur to anyone else that the only way we can really maintain our goal weights is through what a nutritionist would call 'disordered eating'? I'm not saying this is bad. But if the only people who keep the weight off for any realistic amount of time…

"Big-boned" is often a euphemism for 'heavy' or obese...but I've never heard of 'heavy-bones'.

That's the best reason to revive an old thread! You look great! :smiley:

I have been relentlessly bashing WW's new program for ages (well, okay, for 175 days) on this board. I was a WW person from 2005 until February of this year. I got to goal on the original points system, back in 05, and I really really loved the earlier programs, which were much closer to raw calorie counting. The more they…

First thing in the AM, stark naked and post-pee -- ideally post-poop but often that doesn't happen first thing, and I've learned my lesson when it comes to trying to poop (hemorrhoids are evil. Eeeeviiil). If I'm down less than I'd like and I haven't pooped, then I have something to blame it on!

I have the 'whipping past the sizes' issue too: I'm a clothes hoarder who loves to shop, so I've kept all of my clothes in all of my sizes. I have a complete wardrobe in all sizes from a 16 to a 4 -- embarrassing, I know. :blush: I'll cull the stuff I don't wear or that I've worn to death, but I'm always sure to have…

M&S is where I buy my regular bras -- they are great, fit really well and are not at all expensive. But their sports bras are impossible to put on for me, because of that front zip -- really hard to get done up!

I'm a 34 GG as well (UK sizing, so a little larger than a US 34GG). Most bras I buy are mail order from UK stores, since they make better bras for small backs and big girls. Panache is lovely; Underarmor is very good; my current favorite, though, is Brooks Embody. Underwired inner bra, with a non-underwired cover over it;…

I think most of the people on this thread are people who have tried and had success with older versions of the WW points program but who were much less happy with Freestyle. I got to goal and Lifetime back in 2005, on the original Flex points system; every system since then has been progressively less effective, ending…

I was on WW since 2005, when I lost 60 pounds on the original points program; I've been on Points, Points Plus and Smart Points, and lost on each with varying ranges of success. But when I went back this February the new program just enraged me -- stupidly restrictive, uninformative (you don't know how many calories you're…