Hello!  I'm new to this community.  I live in Puget Sound, WA and have recommitted myself to Weight Watchers just recently.  I'm here for the long haul - to lose 152lbs.  So glad that there is support on the web like this.  :-)

I'm completely clueless when it comes to actually "eating right". Just when I think I'm doing something right, someone tells me I'm doing something wrong.

I just opened up the latest Weight Watchers E-Newsletter and found some really helpful info. I thought I would post it for those of you who don't get the newsletter.

Before a Workout: Best-Bet Food Combos
Low-fat yogurt with sliced banana
Skim milk blended with frozen fruit to make a smoothie
Low-fat cottage cheese with pineapple chunks
Small chicken or turkey sandwich on whole-wheat bread
Low-fat string cheese and grapes
No-sugar-added applesauce or a diced apple mixed with low fat cottage cheese or ricotta cheese (try sprinkling with cinnamon)
Hard-boiled eggs, yolks removed and replaced with hummus
Half a sweet potato topped with low-fat cottage cheese and sprinkled with nutmeg (or for something savory, add a spoonful of salsa)

After a Workout: Replenish Repasts
One or two poached eggs on whole-wheat toast
Bean burrito: a whole wheat tortilla filled with black beans, salsa, and a little reduced fat-cheese
Stir-fried chicken and vegetables (try pepper, zucchini, and carrot) over brown rice
Whole-wheat pasta tossed with chicken, broccoli and eggplant
Whole grain cereal or oatmeal, with milk and fruit (such as a sliced banana)

The article also talks about maintaining proper hydration. Drink before you feel thirsty and drink at least 16 ounces of water two hours before a workout, and about 6 to 12 every 15 to 20 minutes during exercise. (An ounce is about a mouthful.)

I was at a scrapbooking/wedding seminar a little while ago and as a "treat" they brought out a huge wedding cake and cut big slices for everyone. I passed of course. Luckily, I'm not a big cake fan.

Anyway - I mentioned I was doing weight watchers and a lady sitting across from me mentioned mixing chocolate cake mix and diet coke and then filling cupcake wrappers and sticking them in the oven...each one is two points. Also, you can do white cake mix and diet sprite/sprite zero. Just mix, no eggs or milk or any of that.

Does anyone else know anything about this? I meant to ask her for more detail but things got a busy with people leaving and talking, etc.

By the way - I'm new...my name is Sonia from Dallas, Texas. I have just started week 7 and have lost 13 lbs.

Hi all, I am new here and excited to find a place where I can get support and hopefully give support to others also. I am a 34 year old female in Texas. I lost 60-70 lbs a few years ago on the South Beach diet. Since October of 2006, I have slowly gained around 25 lbs back. I had tried to start phase 1 back a few times, and that is a difficult thing to do, especially with the holidays.

Anyway, I started doing Weight Watchers Flexplan. I have done this before with success. I went last week and paid the meeting fee and bought the starter kit. I am going to weigh in on Wednesday mornings.

So far, so good!

Shelley

I just discovered this community, so thought I would say Hello.  I've been a Weight Watchers member now for 7 months and have managed to lose 64 pounds so far.  I still have a lot more to lose and I get a lot of motivation and support from the online message boards at weightwatchers.ca.  I hope this will be another source of inspiration and sharing! :)

In the last year I lost 20 lbs and kept it off. The kept it off part is the most important for me.
I hope in the coming year to loose 60. My goal was 100 lbs. If I only manage 20 lbs a year so be it then it takes me 5 years. It's better than taking off five puttin on 10.

SO here's my hope for all of you who read this.
May the fat fairy get lost for good,
May the clothes sizes get smaller and
May the sweetest thing in your life be the feeling of success!

Happy New Years everyone