Weight Watchers Week One

[kybearfuzz]

So far so good. I can honestly say that keeping up with the program isn't that hard, though I find myself looking at the internet a bit too much for restaurant nutrional information. Ideally, this isn't a bad thing, it's something I should have been doing all along.

I have kept below the daily points all week with no trouble at all. So today I tried to figure out how to blow the extra points I would lose tomorrow morning. It was something of a chore really, trying to decide what to get. Holding on to them was a good idea as I accidentally misjudged the point value of a big chocolate chunk cookie today and went a lot farther than I had planned. Big oops...

For the WW crowd, how do you determine the point value for something you get at a restaurant where you cannot find the nutritional information for anywhere? Do you try to match it to something close to it or make your best guess?

Comments

[ui-tomcat.livejournal.com]

Try and be realistic when gauging the point value of a reasturant's meal, depending on your choices it can be a lot. I also try and save my bonus points until the weekend and splurge then.

[mickeymac.livejournal.com]

Try Dotties Weight Loss Zone.

DWLZ.com

She has nutritional information for just about every restaurant you can think of.

[ursaloco2.livejournal.com]

http://www.dwlz.com

[cincycub.livejournal.com]

best guess, or don't eat it ;)

[cincy-dave.livejournal.com]

You have to go with best guesses. Sometimes I try to find another restaurant with a similar dish. Or try to go to that restaurants web site to see if nutritional info is there.

Once or twice I have even called the restaurants headquarters to find things out. I had to do that with Wendy's to find out point values of dressings a few years ago before they started printing them on the packages.


Are you going to meetings? Or are you doing this on line?

[otcub.livejournal.com]

Most restaurants have a listing for the information you need. You do have to ask though. I usually try to calculate the values based on the components if I can. Make the best guess possible. One word of warning, eat ALL your point during the day. It is a must! I am down 27 pounds now and really enjoying the weight watchers plan.