The last 20 of the 50 greatest Weight Watchers tips. These tips were originally published at eopinions.com but i have tried to add my own opinions to them where I can.
31. For a sweet treat, try to find Barry’s Bakery French Twists. They are one Weight Watchers point each and are a true sweet treat!
32. Treat yourself to frozen yogurt (there is a Weight Watchers brand that you may be able to find at a shoppe). It is fabulous and treat yourself to the chocolate sprinkles! My family only eats frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, it tastes great, comes in losts of flavors and is better for you with less calories than Ice Cream.
33. Switch from skim milk to Skim Plus if it is available in your area. It tastes great and it packs more nutrition. Also low weight watchers points.
34. Buy Fat Free, Sugar Free Jello chocolate pudding to satisfy your nighttime chocolate cravings. It needs NO time to set when mixed!
35. Weight in at meetings. Don’t skip a weigh in if you think you gained weight. You must own it!
36. Prepay for the 10 weeks. It makes a mental difference on your commitment level.
37. Don’t hang out in your kitchen. You will only hear the pantry and fridge calling for you. Move to the den!
38. Avoid buying the junk food if possible. You truly can NOT eat it if it isn’t in the house. Save your indulgences for when you eat out. Make them special instead of the norm.
39. Eat a small protein within half an hour after of exercising. This helps your body’s metabolism work better.
40. Avoid those quick energy bars as snacks. Eat them only if you plan on using that energy for activity! If not, it is nothing more than an empty carb that you could probably have better enjoyed somehow else.
41. READ LABELS when shopping! Make sure you check the fat content and the carbohydrate content. You don’t want to eat TOO much sugar! Bring your Weight Watchers points finder with you to help you make the right choices for you.
42. Understand serving sizes. If the label says that a serving is 40 grams, then measure those 40 grams out so you familiarize yourself with what 40 grams actually looks like.
43. Do NOT punish yourself for a weight gain one week. That sets off a snowball effect that could take you YEARS to get under control. Instead, try to change one thing in the next week to counteract your gain.
44. STAY FOCUSED. Your goal is to lose weight and get healthy! The occasional trip to McDonalds is ok and the occasional chocolate bar is fine but IN MODERATION. Keep focused on the end result and the good choices will counter balance the poorer or weaker ones in the long run.
45. Don’t think of yourself as constantly “on a diet”. This is a setup to failure because it categorizes you and if you decide to have something not considered “dietary”, then you feel like you cheated. You NEVER cheat! You DECIDE! Weight Watchers is built in such a way that it incorporates every food into a point value and YOU get to DECIDE how to spend those Weight Watchers points. But trust me, using your Weight Watchers points daily for McDonald’s is going to be a slower weight loss than grilled chicken Weight Watchers points.
46. You cannot eat unlimited amounts of zero point foods. 0 + 0 + 0 does not necessarily equal 0. Every food has calories and if you eat unmeasured unlimited amounts of zero point foods, they ultimately total up to a calorie count that warrants a point. Just be careful.
47. Use Weight Watchers.com for help with recipes! They have wonderful ideas for low point recipes that I have used.
48. Try Weight Watchers.com etools to figure out the point values for your home recipes and for online journaling if you hate writing down your food and are married to your computer! Online journaling has a database of food point values so it makes it easy to figure out your daily Weight Watchers points.
49. BUY THE FOOD COMPANION. This is priceless. I use it as my bible. You may also want the Dining Out Guide.
50. Live your life! It isn’t about what you eat and don’t eat, it’s about making food choices on your own and putting the power in your own hands. It’s CONTROL. You control what you eat, when you eat and how much you eat. Just account for everything and you will see where you can cut back, eliminate, and enhance and you WILL lose weight!
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