Weight Watchers question

hey ladies

quick question - i literally just joined weight watchers and am getting used to the whole point thing and could use some help --- i do ok when i am making my own food - but am unable to cook dinner tonight and need some help - we are just doing take in - and i dont know what i can get that wont put me over the edge ---- i can have about 26 points a day - and by that point will have had a low fat yogurt for breakfast and a california roll for lunch --- what can i have for dinner - is anything from a fast food place ok - or a deli - or what!!

help - this is hard!

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personally - I'd stay away from the deli food. My best take out food is steamed dumplings or steamed veggies/chicken from a chinese place.

As for true "Fast food" - if you have to do it - stick with a hamburger or a chicken sandwich or a salad.....avoid cheese and stay away from the fries.

It gets easier - and it works. Good luck!

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Skip the sauces, mayos or even cheese if you go for fast food.

Subway - has great low cal options, go for wheat bread
McDonalds - I'll get a happy meal (10 pts for a cheesburger and small fries) or a salad (use my own dressing from home)
Chinese - steamed veggies and sauteed chicken, I also like tomato pepper beef. I also ask for brown rice instead of white.

Dottie's Weight Loss Zone is really helpful with finding points for fast food places. The don't have points for everything on the menu, but you can also go to the company sites for nutrition info.

Message edited 7/5/2006 10:42:20 AM.

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I was also going to say if you have to do fast food, stick to the grilled chicken sandwiches or the salads. I will sometimes get bean burritos from Taco Bell, they aren't too high in points.

I often will do chinese - egg drop soup, shrimp or chicken with broccoli with steamed rice. The steamed veggies are a good idea too, b/c the sauce comes on the side.

ETA: I just saw the post above - Subway is a good choice. I usually get a 6" turkey with no cheese and the veggie toppings.

Message edited 7/5/2006 10:43:04 AM.

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I ate fast food a lot, and I lost 50lbs in 5 months. It's just a matter of how you use the points. Here's a website that was helpful to me. You can also use your points slider to calculate the points from the restaurants websites.

restaurant points


Oops... sorry! Someone already posted it!

Message edited 7/5/2006 11:10:52 AM.

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You can also do chinese and get shrimp with steamed veggies. Or Chicken with steamed veggies. Ask for the sauce on the side, and only use a little, if any at all.

Or, if you order from a pizza place or something, most places offer a garden salad. I would stick with that.

If you are going to McDonald's or something, I would get the garden salad and the chicken sandwich and take the bun off.

Good Luck!

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thanks everyone - i literally just started and really can only figure things out if the points are written down on the little weight watcher charts for me lol... thanks for your suggestions... i wasnt sure -- if like the grilled chicken salads from a fast food place was even ok to eat - i thought they were like "fake" healthy!

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one more question - if i do get chinese - what sauce is better?

can you tell i am so clueless at this...

i need a weight watchers thread!

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everyone had great suggestions...just when making choices go for key words like "grilled" instead of "fried" and def stay away from any sort of creamy sauce, they're pretty high in points

when i'm actually staying on program (which is hardly ever these days!!) when i eat out i like to get the egg drop soup and get an egg roll - very filling and although the egg roll is fried it's not too bad on points. i also like to get pizza (which is 8 pts), but that and a salad isn't too bad at all.

planning your day is most important, so if you know you are going to order out, then you can eat lighter foods the rest of the day. like 3 egg whites is only 1 point and if you have that with fruit you can have a really light filling breakfast...

okay you've inspired me to go back on ww now!!

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Chinese wise I get chicken and steamed string beans or broc with sauce on the side. I always get a brown sauce because the garlic sauces have a lot more oil. I dip the chicken or shrimp in the sauce then mush it around the other stuff on my plate. I always get egg drop soup too. A cup of that is 1 pt! How cool! I have a few spoons of white rice because I hate brown rice.

If you to go Burger King or Mickey D's get a salad and grilled chicken sandwich, but order it w/o mayo or any mayo based sauces. Mickey Ds has a great hot mustard sauce they use for nuggets that works well with the sandwiches.

Pizza-I get one or two slices depending on how many pts I have left. Always get veggies on top to make it more filling. You can also get a salad or a veggie antipasto and use balsamic vinegar. Eat the salad first so you are not inclined to eat more pizza than you are actually hungry for. If you only end up eating one piece, don't feel like you have to eat the other piece..put it in the fridge.

Wendy's is great because you can have a small chili with no cheese and a salad with fat free dressing and a chicken sandwich...a lot of food..I think that ends up being 12 pts or something. They used to have the salad pitas and those were great!

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Also the Lean Cuisine paninni's are great in a pinch. They taste good and are pretty filling add a salad with FF dressing if you want.