I MUST be doing something wrong!!!!

Reading the WW newbie thread and everyone saying they are never hungry!! Im starving from 9:00am until 1:00 when I get to eat my lunch.

BF is at 6:30.. I tie myself over with fruit but I dont want ot go over board so I starve...b/c i dont' want to add anymore points to my day.

Frustrated cannot even begin to describe how im feeling!!!

On WW 3 months and lost 5 lbs

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What are you eating for breakfast?

I have a Weight Watchers bagel at 7:30 with WW cream cheese.

At around 10 - 10:30 I have a Fiber One 90 calorie bar. Maybe even a piece of fruit.

I have lunch between 11:30-12.

After lunch today I had an apple and an orange.

I will have dinner at 4:30. Any later and I would eat my hand off.

A snack tonight when I get home from Zumba.

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I eat a cup of cheerios with a banana cut up into it.

what do you usually eat for lunch if you don't mind me asking?

(oh btw...went for a physical yesterday and dr. is stumped on Y im not dropping any weight..he tells me.. cut out the fruit..too much sugar??? ummmm I'd starve!!!! and yeah.. that one apple and one orange a day is causing me to be fat!!! ) this has only added to my frustration!!

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What about adding some veggies like celery & cucumber with one of those laughing cow wedges? I think those wedges are only 1 pt.

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The only reason I'm not hungry is I eat every 2-3 hours. Small meals and snacks. I spread my points out throughout the entire day.

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Posted by Linda1003

I eat a cup of cheerios with a banana cut up into it.

what do you usually eat for lunch if you don't mind me asking?

(oh btw...went for a physical yesterday and dr. is stumped on Y im not dropping any weight..he tells me.. cut out the fruit..too much sugar??? ummmm I'd starve!!!! and yeah.. that one apple and one orange a day is causing me to be fat!!! ) this has only added to my frustration!!

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Posted by Lucky

Posted by Linda1003

I eat a cup of cheerios with a banana cut up into it.

what do you usually eat for lunch if you don't mind me asking?

(oh btw...went for a physical yesterday and dr. is stumped on Y im not dropping any weight..he tells me.. cut out the fruit..too much sugar??? ummmm I'd starve!!!! and yeah.. that one apple and one orange a day is causing me to be fat!!! ) this has only added to my frustration!!

Maybe the doctor could run some tests to make sure your levels are correct. Did he suggest what you should eat in place of the fruit? Maybe air?

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can someone post a days worth of food for me? curious as to what someone elses day looks like. (times would be helpful too)

thanks!!

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For lunch I eat:

Martins Potato Roll
Three slices of turkey
Lightly spread light mayo
Two tomato slices
One slice of WW Swiss cheese.

OR

Martins potato roll
Can of tuna mixed with light mayo (not alot bc I'm not big on mayo)
melted swiss of WW american cheese.

I also always have a pickle (or two) with my sandwich.

If I have leftovers from dinner I will have that. Usually grilled chicken marinated with some veggies.

I agree - I love the cheese wedges. They are delish.

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If you're not eating since breakfast (6:30) until lunch (1pm) OF COURSE you're going to be hungry!!!!!!!!! Not to mention if your breakfast is only cereal with a banana. You need extra protein. Add a hard-boiled egg to your breakfast if you're in a rush.

Have a yogurt with some fruit between your breakfast and lunch.....again, more protein and fiber. THEN have your lunch!

You're definitely not eating enough........

Come to think of it....it's about time for my next feeding

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Posted by MrsS6510

If you're not eating since breakfast (6:30) until lunch (1pm) OF COURSE you're going to be hungry!!!!!!!!! Not to mention if your breakfast is only cereal with a banana. You need extra protein. Add a hard-boiled egg to your breakfast if you're in a rush.

Have a yogurt with some fruit between your breakfast and lunch.....again, more protein and fiber. THEN have your lunch!

You're definitely not eating enough........

Come to think of it....it's about time for my next feeding

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I guess im afraid to eat anything with Points in between meals ya know.. so I stick with an apple or orange in between my BF and Lunch..

I'll try to take your recs.. thanks!

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Cereal definitely would not keep me full long enough.

How about oatmeal? English muffin with PB and banana?

When I'm hungry but down on points, you can take 2 oz of ham (if cut thin can = 3-4 slices and roll them up in a sliced up pickle or cucumber. That's only 1 pt.

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Here is a sample from my day today:

Breakfast (8am) - cup of coffee, and a light english muffin with a tsp of peanut butter

10am - Apple

12:30pm - large salad with veggies, tofu, some sliced almonds, couscous on top, and a tbsp of balsamic vinegar for dressing

2pm - Fage yogurt with hazelnut/fig spread mixed in

3:30pm - Banana

6pm - Dinner tonight is a piece of tilapia with sweet potatoe and sauteed spinach with lemon and a little sprinkle of feta

ETA - I agree with the others - you aren't eating enough, and the snacks you ARE eating don't have enough fiber/protein to fill you up throughout the day

Message edited 3/1/2011 4:16:50 PM.

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I eat ALL day long.
This is what my day looks like usually:

6:30am- cup of coffee

8am- 2 pt. yogurt and a piece of fruit.

10am-special K bar for 2 pts. and maybe some carrots or other veggie like sweet red peppers.

12pm- Lunch- either a salad with some protein or a turkey sandwich with lettuce and tomatoes on light bread, which can actually be just 2 pts!
Then I'll have another piece of fruit and either a 100 calorie pack of cookies for 3 pts. or a cheese stick for 2 pts. or special K crackers with a laughing cow cheese wedge for a total of 3 pts. Some days I'm starving and have the sandwich, the cookies, the piece of fruit AND the crackers and cheese! But that's 8pts., which to me, is a good, solid lunch.

3pm-one last piece of fruit for the day or veggies cut up.

5pm-ish dinner

8pm-ish a small snack like a jello or skinny cow ice cream.

I hardly ever going over my points unless it's a pizza night and I like knowing that when I feel hungry, I can actually eat and not worry about it. I try to portion out and plan out all of my food for the day. I like to have 12-14pts. from the time I wake up until the time I have dinner, so I plan accordingly. That leaves me plenty for dinner and a little snack.

HTH!

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Thanks ladies.. your meals are really helping realize im making the wrong choices....

Thanks so much..keep em coming if you could!!

ETA: I brought a hard boiled egg for a snack this morning....my employees will hate me but....oh well!

Message edited 3/2/2011 8:16:49 AM.

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This morning for breakfast I had a hard-boiled egg, and in a little while I'm going to have a little bag of cinnamon puffins.

I packed all my snacks for the day, which is fage yogurt with some crumbled graham cracker mixed in, carrots with a wedge of laughing cow cheese, and an apple.

Lunch will probably be soup with a small whole wheat roll.

Dinner will probably be whole wheat pasta w/vegetarian meatballs.

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What my day usually looks like:

8:30 -- Banana
9:00 -- yogurt
10:30/11 -- Either a 90 Cal Spec K bar or some grapes/strawberries
12 -- Usually sandwich thin, 2oz everoast chicken, 1 slice 2% american and mustard
2:30 -- Granola thin, 100 cal popcorn, red fat triscuits, red fat wheat thins with laughing cow cheese, or another granola bar
6:00 -- dinner

I might have something sweet after dinner, or if I get hungry during the day I always have apples/oranges/pears at my desk at work to snack on.

We live with my ILs right now and my MIL makes dinner. I usually just limit my portions if she makes something not so healthy. She also usually makes a veggie so I just load up on those.

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7:45- WW bagel with CC
WW english muffin with peanut butter
Cheesy Breakfast Quesadilla

A piece of fruit in between

130- Turkey a slice of cheese on WW rye roll with mayo

a piece of fruit

7:00 I make WW recipes everynight and just have the serving

then I will have either a glass of wine or a WW dessert.

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9:00 AM - COFFEE

10:30 AM - 5 SALTINES

11:30 AM - CHOBANI WITH BLUEBERRIES

2:30 PM - 3 OZ TURKEY ON WW RYE WITH MUSTARD HALF BAG OF BAKED LAYS (SMALL BAG)

3:30 PM - SUGAR FREE JELLO CUP

4:30 PM - ORANGE

8:00 PM - CHICKEN SAUSAGE, STEAMED BROCOLLI AND SWEET POTATO

10:00 PM - APPLE 2 TEASPOONS PB

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just thought i'd share my days worth of food with you since you asked...hope this helps!
7AM or 8AM - 2 eggs and a slice of LF stop and shop brand oatmeal bread (4 pts+ for the eggs and 1 pt+ for the bread)
10AM - carrots (free)
NOON - 3 oz of turkey on 2 slices of LF stop and shop brand oatmeal bread with a shmeer of LF mayo and lettuce and tomato (5 pt+)
2PM - cut up fruit (canteloupe, honeydew and strawberries) (free)
3:30PM - plain chobani yogurt with 1 tbps of agave nectar (4 pts)
5PM - cucumber slices to pick on while i make dinner
6:30PM - i made the sicilian rice ball casserole that someone posted earlier (i had 1/8th of it for 9 pt+ and then went back for another half of an 1/8 for an estimated 5pt+ - it was soo good!) and then lettuce with LF dressing for 1pt+
8PM- pear (free)

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Also, just some other thoughts...try to track so you can see how you are doing throughout the week and maybe show your leader your tracker....alsomake sure you drink lots of water through out the day! i find it distracts me from my snack cravings sometimes.

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You aren't eating enough protein in the morning. Switch your fruit snack to add in rolled up pieces of ham or turkey. 2 oz is 1 point!