WW (or any diet) sucess w/little exercise?

Has anyone been successful in loosing weight on weight watchers with mostly diet? I'm thinking about joining today but can really only fit in two work outs a week (sun &mon). Is it going to work by mainly just counting points? Don't want to waste my money

I know "work" and "life obligations" are no excuse for not going to the gyn but right now I just can't find the time! And then as an african american working out frequently during the weektime like beforethe or after! Work means messed up hair all week!

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I started WW February 4th, 2011.

Over the past 7 months, I have lost 50 LBS!!!!

That is with NO exercise at all.

But, now I really have to start exercising because the weight loss has stopped, and I want to lose a few more lbs.

I have surgery in 2 weeks (breast reduction), then after I recover, my vow is to do my Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred DVD at least 4-5 times a week.

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Exercise helps but is NOT necessary! I am in month 2 of the old WW points diet and I lost 9 pounds so far with no exercising. I'm sorry, I did the 30 day shred for 5 days but was gaining weight (muscle?) so once I hit my goal I will go back to exercising. My dad lost 45 pounds on WW just doing the diet and like 40 crunches a day.

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Joenick-WOW 50lbs is GREAT!!! Congratulations!!!

And Mrs. DG congratulations too!! It's great to hear people are loosing without exercising!

I'll go and sign up today! If i can at least keep with my 1-2x a week working out hopefully i'll see some results in the next few months!!

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Good luck, Samira!!

Trust me, if I can do it, anyone can!! Good luck to you!!

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Posted by joenick

Good luck, Samira!!

Trust me, if I can do it, anyone can!! Good luck to you!!

Re: WW (or any diet) sucess w/little exercise?

Honestly...all I changed were my portions...and I cut out most junk.

I have to cook for my DH and kids too, so I couldn't go that drastic with our dinners.

We are Italian, so pasta is HUGE in my family...at least 4 times a week...made all different ways.

Pasta is my WEAKNESS!! But I bought these ladles from WW and each scoop is 1 cup. For dinner, I give myself 2 scoops (2 cups) with sauce and a HUGE salad. Totally filling!!

I cut out sweets, but will have a little something once in a while.

I eat a lot of fruit. A lot of salad. Some veggies (I'm not a big fan but I do like string beans with balsamic and red onion).

Honestly...I don't feel deprived or starving ever. I am not "strict" with myself. I don't track my points, but I just keep a general idea in my head. I don't attend meetings...honestly, the compliments I've been getting are inspiration enough.

I hover between 48-51 lbs lost at any given day.

I am really so proud of myself because I am thisclose to 38 years old, have 2 active kids and a very busy daily schedule. I honestly just woke up one day and said, "damn...I HAVE to lose weight."

That was it. I never looked back.

What worked for me as far as food goes is:

Eat chicken...baked in the oven with a little bit of breadcrumbs.
Load up on fruit, salad, veggies.
Eat smaller portions of pasta
Stay away from fried foods, fast food (though I do eat pizza here and there)
Stay away from cake, cookies, etc...

I like all the Special K products as well as Fiber1.

My diet "tricks" are not for everyone, but they worked for me.

Good luck!

Re: WW (or any diet) sucess w/little exercise?

It depends on how much weight you have to lose. Last year I lost 40 Lbs and DH lost 50 Lbs. All without excercise. The weight came out relativelly easy. We had a lot of weight to lose too.