Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: Anyone doing FF + Weight Watchers?

Thursday, January 21, 2010

[fast5] Re: Anyone doing FF + Weight Watchers?

Alllllrighty then....Weight Watchers rant aside, back to my actual question: anyone DOING Weight Watchers and on Fast5?

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Katrina Flanary <tigersmoondiva@...> wrote:
>
> I just quit weight watchers. I got angry because I got tired of using their
> "tools" that (online) were decorated with cookie/ice cream ads. I am
> annoyed with the whole mess. Not to mention when I ate till I was full
> (**good food** full of fiber - lots of veggies) and I got full I would
> quit. There were times I was UNDER my points - and they would gripe at me
> for that. No I am sorry I do not believe my body is going to go into
> "starvation mode" because I didn't go eat some of the "Weight Watcher" brand
> crap.
>
> (I don't mean to be offensive with this - especially not towards you so
> please don't take it that way. Its just they attacked me pretty harshly
> recently.)
>
> Regardless - personally I think they are the epitome of what is wrong with
> the diet industry. All they care about is their bottom line. If you feel
> you need to watch yourself - use fatsecret or something (it's what I use -
> it keeps me honest)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:48 PM, tankgirlh@... <
> no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi, all. New to the group, on day 3 of semi-gradually easing in to the
> > program. (I've had what ended up being a 7-hour window instead of a 5, but
> > I'm enjoying it!).
> >
> > I'm curious if anyone is combining Weight Watchers plus the Fast-5 WOE. I'm
> > finding that for me, it's a good check on remembering to eat mostly
> > healthfully in the FF window, and not just shove everything into my face if
> > I have to count the points afterwards. (Conversely, as I get used to the
> > program and eat less, it will help me make sure I'm eating ENOUGH perhaps?)
> >
> > Weight Watchers by itself just isn't doing it for me, I'm ever so slowly
> > losing, but bouncing back and forth for weeks between the same few pounds.
> > Also, I dislike having to eat for the societally-accepted 3+ times a day-
> > I've often said "ugh I wish I could just eat food pellets so I don't have to
> > figure out what to eat!".
> >
> > Fast-5 seems to help with that, ha.
> >
> >
> >
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