Weight Watchers and Skating

[4711]

I do Slimming World, so a totally different plan, but I'm finding that my skating stamina is improving as I'm now carrying 16lbs less

Now, to stop accepting when coach offers me chocolate haha

Giving p chocolate? Never!
(actually, I am more of a ham and bacon gal...but some days you gotta have chocolate)

[Meli]

What do you do to combat the post-skate munchies?  After 2 hours on the ice this afternoon, I was ready to chow down!  Not exactly helping the diet situation...

[FigureSpins]

Low fat chocolate milk and a banana, or my new food trend is flax seed meal mixed into choc. Milk or  yogurt.  Lots of protein with carbs and fiber.  I like the texture - the flax develops a gel coating and the seeds pop when you chew.  Sort of like tapioca or barley.

[4711]

What do you do to combat the post-skate munchies?  After 2 hours on the ice this afternoon, I was ready to chow down!  Not exactly helping the diet situation...

schedule a snack for that time. After two hours of anything I'd be hungry, let alone after physical activity!
I find it difficult to locate snacks that are not sweet. Currently my cravings are satisfied with an apple or a banana.
But you could have a granola bar or a protein one...or a shake of some sort.

I am still trying to put my son and myself on a schedule. In two weeks school starts back, and he is currently gone all day for band camp, cramping our carefree summer lifestyle a bit. 
I need to figure out how to put snacks in the daily activities without blowing the caloric intake. It does not help that the school is peanut free...that takess even trailmix out of the running! 

ETA:
even most granola bars have peanuts in them, even if they are sold as something else...back to the drawing board for me...

[SynchKat]

I keep jumping off the dieting and fitness bandwagon.  I am bound and determined to stick with it.

Now that the skating season is starting p I will be skating more and with some new possibilities for skating endeavours I will have more motivation for being in better shape and losing weight.  Skating dresses are unforgiving. 

Some good tips and motivation here.  Especially for the snacking after skating.  I am a monster when it comes to food after skating.  After skating drinks,will definitely have to be dropped that is for sure. 

[TreSk8sAZ]

My newest savior for before and after skating calorie watching is my brand new blender. I have started making fruit smoothies and other drinks that can replace meals. They have enough protein and a combo of slow/quick energy that I can have half before I skate, then half after I skate and I actually feel full. Sometimes if I'm simply not that hungry but need something I can throw something together as well. Because I know exactly what is going in, I can really control the ratios and make sure it's not just a sugar bomb. But I have to plan my pre-skating/post-skating meals on the weekend so I don't just grab whatever is handy.

Definitely fell off the bandwagon for a bit. Had a major attack from my autoimmune disorder and got depressed (it's a side effect, plus the attack just gets to me after awhile) so lost all motivation. Not quite back to where I was before, but slowly getting closer.

[SynchKat]

Hope you are feeling better TreSk8sAZ.  It is no fun when your plans are sidetracked by medical issues.

I have been good lately, exercising everyday and eating well.  Yesterday though I didn't eat enough through the day and ended up feeling pretty crappy after picking up the boy from art camp so I had a couple granola bars and that helped. 

Went skating, even though I have a cold and can barely breathe and worked on a couple of dances and some footwork sequences.  I had a pint and a half of light beer after skating.  The social crowd was there last night, it was fun and I figured I had saved up enough calories during the day and from skating that I could imbibe.  I feel like I am seeing and getting results.  such a motivation when you feel that.

[AgnesNitt]

Well, back on weight watchers after several months off. Fortunately, despite 6 weeks of lying around with shingles, I only put on 3 pounds.

[dlbritton]

For those who are skating as part of a weight loss regimen, I think it's worthwhile to take your waist and hip measurements on a regular basis, not just weigh yourself on a scale.  Skating builds your glutes and quads, which are the biggest muscles in your body (and weigh much more than fat).  You may be losing fat and inches even if you aren't losing weight.

I realize I am quoting a rather old post, but I just spotted this thread. During ski season when I am on the snow 16-20 hours a week I usually maintain my weight but lose at least 2 inches and sometimes 4 inches from my waist size. Now that I have found skating I hope to keep the inches off during the off-winter months.

As an aside, does anyone remember the old WW "fat and fiber" plan? My wife said only a guy could come up with my interpretation of the plan: a bag of pretzels and a 6 pack of beer were 0 points. The meeting leader used that example for several years in discussing why that particular plan was dropped.

[AgnesNitt]

As an aside, does anyone remember the old WW "fat and fiber" plan? My wife said only a guy could come up with my interpretation of the plan: a bag of pretzels and a 6 pack of beer were 0 points. The meeting leader used that example for several years in discussing why that particular plan was dropped.

I was in WW during the fat and fiber plan. It was impossible for me to stay with. It was just too complicated. The Points plan works (if you stay on it) and is easy to live with. My quick calculation is that if something is not fried, or heavy on fats, or sugars, a point is about 40 calories. Sometimes when I'm on the road and can't find all the details about a food, I can find the calorie count. I divide by 40 and add 2 - 3 points if fried or fatty and 2 points if candy. Not perfect, but it's close. Also, if I can't figure out what something is, I estimate what it is and double it. Sadly, the doubled amount is almost always closer than my first estimate.

[accordion]

I'm using MyFitnessPal too. It helps me track my exercise, what I eat and whether or not I have "spare" calories. I also like that I can set the calories so that I lose a small amount, and that is achievable.

I'm combining that with using the Optislim shakes once a day. I don't get hungry at lunchtime so am having the shake then. A small breakfast does me too. It means I can snack after dinner and not stress. I mostly snack on raw carrots & beans. I try to have veggies chopped & ready for the munchies attacks.

Been at it for four weeks &. Have lost almost 2 kilos (not sure hob that converts). Jeans a little looser already so I'm sticking to it.

[AgnesNitt]

Weight Watchers Activelink. So WW has this little body activity monitor called an Activelink. I know others in my group have had a lot of success, so I tried it. Geeze, the thing says I never get more than a couple of points a day. Even on a day when I skated for an hour and was moving the entire time, it said 1 Point *for the day*. Really!? So I cancelled my activelink account.

I went through the active link instructions and set the activity to 'ice skating' and made sure the link was properly positioned. Zip. Nada.

Any other experiences?

Oh, and PS, now that I've disconnected the activelink account, I have no way of looking up my activity points since my WW account is still tied to the disconnected activeline.

[SynchKat]

Accordion - there are 2.2 pounds per kilo so that is almost 5 lbs.  Great job.  I'm Canadian where we just metric for some things but weight and height we typically use imperial measurements.  We're weird. 

I had to go buy new pants the other day because I am down 2 sizes.  Haven't seen size 8 for a long time.  I'm going to really have to get my skating partner/dressmaker/friend to make up a new patter for my dresses this year. 

[accordion]

Accordion - there are 2.2 pounds per kilo so that is almost 5 lbs.  Great job.  I'm Canadian where we just metric for some things but weight and height we typically use imperial measurements.  We're weird. 

I had to go buy new pants the other day because I am down 2 sizes.  Haven't seen size 8 for a long time.  I'm going to really have to get my skating partner/dressmaker/friend to make up a new patter for my dresses this year. 

Yay!!! 5 pounds sounds so much better than almost 2 kilos. New & smaller clothes is great. Well done to you too.

It's funny, I can do imperial or metric for most distances & volumes. But not for areas or weights. 

[SynchKat]

I am the opposite.  Distances, liquid measures and temperature especially are all metric for me.  For cooking though grams makes more sense over ounces and pounds.  Weird. 

It has been Thanksgiving this weekend here in Canada so I kind of let the diet slip.  I will be back on the diet wagon again starting today

[AgnesNitt]

Down 2 lbs this week!

I switched to eating soup for two meals a day, it fills me up and I lost weight. I picked that up from a BBC show on dieting.

[accordion]

Well done to AgnesNitt!!!!

I've gained a little. But that is because I had almost 6 weeks with no activity and a bit of comfort eating, brought on by a bike accident. Now that I'm back on the ice and bike, and back on the careful eating wagon I expect I'll start dropping the weight again.

[SynchKat]

Great job Agnes.

I am a mere 4 pounds away from my goal for weight loss.  I am going to look good in all my skating costumes this year!!    Might start wearing them around town...well maybe not.

People keep asking me what I've done and I tell them as someone summed it up to me common sense...exercise more and eat less. Funny how that works. 

[AgnesNitt]

I have a Weight Watchers blog now. Just for grins.

http://icesk8dance.tumblr.com

[accordion]

I have a Weight Watchers blog now. Just for grins.

http://icesk8dance.tumblr.com

Thought this showed your deft touch. 

[SynchKat]

Love it Agnes!  Now I really want some chocolate though.

[taka]

Love it Agnes!  Now I really want some chocolate though.

Me too! An apple will just have to do!
Love the new blog!