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Don't obsess about the past. Just start tracking again and it will fall into place. I made a poor choices Friday. Stopped to eat with dh and dd at a little cafe and made a good choice, grilled chicken breast sandwich, mayo on the side. but then gave in and got fries. 11 points ! Found that out when I got home and tracked. I went into dinnertime with 3 points left and by the end of the night was into my extra points by 20 points. Some days are just like that. As I STILL have 5 extra points left for the week I figure it will all even out in the end. It's a learning experience. We learn what things we have to be careful of, what things work for us. What dangers there are for ourselves. But I got back on track yesterday and today so that's all I can do.

Weighed in this morning and gained the .4 I lost last week. However, I was away all weekend eating restaurant food for three days and probably gained even more than that and lost it over the past three days. But I got right back on track when I got home, so I know I'll lose it again.

Welcome home! Sounds like you did the best that you could on the cruise. That's about what I gained on the last cruise we went on and lost it soon after getting home. My weekend away reinforced how difficult it may be to pick the right foods - in the right amounts. But we can only do what we can do when away from home. Getting back on track is the main thing and it sounds like you are doing it.

I don't know how I am going to do this week. I just spent two days at the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville KY eating restaurant food. I still have weekly points left, so should be okay, but it's hard to track when you haven't weighed things. You're only guessing how much meat was in the sandwich, etc.

I started 7 weeks ago and as of this morning have lost 9 pounds. I was hoping to lose 25 before our Dec 2nd cruise and at this rate I will make it, so I'm sure you can too. I lost .4 at WI this morning.

 

Made a strawberry/mango smoothie this afternoon. Yum!

Good luck Nikki! I WI tomorrow morning. Not sure if I lost any this week or not. I went 1 point over for the week and it's not showing a loss on the scale. But I lost 2.4 last week, so to be expected I guess.

Went to weigh in yesterday morning. I was down 2.4 pounds. That makes a little more than 8 pounds in 5 weeks. I am "hopeful" to lose 25 before our December cruise. That would be about a pound a week which I know is doable.

I haven't been on a cruise yet while doing Points, but I have been looking at the menus (and photos of items available) and figuring approximate points for the food. Then the alcohol I hear is 4 points per "shot" of alcohol. A shot here is 1 1/2 ounces. I was just reading in one of the WW booklets I got when I joined and they said something like count 14 fat points when figuring alcoholic drinks points values based on nutritional value. I had been figuring the drinks wrong and need to go back and re-figure them. Because I intend on enjoying my drinks as well!

Well, Weight Watchers day today and I lost another 1.8 pounds. Better than I thought it would be. Posted my weight on eTools and it recalculated my allowed points down by 1 point. Thats a little over 6 pounds in 4 weeks. Hopefully I can continue to lose at least a pound a week. That would mean 25 by cruise day. That would be great!

Motivation IS the problem, isn't it? Right now I'm motivated. Attending meetings, weighing and measuring all my food. Tracking points. But I know myself, and at some point I'll start slacking off and they I'll be fighting it.

 

Keep thinking of that cruise! You only have a limited amount of time, don't waste it. Time is one thing we can't get back.

Hi!

 

Forgot to post on Friday, down 2.2! Soooo happy!

 

Diana:)

 

Congratulations!

I am going to skip the buffet and eat at least lunch and dinner in the MDR because I can monitor things better. Might do room service breakfast or lunch. All those things are portion controlled, and while some people complain about the portion sizes (having to be reminded they can order as many as they want) that will be helpful for me.

 

I can't think of what I could have on the buffet unless it's a deli sandwich. Burgers are high points, chinese food can be high with lots of sodium. Salad bar is okay as long as you can get fat free dressing, but I think they only have honey mustard fat free. You could bring dressing with you. I hadn't that of that before. The pizza would be okay for one or two slices as they are small anyway. Maybe the station where they do the different country's food?

 

Went to WW today and only lost .4 despite not coming out okay on points this week. Hopefully it will be more next week.

 

I've emailed the maitre'd of the Pride to ask about getting nutritional information. The department that handles special requests didn't know what I was talking about and was suggesting I eat Vegetarian or Bland diet. I responded to her that doing WW you don't have to eat "special" food, you just need to know the nutritional information on it so you can figure the points value. Hopefully I'll get a response from him. In my response I also suggested to them to figure the points values and have them available from the maitre'd and on a webpage on the Carnival site for WWers to copy. I also suggested that to John Heald. We shall see...

I know what you are saying, but one big problem I have is leaving food on my plate even if there's a huge portion. I am going to have to set some boundaries in advance and stick by them or else I could gain mega pounds very easily. I've been working on assigning WW points to the various foods served in the dining room. Making note of portion sizes as well. That will at least help me to set those boundaries. I've even done points counts on all the alcoholic drinks. At this point, Miami Vice, and Bahama Mama have the least amount of points and a Long Island Iced Tea, the most. That too will help me make rational choices so I can have a couple drinks each night. But as they say, "whatever works for you" :) In total I need to lose probably over 100 pounds, but hoping for 25 before December. Everyone is different. I just know how hard it is for me to get back with it if I've deviated for any length of time.

It's really hard losing weight on some meds. I was on Effexor for a while and gained 80 pounds on it. Once I came off it, I lost a lot. Gained some of it back, but I'm back on WW and watching it pretty good. Keep up the good work!

 

My PVP confirmed that I should be able to get a nutritional sheet from the maitre 'd. So if I make a notebook with all the choices I can add the points to the notebook. Lot of work, but worth it in the end.

I found this thread by googling Weight Watchers and Carnival Cruise. I started WW on June 7th and as of today have lost 4 pounds. Previous to joining I had already down 24 pounds from my highest. We are booked to cruise in December of this year. I have decided to try and take the menus and figure out the points for everything before the cruise so I can try and make good choices while on the cruise. Not to say I won't go over, but at least I will know where I stand.

 

I heard on another thread, and I'm checking with my PVP, but I heard that it was possible to get a sheet of the nutritional information on the items on the menu. If so, I'd love to get them before hand so I could figure points. I think Carnival should get together with WW and figure the points values and have them available for WW cruisers who want to stay on program.

 

Looking forward to maybe being 25 pounds lighter by cruise time. (Since we are like 24 weeks from cruising)

We went on the Pride last May, and in June booked for the Pride this coming December. That is because Baltimore is a port we can drive to from Ohio in a day. We might consider going out of Charleston SC as we could drive there as well, but for now we like the Pride. It seems not too big, not too small.

Thanks for the review with the right mix of text and photos. We went on the Pride in May and are booked to sail again in early December. We didn't do many of the activities last time but are thinking of joining in more after your review. Thanks again!

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We have one of those. Quite handy.

Came back a week ago from a cruise on the Pride. The new rates were not in effect. We let our daughter stay till midnight once or twice, and she did the "Party On" party until 3:30am. She is 11 and very mature. She had a blast. The only problem was we had to be up fairly early the next morning.

Maybe you can just peel off a small area of the backing and see what happens.

 

That's what I was thinking. Take part of the waste and stick it maybe in an inconspicuous place, and see if it leaves a mark.

Online I ordered some things I was going to use but now I'm not so sure. They are cutouts of cruise ships and cutout of a porthole. They said they stick to walls, etc, but are repositionable. After I've gotten them they have the disclaimer to try them to see if they damage the finish or not. That has me concerned. I peeled one back and it's not REALLY sticky like tape is. More like tape that's been stuck on and off a number of times. Should I take part of the waste and stick in in an inconspicuous place and take it off to see what happens? I was so looking forward to putting them up.

 

This is what I have, use it for my carry-on, (soda, wine, clothes, etc..) then have it filled with ice once in the room. Folds down to fit in your suitcase, and has successfully made it through as checked airline luggage when I have run out of room. Picked it up at Walmart for about $20

 

has never leaked and the ice will last 2-3 days if you keep it closed.

 

Did this come with the hard liner or just as it is. A lot of the ones I am seeing come with the hard liner so I don't think they'd be waterproof without it.

I didn't want to spend that much for a cooler. I mean, I could buy myself a soda card for that price. We already plan on buying soda cards for our two children, we were bringing soda for dh and myself. But I thank everyone for their comments.

Many people have suggested bringing collapsible coolers for our sodas we intend on bringing in our carry on luggage. My question is are they really watertight? Or should we just ask for the bucket that the bucket of beer comes in and fill it with ice?