ASDWW Welcome Notice - 4th April 2004
JulieB
forum for discussion and support for members of Weight Watchers or
those who are following the Weight Watchers Winning Points program.
You do not need to be a member of Weight Watchers to participate in
ASDWW, though you will find the discussions easier to follow if you
are familiar with the Winning Points and FlexPoints programs.
The purpose of this message is to point new readers to sources of
additional information.
Official ASDWW (alt.support.diet.weightwatchers) Welcome Notice:
http://www.geocities.com/welcomenotice/index.html
Official ASDWW FAQ: http://www.didian.com/asdww/
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MINI FAQ
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Q: I see lots of acronyms in the subject lines of posts. What do they all
mean?
A: NSV = Non-Scale Victory, those successes not measured by the scale.
People noticing your weight loss, smaller clothing sizes, practicing a new
behavior, recognizing a new habit are examples of NSVs.
WOE = Way of Eating
WOL = Way of Life (Living)
Amberle3's Challenges:
THTP - Take Heart, Take Part Exercise Challenge:
http://www.angelfire.com/me4/travelgirl/thtp.htm
RafL - Resolutions are for Losers Weight Loss Challenge:
http://www.angelfire.com/me4/travelgirl/rafl.htm
Q: Where can I find other common newgroup abbrevations?
A: here: http://www.wwlissa.com/dwlz100+/100+acronyms.htm
and here: http://www.aol.com/netfind/newsgroup/glossary.html
Q: Where can I find out what my goal weight should be?
A: Weight Watcher's weight ranges:
http://www.weightwatchers.com/mywwprogram/a9_my_as_weight.asp?dirnum=2
Q: Where can I find my points range?
A: WW Points Chart:
http://www.getting2goal.com/tools/points.php (old US program Winning Points)
http://www.lesslisa.com/wwchart.htm (FlexPoints - US)
Q: How do I calculate points?
A: Dustin's PC Points Calculator:
http://www.zythra.com/downloads/points.exe
Q: Are there any online journals (food tracking sites) other than WW Online?
A: http://www.fitday.com/
http://www.journaltosuccess.com/
Q: How can I find then nutritional data (e.g. calories, fat, or fiber
content) of a certain food?
A: USDA Nutrient Database:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
Q: How can I find points Information for restaurants, recipes, etc.?
A: Dottie's Weight Loss Zone web site includes points for a comprehensive
list of restaurant
chains. Site updated frequently. http://www.dwlz.com
http://www.3fatchicks.com
http://www.olen.com/food/
http://www.healthdiscovery.net
http://www.cookinglight.com
http://groups.msn.com/WeightWatchersRecipesTips/wwmeals1.msnw
If you use MasterCook software and want recipes with points, Glenn B has
started a Yahoo! group with you in mind:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mastercook4WW/?yguid=39332781
Q: What's the Wendie Plan (Variable Point System)?
A: http://pub70.ezboard.com/flightenup78347frm31 (2 links at the bottom)
http://groups.msn.com/POINTingMyWaytoaNewLife/theoriginalwendieplan.msnw
Q: What's the CJ Plan:
A: http://home.mindspring.com/~cjplan/
MORE INTERESTING LINKS:
A support site for WW members by Wayne Muhlstein, a WW group leader:
http://www.waynewatcher.com/
Personal Weight-Loss Web Sites of ASDWW Members:
http://members.cox.net/incredibleshrinkingwoman/ (Kelly J.)
http://www.marsh.orcon.net.nz/erin/shrink.htm (Erin in NZ)
http://www.geocities.com/zysmith/index.html (Chris)
http://www.hillary.net/ (Hillary)
http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/ww.htm (Anne)
http://petalww.tripod.com/ (Petal)
http://www.angelfire.com/me4/travelgirl/icantwait.htm (Amberle's "I Can't
Wait Until..." Compilation)
(If anyone else wants added here, please let me know!)
Laura's Flex Points Spreadsheet (thanks Laura!!!):
http://home.att.net/~extra623/flexjournal2.xls
Exercise Videos:
http://www.collagevideo.com
Weightlifting Site:
http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html
Link to interesting article on why your weight fluctuates:
http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/scale.htm
WW 100+ Success Forum:
http://www.1bigred.com/users/aurora/wwforum/main.html
Body Frame Size:
http://www.am-i-fat.com/body_frame_size.html
Body Mass Index:
http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm
Go Ask Alice - Fitness Q&A site (thanks Bobby!):
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat3.html
NutritionData's Nutrition Facts Calorie Counter (Thanks FRED!):
http://www.nutritiondata.com/
Other Helpful Links:
http://www.myvirtualmodel.com
http://www.caloriecontrol.org/
http://100-weight-loss-tips.com
http://www.caloriesperhour.com/
http://www.justmove.org/home.cfm
http://soiroom.hyperchat.com/wwpoints/
http://members.tripod.com/sherrilb/strategies.html
Some of my personal favorites:
http://www.lesslisa.com/
http://www.aimeesadventures.com/
http://www.freeweightloss.com/article9.html
http://www.bonnyshealthyliving.com/
http://calorie-counters.net/
http://www.easygourmet.com/nut_pages/1_index_page.htm
http://www.bradkent.com/wrappers/?page=bar-by-co
http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/frames.html
http://www.debbiescorner.com/
http://www.debbiescorner.com/weightlinks.html
http://www.dietfacts.com/fastfood.asp
http://diet.sandyland.net/
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/games/dilberito/game.html
http://www.healthdiscovery.net/restaurants/index.html
http://health.discovery.com/
http://www.inch-aweigh.com/water.html
http://www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm?article_id=7022
http://chowbaby.com/10_2000/fastfood/fast_food_nutrition.asp
http://kenkuhl.com/fastfood/search.shtml
http://www.dietpower.com/restaurants.htm
http://www.ivillage.com/diet/metabolism
http://wwfc.iwarp.com/wwfc.html
http://www.quiddity.cc/rachel/diet/wwfoods.htm
http://www.getting2goal.com/index.php
http://www.skinnycow.com/
http://inch-aweigh.com/calc_protein.htm
http://www.leancuisine.com/Index/Index.aspx
http://www.mealsforyou.com/
http://www.meltingaway.net/
http://madermouse.homestead.com/mousesmainpage.html
http://www.stormpc.com/ww/
http://www.msteechur.com/
http://food.tamu.edu/Nutrition/
http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/index.aspx
http://www.chunktohunk.com/bp.php?page=/pages/index.html
http://www.beachcombs.com/losingit/
http://www.cooken.com/WeightWatchers.htm
http://www.richardsimmons.com/homepage.asp
http://www.nutractive.com/servingsizes.htm
http://www.shapeonline.com/
http://members.aol.com/nickaduck/recipes.htm
http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/diet.htm
http://www.tops.org/
http://www.hhs.gov/
http://www.angelfire.com/co/mtrevino/points.html
http://www.theweighwewere.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/wwrecipes/
http://www.sashacondensed.com/WWFamilyForum/
http://members.shaw.ca/srees/Zero%20Point%20Soups.htm
WW Circa 1974:
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html
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Julie.
93.5/72.3/74 (WW)/72 (Personal) kg
205.7/159.0/162.8 (WW)/158 (Personal) lb
Here's our FAQ: http://www.didian.com/asdww/ and welcome notice:
http://www.geocities.com/welcomenotice/index.html