NEWCOMERS: welcome to alt.support.diet.weightwatchers
Prairie Roots
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 program.
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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What does NSV mean? It's an acronym for Non-Scale Victory, 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.
Where can I find other common newgroup abbrevations?
http://www.wwlissa.com/dwlz100+/100+acronyms.htm
http://www.aol.com/netfind/newsgroup/glossary.html
What do IFFC, SWWC, SBSC, mean?
These are the current ASDWW Challenges:
IFFC = Independence From Food Challenge (final WIs through July 5):
http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/IFFC/
SWWC = Second-Wind Weight-loss Challenge (starting weights are being
collected now):
http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/SWWC/secondwind.htm
SBSC = Slim by September Exercise Challenge:
http://home.austin.rr.com/slimbyseptember/
Where can I find out what my goal weight should be?
Weight Watcher's weight ranges:
http://www.weightwatchers.com/mywwprogram/a9_my_as_weight.asp?dirnum=2
Where can I find my points range?
WW Points Chart:
http://www.getting2goal.com/tools/points.php
How do I calculate points?
Dustin's PC Points Calculator:
http://www.xmission.com/~zythra/downloads/points.exe
Online Journals:
http://www.fitday.com/
http://www.journaltosuccess.com/
What if I don't know the calories, fat, or fiber content of a certain
food?
USDA Nutrient Database:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl
Points Information for Restaurants, Recipes, etc.:
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
Wendie Plan (Variable Point System):
http://pub70.ezboard.com/flightenup78347frm31 (2 links at the bottom)
http://groups.msn.com/POINTingMyWaytoaNewLife/theoriginalwendieplan.msnw
The CJ Plan:
http://home.mindspring.com/~cjplan/
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://community.webshots.com/user/lwieczez (Alabama Worley)
http://www.marsh.orcon.net.nz/erin/shrink.htm (Erin in NZ)
http://www.ozmee.us/ozmee/ozmee.htm (Ozmee)
http://www.geocities.com/zysmith/index.html (Chris)
http://www.geocities.com/edgar_ted (Ted)
http://www.hillary.net/ (Hillary)
http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/ww.htm (Anne)
(If anyone else wants added here, please let me know!)
Exercise Videos:
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
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://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
http://members.tripod.com/sherrilb/strategies.html
WW Circa 1974:
http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/wwcards.html
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Prairie Roots
232/196.2/IFFC goal 202/WW goal 145
joined WW Online 22-Feb-2003
Here's our FAQ: http://www.didian.com/asdww/ and welcome notice:
http://www.geocities.com/welcomenotice/index.html