# I'll never eat that again **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895 "2006-10-01T22:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/21 "2006-10-02T21:48:31Z")
I get 20 points a day. Been on it for over a year. My food today: Lower sugar instant oatmeal (maple & brown sugar) w/ 2 Tbl of SF Cary’s pancake syrup - 2 pt 1 oz. of Genisoy potato soy crisps - 1.5 pts 2 Tbl of sour cream (full fat) - 1.5 pts 1 low fat mozzarella string cheese - 1 pt 1 WW yogurt (they make awesome yogurt) - 1 pt 2 sugar free Dove chocolates - 1.5 pts 1 Hill’s Bro. Carbwise Cappuccino (this is my addiction; I have three of these a day) - 1 pt For dinner I’m planning to have a Jack in the Box Asian Chicken Salad (half the dressing, but with the croutons from my husband’s salad) - 9 pts I’ll also exercise and have 2 more cappuccinos and probably 3 more chocolates or some other dessert. On Friday I made some awesome chicken enchiladas that are 5 pts each enchilada, and had two of them on Friday & Saturday each. They’re totally worth it. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/22 "2006-10-02T21:49:51Z")
By the way, I don’t normally eat that much pre-processed food. We’re running out of food to cook, though, and we need to make a trip to the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/23 "2006-10-03T01:29:58Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] It’s not gross or restrictive, in my experience (I’ve been doing it for, like, three weeks, though), although it’s kind of hard to figure out how to figure out what you ate when you eat out. [/QUOTE] [Dottie’s Weight Loss Zone](http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html) lists a lot of restaurants and their points value for different items. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/24 "2006-10-03T13:09:11Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] [Dottie’s Weight Loss Zone](http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html) lists a lot of restaurants and their points value for different items. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but I try to go out of my way not to go to any restaurants big enough that people on Weight Watchers have put their nutritional info online. 🙂 I mean, that’s the problem, especially when you go somewhere really nice. I mean, you can take the fish that doesn’t have the cream sauce, but you have no idea what’s really involved in it - “sea bass encrusted in potato with a creamy risotto blah blah blah”, well, who knows what went into it? (Except tasty sea bass goodness, that is.) ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/25 "2006-10-03T15:53:12Z")
Just to put it in perspective, the average slice of pizza is more like 7 or 8 points. It’s just that everything is bigger and fatter at Costco. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/26 "2006-10-03T16:03:49Z")
My bugaboo is Cold Stone Creamery. The one I like consists of chocolate ice cream (smallest adult size–sorry, but I refuse to call it a “Like It”), graham cracker crumbs, cookie dough, and a squirt of chocolate syrup. I checked it out on their website–it’s 18 points! For a small! I don’t get those very often anymore, but they’re \*so \* good… Cinnabons are scary too–I think a big one is 16 or 18 points. At least the small ones are only 7. Still bad, but possible if I’m good the rest of the day and get my exercise in. The one thing I refuse to give up is pizza–once a week, the spouse and I go to our favorite pizza place and split a small one (cheese and Canadian bacon). However, since I managed to lose over 100 pounds on WW while still continuing my weekly pizza ritual, I see no reason to deny myself this great pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/27 "2006-10-03T17:17:30Z")
It’s amazing, the things that you thought weren’t that bad. The BF and I often have Jimmy Johns deliver us some sammiches. Now I see they’re all in the 18-20 point range, and that’s with me refusing to look up my BLT. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/28 "2006-10-03T23:19:36Z")
Stauffer’s (frozen) mad & cheese is fabulous. I just ate a 225-gm servings. 350 cals, 150 from 17 gms fat, 7 sat, 0 trans. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/29 "2006-10-04T00:06:00Z")
Best frozen entrees ever: Lean Cuisine Spa. Particularly the Salmon with Basil. 230 calories (4 WW points) and amazingly tasty. A little spendier than the standard WW entrees though. I actually just bought a few WW entrees this morning for work; the supermarket near my work never carried them before so I thought I’d try them. The one I did try (some sort of long penne-style noodle with cheese and tomato sauce) was pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/30 "2006-10-04T00:31:33Z")
Worst points ever: Schlotzskys. (semi-national deli chain). One original sandwich is over 30 points. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/31 "2006-10-04T01:35:39Z")
[QUOTE=Eve] So, what the hell _are_ you people allowed to eat?! [/QUOTE] Anything we want to. Just smaller portions. I personally don’t eat more than a bite of Fetuccine Alfredo any longer, because it’s ridiculously high in points. I’ve learned that the second, third, twelfth mouthful tastes the same as the first. I am at 24 points per day, and I’m also gaining 5 ‘activity’ points average per day from exercise (one activity point = 100 calories burned). What I have eaten today: Vita-Muffin - 1 point tea - .5 points fat-free latte with sugar - 6 points (20 ounces of milk) whole wheat pita with herbed cheese and cucumber - 3 points chocolate fudge ice creamy thing (weight watchers) 1 point steamed rice - 4 points tilapia baked with butter and lemon - 6 points nectarine - 1 point salad - 0 points (no dressing, I like it naked) I still have a point and a half to eat today; plus, if I want, I have 6.5 activity points. [QUOTE=PunditLisa] I went to the site and the veggie burger was 22.5 points. Twenty two point five. One veggie burger took me over my point allotment for the DAY. [/QUOTE] I experienced the identical horror. I have emailed the company to find out just what the hell they’ve got in that burger. So that delicious (I’m not kidding, it’s my very favourite veggie burger evah) thing will never pass my lips again. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/32 "2006-10-04T19:21:56Z")
Points, schmoints. Eat what you want (within reason), but stop BEFORE you feel full. Hey presto, weight loss. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/33 "2006-10-04T19:40:06Z")
Thankfully, I don’t eat them. But, I looked at one of my partner’s Marie Callendars pot pies the other day. They have over 1000 calories and about 50 grams of fat. Wow! ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/34 "2006-10-05T00:24:45Z")
[QUOTE=Colophon] Points, schmoints. Eat what you want (within reason), but stop BEFORE you feel full. Hey presto, weight loss. [/QUOTE] It may be easy for you but not for others such as myself ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/35 "2006-10-05T00:55:27Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] Yeah, but I try to go out of my way not to go to any restaurants big enough that people on Weight Watchers have put their nutritional info online. 🙂 I mean, that’s the problem, especially when you go somewhere really nice. I mean, you can take the fish that doesn’t have the cream sauce, but you have no idea what’s really involved in it - “sea bass encrusted in potato with a creamy risotto blah blah blah”, well, who knows what went into it? (Except tasty sea bass goodness, that is.) [/QUOTE] When all else fails, I count it as 2 points. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/36 "2006-10-05T01:31:13Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Thankfully, I don’t eat them. But, I looked at one of my partner’s Marie Callendars pot pies the other day. They have over 1000 calories and about 50 grams of fat. Wow! [/QUOTE] I was shopping yesterday and there was a display of some sort of squeezable coconut spread in the aisle and since I love coconut, I stopped and looked at the nutrional panel out of curiosity and almost dropped it when I saw that it had ~250 calories per every two tablespoon serving. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/37 "2006-10-05T21:42:29Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] When all else fails, I count it as 2 points. 🙂 [/QUOTE] An excellent notion. Wish I’d known that when my mom and I were at the Greek Festival a few weeks ago. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895/38 "2006-10-05T23:05:52Z")
[QUOTE=dalej42] Thankfully, I don’t eat them. But, I looked at one of my partner’s Marie Callendars pot pies the other day. They have over 1000 calories and about 50 grams of fat. Wow! [/QUOTE] I love those things! Never knew they were that bad, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-never-eat-that-again/374895.md?page=1)