Weight Watchers Support Thread #2: June - July 2004

Well, my WI was tonight, and I lost 3.6#!!! I think it's partly due to the fact that AF showed up on Friday night, and I was probably holding onto some water weight last week, but still - I'll take the loss any way I can get it. :LOL

Welcome, Rachel!

Wow! Congratulations on being so close to goal, Beth! I'm so envious! And congrats to your DH, too.

Oakparkveggie ~ You're doing great, too! Congrats on being so close to goal!

Welcome Rachel!

Thank you for the welcome, pamamidwife!

Is everyone doing WW and going to the meetings, or are some of you doing it online, or at home? I've found, for me, that I need the accountability of the meetings. Fortunately, a friend and I are going together, which makes it a little more fun.

One more question ~ How did you choose your goal weight? For me, I remember being 135 in high school, and I looked fantastic, so I'd like to get there again. But I'd be happy with a fit and energetic body that was a little heavier than that. : I'm 5'8" and have a small to medium build, so I think I can get away with being towards the low end of my weight range. But we'll see how I feel about that when I get there. :

WI monday and I am down 2.6 (yay!). This is week 3 on ww and I am still loving the program.

My stats:
Starting weight: 240.8
Current weight: 233.4
Mini-Goal: 220
TTC goal weight: 200

TeaForMe- how is the program going so far?

mamabeth- congrats on getting so close to goal. That is wonderful! Good luck with those last 6 pounds.

AahRee- 3.6# is awesome! Good for you! I am going to the meetings because I need the accountability as well as the support. I've tried joining online support groups and it just wasn't enough. I need to be there in person with someone else looking at the scale. I haven't given much thought to a goal weight because we are going to start ttc this fall and I know I won't reach my ultimate goal weight before then.

oakparkveggie- you are so much more motivated than I am because I waited until Julia was 19 months before I started. I really wish I would have started earlier. I gained weight pp also (lost all the pg weight within 2 weeks and then gained about 5-7 pounds after that).

2girlsmom- welcome! Exercise time is hard to come by around here, so I try to find things I can do with Julia (walking with the stroller or backpack). The weather has been wonderful here this past week so we will see how the exercise goes when it gets hot hot hot again. I bought a pass to a local nature reserve and that has motivated me because it is such a beautiful place to walk.

Bethkm- that is great that your DH is doing this with you. I keep trying to get mine to try but he claims the portions are too small. I think he is making more of an effort to eat smaller portions than he did before, and he has even walked with us a few times. That definitely makes things easier. Congrats on being so close to goal!

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Rachel- just add your extra 10 points in on the exercise tab under "express track" AND eat most or all of your flex- you will still lose!

juliasmum, Bethkm, AahRee- congrats on your WIs!

My goal weight is my 'wedding weight' too. I do online b/c if I do get a free moment, I like to use it exercising. I get all my motivation and accountability from online groups like this and at the WW site. My DH is a beanpole that eats everything in sight :

Thanks to everybody who checked in on me...

I am finding this so freeing! I can't belive what I can eat.

I think I am realizing what I have done to myself and my metabolism. I actually have had a hard time eating all my points. I find around 9 or 10 pm I have only eaten 16 or so of my 24 points... and then I know I go through days where I tottaly binge and snack all day and night.

So I am actually doing ok. Of course it's only been 3 days But In those three days I have been to a ballgame AND my churches coffe bar where yummy smoothies flow.

It helps I am doing this with hubby. We discuss the points and point planning a lot. He is having a hard time as he lost quite a bit lo-carbing a while back (he's put it all back on) and can't belive he can eat bread and fruit and such... LOL

This is interesting about goal weights. I don't know what I weighed in high school or college...I was very athletic and never really thought about it. I picked 145 because it's in the middle of the BMI range and bc when I get there I will be a size 6-8, which is what I wore at age 18. I've heard that maintaining whatever you weighed then is healthiest for your body. Of course, that's before the extra skin : so we'll see!
Peace.