Hello You Wonderful People! I'm new!

[TennesseeTink]

Hello All!

My name is Jennifer I live in Tennessee with my hubby Thaine and my 2 sons, Caleb and Noah. My friend Tara and I have been encouraging in the ongoing struggle to keep fit and lose weight. We both were doing great the first couple of months but now shes still doing great and I have lost my motivation.
She told me what wonderful motivation you all are so I thought I would join you and keep on plugging on the weight loss thing. You all are such a great bunch of people, I hope I can be an encouragement to you also!

I've had great success with WW in the past so will continue on that program. Hopefully I'll stay on it this time!

Thanks for letting me be a part!

In His Love,

Jennifer in Memphis

 

[Lynn CC]

Welcome
You've come to the right place!
I'm sure you'll get your motivation back reading all these great posts. Good Luck

 

[loisg1]

Hi, Jennifer! Welcome to WISH. Anytime you need motivation, just come to this board as many people are following WW and many more just have wonderful words of encouragement.

Have a great week...
Lois

 

[KathyTX]

Jennifer,

You're Tara's friend? My dear friend lmhall2000- that Tara? Sable's mom? Did she tell you our dogs are twins who were separated at birth?

Cool! Come in, sit down, make yourself comfy! Any friend of Tara's is a friend of mine!

To get started, you can introduce yourself on this thread, and follow the instructions there to get your "WISH Member" Clipart! That way we'll always recognize you.

I'm really glad you're here. We love adding new friends to our support group. My friends here encourage me, counsel me, congratulate me, and give me a shove when I need one.

It'll be lots of fun getting to know you as travel this path to getting healthier together.

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

Hi Jennifer,
Sorry to hear that you have lost your motivation, BUT you still have that spark and *WISH* inside of you. I hope you find here what you need to help you on your way. I have been so fortunate to find what I need. check out this thread...

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=384151

It is about a cheat free day challenge, it has been doing wonders for me, I have a new outlook.

There are many of us that are on WW, there is a recipee thread at the top of the page. Good luck, and WELCOME!!!

 

[Beanie]

Hi Jennifer! Welcome to the WISH Board! We are glad you found us!! You will find lots of supportive and encouraging people here that have wonderful advice to give!! Grab a clippie, pull up a chair and jump right in our conversations!!

 

[Jomrog]

Welcome!! What can I say, these people are great here! They will motivate you.

Good luck on continuing your journey!!!

 

[geetey]

Originally posted by KathyTX
You're Tara's friend? My dear friend lmhall2000- that Tara? Sable's mom? Did she tell you our dogs are twins who were separated at birth?

Kathy,
Your dog might be her dog's twin, but Tara is my twin! Well... except she got the height in the family - not me.

Hi Jennifer!
Welcome to WISH!!! I hope you have a big bottle of water by your side because it might take you a little bit to catch up. We're a fun group and we will get you moving!!!

What's your way of eating plan? Are you slim fasting like Tara? Doing WW? Atkins?? Tell us about yourself!

 

[bsnyder]

Welcome, Jennifer!

I'm new to WISH also (but not new to the DIS) and I think you'll like it here a lot!

 

[ohMom]

to our family of losers!!! so glad you decided to join!!!

 

[AlreadyexcitedGrammy]

Hi Jennifer - this is fitting that I am posting right after OhMom as I am really her Mom ! So you see, they let any age join here! We are glad that you found us and do let us know what plan you will follow and exercise you like - now don't listen to KathyTx on this part - she doesn't like any (but she is finally doing some that's the boost part she mentioned).

Anyway, welcome and hope to see you here soon - just posting away and sporting a member clippie!

 

[cinmell]

Welcome!

 

[TennesseeTink]

Thank you all for your friendly, warm welcome! I knew you all were terrific and I'm feeling empowered today to get to my goal with so many compadres for support! My friend Tara is indeed Sable's Mama and she has had awesome success with SlimFast! I, on the other hand, am going on the WW road simply because it is the only program I have had success on in the past for an extended period of time. I met my lifetime goal after I had my second child and kept it off for two years! Last year I was diagnosed with cancer and had to go on chemo with lots of steroids and little physical activity and all that weight came back. Now I'm looking ahead a stronger, healthier me! I just finished walking a mile and plan on working out at least 3 times this weeks and drink 64 oz of water a day! That's my goals for this week.

Thanks again for making me feel so welcome! Can someone tell me how I can get in on this clippie thing? It sounds like a great motivator! Do you all weigh in on a specific day? I'll look around the board and see what I can find out.

 

[nativetxn]

Hi Jennifer, welcome to the DIS and a special welcome to WISH. I'm very glad you decided to join us. We all think our friend Tara is pretty special, so you are obviously a special person too. Of course, I think all of our WISHers are very special, so you will fit right in here.

We have lots of WISHers who follow the WW eating plan and they have seen some wonderful success with it, I'm sure you will too.

We do need to discuss one little thing, though:

I have lost my motivation

I think you misspoke, I truly do. If you had truly lost your motivation you would not be here in our safe haven with us, would you? So, that is history, isn't it? You are motivated <i>now</i> and <i>now</i> is our only concern, here on WISH.

I'm no Miss Cleo but I'm going to make a prediction. I predict that between your blossoming motivation and determination and all of the help you will find here among your new friends, that you are going to be <b>successful</b>.

No doubt about it, sweetie. You are on your way to goal. You have a lot of company along for the ride and if you need us, just look behind you we'll right there in case you need us. I know we can count on you to be ready to help <i>us</i> too, if we need help, can't we? I love the way that works The support group is here to help you with more than the weight loss project. We are here when you need any kind of support because our emotions seem to affect our eating habits. Mine do, at any rate.

Now that the chemo and steroids are not part of your life, I'm sure you will see some great results from your new eating plan.

You're going to like it here, Jennifer, WISH is a very helpful and happy place. I'm really glad that you are part of my support group now. The WISH support group is just one big clique and <i>everyone</i> is a member, <i>everyone</i> is special, including you.

Katholyn

 

[TennesseeTink]

Originally posted by nativetxn
I know we can count on you to be ready to help <i>us</i> too, if we need help, can't we?

You bet you can count on me, Katholyn! Together, we can all be losers!

 

[lmhall2000]

Hey Sweetie!!!
Just returned from (playing the Dixie tune now on my banjo) Alabama and the grandma weekend! (Visiting them not being one! ) You're gonna love everyone here on WISH- they are honest, uplifting, encouraging and won't let you give up!

Check out the link KathyTX sent you- she really does have Sable's twin!! Sambuca's a dollbaby. And Geetey really is my twin! Except she's a GORGEOUS 30 pound clipper and pretty good about letting me follow in her footsteps. And Katholyn (NativeTxn) is amazing- one of those kindred spirits you only read about but here at WISH we all get to consider her our own. You're gonna do this- and I'm sooooo happy you ya hooked up to the best bunch of losers on the Disboards.

You can weigh in any day of the week- just be consistent- you post your weight on the thread that says (WISH weigh in Week of June 3-June 10) You'll see it- and also take measurements- if you don't lose you almost always will see loss somewhere esp. if you're keeping up that walking!!!! Now that I've talked you into WISH can we shoot for the marathon together???

Baby steps I know!
Love ya!
Tara

 

[TennesseeTink]

Hey Tara!

Glad you made it back okay. I LOVE your 15 pound clippie. Way to go girl! My sister has decided to join us as we lose too - Yahoo - good health can be infectious!

Now I have to get with you so I can figure out how to post to message boards....

Love ya!

 

[mowsie dreamer]

Hi Jennifer

Hello from a fellow Tennesseean (opposite ends of the state, though). I'm glad you are joining us here on WISH. If motivation is what you need, there is more than enough to go around here, along with a lot of caring and friendliness. I think you are already finding that out, though.

Welcome!!!

 

[geetey]

Jennifer,
I am doing the WW on my own plan as well! One of the really cool things about WISH is that we have so many people doing so many different plans, so someone almost always has the answer to your question!
Don't forget to check www.dwlz.com as another great resource for WWers. We also have a recipe thread at the top of the board! Lots and lots of fun stuff here! And those clippies?? You will be SHOCKED by how motivated you are to get a new one! LOL! It's true!! I have even WATPed AND done Pilates two days in a row just trying to hit ONEderland (and that 35 pound clippie). Tara keeps pushing me from behind so I have to keep moving!!
Welcome again!

Onward and downward we goooo.....

 

[TigH]

Hello and welcome, Jennifer!!!!!! Tara is such a sweetheart! I'm glad she pointed you in our direction. Stick around here and you will be the most motivated person you know, TRUST ME!!!!

Hope to see you posting often and to get to know you better! Onward and Downward!!!!!