Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[Sandi]

Today was my WI day and I was down 0.8. For that, I am grateful. I sort of fell off the WW bus over the last couple of weeks and didn't get to WI last week because I was at a Staff Appreciation luncheon last Wednesday at noon and I didn't track for about 10 days. I climbed back on the bus on Sunday and have been faithful. I guess I wasn't as bad as I thought I was. But, I really want to lose my last 5 pounds and get back to goal weight.

If I work the plan, the plan will work!

Good luck to all the other Wednesday weighers.

 

[pwdebbie]

Had WI # 8 last night, down 2.2 lbs to bring me to an even 20 so far! There was a gal at the meeting who has lost 230 lbs to this point and still has maybe another 75 to go. It is so encouraging to meet someone who has been in it for the long haul.

 

[sjms71]

Today was my WI day and I was down 0.8. For that, I am grateful. I sort of fell off the WW bus over the last couple of weeks and didn't get to WI last week because I was at a Staff Appreciation luncheon last Wednesday at noon and I didn't track for about 10 days. I climbed back on the bus on Sunday and have been faithful. I guess I wasn't as bad as I thought I was. But, I really want to lose my last 5 pounds and get back to goal weight.

If I work the plan, the plan will work!

Good luck to all the other Wednesday weighers.

Had WI # 8 last night, down 2.2 lbs to bring me to an even 20 so far! There was a gal at the meeting who has lost 230 lbs to this point and still has maybe another 75 to go. It is so encouraging to meet someone who has been in it for the long haul.

Great job to you both

 

[jenrose66]

Today was my WI day and I was down 0.8. For that, I am grateful. I sort of fell off the WW bus over the last couple of weeks and didn't get to WI last week because I was at a Staff Appreciation luncheon last Wednesday at noon and I didn't track for about 10 days. I climbed back on the bus on Sunday and have been faithful. I guess I wasn't as bad as I thought I was. But, I really want to lose my last 5 pounds and get back to goal weight.

If I work the plan, the plan will work!

Good luck to all the other Wednesday weighers.

Good for you, at least you didn't gain! How does lifetime membership work? I was reading about it, but it was confusing. Do you get to go to free meetings after you maintain your weight for 6 weeks, but then if you show up and you gained weight after that you have to pay in order to stay for the meeting?

 

[Sandi]

Good for you, at least you didn't gain! How does lifetime membership work? I was reading about it, but it was confusing. Do you get to go to free meetings after you maintain your weight for 6 weeks, but then if you show up and you gained weight after that you have to pay in order to stay for the meeting?

You have it about right. After 6 weeks of maintenance, you are Lifetime and no longer pay the weekly fee. You must weigh in once a month and you do that weigh in the first time you go in that month. You are given a 2 pound "grace" (there is a real term, but my brain is not at full throttle now). If you are over that, you have to pay the weekly fee.

I got to Lifetime about 4 years ago. Then I stopped going to meetings because I knew what to do and could do it on my own. Two years later, I'd gained back nearly all the weight. So I started up again about 2 years ago and it took a year to lose 30 pounds and for the last year I've been struggling with my last 5 pounds. But, I go to the weekly meetings, get support, and have not gained weight. I think I will get there this summer.

I think my experience is not uncommon. That was why Jessie was suggesting to another poster that dropping WW and doing it on your own is not recommended (I think).

 

[averill94]

Today is weigh-in day...drumroll please...

4.6 pounds! I can't believe it!

jenrose66 -Congrats on the weight loss! I weighed in on Saturday morning and was down 5.2 pounds also!


OMG Congrats to both of you! That is amazing!

Hope everyone is having a good week. This week my leader wants to see my tracker (GULP)!

 

[wvjules]

Another weigh-in where I thought for sure I'd have gain. I lost 1.4. Slowly, but surely, I'll get there. It seems so far away right now now. I know when I get to the end I'll think the journey wasn't so bad but right now the journey seems endless.

And I'm super-jealous of those of you that keep losing big each week. *sigh*

 

[Twingle]

Another weigh-in where I thought for sure I'd have gain. I lost 1.4. Slowly, but surely, I'll get there. It seems so far away right now now. I know when I get to the end I'll think the journey wasn't so bad but right now the journey seems endless.

And I'm super-jealous of those of you that keep losing big each week. *sigh*

Great job - the scale is going in the right direction!

Got my FitBit today - excited to see how it helps me meet my goals!

 

[Hoodie]

Just found this!

Started WW on Monday. It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. I had done My Fitness Pal after my first pregnancy so the tracking is pretty easy.

My little story: I was not always overweight. I was normal and thin until about 15 years ago when 2 things happened - I was put on Zoloft and at the exact same time my thyroid decided to konk out. The really unfortunate thing was that it took over 6 months for doctors to figure out what was wrong. My TSH is normal, but my T3 is way off. It took months of tests to figure out why I was gaining so much so fast. I was literally going up full dress/pants sizes every 2-3 weeks. I have stretch marks on top of stretch marks, not due to pregnancy but because my weight gain was so quick. Six months and nearly 100 pounds later, a doctor finally broke down and ran a full thyroid panel because I refused to leave her office until she did it. (I literally had every symptom. I was textbook hypothyroid, but I was in my 20's and "too young" and my TSH was in the normal range) Then my mom heard on Oprah of all places that excessive weight gain seemed to be a side effect of Zoloft even though it wasn't listed. Doc took me off Zoloft, added thyroid, and I lost 30 pounds in less than a month.

Unfortunately my bad habits from when I was always hungry on Zoloft persisted so weight loss since then has been sporadic at best. Had success on MFP until I got pregnant with #2, and now my office decided to offer WW so I decided to try something different. I desperately want to lose at least 35 pounds by my trip in November, then target after that. I'm trying to break it into manageable portions because 100 pounds is very daunting!!

I weigh in Mondays, so lets hope for a good start!

 

[sjms71]

jenrose66 -Congrats on the weight loss! I weighed in on Saturday morning and was down 5.2 pounds also!


OMG Congrats to both of you! That is amazing!

Hope everyone is having a good week. This week my leader wants to see my tracker (GULP)!

Good job

Another weigh-in where I thought for sure I'd have gain. I lost 1.4. Slowly, but surely, I'll get there. It seems so far away right now now. I know when I get to the end I'll think the journey wasn't so bad but right now the journey seems endless.

And I'm super-jealous of those of you that keep losing big each week. *sigh*

First 1.4 is a big loss,I think! It all adds up. You will have times the weight falls off and times when it will seem endless. It took me 2 years to lose over 70lbs. For 6 months I struggled with the same 3-5 lbs. But I think it helped me be succcessful in the end. For me I think if it came to easy then I would have a really hard to maintaining now. Keep doing the awesome job you're doin .

 

[sjms71]

I know I haven't posted my weigh ins lately but I've been pretty much the same. This week I'm down .4 woot woot . I really want to be 3-5lbs below my goal, so that is my new goal.

 

[sjms71]

Just found this!

Started WW on Monday. It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. I had done My Fitness Pal after my first pregnancy so the tracking is pretty easy.

My little story: I was not always overweight. I was normal and thin until about 15 years ago when 2 things happened - I was put on Zoloft and at the exact same time my thyroid decided to konk out. The really unfortunate thing was that it took over 6 months for doctors to figure out what was wrong. My TSH is normal, but my T3 is way off. It took months of tests to figure out why I was gaining so much so fast. I was literally going up full dress/pants sizes every 2-3 weeks. I have stretch marks on top of stretch marks, not due to pregnancy but because my weight gain was so quick. Six months and nearly 100 pounds later, a doctor finally broke down and ran a full thyroid panel because I refused to leave her office until she did it. (I literally had every symptom. I was textbook hypothyroid, but I was in my 20's and "too young" and my TSH was in the normal range) Then my mom heard on Oprah of all places that excessive weight gain seemed to be a side effect of Zoloft even though it wasn't listed. Doc took me off Zoloft, added thyroid, and I lost 30 pounds in less than a month.

Unfortunately my bad habits from when I was always hungry on Zoloft persisted so weight loss since then has been sporadic at best. Had success on MFP until I got pregnant with #2, and now my office decided to offer WW so I decided to try something different. I desperately want to lose at least 35 pounds by my trip in November, then target after that. I'm trying to break it into manageable portions because 100 pounds is very daunting!!

I weigh in Mondays, so lets hope for a good start!

Glad you found us and good luck. Manageable goals is what's great about WW. They celebrate 5%, 10%, Every 5 lbs and so on, it really makes you concentrate and take baby steps instead of being overwhelmed.

 

[nikkistevej]

I lost 2 this week!! Yay!! I am now at a loss of 13.4, of course at home when I am naked and haven't worked and eaten all day- it's 16. I am just happy it was a loss, wish I could go first thing in the morning and be naked when I go.

 

[keahgirl8]

Just found this!

Started WW on Monday. It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. I had done My Fitness Pal after my first pregnancy so the tracking is pretty easy.

My little story: I was not always overweight. I was normal and thin until about 15 years ago when 2 things happened - I was put on Zoloft and at the exact same time my thyroid decided to konk out. The really unfortunate thing was that it took over 6 months for doctors to figure out what was wrong. My TSH is normal, but my T3 is way off. It took months of tests to figure out why I was gaining so much so fast. I was literally going up full dress/pants sizes every 2-3 weeks. I have stretch marks on top of stretch marks, not due to pregnancy but because my weight gain was so quick. Six months and nearly 100 pounds later, a doctor finally broke down and ran a full thyroid panel because I refused to leave her office until she did it. (I literally had every symptom. I was textbook hypothyroid, but I was in my 20's and "too young" and my TSH was in the normal range) Then my mom heard on Oprah of all places that excessive weight gain seemed to be a side effect of Zoloft even though it wasn't listed. Doc took me off Zoloft, added thyroid, and I lost 30 pounds in less than a month.

Unfortunately my bad habits from when I was always hungry on Zoloft persisted so weight loss since then has been sporadic at best. Had success on MFP until I got pregnant with #2, and now my office decided to offer WW so I decided to try something different. I desperately want to lose at least 35 pounds by my trip in November, then target after that. I'm trying to break it into manageable portions because 100 pounds is very daunting!!

I weigh in Mondays, so lets hope for a good start!

I'm so glad you found this thread and have committed to losing weight! It can be so frustrating when doctors can't figure out what is wrong and refuse to really try. I had the opposite happen several years ago. I lost and lost because I couldn't eat. Of course, eventually they did figure it out, I started eating again, and here we are...but that's another story! The point is, i understand and I'm glad you're here!

 

[Sandi]

I know I haven't posted my weigh ins lately but I've been pretty much the same. This week I'm down .4 woot woot . I really want to be 3-5lbs below my goal, so that is my new goal.

Hey Steph, that is a woot-worthy moment. Yea for you!
Maybe if I would aim to be below my goal I'd actually get to my goal. Hmmm. I'm overthinking this and just need to do it!

 

[sjms71]

Hey Steph, that is a woot-worthy moment. Yea for you!
Maybe if I would aim to be below my goal I'd actually get to my goal. Hmmm. I'm overthinking this and just need to do it!

Sandi you crack me up. Girl I am so proud of you for sticking with it no matter what! You will get there, I just know it. I am constantly fluctuating within the two pound buffer and am usually right smack in the middle. I am tired of riding the line every week so want to get a few pounds below.

 

[sjms71]

I lost 2 this week!! Yay!! I am now at a loss of 13.4, of course at home when I am naked and haven't worked and eaten all day- it's 16. I am just happy it was a loss, wish I could go first thing in the morning and be naked when I go.

Yay great loss!

I say that all the time, why can't they have little "changing rooms". You get into your "birthday suit" step on scale it prints out a ticket with your weight and you hand it to receptionist, perfect idea right?

 

[nikkistevej]

Yay great loss!

I say that all the time, why can't they have little "changing rooms". You get into your "birthday suit" step on scale it prints out a ticket with your weight and you hand it to receptionist, perfect idea right?

Thanks!!! That is a great idea too!!

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

It's pretty quiet here. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

 

[lisajl]

Well, I have not been on here in a while.
My weight keeps fluctuating by a couple pounds. I lose it, then I gain it back.
I am not upset, though. It makes me work harder to figure out what is going on.
I have an appt with an endocrinologist on May 23 for my thyroid issues.
Maybe that is some of the problem. I think I need more medication.
My brain has been so foggy.
Weigh in is tomorrow, hopefully, will be back down those two pounds.