Weight Watchers Chat - Part II

[pwdebbie]

Hello everyone, glad to see all the losses. CONGRATS!

Welcome to those newbies who have joined us too .

Missed my meeting today, DD got her braces off. It was just as well cause I am just having one of those "bad" weeks. Last Friday my dad went to ER having chest pain and numbness in arm. Long story short, after many test they discovered a tumor in his brain and he had emergency surgery on Tuesday. Surgery went well and we are waiting for biopsy results, hopefully not cancer. It's hard being so far away but my brother is close so that helps. I may need to fly up to New Jersey to help out. Anyway, please keep my dad in your prayers if you guys don't mind .

I hope you get good biopsy results and that they come soon. We are awaiting the same on my mom, she had two large masses removed last week from her abdomen. And I understand how hard it is to be so far away and not able to just be there when you want to be. My folks are "only" five hours away BUT I have a disabled dh so I can't just leave him here to go there. He has to go along with me.

 

[sjms71]

Hi everyone,

My name is Shakisha I am a Wife & Mother to 2 great kids.

We are a Disney loving family.....well at least me and the kids are DH just "tags along to be with his family"

I was never quite able to lose the baby weight, and have been "chubby" my whole life. I'd like to change that. The kids are now 11 and 7 soon to be 12 and 8.

I just recently Join weight watchers my goal is to lose 75 lbs, make some new friends and learn to embrace me for me!

Welcome Shakisha! Let us know if we can help you in any way. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress.

 

[sjms71]

I'm sor sorry about your dad, I pray for good news!

OMG your Dad is in my prayers
It must be SO HARD being far away. Take care of yourself.
Margaret

I hope you get good biopsy results and that they come soon. We are awaiting the same on my mom, she had two large masses removed last week from her abdomen. And I understand how hard it is to be so far away and not able to just be there when you want to be. My folks are "only" five hours away BUT I have a disabled dh so I can't just leave him here to go there. He has to go along with me.

THANK YOU everyone . Pwdebbie, I will keep your mom in my prayers too. Just talked to my dad, still no results but he was sent home yesterday, unexpectedly to my parents. I thought brain surgery would land you more than two days in the hospital . But he sounds good and he is in no pain thank goodness.

 

[Sandi]

Hello everyone, glad to see all the losses. CONGRATS!

Welcome to those newbies who have joined us too .

Missed my meeting today, DD got her braces off. It was just as well cause I am just having one of those "bad" weeks. Last Friday my dad went to ER having chest pain and numbness in arm. Long story short, after many test they discovered a tumor in his brain and he had emergency surgery on Tuesday. Surgery went well and we are waiting for biopsy results, hopefully not cancer. It's hard being so far away but my brother is close so that helps. I may need to fly up to New Jersey to help out. Anyway, please keep my dad in your prayers if you guys don't mind .

Hey Stephanie, prayers are out for your dad. Pixie dust, too (cuz that's who we are). Make sure you take care of yourself during this stressful time. It's easy to get overwhelmed, but you have lots of support here.

Hi everyone,

My name is Shakisha I am a Wife & Mother to 2 great kids.

We are a Disney loving family.....well at least me and the kids are DH just "tags along to be with his family"

I was never quite able to lose the baby weight, and have been "chubby" my whole life. I'd like to change that. The kids are now 11 and 7 soon to be 12 and 8.

I just recently Join weight watchers my goal is to lose 75 lbs, make some new friends and learn to embrace me for me!

Hi Shakisha, welcome to our group. My baby was 15 before I really took care of that baby weight. It's a long journey, but I've found a lot of support on this board -- we have people at every stage of the WW and weight loss journey.

I hope you get good biopsy results and that they come soon. We are awaiting the same on my mom, she had two large masses removed last week from her abdomen. And I understand how hard it is to be so far away and not able to just be there when you want to be. My folks are "only" five hours away BUT I have a disabled dh so I can't just leave him here to go there. He has to go along with me.

Hi Debbie, prayers are out for you and your mom, too. I hope you get good news soon!

 

[tinkerbell3747]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

I just signed up for WW online last night so today is like day one and I am already starting to see a few habits that need changing....like breakfast..

I tend to skip it....not on purpose but I just rush out the door feeding everyone but me....that is one of my early goals. Of course I missed it again today (its a habit ) BUT over the weekend I will practice changing that habit....

2nd goal for the week more water less soda.

I'll be posting here for accountablilty...if that's ok with yall.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Hello everyone, glad to see all the losses. CONGRATS!

Welcome to those newbies who have joined us too .

Missed my meeting today, DD got her braces off. It was just as well cause I am just having one of those "bad" weeks. Last Friday my dad went to ER having chest pain and numbness in arm. Long story short, after many test they discovered a tumor in his brain and he had emergency surgery on Tuesday. Surgery went well and we are waiting for biopsy results, hopefully not cancer. It's hard being so far away but my brother is close so that helps. I may need to fly up to New Jersey to help out. Anyway, please keep my dad in your prayers if you guys don't mind .

Stephanie, I hope you're dad is going to be okay. That's a big shock. Of course, I'll say prayers for him. Let us know if you have to make the trip up to NJ. We'll be thinking of you.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Welcome to all the new members! It's always great to have you join us here. Congratulations on all of the losses that have been happening recently. It's nice to hear about all of the victories -- scale and non scale. I haven't been posting much lately but I'm still reading all of yours. These days I just seem to be content to stalk the thread!

 

[amez]

I chimed in a few weeks ago and then seldom post.

This week is my one year anniversary on WW--I'm down 65 lbs and preparing to run my 3rd 5k tomorrow. I look and feel so much better then I did a year ago. I have NO regrets about spending the last year focusing on bettering my health and I look forward to even more improvements over the next year.

 

[sjms71]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome!

I just signed up for WW online last night so today is like day one and I am already starting to see a few habits that need changing....like breakfast..

I tend to skip it....not on purpose but I just rush out the door feeding everyone but me....that is one of my early goals. Of course I missed it again today (its a habit ) BUT over the weekend I will practice changing that habit....

2nd goal for the week more water less soda.

I'll be posting here for accountablilty...if that's ok with yall.

Shakisha,

I think those were my two biggest and most important changes in my journey. I never ate breakfast cause I really didn't like breakfast food and didn't want to waste the calories . Now that's one of my biggest meals. The second was water, now that's pretty much all I drink besides morning coffee. Good luck, can't wait to hear how your first week goes .

 

[Twingle]

Welcome to all our new WW buddies! This thread is a great support system, and so friendly and helpful. Hope everyone is doing well, and hanging in there. Stephanie, I hope everyone is on the mend soon!

I had a "unique" experience at my WW meeting today - there was a recruiter there, talking about working for the company. She was very adamant that you have to be at goal, which I thought was interesting, since all the printed material I have, and the website states, that you should be 10 pounds from goal to be a receptionst, and 5 pounds from goal to be a leader. I decided I'd ask her about it, because I've often thought about being a receptionist. My leader and the people that work my meetings are AMAZING, and I wouldn't have been so successful with the program if it wasn't for them, and I'd love to have the opportunity to pay it forward.

Anyway, when I asked her about the difference between what the website states, and what she had said, she was very unkind and frankly, hurtful. She said that she's discovered that people that aren't at goal NEVER make it to goal, and that she wastes a lot of time, energy, and money to train people that NEVER make it to their goal, and then the company is out that money, with no way to earn it back. She told me several times that only people that are at goal stay with the program, and they are the ones that make WW money. That if you aren't currently at goal, you're really not worth much.

I've NEVER been made to feel like I was involved in a business dealing at my meetings, that it was an orgainized support system with tools that would help me, and others like me, succeed. She made me feel like the most important thing to WW is staying in the black, and frankly, made me feel pretty damn bad about myself that I'm 6 pounds from goal and not worth talking to.

Have no other reason to share this other than the fact that I thought it was sad that a rep of WW Corp. represented herself in such a manner, and I hate that now I'm so hyper aware of WW as a business. Ugh.

 

[averill94]

Welcome to all our new WW buddies! This thread is a great support system, and so friendly and helpful. Hope everyone is doing well, and hanging in there. Stephanie, I hope everyone is on the mend soon!

I had a "unique" experience at my WW meeting today - there was a recruiter there, talking about working for the company. She was very adamant that you have to be at goal, which I thought was interesting, since all the printed material I have, and the website states, that you should be 10 pounds from goal to be a receptionst, and 5 pounds from goal to be a leader. I decided I'd ask her about it, because I've often thought about being a receptionist. My leader and the people that work my meetings are AMAZING, and I wouldn't have been so successful with the program if it wasn't for them, and I'd love to have the opportunity to pay it forward.

Anyway, when I asked her about the difference between what the website states, and what she had said, she was very unkind and frankly, hurtful. She said that she's discovered that people that aren't at goal NEVER make it to goal, and that she wastes a lot of time, energy, and money to train people that NEVER make it to their goal, and then the company is out that money, with no way to earn it back. She told me several times that only people that are at goal stay with the program, and they are the ones that make WW money. That if you aren't currently at goal, you're really not worth much.

I've NEVER been made to feel like I was involved in a business dealing at my meetings, that it was an orgainized support system with tools that would help me, and others like me, succeed. She made me feel like the most important thing to WW is staying in the black, and frankly, made me feel pretty damn bad about myself that I'm 6 pounds from goal and not worth talking to.

Have no other reason to share this other than the fact that I thought it was sad that a rep of WW Corp. represented herself in such a manner, and I hate that now I'm so hyper aware of WW as a business. Ugh.

OMG how horrible! I would definitely complain!!!!!!! Not at the center, higher up. Those are ridiculous statements that she made.

 

[averill94]

I chimed in a few weeks ago and then seldom post.

This week is my one year anniversary on WW--I'm down 65 lbs and preparing to run my 3rd 5k tomorrow. I look and feel so much better then I did a year ago. I have NO regrets about spending the last year focusing on bettering my health and I look forward to even more improvements over the next year.

Have a great time at the 5k! Of course congratulations on your 1 year anniversary That is something to cheer about.

 

[Twingle]

OMG how horrible! I would definitely complain!!!!!!! Not at the center, higher up. Those are ridiculous statements that she made.

Margaret, thank you so much for saying that - it really means a lot!

I wouldn't even know whom to let know that she made those comments, my meetings are held at a local American Legion Hall, what I think WW calls a satellite location? I have my leader's email, and I took the recruiters card and I have her contact information.

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Margaret, thank you so much for saying that - it really means a lot!

I wouldn't even know whom to let know that she made those comments, my meetings are held at a local American Legion Hall, what I think WW calls a satellite location? I have my leader's email, and I took the recruiters card and I have her contact information.

I think the location might be called a Traveler. Check the back of your weight record. There should be an 800 number there for a call center. They may be able to give you the number for the Territory Manager or someone that that person reports to. She should never have said those things. In my territory (I assumed it was Country-wide) we have to be an at-goal Lifetime member to be on staff and we have to submit our weight each month. We have to provide action plans to our Territory Manager if our weight goes up on a consistent basis.

 

[pwdebbie]

Welcome to all our new WW buddies! This thread is a great support system, and so friendly and helpful. Hope everyone is doing well, and hanging in there. Stephanie, I hope everyone is on the mend soon!

I had a "unique" experience at my WW meeting today - there was a recruiter there, talking about working for the company. She was very adamant that you have to be at goal, which I thought was interesting, since all the printed material I have, and the website states, that you should be 10 pounds from goal to be a receptionst, and 5 pounds from goal to be a leader. I decided I'd ask her about it, because I've often thought about being a receptionist. My leader and the people that work my meetings are AMAZING, and I wouldn't have been so successful with the program if it wasn't for them, and I'd love to have the opportunity to pay it forward.

Anyway, when I asked her about the difference between what the website states, and what she had said, she was very unkind and frankly, hurtful. She said that she's discovered that people that aren't at goal NEVER make it to goal, and that she wastes a lot of time, energy, and money to train people that NEVER make it to their goal, and then the company is out that money, with no way to earn it back. She told me several times that only people that are at goal stay with the program, and they are the ones that make WW money. That if you aren't currently at goal, you're really not worth much.

I've NEVER been made to feel like I was involved in a business dealing at my meetings, that it was an orgainized support system with tools that would help me, and others like me, succeed. She made me feel like the most important thing to WW is staying in the black, and frankly, made me feel pretty damn bad about myself that I'm 6 pounds from goal and not worth talking to.

Have no other reason to share this other than the fact that I thought it was sad that a rep of WW Corp. represented herself in such a manner, and I hate that now I'm so hyper aware of WW as a business. Ugh.

That just seems to be unprofessional to me.

 

[lisajl]

Well, last weekend my boys, Dh and I went to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. I was very good and did not eat everything that was set in front of me.
I lost .6! Hooray!

I have weigh in on mondays and hopefully will be down a pound. Still trying to crack that 25 lb weight loss.

Lisa

 

[CdnBuzzFan]

Happy long weekend to us!

 

[eaj1228]

Finally made the zero point Garden Vegetable Soup. It was so yummy. I made a pretty big batch and hope it lasts the rest of this week to go with my dinner or lunches.

 

[bumbershoot]

My husband hit his 5% yesterday. So happy for him!

 

[averill94]

Bumbershoot- that is so awesome for your hubby! Mine joined 2 weeks ago and I am so proud of him. He looks better already and feels better too. This is the best thing that we could do for our son and daughter too. (just our better eating will hopefully rub off on them a bit!)

I wanted to check in because I did simply filling again this week for 3 days and I am down .8 (not as much as I hoped but I will take it. Of course I am at that point of the month where it is not helping me scale wise )

I did finally make 40# though. I am so happy about that.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!