Sandi
A proud Spartans fan.
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Hi, and welcome to our thread. This is my third (and final, I hope) go 'round with WW. I made goal both of my earlier tries and am a lifetime member. I fell off the wagon and gained 30 pounds back. I re-joined in April of 2010 and I still have a few more pounds to get to my goal -- but those 30 pounds are now gone.
I was there for the switch over from the old plan to the new PP plan. I like the new plan a lot more than the old plan. The primary reason is that now fruits are zero points. It makes it a lot easier to have a zero points plus snack when you can eat a peach instead of three carrots!
I go to the weekly meetings in person and am also an on-line subscriber. The $40 a month is worth it to me. I find I do much better if I go to the meetings -- it helps keep me accountable (and I love my leader). It is taking me a long time to lose my weight, but by all accounts, it is more likely to stay off long term if it comes off slowly. My average loss comes out to a little less than 1/2 pound a week. That sounds terribly slow, but over the course of 60 weeks, that's 30 pounds. It would be a lot easier to gain that weight. The time is going to pass whether you do something or not, so you might as well try to lose. The first couple of weeks are usually big loss weeks and can be very encouraging. Where it gets tough is when you do everything right and lose 0.2 pounds or even gain weight. That's when a lot of people quit.
I've found that the people on this thread are my best weight loss buddies. You'll always find someone who has been through what you've been through or who are facing the same challenges. I think that's a good part of why I haven't quit this time. Good luck in your decision. We're here if you want to join us!
. I am also so proud of myself as being raised in a family that celebrated everything with food, my husband says to me tonight do you want to go out to dinner to celebrate? I said no, I didn't want to celebrate my loss of 73 lbs with food.
hang in there, maybe it's sodium. Make sure you drink lots of water. See how this week goes now that you are home. Don't get discouraged 
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. You are doing as well as me 
. I figured out my 6 weeks till lifetime date and it will be October 13. Almost 2 years to the day, I joined October 15, 2009.
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welcome(officially) 
. Good luck, let us know if you have any questions.
You've got 6 weeks to play around with the numbers. If you gain or continue to lose, just adjust your points up or down one at a time after your weekly weigh in until your body finds it's happy place and you begin to maintain. That's going to be the hard part -- not seeing the losses anymore. After you reach Lifetime, whatever you do, don't stop going to your weekly meetings.
