Weight Watchers Chat -- Part III

[eh24fan]

I gained .6 this week, but I'm ok with that! I knew what kind of week it had been and that's fine. Like Bumbershoot said, weight loss is not linear. It's a process, it's up and down and that's just life.

Mom and I stuck around after our meeting last night to talk about SS and SF...the verdict for me is that it isn't for me. I'm not eating fat free cheese, fat free sour cream, "lite" everything etc. I want to eat REAL food. For me, in order to be satisfied, I need full fat cheeses and sour cream etc. So, I'm going to stick with points and eat my normal foods, but less of them.

 

[pwdebbie]

Well, after a year of staying the same and then this last month of going up and up and up, I pigged out last weekend (it was my birthday) and after weighing in on Tuesday, I started SF on Wednesday. So, I'm in my second day.

I wish I could find some good information about SF in print. I am much better off when I have something concrete in front of me to read instead of talking to people. I don't understand why WW doesn't have a nice little bundle of info either online or in print on SF instead of dribs and drabs of information here and there. I constantly see "talk to your leader" -- well, my leader doesn't have time to talk. I love her, but the meeting structure and location are not conducive to an extended conversation. So, if any of you have a source of actual SF information all in one place, please point me to it!

 

[pennyg]

I ran my first 5K last night. I didn't even come in last. Now I think I may be able to start dropping weight again. Now, to work up to walking 10 miles so Disney doesn't wear me out!

 

[bumbershoot]

Well, after a year of staying the same and then this last month of going up and up and up, I pigged out last weekend (it was my birthday) and after weighing in on Tuesday, I started SF on Wednesday. So, I'm in my second day.

I wish I could find some good information about SF in print. I am much better off when I have something concrete in front of me to read instead of talking to people. I don't understand why WW doesn't have a nice little bundle of info either online or in print on SF instead of dribs and drabs of information here and there. I constantly see "talk to your leader" -- well, my leader doesn't have time to talk. I love her, but the meeting structure and location are not conducive to an extended conversation. So, if any of you have a source of actual SF information all in one place, please point me to it!

Happy Birthday! Today's mine.

SF stuff in print... We got one thing when they first added it. Do you have anything that looks like this?

If not, ask the leader for it. Might help.

I'll state up front that since I don't work outside the home this is simple for me, and I recognize that it might not be simple for you, but when I want to talk to a leader more in depth, I go during open weigh-in times, outside of a meeting time.


If you have etools, there are what look like a few articles about it.

I ran my first 5K last night. I didn't even come in last. Now I think I may be able to start dropping weight again. Now, to work up to walking 10 miles so Disney doesn't wear me out!

Yay you!

 

[pwdebbie]

Happy Birthday! Today's mine.

SF stuff in print... We got one thing when they first added it. Do you have anything that looks like this?

I had that booklet and it upset me so much (to me it screamed "Diet") that I threw it away!

If not, ask the leader for it. Might help.

I'll state up front that since I don't work outside the home this is simple for me, and I recognize that it might not be simple for you, but when I want to talk to a leader more in depth, I go during open weigh-in times, outside of a meeting time.

I don't have a job, I'm home all day every day. Going to WW is my time out each week. One benefit is that we do our big meal at lunch instead of dinner. Hubby retired on disability in 1995 and he needs me here. I quit my job (a job I loved, not many people get to say that) in 2007.

As for our meetings, we no longer have open weigh-in times. Headquarters downsized us from a permanent room in the mall to a rented-for-90-minutes room in a hotel. We went from two or three meetings almost every day of the week to just four meetings, two on Tuesday and two on Wednesday. For me, doors open at 9:00, meeting starts at 9:30, and everyone has to be out of there by 10:30. It's really sad because this move has caused them to lose more people. It is not handicap accessible and there are two flights of stairs. A lady fell last week on the stairs. But those of us who are determined have been there every week since the change a few months ago.

If you have etools, there are what look like a few articles about it.

A lady I sat next to this week has been doing SF and she told me to go to the Simple Start page and look for a link that says something like "After Simple Start." She said that's where a lot of SF info can be found. I haven't checked yet.

Yay you!

And now the most important thing -- I was down 3.6 this week.

 

[keahgirl8]

And now the most important thing -- I was down 3.6 this week.

Congrats! That is fantastic!

 

[pennyg]

Over the last two weeks I have lost 4lbs so I guess my weight has started dropping again.

 

[pwdebbie]

Over the last two weeks I have lost 4lbs so I guess my weight has started dropping again.

Good for you!

 

[robinb]

Hi everyone! I'm still around and still doing WW. I thought I would share this picture ...

The dog ate my ActiveLink:





It still works and I now carry it in my pocket, but I decided to buy a new one since it was on sale for $25. Big surprise! It was only $5! They said they were clearing them out because they are getting new units. I'm good with paying $5 now and if the new one looks really great I'll buy that one too.

 

[eh24fan]

Hey all!! I'm still here, still plugging away. My weight isn't moving the way I'd like, but I'm trying not to get discouraged. I'm pretty much stuck between 224 and 226 each week. I'm eating well with a few slips here and there, but tracking it all. I'm going to Zumba 2 to 3 times a week and working my tail off while I'm there. My leader keeps telling me to stick with what I'm doing and that scale will move eventually. I'm trying to focus on the NSV's right now. For example, just the fact that I'm doing Zumba and I LOVE it!! I look forward to every class and can't wait to get there. It's just so much fun and I walk out of there DRENCHED in sweat. My legs are begging for mercy some nights. LOL My mom said if nothing else, we are at least maintaining what we've already lost through tracking and being aware of what we are eating, and at least I'm exercising and that's making me healthier over all. It's really hard to keep tha tpositive outlook when the numbers on the scale aren't going down.

 

[eh24fan]

Oh, and has anyone tried the new ActiveLink? I love my old one and it's fine for now, but I'm interested in the new one...

 

[pennyg]

Hey all!! I'm still here, still plugging away. My weight isn't moving the way I'd like, but I'm trying not to get discouraged. I'm pretty much stuck between 224 and 226 each week. I'm eating well with a few slips here and there, but tracking it all. I'm going to Zumba 2 to 3 times a week and working my tail off while I'm there. My leader keeps telling me to stick with what I'm doing and that scale will move eventually. I'm trying to focus on the NSV's right now. For example, just the fact that I'm doing Zumba and I LOVE it!! I look forward to every class and can't wait to get there. It's just so much fun and I walk out of there DRENCHED in sweat. My legs are begging for mercy some nights. LOL My mom said if nothing else, we are at least maintaining what we've already lost through tracking and being aware of what we are eating, and at least I'm exercising and that's making me healthier over all. It's really hard to keep tha tpositive outlook when the numbers on the scale aren't going down.

It will move. I lost that 4lbs now I'm stuck again, but I have gone down 2 sizes during this stuck phase. Something is happening.

 

[bumbershoot]

And now the most important thing -- I was down 3.6 this week.

Woo!

I had that booklet and it upset me so much (to me it screamed "Diet") that I threw it away!

And...that's actually how I feel about SS. The food...I don't *want* to eat the food to satisfaction. I don't want to eat that food at all. It's why won't be doing it. (I didn't do Core either) Also because if I knew how to eat to satisfaction and then STOP, I wouldn't have gained 85 lbs.

It will move. I lost that 4lbs now I'm stuck again, but I have gone down 2 sizes during this stuck phase. Something is happening.

Wow, how cool is that? 2 sizes while stuck on the scale?
Wait, that didn't sound right, LOL.



Well, I didn't realize it in October, but that weigh in in goal range marked 1 year as Lifetime. I didn't realize it and didn't get my recognition.

And this week's weighin (I haven't been to a meeting in November yet) I'll be over, which makes me feel a little silly about asking for the previous recognition.

Maintaining is truly hard for me. Worth it, but hard.

 

[bumbershoot]

Update...when I weighed in on the 29th I was indeed up. Before I got on the scale I told the receptionist that I had made the year of Lifetime in October (in goal range 10 out of 12 months), so she gave me another key charm (not sure if all meetings give keys each year, but my meeting does). Then I weighed in, LOL.

I didn't freak out too much because I was running a half marathon the next day and wasn't going to hurt myself just to make weight that day. Now I'm done with that, I've upped the other exercise and decreased the extra food. Today didn't show as much of a loss as I thought it would (going by how I was feeling physically and looking in the mirror), but after the inital "what???" moment I'm OK. Just gotta keep moving forward. Maybe it'll show up next week. I have one more half marathon that I'm signed up for and I'm going to focus on constant good nutrition from now through that run, in hopes that I don't need to eat a lot the week before, and perhaps don't feel the need to "make up for" the run for a week or two following, LOL.




Did other meeting members get the booklet called something like "What to eat now"? Seems pretty good!

I love the quote in the Weekly about the woman eating a dry brownie. She realized it wasn't good, and wondered why she was saving it from the garbage. Wondered what the dry brownie had ever done for her.




For anyone thinking about yoga as an activity...try it. It's pretty amazing. I can't remember the first class I took, but it was sometime June-ish. I'm getting stronger, my loose skin is tightening up slowly but surely* (80+ lb loss and I'm currently 45...it's easy to think it's just too late and the skin won't do that, but I'm here to tell you it HAS), and my flexibility has made leaps and bounds. It's not immediate. It doesn't always feel good. You want to make sure your teacher is good and trustworthy and will show you variations. And just keep going.


*also doing pilates once or twice a week, weight training once or twice a week, and I run occasionally but nowhere near as much as I should be given that I've been participating in half marathons, LOL.

 

[keahgirl8]

It happens to us all. I have yet to actually maintain for more than a couple of weeks. I am going up and down and back again. Frustrating, but it's been a rough year, so that may have contributed. I am doing pretty well with food, but the exercise has been inconsistent. I am getting back on track though! I love yoga and Pilates. I think I am going to really work on using that as cross training with my running.

 

[bumbershoot]

I've been doing lots of yoga. Yesterday at my meeting I was standing next to their height stick thing and someone noticed I was at the 5'4" mark. Um, I'm 5'3". But no, I'm not. My leader's daughter is a yoga teacher and the daughter had grown by an inch after doing yoga for awhile. She updated my height. Which gave me 5 extra pounds at the max end of my ww allowed weight. Love it.

I feel good and I look good. I have no interest in buying bigger clothes or squeezing into anything. I'm just in transition and figuring out this new strong body.

Do yoga!

 

[keahgirl8]

Good for you! I love yoga! Trying to get back at it!

 

[pwdebbie]

Ugg, I splurged extravagantly over the last week, and I'm not talking about money. My weight is so up that I skipped my meeting today. No more excuses . . . starting tomorrow.

 

[rlbklein]

You should still go to the meeting! You don't have to weigh in, use you"no weigh in pass." The meeting can help you get back on track. I guarantee others are in the same situation and the staff has been there and can help.

 

[pwdebbie]

You should still go to the meeting! You don't have to weigh in, use you"no weigh in pass." The meeting can help you get back on track. I guarantee others are in the same situation and the staff has been there and can help.

I couldn't get out for the meeting yesterday because of snow and today dh said it is too cold to go anywhere, cold enough that church is cancelled tonight. So I will make it to the meeting next week (as long as the possible snow storm on Monday doesn't happen!). I'm hurting today from shoveling the driveway yesterday, but hey, it earned me three points! On my home scale, I am down three pounds from what I was here at home last week, so hopefully by next Tuesday, I will break even with my pre-Christmas weight.