WW Weekly Weigh In--- Part 2

[bucci818]

I think I may have had a relapse last night... Not so much a food relapse as an emotional one.

I took my daughter clothes shopping... She REALLY needed some shorts for a quick vacation to the lake this weekend and I finally relented.

While we were walking around, I was thinking everyone was looking at me... and not in a good way. I kept feeling like everyone around me was thinking "Look at that Fat WOMAN... What is SHE doing HERE?" or "She doesn't belong in this store... She's TOO FAT" or "Fat people are DISGUSTING"

It really effected my whole shopping experience and the time with my DD

On the way home, my DD noticed something was wrong and asked me what was the matter... When I told her basically what was wrong, she laughed and said "Mom... You were one of the thinner Mom's there!"

I STILL think of myself as weighing 250+ lbs and a size 22/24. I have to look in a mirror and see my 12/14 body to believe it. And even then, I feel like the FAT person.

I just needed to tell someone THAT. It helps to write it down and or verbalize it. Then it seems less... I dont' know... BIG?

Thanks to all you guys for being here.

Hey Janis,
I know how you feel. I do the same thing when I'm shopping with my mom or cousins. I feel like I don't belong in those stores. I look in the mirror and still see the person who was almost 290lbs and barely fitting into a size 28! I think I will see that person for a long while. It is a mental thing that we need to get over. Just know, you are not alone on this at all!!

 

[cepmom]

Hi everyone
Just back from my meeting and I am down about 4 lbs from last week, but still about 1.2 up from two weeks ago (when I last went to my meeting....missed last week and weighed at home.)

congrats to everyone that is losing and hugs to those that are struggling. I'm officially on vacation tomorrow at 5:00 and don't need to return to work until 7/13 Heading to two cookouts, one on the 3rd and one on the 4th then we are going to stay at DH's uncle's beach house for the week.

It just occured to me this morning while I was on the treadmill that I will not be able to get my usual workout in while we're away, but I am hoping to make up for it by taking walks on the beach each day.

Also going to take some healthy alternatives to the cookouts....Hebrew National FF hot dogs and light buns are on my list. Have a great 4th everyone!

 

[bucci818]

Weighed in this morning, and I'm down another .4lbs. Well, a loss is a loss, and I'm that much closer to 70lbs and I'm happy about that! Hope everyone has a good 4th!

 

[Ms. Heimlich]

Weighed in this morning, and I'm down another .4lbs. Well, a loss is a loss, and I'm that much closer to 70lbs and I'm happy about that! Hope everyone has a good 4th!

As of last week, I am 1.4 lbs away from hitting 70 lbs. Good to know I'm not alone with my struggle. I've been sitting here for about 2 months now.

Good luck over the holiday. Make good choices!!!

Ms. H

 

[bucci818]

As of last week, I am 1.4 lbs away from hitting 70 lbs. Good to know I'm not alone with my struggle. I've been sitting here for about 2 months now.

Good luck over the holiday. Make good choices!!!

Ms. H

Me too!! My body is fighting me to the death for these lbs! But, the last two weigh ins have been losses, so I'm hoping the trend will continue.
I already bought my low fat hamburgers for the 4th to have on a light english muffin. My aunt makes a rice salad and a potaote salad made with olive oil and vineger. And for dessert.....she makes this ice cream cake made with low fat ice cream sandwiches, ff/sugar free pudding and ff coolwhip. Saving some of my points for that!!

 

[pakhowe]

Hi everyone,
I'm so glad I found this thread!! I was doing WW at work but then it ended & I tried to do it myself. I have the online tools but it's nothing like attending meetings and sharing with others. I kind of gave up after a while.

So lets see, I lost 30 Lbs as of 2 school years ago and then gained 20 back Still down 10 though! Went to the Dr last week and was told I need to lose weight. I am in danger of becoming diabetic otherwise. So...back to the online tools I go. And hopefully here for support as well.

My goal is to lose 10Lbs by our WDW vacation in August. I want to lose 20 more after that.

~K

 

[Mary Anne]

Pakhowe - welcome. This thread is like a 24/7 WW meeting. Someone is always here to give support.

Yesterday, I felt FAT. Plain old fat. I think it was becaue I was grazing all day. As you know I work in an office that everything is accompanied by food. I don't remember what Monday's food was was Tuesday one of our new vendors came in with a big tray of fresh veggies and fruit. I had about a cup of the fruit in total but grazzed all afternoon on the veggie. Honest I was stuffed by the end of the day. In between they brought in two HUGH cakes - one chocolate and one strawberry short cake. This was to celebrate the companies 10 year anniversary. I did pass on those. This morning was bagel day but I was prepared for that and had a WW bagel with me with a wedge of Fat Cow Low Fat cheese. I bagged some of the veggies from yesterday and had a nice mix of them for lunch so I thought I was home free but then I got the word to send out the memo that in honor of the 4th of July they would bring in Wendy's for all tomorrow.... I'm looking forward to being home for 3 days and not having to deal with challanges every 2 hours.

Tomorrow is weigh in day, may the scale be good.

 

[mousemgr2]

Hi everyone,
I'm so glad I found this thread!! I was doing WW at work but then it ended & I tried to do it myself. I have the online tools but it's nothing like attending meetings and sharing with others. I kind of gave up after a while.

So lets see, I lost 30 Lbs as of 2 school years ago and then gained 20 back Still down 10 though! Went to the Dr last week and was told I need to lose weight. I am in danger of becoming diabetic otherwise. So...back to the online tools I go. And hopefully here for support as well.

My goal is to lose 10Lbs by our WDW vacation in August. I want to lose 20 more after that.

~K

I heard the same thing from my doctor a few months ago. I am doing the ww at work program right now, but I find this board and the online tools to be great support.

Go for those 10lbs!!
-Susan

 

[pakhowe]

Pakhowe - welcome. This thread is like a 24/7 WW meeting. Someone is always here to give support.

Yesterday, I felt FAT. Plain old fat. I think it was becaue I was grazing all day. As you know I work in an office that everything is accompanied by food. I don't remember what Monday's food was was Tuesday one of our new vendors came in with a big tray of fresh veggies and fruit. I had about a cup of the fruit in total but grazzed all afternoon on the veggie. Honest I was stuffed by the end of the day. In between they brought in two HUGH cakes - one chocolate and one strawberry short cake. This was to celebrate the companies 10 year anniversary. I did pass on those. This morning was bagel day but I was prepared for that and had a WW bagel with me with a wedge of Fat Cow Low Fat cheese. I bagged some of the veggies from yesterday and had a nice mix of them for lunch so I thought I was home free but then I got the word to send out the memo that in honor of the 4th of July they would bring in Wendy's for all tomorrow.... I'm looking forward to being home for 3 days and not having to deal with challanges every 2 hours.

Tomorrow is weigh in day, may the scale be good.

Hi thanks for the nice welcome. I know how you feel about work and food. I work in an elementary school classroom. It is always someones birthday or a staff meeting, complete with lots of food. I am happy it is summer. Way to go being prepared with alternatives. I hear Wendys has some good salads. Bring your own dressing. Good luck at weigh-in

I heard the same thing from my doctor a few months ago. I am doing the ww at work program right now, but I find this board and the online tools to be great support.

Go for those 10lbs!!
-Susan

Thanks for the support.

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Hi everyone
Just back from my meeting and I am down about 4 lbs from last week, but still about 1.2 up from two weeks ago (when I last went to my meeting....missed last week and weighed at home.)

congrats to everyone that is losing and hugs to those that are struggling. I'm officially on vacation tomorrow at 5:00 and don't need to return to work until 7/13 Heading to two cookouts, one on the 3rd and one on the 4th then we are going to stay at DH's uncle's beach house for the week.

It just occured to me this morning while I was on the treadmill that I will not be able to get my usual workout in while we're away, but I am hoping to make up for it by taking walks on the beach each day.

Also going to take some healthy alternatives to the cookouts....Hebrew National FF hot dogs and light buns are on my list. Have a great 4th everyone!

Have fun on your vacation cepmom. I also bought the Hebrew National FF hot dogs because someone on this thread said how good they were. I'm about to find out.
4 pounds is awesome. Congrats on such a big loss.

Weighed in this morning, and I'm down another .4lbs. Well, a loss is a loss, and I'm that much closer to 70lbs and I'm happy about that! Hope everyone has a good 4th!

Weigh to go.

As of last week, I am 1.4 lbs away from hitting 70 lbs. Good to know I'm not alone with my struggle. I've been sitting here for about 2 months now.

Good luck over the holiday. Make good choices!!!

Ms. H

Janis congrats on such a wonderful accomplishment. I can't seem to hit the 30 lb mark for anything. I've still got five weeks until school starts to hit it. That was my own personal goal for summer.

Me too!! My body is fighting me to the death for these lbs! But, the last two weigh ins have been losses, so I'm hoping the trend will continue.
I already bought my low fat hamburgers for the 4th to have on a light english muffin. My aunt makes a rice salad and a potaote salad made with olive oil and vineger. And for dessert.....she makes this ice cream cake made with low fat ice cream sandwiches, ff/sugar free pudding and ff coolwhip. Saving some of my points for that!!

Is that something from the fresh meat case or prepackaged hamburgers. I need to give that a try. The dessert sounds yummy too.

Hi everyone,
I'm so glad I found this thread!! I was doing WW at work but then it ended & I tried to do it myself. I have the online tools but it's nothing like attending meetings and sharing with others. I kind of gave up after a while.

So lets see, I lost 30 Lbs as of 2 school years ago and then gained 20 back Still down 10 though! Went to the Dr last week and was told I need to lose weight. I am in danger of becoming diabetic otherwise. So...back to the online tools I go. And hopefully here for support as well.

My goal is to lose 10Lbs by our WDW vacation in August. I want to lose 20 more after that.

~K

Hi and Welcome.

You'll love this thread, it's great!

Pakhowe - welcome. This thread is like a 24/7 WW meeting. Someone is always here to give support.

Yesterday, I felt FAT. Plain old fat. I think it was becaue I was grazing all day. As you know I work in an office that everything is accompanied by food. I don't remember what Monday's food was was Tuesday one of our new vendors came in with a big tray of fresh veggies and fruit. I had about a cup of the fruit in total but grazzed all afternoon on the veggie. Honest I was stuffed by the end of the day. In between they brought in two HUGH cakes - one chocolate and one strawberry short cake. This was to celebrate the companies 10 year anniversary. I did pass on those. This morning was bagel day but I was prepared for that and had a WW bagel with me with a wedge of Fat Cow Low Fat cheese. I bagged some of the veggies from yesterday and had a nice mix of them for lunch so I thought I was home free but then I got the word to send out the memo that in honor of the 4th of July they would bring in Wendy's for all tomorrow.... I'm looking forward to being home for 3 days and not having to deal with challanges every 2 hours.

Tomorrow is weigh in day, may the scale be good.

Good luck on your weigh in. You sure do have many challenges there at work. I'm looking forward to my kids going back to school so I can focus on my eating again. During the school year I stayed on program and never wavered. Since the kids are home and we are always on the go I find it very challenging to be good. Help!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mary Anne]

I thought I posted here before....

Made it through lunch today. I picked the plain salad with small amounts of cheese on it. I'm assuming you were to add the chili and sour cream but I passed on those added a small can of tuna and some 1 point dressing that I make myself with balsamic vinegar and oil.

I went to my weigh in today and am down 2.4 lbs

My motto this week is nothing taste as good as skinny feels.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July.

 

[memy26]

I had a very small loss this week 0.2, but at least it was down.

 

[feistygalkmc]

So I had my first weigh in a few days ago and I was down 1.2. Still not a gain so I'm happy with that but I have got to do better with writing down my food. I am so bad! Plus I work 3pm-midnight 3 days a week. I usually sleep in pretty late, anyone have some suggestions on how I can get together a quick lunch, better yet lunch and dinner? We order in quite frequently at my job and I hate ordering but it is so quick and easy. I am having a bad week this week, I haven't written down ANYTHING
Sometimes I just don't have time to cook a meal to take to work with me. I do live within a mile of work so I usually come home for lunch. I think it all comes down to planning better. I don't really want to use the pre-packaged frozen meals. I did find lots of great recipes in the Hungry Girl book, now I guess I just need to put it to use.

 

[Mary Anne]

Welcome Festygalkmc

I work also but while they are long hours (a lot of 12 hour days) they are normal hours (7 to 7 most days). I've found the key is have food in my desk so that when they order out, I can say "thanks I have my lunch - dinner.

I keep cans of Progresso 0 point soups, cans of tuna, small boxes of raisins, fiber one cereal already broken down into small one point and two point baggies, WW oatmeal, a small bottle of olive oil and a bottle of balsamic vinegar. I also have some WW treats like the pretzel things, the cheese like puffs. I also like to keep rice cakes and the small cans of fruit that are in natural juice. All of that is an emergency in case I get hungry and for whatever reason I don't have my lunch with me or a planned business lunch falls through. I also keep a 1 cup measuring cut and assorted small measuring spoons.

Each day I usually bring with me the following. 2 oz of chicken/turkey; WW bread, cut up fresh veggies and salad. A WW yogurt and a sugar free jello. Plus at least two fruit servings. Maybe a sugar free pudding.

I also do not go more the 3 hours (when I'm awake without eating something) veggie, fruit, yogurt etc. This way I am not starving when the junk food starts coming through the office (read some of my posts, I work in a office that not one thing is not accompanied by food! -- Eve of the 4th of July that would mean Wendy's FULL MENU CHOICES for 100 people

I'm also a big believer in the tracking. It makes a big difference. I have one rule, no matter what if I have a 12 / 15 point meal, I have to WRITE IT DOWN. The number of points at the end of the day do not matter, it's the fact that I acknowledge I ate it is more important to me.

Good luck in your journey.

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Lets all have a safe and fun 4th with lots of on program food options.

 

[feistygalkmc]

You know Mary Anne that makes complete sense! I buy several different snack options that I can grab & take to work with me as I am heading out the door. 100 cal packs, FF triscuits and FF cheese etc. What usually happens though is I keep them at home and I just grab a couple to take to work. Then when I get home, I eat some more of my work snacks. Next thing I know all my snacks are gone. So I am going to gather them all up today and take them into work tomorrow. I work on the weekends 630a-3p so the hours aren't as bad. Ok, I must go get laundry together so I can get that done before this afternoon. Good luck today everyone

 

[DawnM]

Who is doing WW at home? Or online?

I currently am doing it on my own as we have had a number of places to go this past month.

I have the points calculator and I have an older (exchanges) calculator that I just got a new battery for.

Can I do this without joining? Or do I need to join? Thoughts?

My dilema is that I have the kids every day, so going to meetings is going to be tricky and 10 miles away (ie: $7 per r/t in gas!)

Dawn

 

[mousemgr2]

Can anyone tell me which Progresso soups are 0 points?

Thanks!

-Susan

 

[Mary Anne]

Dawn please feel free to join in. I have found great support in this thread. From what I can tell many people to it different ways. Online, meetings, on their own--whatever works best for you you should do.

Mousemgr2 the 0 point soups are clearly marked.

talian-Style Vegetable
Vegetable & Noodle
Home-Style Vegetable & Rice
Savory Vegetable Barley
Southwestern-Style Vegetable

Keep in mind that it is 0 points for half a can; if you eat the whole can it's 1 pont. Still a great "deal." I like to add fresh veggies to it to make it more like stew like. My favorite is the Italian Veg one. Here iswhat the can looks like:

 

[DawnM]

I think the entire can is 2 points. That was a question I asked a couple of weeks ago. Many said they would count 1/2 can as 0 points but if they ate the entire can they counted it as 2 points. It is really easier for me to just count 1/2 can as 1 point.

Dawn

Dawn please feel free to join in. I have found great support in this thread. From what I can tell many people to it different ways. Online, meetings, on their own--whatever works best for you you should do.

Mousemgr2 the 0 point soups are clearly marked.

talian-Style Vegetable
Vegetable & Noodle
Home-Style Vegetable & Rice
Savory Vegetable Barley
Southwestern-Style Vegetable

Keep in mind that it is 0 points for half a can; if you eat the whole can it's 1 pont. Still a great "deal." I like to add fresh veggies to it to make it more like stew like. My favorite is the Italian Veg one. Here iswhat the can looks like: