Starting WW tomorrow ! Anyone else on it ?

I love this thread! (don't know why it's coming out underlined and in blue though!)  How do you make the smiley faces? I was a bit discouraged this week having gained 1.8 pounds when I was so good on the plan. But I'm determined to make this work.  I just came back from the grocery store and my whole wagon was almost all fruits and veggies! I discovered something really tasty--Boca veggie burgers--only one point! (I just had 2 of them--mushroom/mozzarella and a sundried tomato/parmesan kind). I think I'll take them along on our family outing this weekend, it will help me to stay within my points.

Anne 

Hi to all.  I want to be a loser too!  A friend just asked me to come with her to WW mtgs -- I'm a lifetime member from 20 yrs ago but only went off and on.  I've got 20 extra lbs packed on me from these past chemo months and have to start losing and working out.   Our mtgs are Mon nights -- when do you all weigh in? 

Welcome! I think it had been Wednesday but got changed to Thursday. Yipes! That's tomorrow and I can't do it because our scale battery died (REALLY!) -gotta replace it ASAP and I don't think we have an extra in the house.

I weigh in on Tuesdays.  I lost 0.8 lbs last week for a total of 4 lbs now.  I was actually suprised that I lost since I was not good about staying on track over the long weekend and the gym was closed on Sunday and Monday.  Weekends are hard for me.  It's so easy to just graze on things I shouldn't.  During the week I'm at work and busy so it's much easier to stay on track.  I went to the gym yesterday and I'm going again tonight.  Have a good and healthy weekend everyone.

Darlene

UGH, I'm with you, Unlimited, I am SO frustrated.  I just weighed myself and I only lost half a pound (and that was after I went to the bathroom to empty myself of any extra ounces of water weight!).  I ate so much better all week, and have been walking every day.  Granted, I can't really do any serious cardio exercise yet -- I'm 3 weeks out from chemo and just don't have the energy -- but I thought that the improvement in my eating habits and activity levels would have made more of a difference.  Plus I've finally got over my chronic constipation...sorry if this is TMI, but maybe only 2 days of good pooping isn't enough to clean me out?

Oh well, I seem to remember that one of the other times I did WW, I barely lost anything the first week and then dropped like 3-4 lbs in week two.  I'm going to lower my daily points goal this week to what it used to be when I weighed less and stick to the walking program.  I do FEEL better than I did a week ago -- I just have to remember that whatever the scale may say doesn't change that fact.

I have an appointment with an acupuncturist on Monday, for the very first time.  I'm not specifically going for weight loss, but perhaps it will help my digestive system to function better and that will help me in this department, too.

Anyone else?

I want to be a loser with you darlings!! I want to earn smilies!! I want to be held accountable.

Quick backstory. DX 3/19/07. Surgery. Rads. Made HUGE committment to better eating/exercise. Rode bike over 800 miles following rads (last summer @ our summer place in WI) which was AMAZING for me -- couch potato type.

Lost 15 pounds!! (Lots of smilies!!)

Kept it off thru returning to real life. Kept it off over holidays.

Then moved in with DD who was pregs w/twins and bedridden, chasing her toddler as her DH is away with Air Force.

CRUD. End of diligence. End of maintenance. Surrounded here w/every forbidden possibility you can think of.

So I've lived here now for over 3 months and have gained back about half of my 15 lost over such a long haul.

Well...... this is all more than you needed to know.........

My DH and I are headed to Aruba in 2 weeks time, for a week. Too late for any dramatic impact there -- but I want to use these 2 weeks to grab my attention.

BTW: the twins are now almost 6 weeks old. They're healthy & beautiful and may one day sleep. Between their middle of the night scream fests & my hotflashes I haven't slept thru the night in these past 6 weeks.

I'm a complete emotional eater.... rewarding myself with nonsense of chocolate etc for 'hanging in' another day.

Enough already. My SIL will return here in about 7 weeks -- so my life hovers on the horizon.... and I want to return to it fitting into my 'thinner' pants.

congrats to all who've bonded already. Unlimited & AWB nice to see you here (we're old "chatline" buddies.)

faith

****and I just can't seem to get a grip on water consumption?????

Hi you losers!

I'm so happy to be writing this - home from hospital yesterday 9 hr surgery Wed. Wed. was my easy day. I'm doing very well relative to the extent of surgery. And they weighed me before I left hospital.

I was just where I was when I came in! I tried to hold steady weight at 147 - and I did! We'll see what happens now. I think I owe some of weight control to juicing my greens, Amazingly, a friend who lives near University Hospitals in Cleveland, and was recently diagnosed with BC, and who got turned on to juicing from me, brought my juices to the hospital each day I was there!

So, it may be a while until I jump back on to lose - but my job is to at least hold steady if not lose from here! Until you hear loss from me, I will be witness to you! Weigh away losers.

I cannot say enough about the angels, the xepertise, the facility and docs at University hospitals.'Truly amazingly awesome. I'm lucky I was there.

Thank you for being here still!

I can't wait to get past this, lose, buff up (again?) during & after rads.

Go ladies go!

Losers are way cool,

Cally

Cally- it is so great to hear that your surgery went well. Wishing you speedy healing and all uphill from here!

Tigwin. Welcome. I did chemo last year June- October. I was doing WW when I was diagnosed. After diagnosis I stuck with it and lost a few pounds during chemo. I did walk every day and I think that helped with the energy. Although it might seem counterintuitive staying active during chemo for a lot of women helps with the fatigue. I now weigh 10-12 pounds less than I did at the start of chemo. You may find you do well with a modified approach to WW- maybe not trying to lose fast but to maintain and maybe lose a few pounds over the months of treatment. I found the focus on healthy eating really beneficial.

Hello all, I am officially in.  Went and got weighed in at a ww meeting and started today !!!! First step to a better life.  Thanks for the support.

This wasn't a good week.  I gained 0.7 lbs.  I thought I was following the program, but I wasn't writing eveything down.  I think that's was messed me up.

I'm leaving Saturday for a 1 week vacation.  I'm going to try to be good.

Darlene

I was up 0.2 this week--basically an increase of less than a quarter pound, but it's discouraging--- I thought I had lost about 2 or 3 pounds, I am really following the program very closely and exercising too. Hopefully, I will lose next week, otherwise I can see myself getting really discouraged.

Hey all.....I am going to WW in the am for the first time in a long time....so glad I founfd this thread.  Are you all going to meetings or just following the program....I am sitting here eating popcorn (the family size bag)...it's just WRONG I tell ya...

April 2- 130.4

April 9-130.6

April 16-127.2

April 23-128.2

April 30- 128.2

May 8- 128.0

May 15- 127.0

May 23- 126.4

May 31- 128. 2

Today, June 6- 126.2, back on the loser track! This is the way my whole weight loss experience over the last year plus has been- very slow with steps forward and back, but always forward again. Looking back at my old diet and weight logs, my starting weight (and top weight back in late 2006 was 149.2. It's great to keep these logs and be able to look back and see how far you've come! I have my own logs plus official WW weigh in books going back to 2001 and they really put things in perspective. I am determined this time to reach my goal weight of 116. I believe that I can do it because I've stayed this couse for almost a year and a half now. 

It is so great to have more women joining us losers here! Don't let a setback of .2 or 20 make you give up (been there, done that, done with that!). I finally have gotten that it really is a lifelong process and that I can learn from my mistakes and move on. This week I was able to lose because I (finally) started planning my eating for the day and calculating the points ahead of time. I kept myself honest and made myself get out that food scale and points calculator slide even when I didn't feel like it. I didn't listen to that little voice in my head that says "It won't count if you don't know" because that is exactly the opposite of the truth and I know it. Okay that's enough of me on my 2 pound loss from last week positive rant/soapbox.

What have you other losers learned that you want to share?

Hi all...ok, I am leaving for my WW meetin in a few min.  What has worked for you all....points or core?  Do you go to thhe meetings or just follow the program on your own?

Thanks,

Tubby