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PaperDollWings
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I just joined the WW online program too. I'll be checking in here...I can really use the support.
I have been trying to lose since last August (I have approx. 25 lbs. to lose as my goal.) On my own I have only lost 5 lbs in about 6mo. I'm hoping the tracking and support of WW will help me stay motivated and hold myself a little more accountable.
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PaperDollWings
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2011 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe we should call this thread or perhaps start a new one? WW support group? |
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DancingStar
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2011 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| PaperDollWings wrote: |
I just joined the WW online program too. I'll be checking in here...I can really use the support.
I have been trying to lose since last August (I have approx. 25 lbs. to lose as my goal.) On my own I have only lost 5 lbs in about 6mo. I'm hoping the tracking and support of WW will help me stay motivated and hold myself a little more accountable.
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Good luck and have fun! My WW story: It took me about 6 months on my own to lose 5lbs. Then I joined WW and have lost 28lbs (officially) and 33 all together. I still want to lose another 10lbs but I feel like my loss has stalled. I am also not sticking to the program as much as I have been in the past. Yesterday, I joined a gym, and it bored me to death. I hope it helps with my goals. I attend meetings. For some reason, weighing in and the meetings itself usually motivate me each week. (I also have a newish job that places challenges on my schedule/habits around food and working out.)
ETA: I am sure that I already shared this on Glitter. I wanted to update my info and I think we are/were in similar places concerning weight loss goals. |
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loomis
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2011 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I joined WW a little over a month ago. I has lost some weight after pregnancy and maintained that loss but still had a lot more I wanted to lose and it just wasn't coming off. I have lost 10 lbs so far on WW. I have gone down a pants size and bra size. Woohoo!! I feel really good too. I have about 25 lbs more to lose. I do the online thing but I also go to meetings. I like being weighed in once a week. I helps to keep me on plan. Good luck!! |
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angelam
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2011 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Great to see so many other WWers on here. I'd be up for a new thread too. I've spent some time lurking over on the WW message boards, but they'e different. I did find a group that I check in with daily, though, and I've found them to be pretty supportive (it's a daily thread on ending binge eating). |
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Sleepyhouse
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| loomis wrote: |
| I joined WW a little over a month ago. I has lost some weight after pregnancy and maintained that loss but still had a lot more I wanted to lose and it just wasn't coming off. I have lost 10 lbs so far on WW. I have gone down a pants size and bra size. Woohoo!! I feel really good too. I have about 25 lbs more to lose. I do the online thing but I also go to meetings. I like being weighed in once a week. I helps to keep me on plan. Good luck!! |
I'm always shocked at people who change sizes so quickly. I've lost like 10lbs and nothing fits differently. I feel like I've lost it all in my face and boobs :( |
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loomis
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| loomis wrote: |
| I joined WW a little over a month ago. I has lost some weight after pregnancy and maintained that loss but still had a lot more I wanted to lose and it just wasn't coming off. I have lost 10 lbs so far on WW. I have gone down a pants size and bra size. Woohoo!! I feel really good too. I have about 25 lbs more to lose. I do the online thing but I also go to meetings. I like being weighed in once a week. I helps to keep me on plan. Good luck!! |
I'm always shocked at people who change sizes so quickly. I've lost like 10lbs and nothing fits differently. I feel like I've lost it all in my face and boobs :( |
I wish I could lose it in my face:). It wasn't that quickly. It seems like I was close to changing sizes before weight watchers and the 10 lbs pushed me over. I did lose 30 lbs before weight watchers and only went down one size:-0. |
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mylolly
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2011 8:49 am Post subject: |
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i went way off plan over the holidays, with the attitude of "it's THANKSGIVING and CHRISTMAS! i'm going to eat what i want and get back on after new years!" well, i gained 5 lbs on that binge and ONLY JUST have been able to lose it.
it was great being able to eat what/when i wanted, but i'm not sure if the consequence of gaining and having work extra hard to lose it again was worth it.
last week i reached 10%. this week i hope to get to 25#. weigh in tonight! |
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DancingStar
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2011 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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i went way off plan over the holidays, with the attitude of "it's THANKSGIVING and CHRISTMAS! i'm going to eat what i want and get back on after new years!" well, i gained 5 lbs on that binge and ONLY JUST have been able to lose it.
it was great being able to eat what/when i wanted, but i'm not sure if the consequence of gaining and having work extra hard to lose it again was worth it.
last week i reached 10%. this week i hope to get to 25#. weigh in tonight! |
That happened to me during our Christmas Vacation. Part of it was me wanting to eat a lot of cookies and part of it was staying with my partner's family. They thought I was silly for bringing veggies and my own foods. When it came to eating them, I felt silly adding them to their meals. It took forever to get back on track after this and lose what I gained. (Until I got the flu. Which sounds messed up.)
Good luck and congrats on your 10 %. That was a big deal for me. |
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Sleepyhouse
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i also had to come to terms with being an emotional eater and though im the least religious person you will ever meet, the book women, food, and god really helped me.
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I just requested this from the library. I saw it recommended some where else too so I'm going to give it a shot. |
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DancingStar
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2011 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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i also had to come to terms with being an emotional eater and though im the least religious person you will ever meet, the book women, food, and god really helped me.
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I just requested this from the library. I saw it recommended some where else too so I'm going to give it a shot. |
Because of this thread, I flipped through this book at Target and considered buying this book. It was on sale for around $10. I find the title and some of the chapter titles so off-putting. I couldn't buy it. (Religious-y). |
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DancingStar
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| Question. I am still following the old points program. I made a cupcakes by mixing 15 oz canned pumpkin with a chocolate cake mix. No water. This made 13 cupcakes. Are they 2 points each or 4? Maybe I am being lazy with the calculations, but I can't figure it out right now. I googled and found some unofficial recipes that add water. Some recipes make 12 cupcakes and others make 24. They all count the cupcakes as 2 points each whether or not they added water or if it is 12 or 24 servings. That is not right. |
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Sleepyhouse
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| Posted: Apr 05, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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I usually add up all the information for what I'm making and divide by how many I actually end up with. Especially for things like cookies because I usually end up with a totally different serving than the recipe says.
I don't know what's been going on lately, but I like it! I feel like everything's been working for me and in the past 7 weeks I've only had one tiny gain. I feel SO much better about things than I did last time I posted here! |
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kneesocky
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| Posted: May 25, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Reviving this thread to say I joined ww online tonight.
I gained 70lbs (!!!) when I was pregnant - lost about 15 of it right away, but have now gained it back plus 7lbs because of a prescription med I was on to boost milk supply. (yeah....how awesome is it for my self esteem that even my maternity clothes don't fit!!)
So I signed up for 3 months - hopefully I can make a nice dent in my gain in that time. Before getting pregnant I was doing WW & working out about 4-5 times a week & I lost 50lbs. I only got to taste that feeling of being fit & happy in my skin for a little while.
So.....I didn't know I was going to join WW tonight & I ate just normally &....yeah....NINETY THREE points later, I can kind of understand how/why I've gained so much. Now, half of that is an avocado...pretty bummed that a whole avocado is 42 points (!!!!!!!) I eat a *lot* of avocado.
Anyhow - how are you guys doing? |
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enzyme
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| Posted: May 26, 2011 3:32 am Post subject: |
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A whole avocado is 42 POINTS??? Holy shit.
I'm on this bandwagon too. I had a whole health scare and surgery last year, during which I lost some weight (cyst weight, panic weight). But the first few months of this year have been a kind of, "I think everything might be ok, wooooo" bonanza, and I'm at least ten pounds up from where I should be. I'm having to move my wee gut out of the way when I do twists in yoga, and that doesn't feel good.
I weigh in at the end of week two tomorrow. I cheated and peeked this morning, and I think I've made some progress in the last seven days. I signed up for the three-month thing too. Maybe, if I'm lucky, I won't have to go the whole time?
I work at home, so some of this is easy - I can stop midday to go braise some greens or something. But when I leave the house - as I had to do tonight, to go shopping and go to my illustration group - I can end up suddenly STARVING, since beforehand I'll have only eaten as much as I needed at that moment. I guess I need to start putting an apple in my coat pocket or something. I ended up at my art group (which is in a bar), hungry-headachey. I had to have grilled cheese and soup to make myself feel better. So: next time, fruit in pocket. Noted.
42 points, oh my god, oh my god...
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