Re: WW-is this my next step?

[Guest guest]

Have you tried cutting carbs? Not only does it help you lose weight

but it keeps BGs lower too. Don't cut out all of 'em -- just the

high glycemic ones, such as anything made with grains (cereals,

breads, pasta) and rice. For a complete explanation and list of GI

(glycemic index) foods, see Rick Mendosa's site (now

Mendosa). I think there's a link to it connected with this site.

Vicki

> Came from the doc today. He says cholesterol is excellent. sugar

control is great (6.0),

> blood pressure was high last time, and now is much better. I did

my time with a

> nutritionist and got great tips and ways to improve my eating.

I've been walking a mile a

> day on the treadmill in my basement, and doing yoga, so my

confidence, and flexibility is

> good. signed up with a food co-op so i can get more organic fresh

fruit n veggies in the

> house.

> BUT

> my weight is still the same as last time he weighed me, which is 3

months ago.

> WWWWWWHHHHHYYYYYY!?

> he suggested a formal diet, like weight watchers. attend meetings

and get on track to lose

> weight. I've never done it, never thought about it, wary about

paying my money for it, and

> wanna know if something like that will really help. but i ned to

take a new step to lose this

> weight.

>

> anyone here on, or have been on a formal plan like weight

watchers? does it help? ive got

> to pinch my pennies for the rest of the year and i want this

program or any like it to be

> worth my money and time. any advice?

>

> bee.

> (t2 since 2001, actos/glyburide)

[Guest guest]

I personally have not been, but know folks who are and who have really had it

work for

them. Their one comment is that programs with prepared meals tend to be

high-carb.

On the pinching pennies thing, tho... at least if it's prescribed it's tax

deductible these

days.

SulaBlue

> anyone here on, or have been on a formal plan like weight watchers? does it

help? ive

got

> to pinch my pennies for the rest of the year and i want this program or any

like it to be

> worth my money and time. any advice?

>

> bee.

> (t2 since 2001, actos/glyburide)

[Guest guest]

anyone here on, or have been on a formal plan like weight

watchers? does it help?

Bee,

Yes, Weight Watchers works... you weigh in (in private) at

the beginning of each meeting, and you talk about ways to

lose weight, problems, challenges, etc. I lost over 30 lbs.

on it years ago, and so I'm a lifetime member. That said,

I've been low carbing to control my blood sugar, so last

time I went to WW I found it difficult to do both low carb

and WW. My sister lost 75 lbs. on WW and has kept it off

for 2 years.

ive got

to pinch my pennies for the rest of the year and i want this

program or any like it to be

worth my money and time. any advice?

You can pay at each meeting, but if you decide you like it,

you can buy books of tickets at a savings. I think Weight

Watchers is a great program. Here is their website, where

you can get an idea of what they do and find a meeting near

you.

http://www.weightwatchers.com/index.aspx

Sandy

[Guest guest]

bee wrote:

>anyone here on, or have been on a formal plan like weight watchers? does

>it help? ive got

>to pinch my pennies

I have had my greatest weight loss success with the WW plan (based on

" points " ) but I don't respond well to the " meetings " part so I just used

their materials and plan. When I first started, I bought the latest WW

materials on Ebay, read the stuff and started. After a couple weeks, I

decided maybe I should try " the real thing " and paid my money to

participate locally via their WW meetings . . . I hated it and did not feel

as if it helped me at all, actually hindered me. But then, I am most

successful when I do things " on my own " and sitting in a " meeting "

listening to others' situations (that didn't apply to me) or getting

answers to questions that I already knew just didn't do a thing for me.

(For instance, I remember sitting through an hour long meeting on the sole

topic of how to read labels on popcorn to determine which popcorn you could

eat the most of for the least " points. " Since I had no trouble

reading/understanding such labels, and made my own decisions re: popcorn, I

felt it was a waste for me.) So, I continued, quite successfully with the

WW " points plan " (choosing my " points " for lower carb and a tad more fat to

feel full) but quickly stopped paying their dues/fees to attend a group as

I found it counterproductive for me so the $ spent there was, for me, as

waste. For some folks, it really helps to do things in such a " group " but I

didn't find it helpful. The WW " plan, " however, I found most satisfactory.

My husband and I both did it successfully, just independently at home.

Good luck!

A different Sandy

T1 - 1979

[Guest guest]

> WWWWWWHHHHHYYYYYY!?

Since your physician appears to be

convinced that you have no medical

reason for not losing weight, Bee,

then there is really only one

possible explanation:

You are taking on more energy than

you NEED.

The real question then is why you

are doing that and the answer lies

in the psychological area to a great

extent in the sense that why you

start to eat, what you decide to

eat and what not and when you decide

to stop eating are all controlled

by your mind in one way or another.

I understand that Weight Watchers

address some of the reasons but not

others. If you have the problems

they address then they could help

you, if you have other problems then

they probably won't but nobody is

going to be able to tell you that

in advance. My guess is that the

only way would be to risk a few

dollars and see if their procedure

suits your problem.

Losing weight itself does not cost

a cent, you just consume more

low-energy foods and less high-energy

foods but overcoming psychological

reasons for not doing that can cost

real money.

> ive got to pinch my pennies for

> the rest of the year and i want

> this program or any like it to be

> worth my money and time. any advice?

Bee, it seems to me that everything

hinges on the words " got " and " want " .

Assuming that you are not living

completely alone then if you spend

money on Weight Watchers, you will be

taking it away from somebody else,

like your family. I would have trouble

not seeing Weight Watchers as something

of a luxury and I bet that they will

too. There is no way you can eliminate

the risk that WW won't do you any

good and the money will have been

thrown out the window - unless they

give you a cast-iron money-back

guarantee, which I doubt somehow.

The other word you use is " want " , and

if you really mean it, and by that I

mean if you are prepared to reconsider

all your eating habits and cut out

some of the high-energy foods regardless

of whether you miss them or not, then

you are going to be able to do it

without Weight Watchers or any other

mental crutch of that kind.

My guess is that you are one of the

vast majority of us and, although you

think you " want " to lose weight more

than anything else in the world, if

you made a list of the things that

are most important to you, weight loss

would not be at the very top of the

list. I believe that if you are going

to be able to lose weight in a healthy

way and keep it off for ever then

that has to be at the top of the list

of your priorities otherwise it just

ain't gonna fly!

I recently read a posting on another

list by a young, hopelessly overweight,

girl who claimed that she would even

be prepared to lose an arm if she

could only lose some weight, it was

the most important thing in her life

by far, and asked for advice on how

to do it, adding however that she wan't

prepared to give up chocolate-coated

candy or count calories. It is really

all a matter of your priorities!

Regards