RE: WW and not journaling

September 22, 2003

That's kind of my philosophy, Terri. YS may not be a " recovering fat girl "

but I am. I have proven in the past, that I cannot truly handle food on my

own. If I have to journal every single day for the rest of my life, huzzah!

What a tiny little price to pay for making sure that I'm eating a well

balanced diet.

I know that even now, almost two years on program, I can easily be out

during the day and come home, journal...then wake up in the middle of the

night and think " Oh darn, I didn't journal such and so. " (I do that a lot.

Wake up, have a random thought, go back to sleep.) That tells me that I'm

not ready for even a meal off, much less a day.

But we all have to do what works for us. With the statistics that we see,

anywhere from 85-95% of people gaining some or all of their weight back, I

am assuming that for most of us to remain in good health we'll have to keep

practicing these habits. If someone can naturally do it without journaling,

I think that's really nice for them. Somehow they've been able to get a

handle on it. But it's important that the rest of us do what WE need to do

to stay on program.

Is it really that bad journaling every day? Honestly?

~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'

Tory Klementsen, MCP A+

Career and Technology Educator

-The successful person will do the things that the unsuccessful person will

not.

> WW and " not " journaling

>

> My WW leader has lost 50 pounds and kept it off for over five

> years. She is extremely lean and fit, runs marathons, etc. etc.

> She recently told us it was NOT a good idea to ever stop journaling,

> because at some point it will get so easy to start sliding back. She

> has seen it over and over again since she has been a ww leader. Just

> thought I would share what someone with 5 years maintaining says.

>

> Terri in Wisconsin

>

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