Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Amber! That's awesome! Congrats! The numbers usually mean starting weight/current weight/goal weight or something along those lines. in OKC <>< weighing in in 30 minutes > > >Hi all, > > I have been lurking around a bit since my first introduction but wanted to reintroduce and tell about my difficult OP day. > > I am a 27 year old stay at home mom of a lovely 3 year old daughter. In my life before kiddos I was a full time E.M.T with American Medical Response here in Colorado. I noticed that the more I sat in an ambulance the worse my eating habits were and the tighter my clothes became. Then I got pregnant and forget about losing the weight from before......I had the old and the new weight to lose. > > I learned about WW from my mother ( who has lost an amazing amount of weight and looks terrific...Hi Mom!), and I thought our demographics were a lot alike and thought it would work for me too. It did. I lost 17 lbs. in the first 3 months and felt great but the hit the inevitable plateau and got frustrated and quit. So I regained all the 17 lbs and then some. Then right after this last Christmas I had a miscarriage and put on even more weight. So, I am at my highest weight ever and have recommitted to WW and living a healthier lifestyle. > > So, I had a really tough day today...I was starving and had trouble staying with my points target. I was actually only 6 over ( I used Flex Points) but got frustrated with the hard time I had. I am an instant gratification person and felt a bit defeated today. I did get all my waters in today and then some. > > So, Long story short...Thanks for letting me vent and I appreciate all of you more than you know. I know I have not met you all but I feel like I know you already. Thanks for always sharing...even your struggles help me. > > > >Amber Crouch > >Colorado > >226/151/Under 200 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Amber! That's awesome! Congrats! The numbers usually mean starting weight/current weight/goal weight or something along those lines. in OKC <>< weighing in in 30 minutes > > >Hi all, > > I have been lurking around a bit since my first introduction but wanted to reintroduce and tell about my difficult OP day. > > I am a 27 year old stay at home mom of a lovely 3 year old daughter. In my life before kiddos I was a full time E.M.T with American Medical Response here in Colorado. I noticed that the more I sat in an ambulance the worse my eating habits were and the tighter my clothes became. Then I got pregnant and forget about losing the weight from before......I had the old and the new weight to lose. > > I learned about WW from my mother ( who has lost an amazing amount of weight and looks terrific...Hi Mom!), and I thought our demographics were a lot alike and thought it would work for me too. It did. I lost 17 lbs. in the first 3 months and felt great but the hit the inevitable plateau and got frustrated and quit. So I regained all the 17 lbs and then some. Then right after this last Christmas I had a miscarriage and put on even more weight. So, I am at my highest weight ever and have recommitted to WW and living a healthier lifestyle. > > So, I had a really tough day today...I was starving and had trouble staying with my points target. I was actually only 6 over ( I used Flex Points) but got frustrated with the hard time I had. I am an instant gratification person and felt a bit defeated today. I did get all my waters in today and then some. > > So, Long story short...Thanks for letting me vent and I appreciate all of you more than you know. I know I have not met you all but I feel like I know you already. Thanks for always sharing...even your struggles help me. > > > >Amber Crouch > >Colorado > >226/151/Under 200 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2004 Report Share Posted February 27, 2004 Amber~ Congrats on an awesome week! I think you are right you should relish in the great weeks I think they help carry you through for the harder ones. Smiles ) Ang At 07:30 AM 2/27/2004 -0700, AMBER CROUCH wrote: >Hi Mitch and you other lovely people, > Mitch, Thanks so much for the encouragement. I have begun to realize > that this is a long term thing unlike any other crash diet I have tried. > This truly is a lifestyle that I can eat and live with for the rest of my life. > I had an amazing weigh in this week. I was down 5.6 lbs in one week. > HOOORAY! I have really only been doing this for about 2 weeks and know > that a lot of it is water weight but...5 lbs is 5 lbs. right? I am > thrilled. It is amazing how when you have a really good week your self > esteem just skyrockets and I feel 10 feet tall and bulletproof. > I do know to expect tough times and am preparing myself but thought I > should celebrate this while I can. > You are all such an encouragement to me and I thank you. > >Amber > >PS. I am confused about the 3 sets of numbers you all post after your >names and wondered if you can explain to me what they mean exactly..... > > Re: Re-introduction...diffuicult OP day! > > > Hey Amber... welcome again!!! > > Can I encourage you to forget about instant gratification? I have the same > personality in this regard, but I wasn't successful with WW until I started > viewing this as an everyday for the rest of my life sought of thing. > Once you > internalize that view, it doesn't matter if you hit a plateau or > struggle on a > particular day --- or week --- because whenever you get to goal, you get > to goal - you're doing all the right things along the way. Now, I know this > is easier said then done and it takes a while to internalize, but if you > start > telling it to yourself now, it can become a belief you do internalize > and then, > a self-fulfilling prophecy.... I guess what I'm saying is that if you > think of this > as something to lose weight and then you're done, you can't wait to get > there... > if this is really a more healthful lifestyle, then the weight is only a > number that > when its' where you want it to be, is a side benefit of the healthy living. > > Mitch > > AMBER CROUCH wrote: > > >Hi all, > > I have been lurking around a bit since my first introduction but > wanted to reintroduce and tell about my difficult OP day. > > I am a 27 year old stay at home mom of a lovely 3 year old daughter. > In my life before kiddos I was a full time E.M.T with American Medical > Response here in Colorado. I noticed that the more I sat in an ambulance > the worse my eating habits were and the tighter my clothes became. Then I > got pregnant and forget about losing the weight from before......I had > the old and the new weight to lose. > > I learned about WW from my mother ( who has lost an amazing amount of > weight and looks terrific...Hi Mom!), and I thought our demographics were > a lot alike and thought it would work for me too. It did. I lost 17 lbs. > in the first 3 months and felt great but the hit the inevitable plateau > and got frustrated and quit. So I regained all the 17 lbs and then some. > Then right after this last Christmas I had a miscarriage and put on even > more weight. So, I am at my highest weight ever and have recommitted to > WW and living a healthier lifestyle. > > So, I had a really tough day today...I was starving and had trouble > staying with my points target. I was actually only 6 over ( I used Flex > Points) but got frustrated with the hard time I had. I am an instant > gratification person and felt a bit defeated today. I did get all my > waters in today and then some. > > So, Long story short...Thanks for letting me vent and I appreciate > all of you more than you know. I know I have not met you all but I feel > like I know you already. Thanks for always sharing...even your struggles > help me. > > > >Amber Crouch > >Colorado > >226/151/Under 200 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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