Re: moderating/Race Reports/Exercise

[Guest guest]

Kallie - I love your post. You said exactly what I've been thinking.

Personally I'm so happy with each new discovery of things I never thought I

could

do...clothes I never thought I'd wear...compliments I never thought I'd hear. I

carried around an extra hundred-plus pounds for SO many years that I really

thought it was going to be a forever thing. That's why the support here has

meant so much, and why it's so important to me to be able to post every pound

lost and every ounce fought for. And every NSV like being able to walk up a

flight of stairs without feeling like death was beckoning...

Thank God for Weight Watchers and for supportive, understanding SWW friends!

Bette

278/185/175

[Guest guest]

Yes Tory, you should be so proud of your accomplishments. I have been

with the group for a long time, and I can remember when you first

started posting about them.. I also have also read how you would

never have believed you would be doing any of it. So many of us are

now doing things we never thought we would, and all because we

finally just got deep down serious about ourselves.. It does not

happen overnight, but with time, and all the changes that come over

us, as we lose the weight.

I am sure that there are still many in this group posting or not

posting that are one day gonna surprise themselves too and don't even

know that yet..because it can just come right out of the blue..

When a person is way overweight, we can only start a little at a

time, and as it slowly comes off, we start increasing and get excited

about accomplishing something new, something we never thought we

would do..It does happen!! I read it all the time right here. It

could be something like just getting out and tossing a ball with

their child, or rolling around on the floor with them.

And at the same time, there are those who are just as happy with

their accomplishment of losing the pounds and have much less activity

going on, but have still acheived their goal in slimming down no

matter what the numbers on the scale says....

I definately think we should all be able to boast here, on whatever

makes us feel good as we lose the weight..that is what its all about,

feeling good, accomplishing whatever we feel are our goals, having

someone to boast them to and receiving the postitive feedback we

crave.

On a final note, if you don't write it, we don't know it.....the hard

times, staying on track, food issues, and all the other stuff that

goes with creating a new life without all the weight holding us

back...

I enjoy reading the posts, and like someone said if it is not of

interest, just delete it..

Just a few of my thoughts........Kallie

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> RE: Re: moderating/Race

Reports/Exercise I'll be honest with you. I love this board and I'm

one of the moderators.

> But if I were to be told I couldn't share my fitness stories, I'd

> probably...no, definitely unsubscribe. I'll tell you why.

>

> I'm in a completely different place in my Wwers journey. I've

made lifetime.

> I don't struggle " that " much with the program. I maintain my

weight loss by

> continuing to be on program. I no longer need tips and hints

about things to

> eat. I don't really need to share if I've gone off program

because, honestly

> (and I'm not bragging, this is just the way I am), I don't. But

what I *am*

> doing right now is building up my fitness base. I suffer from

adult onset

> athleticism (to borrow a phrase from someone else). If I go to a

running

> board and I say " I can't believe it! I ran 3 miles at an 8 minute

mile

> pace! " they are going to be like " Ho hum. " For people who have

always ran,

> that's nothing. For me that is phenomenal. This has everything to

do with my

> weight loss journey.

>

> Sharing that I have done a healthy, good thing for my body is

completely

> different than saying " I've eaten half a cow, and I don't care!

I'm not

> counting points today because it's the 3rd anniversary of my first

> pedicure! " Sharing a race report may bore some people (which is

why God

> created the delete key) but others may read it and say " Wow, that

sounds

> like fun and who knows, maybe someday I can try that! "

>

> Running earns me Aps, which is a part of the weight watchers

program. I

> wouldn't think there is anyone who is MORE serious (just as, but

not more)

> than I am about weight watchers. It is a part of my lifestyle. I

don't share

> about things not related to health and fitness that I do, like

read up on

> the latest technology in quantum computing, or other geeky

things, but I

> will continue to share my race reports because from the feedback

I've

> received, people enjoy reading them.

[Guest guest]

Amen Tory!!!!

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[Guest guest]

Tory,

I really hope you DO NOT unsubscribe and DO continue to post your race

reports!!!! I really enjoy reading about your progress and that you are able to

run the distance that you do, I find this VERY MOTIVATING!!! I personally have

never been very active and am just now starting to jog and branch out into other

activities and to know that someone else has been where I am and has gone as far

as you have to train for a triatholon is incredible!! Just my two cents of

course, but I believe that any part of WW (food, points, exercise, problems,

strategies, goals, etc) should be allowed to be discussed, and as you stated if

people are not interested in the topic just delete the message....no problem.

Maureen

Re: moderating/Race

> Reports/Exercise

>

>

> Another thing I personally have a

> > problem with is, IF we are to be so strict in what we can or cannot

> > say, then why are we going SO " off tropic " to hear every detail of

> > people's race reports.

> >

> > Right away, let me clarify this, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO proud of

> > each and every one of you who are training or participating on race

> > events of any kind; however, that does also not fit the description

> > of this board as serious weight watchers. I think you are great

> and

> > more power to you, BUT, maybe these statsictics belong on another

> > board? Or else, maybe I just don't belong on this board because I

> > want to hear about food and recipes and weight loss. I have once

> in

> > a while reported on my exercise activity also, but I don't really

> > think it belongs on this board. I may be in a monority here, in

> > which case, I can delete myself from this group.

> >

> > Terri in WI.

>

> Terri:

>

> I apologize if I have offended you in any way by posting about my

> running. I have to disagree with you, though. I think posts about

> exercise and having a fit lifestyle VERY MUCH belong on this board.

> For me, my weight loss success isn't just about the food I put or

> don't put in my body, it is also about being active. For me

> personally, living a healthy lifestyle incorporates exercise. It is

> because of WW and my weight loss that I am able to do things with

> this body I never thought were possible before. When I've posted

> about being able to run a race, it is not with the intent to be

> competitive or off-topic, but rather to share my " celebrations " with

> my support group, and hopefully (as others have done for me), inspire

> someone out there to reach for their own weight loss or fitness goals.

>

> April

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