Serious-Weight-Watchers Introduction

[Guest guest]

Hi! I am finally ready to introduce myself. I am C and I live in

Minneapolis, MN. I have been skulking around many WW sites while I

counted calories, which has always worked for me. I have resisted doing

points because I thought it was just another way of counting calories..

But with no weigh in each week, I was starting and stopping constantly.

My " moment " , I guess, when I realized it wasn't working was in October

when my husband and I went to St. Louis to see our daughter at her new

job. There was a company open house and we walked for hours looking at

airplanes being built. Never once did I say I couldn't go any further,

but I was S-L-O-W and my legs were killing me. I was very embarrassed for

myself that this is what I have become.

The weekend after we returned, I rejoined WW. I had also been afraid to

rejoin because I thought I would not find my peers there. I was

pleasantly surprised. So I am learning points for the first time and

enjoying it. My losses have totalled 10.4 pounds after 3 weigh ins. I

am afraid to use the 35 extra points though. Do you all use them?

Because I was desperate, I told myself I would just turn myself over to

the WW point program, and stop rationalizing that what I was doing was

just the same. I would follow the rules, because for whatever reason, it

was working for others.

I am very scared of the day that the motivation flies out the window. I

am also very scared of my first bad day, because that is when I am likely

to throw in the towel. I am very scared of a gain over Thanksgiving,

when we are traveling and I will have less control over my choices.

Logically I know there are ups and downs but I am afraid of the ups even

though I can counsel others to see it through.

But in my fourth week, I feel great. Some pants are fitting that haven't

fit for months, and my legs are not bothering me constantly.

C in MN

starting wt. about 253

[Guest guest]

C - Welcome! You've had a good loss for only three weigh-ins....keep

up the good work! If you do eventually feel that motivation slipping, come

on by here and fill back up with motivation and encouragement!

Bette