Re: Tory- -200 pounds - gone!*- - Go to WW website to see Kim's before and after pics. T

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Tory,

I think that is just Great you have lost 107 lbs. I hope to be as successful as

you in my weight loss.

Tory Klementsen wrote:

I've lost just 107 pounds and I have a lot of loose skin. No amount of

situps or crunches will ever take it away, but I don't mind. It is my

" badge of honor " that reminds me that once upon a time I didn't treat

myself right and this is how I'm paying for it. I look fine in my clothes

and will probably never have surgery. So that's okay! I'm healthy and

that's what matters.

At 08:48 AM 11/15/2004, T G wrote:

>If you want to see her before and after pics...click on the link below, go

>to Success Stories, and click on Kim.

>

>

>

>Terra wrote:

>Weight Watchers Online <http://www.weightwatchers.com/>

>

>To: Serious Weight Watchers

>From: Terra

>Message:

>

>before & after

>200 Pounds ... Gone!*

>

>

>

>After

>Name | Kim

>Age | 42

>Height | 5'5 "

>Was | 347 lbs

>Lost | 206 lbs

>Weight | 141 lbs

>As Of | 7/31/2004

>

>Before

>

>It's not every day we hear from someone who's lost more than 200

>pounds*. Check out Kim's " after " picture in her 18-year-old daughter's

>jeans! Here's how she finally stopped the deadly cycle of bad habits and

>misery.

>

>

>

>By age 40, I was almost 350 pounds, and gaining weight every day. I'd

>look at myself in the mirror and think, " You look awful, but enjoy it,

>because next week you'll wish you looked this good. " I'd tried every

>diet out there, from shakes to prescription pills to hypnosis, and yes,

>even Weight Watchers. I'd become a yo-yo pro, easily losing up to 40

>pounds, then gaining it all back. I was basically eating myself to

>death, and at this point, I never, ever, ever thought I'd lose weight

>again. And that's why I have to tell my story; if you recognize yourself

>here, this is for you.

>

>Waiting Until I Was Ready

>Why did Weight Watchers work for me this time? All I can say is, my time

>had come. One day, on the brink of desperation, I looked for divine

>help, and within two days I had found the motivation to return to

>Meetings, this time for good. With faith and the support of my friend

>Cathy, my Meetings buddy, I was able to persevere through tough times,

>and turn bad habits into good ones.

>

>Making Changes Gradually

>I must admit, making the necessary changes was overwhelming at first.

>But having 200 pounds to lose turned out to be a blessing in disguise

>for two reasons. First of all, losing all that weight takes a while, and

>when you have a lot to lose you have more time to get used to the system

>and make it second nature. Cathy and I began eating out at Ruby

>Tuesday's each week following our Meeting. At first, we'd order

>hamburgers without the cheese or fries, but after about nine months,

>we'd switched to a plain baked potato and steamed broccoli. Before, this

>would have screamed " deprivation " to me, but because my taste buds had

>had time to change, I actually craved simple food like that. I once

>joked to Cathy that had I known that one day I would be ordering a baked

>potato for lunch at Ruby Tuesday's, I'd have quit right then and there!

>

> From Rocky to Routine

>Going slowly wasn't the only thing I counted on to change my life.

>Tracking my POINTS® values was a great release. Every morning I'd plan

>out my whole day in my QuikTrak™ with pencil, then copy over in ink when

>I'd actually eaten them. My daughter even took my picture every week to

>chart my progress; it's fun to go back and see what I looked like when I

>wrote what I was feeling. And I don't know who invented the POINTS

>System, but it's incredible! Yes, it took an investment of time in the

>beginning, but after a few weeks I had all the values down in my head. I

>started carrying my POINTSfinder® slide in my purse for grocery

>shopping, and I labeled the boxes of food in the cupboards with their

>values. After a while, it became part of me, and that's when I switched

>to the POINTS Bracelet, which I put on every morning with my watch. It's

>easy and wonderful for people who don't like to write their food down.

>

>Ditching The Drive-Thru

>And today? I can hardly count the number of ways my life has improved.

>There's the concrete: I can buckle my seatbelt, tie my shoes, wear

>jewelry, sit in a restaurant booth! I can feel my hip bones! (I'll never

>forget finding a lump in my side and thinking I had cancer for several

>weeks, until my husband told me it was my hip bone!) And the profound:

>By bringing my children so frequently to the drive-thru, I was basically

>handing them a weight problem on a silver platter. We don't do that

>anymore, and I don't keep junk food in the house, either. But I don't

>want to stop at helping my family — my hope is that my story will

>inspire people who are suffering as much as I used to.

>

>Two Years, 200 Pounds, To The Day*

>The day I reached Lifetime turned out to be my two-year Weight Watchers

>anniversary, plus t

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> Tory,

>

> I think that is just Great you have lost 107 lbs. I hope to be as successful

as you in my weight loss.

Thanks! I still love my " new " self more and more each day.

[Guest guest]

I had asked this the other day, but didn't see any response....

Who all of you have webpages concerning WW that you could share?

Seems like there was another lady that had lost alot of weight here and had a

webpage?

Please share these! It's one thing to read them on WW site, but another to read

yours after " being a part of your life " via the board here.

Thanks!

Rhonda, who has not been to a meeting in 2 weeks and feels like she is spiraling

downward again

[Guest guest]

Oh, no, Rhonda! Don't let yourself spiral. Go to a meeting TODAY.

I think you might be referring to Tory's website, which is

http://www.msteechur.com/ It's fantastic.

I also like http://www.onmyweigh.com/ I don't believe this woman

belongs to this list, but she's quite an inspiration.

I'm sure others have good ones, as well, but these will get you

started. Please don't let yourself continue to feel like this.

Hugs,

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> I had asked this the other day, but didn't see any response....

>

> Who all of you have webpages concerning WW that you could share?

> Seems like there was another lady that had lost alot of weight here

and had a webpage?

> Please share these! It's one thing to read them on WW site, but

another to read yours after " being a part of your life " via the board

here.

> Thanks!

> Rhonda, who has not been to a meeting in 2 weeks and feels like she

is spiraling downward again

>

>

[Guest guest]

Was it me? I have a webpage at www.msteechur.com or were you saying

ANOTHER other lady?

>

> I had asked this the other day, but didn't see any response....

>

> Who all of you have webpages concerning WW that you could share?

> Seems like there was another lady that had lost alot of weight here and had a

webpage?

> Please share these! It's one thing to read them on WW site, but another to

read yours after " being a part of your life " via the board here.

> Thanks!

> Rhonda, who has not been to a meeting in 2 weeks and feels like she is

spiraling downward again

>

>

[Guest guest]

I found this interesting site today about a woman who lost 140 lbs.

Thought I'd pass it along since people were asking.

http://pages.ivillage.com/wwmollyww2003//index.html

(the other) Beth

> >

> > I had asked this the other day, but didn't see any response....

> >

> > Who all of you have webpages concerning WW that you could share?

> > Seems like there was another lady that had lost alot of weight

here and had a webpage?

> > Please share these! It's one thing to read them on WW site, but

another to read yours after " being a part of your life " via the

board here.

> > Thanks!

> > Rhonda, who has not been to a meeting in 2 weeks and feels like

she is spiraling downward again

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

other Beth,

That's a great website...thanks for sharing it! I'm not the website-making

type, but I have to say that every single Tip and Trick that Molly listed

are thigns I've discovered for myself over the past year and a half on WW.

Yay Molly! She did a great job.

Bette in CA

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