Hi again -- returning member....

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

I'm , I was active on the group for a year, until about a year ago

when I got pregnant. Yeah, I know you can stay on WW during pregnancy, but

since this was my third and final kid, I used it as my excuse to eat what I

wanted -- which actually wasn't much, I don't tend to gain during pregnancy

since the nausea takes the edge off of my appetite and my stomach feels

pretty squeezed and full.

My husband is convinced that I got pregnant in order to avoid dieting for

nine months.

I vowed I would go right back on after I had the baby, which I did on July

12. My first meeting back was in August, and I guess I wasn't quite ready

mentally and my life wasn't organized enough to start again. After a month I

went back and was up four pounds!

But I'm happy to say that I lost those four pounds the first week I was

" really " back. And I've had two meetings since, and lost 2 pounds each week.

Eight pounds in three weeks feels pretty good!

A special hello to Tory who is a special source of " if she can do it, so can

I " inspiration. One of the things I did to psych myself up for going back to

WW was to reread her website. I totally admire how she's in this for the

longterm, and remains active on various boards to help others.

What's funny is that during the whole year, I never unsubscribed from the

digest version of this group. I kept receiving the E-mails, didn't read them

and deleted them, but I stayed on, as kind of a promise to myself that I was

going back. And now I am.

What's really pushing me this time is wanting to be a good example to my

kids, age 8,6 and four months. They have inherited both my husband's and my

metabolism, build, and love of food (these are kids who never have to be

pushed to eat) and I've realized there is no way to get them to eat healthy

and be active if I'm not. Especially in the case of my daughter, who is six,

and wants to be just like me, and will be -- including being fat -- if I

don't work at it.

Now, the house is devoid of fattening snacks or candy, except when they

bring it home from a birthday party. I cut out french fries entirely, except

when other children come over to play. All desserts at home are healthy

ones -- fruit, yogurt, applesauce, low-fat ice cream once a week or so. That

helps me by keeping temptation out of the house. I let them occasionally

indulge in " real " desserts when we're outside the house.

While my daughter doesn't seem to have LOST weight, her weight seems to be

holding steady now, and she's growing taller, so she's definitely less round

than she was. And my new baby is another girl, so that's another daughter to

set a good example for and be a mom they can be proud of.

This time I'm not just doing it for me, I'm doing it for them, and I'm

hoping that will make a difference.

I live overseas, and so the Core program is totally alien to me -- here we

still just do the Flex Points. I'm curious about it -- are the details

anywhere on the Web?

240/232/??? (When I left Weight Watchers before the baby, I'd lost 20 pounds

and gotten to 218 -- so that's my first goal, to get back to where I left

off....)

[Guest guest]

<<A special hello to Tory who is a special source of " if she can do it, so can

I " inspiration. One of the things I did to psych myself up for going back to

WW was to reread her website.>>

Okay, I didn't know Tory or anyone else here had a website. Would someone

please post those links or tell me where to find them. I desperately need some

encouragement too! )

Rhonda

[Guest guest]

Hi, .

Welcome back. Being an example for your kids is wonderful inspiration

to lose the weight. Allowing your children to see you make healthy food

choices is great. I also returned to WW in January of this year after

giving birth to my first baby in December. I gained a lot of weight

during my pregnancy. But, through WW, I am almost back to prepregnancy.

Good luck. You can do it!

Hope

240/173/170 or 165 or ?

Kaplan Sommer wrote on 11/16/2004, 3:34 AM:

>

> Hi everybody,

>

> I'm , I was active on the group for a year, until about a year ago

> when I got pregnant. Yeah, I know you can stay on WW during pregnancy,

> but

> since this was my third and final kid, I used it as my excuse to eat

> what I

> wanted -- which actually wasn't much, I don't tend to gain during

> pregnancy

> since the nausea takes the edge off of my appetite and my stomach feels

> pretty squeezed and full.

>

> My husband is convinced that I got pregnant in order to avoid dieting for

> nine months.

>

> I vowed I would go right back on after I had the baby, which I did on

> July

> 12. My first meeting back was in August, and I guess I wasn't quite ready

> mentally and my life wasn't organized enough to start again. After a

> month I

> went back and was up four pounds!

>

> But I'm happy to say that I lost those four pounds the first week I was

> " really " back. And I've had two meetings since, and lost 2 pounds each

> week.

> Eight pounds in three weeks feels pretty good!

>

> A special hello to Tory who is a special source of " if she can do it,

> so can

> I " inspiration. One of the things I did to psych myself up for going

> back to

> WW was to reread her website. I totally admire how she's in this for the

> longterm, and remains active on various boards to help others.

>

> What's funny is that during the whole year, I never unsubscribed from the

> digest version of this group. I kept receiving the E-mails, didn't

> read them

> and deleted them, but I stayed on, as kind of a promise to myself that

> I was

> going back. And now I am.

>

> What's really pushing me this time is wanting to be a good example to my

> kids, age 8,6 and four months. They have inherited both my husband's

> and my

> metabolism, build, and love of food (these are kids who never have to be

> pushed to eat) and I've realized there is no way to get them to eat

> healthy

> and be active if I'm not. Especially in the case of my daughter, who

> is six,

> and wants to be just like me, and will be -- including being fat -- if I

> don't work at it.

>

> Now, the house is devoid of fattening snacks or candy, except when they

> bring it home from a birthday party. I cut out french fries entirely,

> except

> when other children come over to play. All desserts at home are healthy

> ones -- fruit, yogurt, applesauce, low-fat ice cream once a week or

> so. That

> helps me by keeping temptation out of the house. I let them occasionally

> indulge in " real " desserts when we're outside the house.

>

> While my daughter doesn't seem to have LOST weight, her weight seems

> to be

> holding steady now, and she's growing taller, so she's definitely less

> round

> than she was. And my new baby is another girl, so that's another

> daughter to

> set a good example for and be a mom they can be proud of.

>

> This time I'm not just doing it for me, I'm doing it for them, and I'm

> hoping that will make a difference.

>

> I live overseas, and so the Core program is totally alien to me --

> here we

> still just do the Flex Points. I'm curious about it -- are the details

> anywhere on the Web?

>

>

>

> 240/232/??? (When I left Weight Watchers before the baby, I'd lost 20

> pounds

> and gotten to 218 -- so that's my first goal, to get back to where I left

> off....)

>

>

>

>

>

>

>