I also need my butt kicked

October 27, 2004

OK, so I started ww about a month months ago, telling myself I can

do this, lost 2.2 pounds the first week. I was pumped! Bought lots

of waling tapes, pedometer, ect.. They are all still in the box!

Went the next week and had gained it all back, and then the

following week only lost .2 pounds. Didn't go back this week

because I felt like crap (flu going around). Anyway, I have been off

program basically since the first week. I keep telling myself that

it is hard to stay on program when the people who live with me

aren't on ww, even though they should be, and I'm not the one

preparing the meals. I know, tons of excuses. I went to my doctor

last week and she put me on Prozac and told me that should also help

me with the 35 pounds that I put on with the Trileptal. I was like,

I had no idea that my weight gain was due to the medicine. So in a

way, I felt like I had an excuse for my weight gain, and it's really

a lame excuse. Maybe I just need to start posting my journal on here

everyday like the one user does. Maybe that will make me more

accountable. Or maybe I need a weight loss buddy online to be

accountable too. Any ideas and a severe thrashing would be

appreciated.

October 27, 2004

This might sounds rediculous and some people night disagree with me but there

have been times that it was better for me to stop trying until I was ready to be

serious with myself. Starting and stopping every other day wore down my

confidence and made me feel like it was impossible.

I wish we could bottle the enthusiasm and committment that we feel when things

are going great but we can't.

You have to tell yourself that you know it works and that if other people can do

it so can you. The medecine issue stinks. My neice was on the Deplo shot for

birth control and her docter never told her that she would gain weigh. She was

already over 200 and gained much more. Until something like this happens you

don't think to ask if a med can make you gain weight. But now you know so you

can ask in the future.

You asked for serious straight forward advice so here it is. There are no

reasons for not staying on the program, only excuses. When you're ready to

start over determine to be strict with yourself. Weigh , measure or calculate

EVERYTHING that goes into your mouth. If you don't you're cheating yourself and

wasting your time and money. Ask yourself how important it is to you to lose

weight. Psyche yourself up to start over. Tell youself how much better you'll

look and feel and don't be a slave to the scale. It's not the only indicator of

success. Make sure you have your favorite program foods on hand when you start.

If you don't you're more likely to just grab something. When I've been the most

successful it's because I took the time for " ME " in cooking and planning.

It's hard when you're the only one in your family on WW but you can try to find

meals that everyone will eat. If you don't tell them they won't even know.

Sometimes I make some of my meals in advance and freeze portions for the nights

that I know I'll be cooking something that I won't eat.

Posting your food journal to the group is a great idea too. Maybe some

suggestions on what you're doing could help.

I'm rooting for you : )

Ginny

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