Serious-Weight-Watchers Newbie

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HI,

I am new to WW too.

I joined this group last week and may have posted once, but did not introduce

myself.

Tuesday night was my 3rd weighin and I have lost 13 pounds so far. Last week it

said I had lost 5 pounds and the instructor was a little irritated about the big

loss but I assured her that I had been getting in my points each day.

The week before I only lost 1 pound and figured I would only loose 1 pound this

week too so I was real surprised to see the 5 pound drop.

I am trying to really be strict on myself and not go over points and I have not

been using my 35 bonus points either.

So far I weigh in the same jeans and tennis shows and short sleve top so as not

to have to worry about clothes being heavier or lighter each week...That may

get rough as winter progresses, but I will just wear a sweater over and take off

during weigh in.

I am afraid after the 5 pound loss it will be harder to loose this week so I am

being real strict with myself and I will be grateful if I just loose 1 pound.

I have never been on WW before but about 12 years ago I did loose 62 pounds on

Nutri system...that was good, but I really did not learn to shop for myself

because everything was prepackaged...I kept the weght off for a while, but at my

first WW weigh in sadly I had gained all but about 4 pounds of that so I am

pretty motivated now.

I started at 194.4 and my initial goal is just the 10%. I have not set the long

term goal yet but I figure it will be from 130 to 150 somewhere...

bye cindy

maryshann@... wrote:

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