Posts by gettinhealthy

Hi Everyone,

Well - I'm trying to get back on track - haven't gained any weight - but haven't really lost either. Just came home from a WW meeting and they were mentioning their website - I like this one better!!

Hope all are doing well.

take care

Hi Everyone,

Life has been crazy busy -- and still is - just thought I'd pop in and say "hi".

I will try to do a catch up soon.

take care all

oh no - dont look at as being "doomed" look at it as an extra challenge lol - 

friday I went to a dinner, saturday a potluck - -and it was not good - but I knew it was coming so i was extra careful earlier in the week - not easy thats for sure -

"challenging" --- omg --- is it ever - hand in there and enjoy your camping !

Dee

hey changling- welcome back!

hey those 3 pounds will come off -i know it's disheartening when you've worked so hard to get rid of them in the first place but - I was reading a few days ago - that when you move into a maintenance plan - there is a 5 pound span that is considered "normal" to maintain your weight -- so if you consider you were away and not doing your normal routine - you didn't do too bad.

take care

Dee

Hey Muns - np -- it's been a learning experience for me as well.

Step it up a bit -- oh wow - I need to do that - I can't believe I didn't lose any - not even a .2  --- lol --- but I am thinking of buying a new scales that weighs in tenths of pounds - maybe I did lose a .2 -- but how would i ever know lol

anyway - keep up the good work everyone - we are well on our way and Friday is Aug 1 -- wow!

The WW I'm attending seems really supportive and focused on eating well.

Staying within the points is important but "how" is equally important. I think it's going to be good and least thats my sense of things now.

I like the point system because it is derived by a combination of calories, fibre and fat and to me this is where it really comes together for me in terms of "healthy" weight loss. Two items can have the same calories but very different point values because one is healthier then the other. For me - in the long run -- its understanding all the healthier options that will keep me going.

* weight on July 21: 234 (236 at sign up)

* weight on July 28: 234

* weight on Aug 4: 233

* weight on Aug 11: 231

* weight on Aug 18: 231 - stalled out - too many dinners out

* weight on Aug 25: 231

* weight on Sept 1: 231 - stuck -- arrghhh

* total weight lost so far :5

Okay folks - I've posted in the games and challenges forum for an "over 50 weight loss challenge. I hope you all will participate - It was a challenge for me just to take this one lol so I hope it helps everyone. I don't know how to make a link to it - I will try to find out how lol

take care and good luck 

Dee

okay muns - were going for it and anyone else who wants to join us -- woohooo!!

I'll get the details and let you folks know what's happening 

Dee

Hi folks! 

Well Thursday I go to my first Weight Watchers meeting. Hey Muns - I hear you about the common sense thing, and truly all of us here know "what" we are supposed to do and could probably all write a book about the things we "should" do but..... lol .... for some reason "knowing" doesn't make it happen. 

I've always been hesitant for many reasons on joining a group like WW but I am really wanting and needing for health reasons to get on track. Maybe it is "because of accountability, and that public weigh-in each week" that I am drawn towards it??? Who knows? ... but I'm ready to try because it's time. Time to make it happen.  

Hey Bub - jcr came up with that date and I liked it also. I know that this is a lifetime journey and lifestyle change but I needed to define a shorter term goal. Without that I have been "drifting" as well. So between the three of us and anyone else who wants to set a Sept 1 goal, maybe we could set up a kind of mini-challenge?? I don't know?, what do you think? I could kind of organize it if folks want that. I was in one several months ago and have an idea on how we could do it. 

Let me know 

take care 

Dee

well gee jcr - do we want the same weight goal?? I'm thinking I have more to lose then you but if i make a plan and we can kind of keep each other on track with the goal of losing our respective weight losses by Sept 1. That is ten and a half weeks away and I think for my self I will increase the actual amount ... but I'm not sure as to what it should be - I will figure it out and come back with it. But I like the idea of "enclosing" it in a time frame - I think that might help me focus. hmmmm... how much??? 

talk to you soon

EDIT - okay I've decided my goal is 20 pounds by Sept 1. 

 hi everyone 

well -- we made it through grad week - whew -- I must have been crazy volunteering to help lol -- but it was lovely and now I'm exhausted. Gee only high school and they make more of it then they did when I went to university. OH well.. like I said it was lovely. 

The weather here is starting to get nice - FINALLY! 

Had my annual checkup - only lost 4 pounds since last year - arrghhh -- but considering all the stress I've been under this past year - I feel okay about that. This next year will be significantly better. 

Anyway- I'm off to get some stuff done. Hope all are well. 

Yeah JCR - good for you! 

Emillilly - a very good question indeed! Do we really want to give up eating ? 

I know that as my teen sits there eating ice cream the answer would be NO lol 

what confuses me is I sit there - tell myself I shouldn't - I don't want it - I even think of outfits that will look better if I can stay on track - I think of how i feel yucky after I eat ice cream and then i go get myself a bowl and chow down - that's the part I don't get - I just don't understand why I can't resist ??? anybody got any ideas on how to get past this sillyness???/

all help truly appreciated 

Hey Serenity - thanks for the Congrats!

I'm even happier as I realized I can't do math this morning lol -- but the difference between 243 and 236 is not 6 but 7 - woohooo -- makes my day l

( and it was the easiest pound I ever lost lol)

Going out now to enjoy the sunshine - yes real sunshine - finally !!!

well -- we got snow yesterday - and it didnt melt as it fell - and some is still sitting on my lawn - and it's cold out - arrrrggghhhhhh