WW At Home - At Home Support Group...10-7 to 10-13

Greetings Gang

Hope everyone finds us over here. I have been so busy the last few days and I haven't been able to post.....but I am down 1.4 pounds this week....Yippee!!!!

Congrats to all the losers this week. Welcome to all the new chicks. I am off to change my ticker. Have a great Sunday and remember to drink plenty of water today.

Hello! Great job on that 1.4# Daph! woooooohooooo!

I posted my new post on last weeks thread!!!! Oh my!!! I'm not the brightest!

Hello everyone,
Congrats on the loss Daph. I'm not weighing this week d/t TOM. TOM should be out of here today or tomorrow. I'll still weigh everyday just to keep an eye on it but not post it until next week.

Hi All!

No loss this week, I was dead even. So, on to the next week...

I got an odd NSV today. My son, who is 5, said, "Mommy, your bones keep poking me, you use to be softer". I think it confused him when I said "Thank you!" in response.

Hope everyone is doing well. Nice to see you Daph and great loss!

Hello! I am considering joining WW because I need more structure and support. I would like to know if anyone thinks that the plan is a good one for someone following a vegan diet. Is there only one plan (with points) or are there other plans too? Thanks!

Hey soulbliss! There are 2 different plans. One is the Flex Points (the one with the WW points that you are referring to). The other one is called "Core" (I think there is another forum just for Core members). The Core plan is based on foods that you can eat as much as you want and don't have to keep up with points. You might ask someone on that board more about the Core plan.

As far as the Vegan diet and how it relates to the WW diet, I am absolutely CLUELESS! lol

Since everything that we eat has a POINTS value I would think that you could do POINTS as a Vegan. I have vegetarian friends that do it, it's all in what you make of it. Good Luck!

First of all.... to all of our Canadian ladies.... http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/LondonJulz/Smileys/thanksgiving.gif

How was everyone's weekend???

Mine was okay. I did get to go to the Fair on Saturday. Had my footlong corndog and funnel cake (only eat then once a year, so I enjoyed every last bite!).

However, on Saturday night my Gators lost yet another game. They lost to LSU. Though, I'd hardly call what LSU did a "victory". They were behind the ENTIRE game and got lucky in literally the last minute of the game. I was so proud watching Florida play. They gave LSU a stiff punch in the guts. And, because of TOM being in town, I bawled like a baby when they lost! OYE! I have read many articles on Tim Tebow today - yet another reason I love Florida Football. He's literally Superman on the field (I read somewhere that Tennessee played the Superman theme music when they were doing their practices before their Florida game... the head coach for TN referred to Tebow AS Superman!). But, he also has a lot of class and character. He's another Danny Wuerffel... and Danny Wuerffel was one big reason I started watching Florida Football! ANYWAY, off of football and on to WW....

TOM came to town early (on Friday night). So, I've been SOOOOO tired and lazy all weekend. It's all I could do to get on the treadmill on Saturday afternoon for 20 minutes. I did workout with Bob this morning and did some work on the balance ball. It's BEAUTIFUL here today, so I think we're going to go walking once the hubby gets home from work.

That's about it I think. I've noticed lately in the mirror that my collar bones are more evident AND I have more definition around my shoulders! WHOOHOO!!!!! :woohoo:

Hi guys hope you are all great I did not weigh in last week but weighed myself this morning down 2.3kgs :D
To Daph and all the losers :carrot: keep up the good work
Soulbliss :welcome2: I think points would be good for you ps are you greek?
Well things have been hard I had to say goodbye to a old friendship drugs have taken over her life its so sad I did try and help but is has f**ked up her mind and I dont know who she is anymore :stress:
Hope you all have a good one ;)
London way to go on the collar bones

Hi Likenoother & Julz! It's good to see a couple of familar names here!

Hello everyone! I am gonna join y'all here for a while. I've been counting calories for months and haven't lost anything. I've decided I need more structure so I dug out all my WW books and have decided to try this again @ home. I stayed within points todayand still counted calories as well. I had a pretty good day. ;)

Anywho, I am going to do this for a month or two or three. I HAVE to lose 50 lbs by Feb so I can get my wedding dress and look fabulous!!!! :D After that I'll only have 30 or so more to go, so that'll be awesome. :cp:

Hey Diva!!!!! :welcome3: to our little hole in the wall! :D

I seem to be stuck and not losing. It's really frustrating :(

I'm going to start walking a few days a week for half an hour and see if that helps. Some days I feel like giving up but I know I can't, because even if I go a couple weeks without losing I still know that I'm eating better and it's healthy for me.

Just wanted to stop in and say g'morning girls! Welcome to all the newbies and congrats to the losers!
Have a nice day!

Good morning ladies!!!! Welp, hubby forgot to take the scales with him to work today....so, I weighed myself....argh!!! Good news is, I am 1/10 of a pound away from a 2 pound lost this week already!! :D

It's getting darker earlier so I fear that our 4 mile walks each night are nearing an end. We had to go to the college last night to walk around their track because it got dark on us. But, I can't do 4 miles around it. It's so easy to just get bored with it and quit walking and go to your car. That's why I liked the 4 mile walk around the lake. If you got bored you had no other choice but to walk the full 4 miles before you could get back to your car. So, we'll probably still get to go on the weekends.... but for now, we have to be happy with a mile at night around the college track (it's not lit either).

However, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this time of year!!!!!!!! The cooler weather is here and I do not miss summer AT ALL!


Starlet - I know it's easy to get frustrated when you don't see the scale move, but you've already lost A LOT those first few weeks! Your body is probably just having to catch up with itsself. Keep it up and the scales will start moving again!

INVU - Congrats on the loss!!!!!! I looked up a calculator to convert kgs to lbs.... you lost about 5 pounds!!!! WOW!!!! http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/LondonJulz/Smileys/hifive.gif

Greetings

Just dropped in to see how everyone is doing. Londonjulz I am with you....this is my favorite time of year too. It is so beautiful here today so I am headed out to enjoy it. Have a great day ladies!!!

Invu: Congrats on your loss girl:carrot:

Starlet: Hang in there girl...I know it is frustrating. I believe in exercise and I believe you will benefit from walking. So give it a try.

Diva: Welcome;) You will lose that 50 lbs by your wedding....I just know it.

Hey everyone. I did good calorie wise today on 1479 but I had to spend 5 Bonus Points of the 35 extra today. The good news is I resisted JUNK when the DF was so inconsiderate as to eat potato chips and Sweet cereal right in front of me. grrrrrrr He does this right after I go on and on about how I wanna be skinny and my plans and whatnot...hmmmmmm

Hi Kids,

INVU- that's sad about your friend- been there too, very frustrating, but sometimes all you can do is back off and watch in saddness.

Starlet- you're just hitting that little wall that comes after the first big losses. I bet you're right in thinking that adding some walking will trip the trigger again. The other thing is play with points up and down, sometimes variation or adding gets things rolling again.

I'm in a funky funk- tired and tired of company in my house (MIL). Back to "normal" routine next week. Meantime, I need some extra sleep- never seemed to catch up this past weekend and it's playing out in my food choices and lack of motivation for exercise. Tomorrow, water aerobics.

I was feeling so funky, I thought not to come here tonight or post. I think it's better to be here and say hey and that tonight I don't want to care about my "journey".

Thanks

Hey all! I've been on vacation and totally never counted a single point or did any real exercise but by some miracle I didn't gain any weight! I have to get back into the program though because I still have to make my halloween goal! Glad to be back!

Hey all! Boy, have I missed tons! Congrats to all the losers!!!! and the New Losers!!!

Where did I leave off? oh yeah...after 4 weeks of the scale not budging.....this week......the scale has STILL not budged. Im in dismay, ive stayed on points, won many a fight with chocolate and pizza, and yet....nothing! NADA! zilch!!

The only thing different ive been doing is not exercising. A friend of mine said her leader told her that she should be able to lose weight without exercise, just by following the plan, but, ive also heard that every leader is different.

With all the things going on lately, im finding myself exhausted by noon, popping sugarless energy drinks daily, pulling mid term all nighters, and dreading any exercise. *sigh*

Ive got 6 activity points under my belt this week, just a little more to go. *ugh* I have severe anxiety, OCD, and a bunch of other stuff. So im on a new medication as of a week ago, and ME LIKEY!! lol. I used to have panic attacks everytime I THOUGHT about exercise, id even break out in hives! But, so far, so good.

So ladies....im hoping that more activity points will assist in a scale budge this week. Hold me to it!!

Anywho....glad to see everyone making progress!!!

:coffee:Good Morning everyone!!!
I finally can report a loss again! A small one ........ 1.5#.......yet a loss! And that is the day before TOM is "suppose" to arrive according to the new "pill" I'm on!
I must confess I'm quite pleased with the 1.5# since when I weighed myself after the BIG weekend of parties and eating out......I had gained 1.5#!
:carrot: This is the first time in years I can report being in the 220's!!!! :carrot:

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Jar1965 - :woohoo: on a new decade!!!! http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/LondonJulz/Smileys/notworthy.gif

I know how you feel about being excited because you're at a weight that you haven't seen in a long time. The only weight I know to go by on that for me is the 190's (I'm only 11 pounds away from that!!!!). The last time I remember being in the 190's was when I was 18 (nearly 10 years ago!!!!). I remember stepping on the scale and seeing 195. And, I remember thinking to myself that I would NEVER let myself go over 200 pounds.... The night I went in to deliver our 2nd baby, I weighed in at 262 (the day AFTER she was born I was 232). This is why when I get out of the 200's, I'm having a HUGE FAREWELL party to them.... I'll call it a "Farewell and I better never &!$@ see you again" party!

huniebunie! - I have anxiety problems too!!! Mine are typically concurrent with my periods (I call them hormone-induced) but they are extremely scary and unless people have had them, I fear they don't know how to relate. I have a heart flutter. And, when I feel it flutter that sometimes sets off an anxiety attack that I'm dying. I can't convince my brain otherwise. My brain says my heart is going to stop and I'm going to die young and won't get to see my kids grow up....... I think my husband gets frustrated by it. He's had anxiety attacks, but nothing like mine where I feel impending doom! But, until someone has gone thru what you've gone through.... it seems like they think you're being a little over-dramatic (at least, this happens with me....not sure if it happens with you or not).
As far as your stall on the scale..... I had one of those around the 225 pound mark. I couldn't get it to budge!!!! Then one day, out of the blue...*poof* I was under 220 and haven't looked back yet. I think sometimes it's our body's way of adjusting to the change in eating habits/exercise habits. You'll get thru it and you won't look back. :hug:

Sammi - WELCOME BACK! I LOVE vacations!!!!!! What I love more than vacations is not gaining any weight on them..... though I have yet to do that!! HAHA!! SO, congrats!!

Ruthannie - I'm glad you poked your head in here to say "hey"!!!! I have those days where I could care less if I follow my points... I think everybody does....... ESPECIALLY having your MIL there!!! I'd probably Ho-ho myself to death if my MIL was around here for more than a day!!! lol. You'll have your house back to yourself next week and can breathe again! Until then.... do what you can to relax and take it easy!

Diva - how you doing on the program????? Seems like you were doing really well the other day. Those 35 points are there for that very purpose of if you need them. So, don't stress about dipping into them! Don't you feel so proud of yourself when you resist the junk food???? It's such a freeing feeling.

Starlet - how ya doin????? Have you started your walking???

Mom2QJandT - how's your week going???

Likenoother - how did you fair with TOM??

MKJohn - How has your week gone so far??? Haven't see you around this week...

My 60 day WW anniversary is coming up on Sunday! I can't believe it! I've never stuck with anything for 60 days (other than marriage and mommyhood!). So, I can't wait to see what my weight loss is as of Sunday on my 60 day anni. YAY!!!!

Hope everyone is doing wonderful this week!

Hi ladies, Well, I haven't been around much. I feel guilty for not being on program. I am in a serious funk and depressed. It has been truely hard on me these past few weeks. I am trying to do my WATP dvd every other day. I walk a mile with Leslie. I have also been volunteering at my daughters preschool, just so I can get out of the house more. I know if I were on program I would feel better but it is so hard to be on it when I am stressing.

Congrats to all of you losers! keep up the good work.

Keitha:stress:

Big Hugs Keitha!!!!!!!!

I know how you feel, I've been depressed for two weeks now, not sure why, just in a terrible funk. I can't seem to stay on plan at all. I've been trying to stay out of the thread too much because I don't want my bad mood and bad attitude to poison everyone's great successes. Hang it there, it always seems to swing back up eventually.

Let's see, maybe I will vent a bit...

I opened my big mouth in a moment of insecurity and seriously think that I may have irreversibly changed my relationship with my bf :( We'll see, we haven't talked at all for two days other than he emailed a couple of times briefly (an I love you and an I love you, get some sleep, goodnight). We usually talk for over an hour 2 or 3 times a day even when we can't see one another. So...I'm just so bummed out and very afraid that I've really hurt our relationship this time. I don't know why I let my insecurities get the best of me. I feel like an idiot. As if I wasn't already depressed, this just adds to it. I've pretty much spent today at work staying busy so that I don't cry. Adding to that I have to have my follow up mammogram next week from the growth that I had that they "aren't sure what that is". It could be nothing or it could be something, who knows? What I do know is that I have a kid that has to have three surguries in Nov/Dec and I don't have time for Mommy to have problems!

So much for not raining on the positive motion of the thread, but I had to vent, I just feel like I'm going nuts!

Hope everyone else is doing well. I'm going to go work on some casenotes and keep my mind off of everything.

Thanks for asking about me Julz, sorry that my answer was such a negative rant ;)

I've been trying to stay out of the thread too much because I don't want my bad mood and bad attitude to poison everyone's great successes.

Oh PUH-LEASE!! This thread can't constantly be sunshine and roses! We've all had our fair share of negative rants... that's the point of this place. You can come here, get whatever is on your chest OFF and have a bunch of people who won't judge you, look at you differently, or try to kick you out of the group because you aren't positive enough! I've never been to a regular WW meeting, but I'm sure that they don't expect people to come week after week in sunshine moods. It's the same here. It's life. Life is sometimes rosey and wonderful and you want to tell people about it..... on the other hand, life is sometimes ...... well..... sometimes it just flat out SUCKS - and you need people to tell about it. So, don't ever:nono: stay away from here in fear that you're going to dampen any kind of mood.....we're all in this together! DO YOU HEAR ME PRIVATE!!!! :drill: Same goes to you too MKJOHN!!! :D :hug:

Can I get a witness? ;)

I have a lot of insecurities. My husband cheated on me about a year after we were married (we've been married nearly 5 years). I STILL have insecurity problems stemming from that (and also from stemming from my weight problem). It's definitely gotten better over time. It's a healing process. So, I do let my big mouth and insecurities fly sometimes. There've been days that we've been so FRUSTRATED with each other that it would honestly be a lot easier for one of us to leave. But, we never do. As much as we can really get on each others nerves we love each other so much more. We had a breakthrough last week. We were on the phone and things started getting frustrating. So, he hung up on me. As soon as he got home,he apologized for hanging up on me and he told me he did that so that he wouldn't say anything he would regret later. So yeah, it was rude of him to hang up, but he was trying to avoid escalating things into a bigger arguement. I don't want it to sound like we fight a lot. We rarely do fight. But when we do..... I imagine a couple of long-horned rams on the side of a mountain in Switzerland charging at each other! Not sure WHY in Switzerland....it just added to the effect! At any rate, we're both incredibly stubborn, so it takes a while for one of us to say "sorry".

On that note, I need to go. My 1 year old daughter just came in here and said "I tank" (meaning... "I stink".... meaning she has pooped herself....lol)

mkjohn & Mom2QJandT - :hug::hug::hug::hug::hug: I wish I had the right words to say (type) - I hope things get better for you! Hang in there and hold your heads up high!

Mom2- I totally get what you are saying! Just try to take it easy on yourself. Let things go for a little while and it will all come back together. I have to keep telling myself the same things. It just takes time.:hug:

London- Thanks for your support.:hug: I've just been so ashamed that I couldn't stay on program that my guilt has gotten the better of me. I know I shouldn't feel that way, but I can't help it.

Thanks again
Keitha:angel:

Hi Ladies!!
Just popin in for a sec. This week has been so busy, busy, busy. But not sure where or how but in the last week I have lost (drums please) 10 lbs! I am sick - sinus's I have been eating but I am craving water so I think that is where it has come from lots of water, i can't get enough of it & I usually can't bring myself to drink it other than when I take my meds, but I drank 4 bottles yesterday! I don't care how it came off or where it went as long as it stays gone!

On a funny note right now we have football for the son & cheerleading for the daughter and last night we had a game (we won 24 - 12) and the cheer coach was a no show again! So I had my big behind out there with a group of little girls whootin & hollarin and jumpin! it was quit amusing to the other parents in the stands but it was rather fun fo me!

Maybe I need to do that more often for the exercise.

Well gotta run!

Hope everyone has a great day!!!!!!!

Thanks chicks. I seriously think sometimes you girls are the biggest supporters I have, not just in weight loss, but in life. I almost stayed on plan yesterday, I was only 4 points over. I know that doesn't seem like a success, but with the way things are going right now I was actually proud of that. Hope everyone is having a good day.

Staying within 4 points of your daily points is a BIG success as far as I'm concerned!!!! (especially considering the week you've had). The extra points are there for that very reason!!!


Today was my weigh-in day. I lost 3 pounds this week!!!!!!!:woohoo: That's the most I've ever lost in a weeks time. That also puts me at losing 10% of my starting weight. I hear that losing just 10% of your weight does wonders for your health. So, here's to another 10%:cheers: Today was my day for measurements too (I do them every 2 weeks). So in 2 weeks I've lost 10.5" total (to see the exact measurements, go to my blog. It's in a tab at the top of the page creatively named "measurements").
Tomorrow is hubbys 28th Birthday!! I'm trying to think of something nifty to surprise him with. I can't think of a dadgum thing!!! My parents may be coming in on Sunday. So, I may wait til then and let them stay with the kids for a couple of hours to let hubby and I go see a movie. I'm not sure how long it's been since we've had a "date". So maybe I'll do that.

GAGIRL - WOWZA on the 10 pounds!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!!!

:carrot:yippppppppeeee Julz!!!! Good job!!!!:bravo::cp::cb::dance:

Great job Julz and Gaga...keep up the great work!

Hi everyone,
Congrats on the losses LondonJulz and GAGIRL320!

MomQJandT--This website is my support group too. The blogging really helps also.

I am thinking I will post a 3-4lb loss this week which will put me in the double digit loss category. It gets harder each week to lose with no exercise. Slow is okay because I don't want to lose too much w/o exercising bc I don't want loose skin. I can start exercising in November. My foot still hurts a bit that's why I am being really careful. Exercise always makes a huge difference in my wt loss. I'm still thinking w/o exercise I still may make my Halloween mini goal. I'm already thinking about what I want my Thanksgiving mini goal to be.

Hi ladies...you got room for one more? I've been following WW online @ home since Feb. 07. So far, I've lost 28 pounds, hit a HUGE funk, and have not lost any weight at all since August..in fact, I've gained 2 pounds. I'm trying SUPER hard to drag myself back to where I was - just hard with lots of stuff going on, I just need to get myself back to "that place" ya know? From reading what ya'll have written so far, it looks like I'm not alone - hoping to find some support and motivation - and provide some as well!

Welcome to our little group Missy! There are a lot of great supporters in these threads, just be warned, the new thread (we do a new one each week)will start in the morning!

Hey Julz - - this is funny, I thought of you today... My BF always teases me about my "boyfriend Tim Tebo" (I don't know if I'm even spelling it right) because I remarked that he was a little hottie once when we were watching football. So, it's become this ongoing joke with us. Well today, we were on the phone (yeah, things seem to be better now) and, while I love football, I never really pay attention to the teams, I just like to watch. So he says, "I don't know when your boyfriend Tim Tebo is playing today" and I say, "What team does my man play for, I forget" and he says, "Florida" and I said "Which team in Florida?" and he says (in his nicest voice) "The Gators sweetheart" and I said, "the Gators? That's LondonJulz's team!" to which, of course, he just sat there, I'm sure looking very confused until he said "You know someone named LondonJulz?". I laughed SOOOOOOO hard and had to tell him that it was a chick on the weightloss board. I still think he's a little confused, but we went back to football at that point, plotting our watching schedule for tomorrow's pro games so that we can see the most of his fantasy football team guys play. I thought it was funny and that I'd share it with you.

I took my boys to a hockey game tonight, the opener for our local team. It was so much fun and they loved it. It was boy's night out, only with Mommy. They had a rock wall and the boys both got to climb it, which got me thinking that I have probably lost enough weight at this point that I could finally go do that like I've always wanted to, so I'm going to ask my bf to take me, even if he doesn't do it, at least I can!

Hope that everyone is having a good weekend. I'll be on the sofa tomorrow watching football!

That's hilarious Mom2QJandT!!!!! Yes, Tim Tebow is quite the hottie....and a very grounded, very smart, very caring guy from what I read... *sigh*. I am glad that the Gators didn't play today since it was hubby's birthday....

I'm glad that things with you and your BF are going better!!!!!