Hello, All. My name is Karen. (I guess I'm the 4th? ) I live in Northern Kentucky and have always battled with my weight. I was chubby in school (size 12), balooned in my first year of college, lost 35 pounds my sophomore and junior year on the old WW program (size 10). Then I met DH. We married my senior year of college and steadily went up. At 213 lbs and 6 1/2 years later, I found out I was pregnant. When my daughter was 14 months, I joined Diet Workshop and lost 50 lbs. Then DW closed and I switched to WW points. I lost an additional 25 lbs and life hit me. I gained 80 back. Joined WW again, and lost 30 lbs on the WW Core plan and just stopped. I decided I knew all the cheats to WW so I needed something new. I've been on LAWL for 2 1/2 weeks and have lost 10.8 lbs. When I joined, I was 12 lbs heavier than I weighed 5 days before I gave birth to my daughter and my size 24s were starting to be snug.
My frustration: Monday - lost 4.2, Wednesday- stayed the same, Friday- lost 2 tenths of a lb. Mom (doing WW core) is very supportive and keeps reminding me that I'm WI every other day. DH was never supportive the other times. He meant well but would bring in food treats as rewards. Now, he is doing Atkins for the past 4 1/2 weeks and has lost 20 lbs. He still unintentionally tries to sabotage (like making a dozen eggs and a pound of bacon and expecting me to eat it with him at midnight) but he's working on that.
I have a DSS who is almost 20, a DSD almost 19, and the baby DD is almost 10 going on 17. I'm glad I found this sight. I think the support of this and the frequent WIs will help me be successful.