I am slowly losing weight so I need to get my behind to the gym more than anything. I need to eat healthier and so I've decided to quit weight watchers and concentrate on going to the gym and the health issue. I feel like I'm throwing money away because I'm not doing it 100% but I am able to lose weight slowly and know it would be more substansial if I went to they gym.

I just bought a lot of clothes that are so cute and it was so fun and I enjoyed shopping again. So I know I am motivated and not quitting 'dieting' but really just shifting focus no so much on food but more on going to the gym and stuff.

My schedule has changed around so much that I just need to get through this two months of training at work. Being in a room training all day makes it easier to plan meals and stuff...anyway

Oooh, I know that's a hard decision to make. I'm proud of you for knowing that getting in shape will make a difference on losing weight. I hope you keep posting so we know how you're doing!

Attention getting title!!! And yes, shopping is FUN! Anyways, kudos to you. I know how you feel. I spent a lot of $ last time in a "program" and decided against ever going that route again. We "know" what we need to do - it's just a matter of doing it, and doing it each day. For each of us it can be a different method. I'm practicing "intuitive eating" this time around (I am counting calories) + working my butt off at the gym and it's working. GL with your decision!

Well speaking of quitting.....I think I am quitting the gym membership I have. I went to the workout room in my apartment complex today and I think it will work just fine for me. I am going to give it two weeks or so and just go downstairs. If all goes well I am quitting my gym. I feel like I throw money away because I never use the membership.

Funny, because we are both quitting WW this week. And later on today I am checking out two gym facilities. So, to us and to working out!

I quit too. Last week. I decided the same thing, if I was not going to follow 100% why waste the money.
I thought my gym membership expired this month, come to find out I signed for 2 years, so back I go. I haven't been since Aug. 05.
I have been back and forth with my sister, who has been trying to teach me her way of eating. She is diabetic, so she was adding things for me since I am not. But, after just starting today, I feel I want to make my own plan. I am tired of counting and writing. I know what to do, it's just appling it. So, today is a fresh start. I am going to make small changes.
Good luck to us all and we can do this, if we don't we are only hurting ourselfs and letting ourselfs down.

It is all about the exercise!!! I love my time in the gym and wouldn't trade it for a WW meeting if my life depended on it.

I'm glad no one is telling me 'bad idea'. I really struggled with it but know that these 2 months with a change in schedule and all that- that I just need to make the effort to get to the gym and worry about the rest later

And it looks like I'm not the only one! Must be the winter months and the struggle with 'plan'

Exercise is a fantastic idea, so well done to everyone who is looking at incorporating it into your lives! I'm a firm believer in exercise, and it can make such a huge difference if you stick with it.

Good luck with your plan. I think the gym is a great idea. What will you be doing for your eating plan now? They still have to go hand in hand. Don't let your mind slip into the old habits of eating. That is an easy thing to do when you go off the plan you have been following. I know for me I need the structure of my eating plan. Counting calories and writing it down. Even though I'm going to the gym if I don't watch it I end up eating the wrong things and putting weight on.

I agree with Howie that eating is a HUGE part of the equation (probably 70-80% of it, in my opinion).

HOWEVER... I will admit that I started the same way as you. I got a gym membership and trained myself to go at least six times a week. Here's hoping that what happened to me will happen to you: I was working my booty off at the gym, feeling GREAT, but I was losing excruciatingly slowly. Going to the gym gave me the momentum I needed to make eating changes, and once I put the pieces together, I started losing much more quickly. Also, exercising every day made me much more conscious of my body, so I found it easier to stick to my eating plan.

It's definitely a good thing to concentrate on building a good habit. I hope you enjoy exercise as much as I've come to! Good luck!

I agree I don't think you should waste another dime, just eat right and workout often! I believe it's a lifestyle thing and putting yourself on some sort of a program will make you feel too restricted and you'll never see any results because you focus too much on what's going in your mouth number wise ect... Just eat good clean foods and move your body and do it for life! you'll want to eat good after a good workout! ~ kim