So I'm new to this thread obviously. I just joined Weight Watchers yesterday and I'm so glad that I've found this site as a way of motivating myself.

So a little bit about me... My fiance and I started trying to conceive back in November. So far we have not had any luck because I am not having my period (sorry for the TMI!). I have PCOS. I cannot take birth control or hormones anymore because I had a pulmonary embolism back in September because of my Nuvaring. My mom has been on a health kick for about 6 months or so and I finally guess I'm ready to start getting on one as well. I know that until I lose weight and get my PCOS under control, I will not be able to have babies. That is my motivation. I do have a few other non-weight related goals as well though:

I would like to be able to sit in my bathtub and not stop the flow of the water because of my hips sealing off the water against the tub.
I would like to be able to go to an amusement park and not worry if I will fit on the roller coasters.
I would like to be able to fly somewhere and not worry if I will fit in the seats.
I would love to steal my boyfriends large tshirts and wear his jackets and hoodies without them being too small.
I want to be able to shop at Walmart again for jeans. They used to fit me so well but now I've outgrown the sizes. The size 26 pants fit more like 24's.
I want to feel more confident naked.
I would love to get rid of my double chin so I don't have to hate pictures that are taken of me that aren't angled from above.
I want to feel absolutely beautiful and love the way I look on my wedding day!

I'm just trying to get motivated. I see my mom being so successful and I want to have kids but I just have no energy to go work out. I am still recovering from my pulmonary embolism in that manner. Any tips on how to get and stay motivated? I have all of these things that I have to look forward to once I lose the weight, I just have to be able to see all of that in order to feel motivated. Any tips or advice is MORE than welcome!

Heather

So I've had a fat weekend after hitting a new low on Friday, I have ballooned up a few lbs, but I feel that some of that is salt intake and obviously too many carbs. I also have doms from the gym on Friday, but it makes me want to get up tomorrow and work hard to get it back off and then some.

Zassy Welcome!!! Sometimes it takes a specific moment in life to be enough of a trigger to get your butt in gear. For you..... It will be the outcome of weight gain and PCOS, which I am so sorry that you are in. But it will mean that you are determined. So don't change everything so dramatically, I have learned that slow changes lead to continuous loss.
I started my journey last January, My aim was to lose 1lb a week for 3 years to bring me from 323lbs to 168lbs by the time I turn 30 in January 2019. I have lost 54lbs so far so I am a little behind :lol: but I can't believe how far I have come, I did a full year of diet only, some extra walking but no gym. It was only this year that I started the gym and I am started to really like it. It is all about making small changes that will stay for a lifetime, fresh meat, fresh veg, fresh potatoes, lots of water and you will start to see the scale move in the right direction.

I hope it works really well! keep us all posted.

Thanks for the welcome! I am officially starting fresh today. I completely blew it over the weekend. I hate that I've already messed up this early in the game. I do like starting things at the beginning of the week though *sigh*. I just am having cravings like CRAZY! I just want to eat ALL the food I come across. It sucks so bad. What do y'all do to get past your cravings like that?

Zassy It totally depends on what you are craving I suppose, and working out why you are craving it. Have you went from eating high sugar to next to none and your body is actually detoxing? Same with salt? Packing yourself up with water will actually make you feel fuller and help flush it all out. Are your meals big enough? to prevent you wanting to snack as quickly? Are you bored? (the boredom one sucks) Or is it a real craving because you have cut out all sugar snacks?

A wise man once said... that if you take 10% of you daily calories, and treat yourself to something that you crave every single day, you are less likely to fall off the wagon and binge. For example.... say you LOVE cookies. Imagine you were on a 1500 calorie diet, and 2 cookies were 150 calories. Then at like 3pm every single day, have those 2 cookies and count them into your diet, you don't feel as cheated out of what you like, so you are more prone to eat healthy all day knowing you have those to look forward to.

It will work for some, it wont for others, but you need to learn what is proportional, so that when the weekend does come, and say its a birthday. You can have a piece of cake, enjoy the party, just know what your limit is. Your weight loss will be the most educational journey you may of ever been on. Its all about listening to your body, getting to know it, working out why it does what it does, you want to go from eating mindlessly.... to eating to fuel your body.

Jump into a few challenges on here and see if you feel it motivates you :D

Scotsgal, where was that wise man all my life?
Those sound like some pretty wise words from you also.
Too bad it took me over 50 years to figure that out.

Ubee its just something I wish was explained to me years ago. I spent a long time ignoring what my body was telling me, Now I know that I can't over indulge in dairy or ill become a farting queen :lol:, I also cannot eat pasta without gaining about 2lbs. I also need to drink a pint of water before my breakfast or ill be dehydrated for the rest of the day. I also cannot eat a Domino's pizza, because my body cannot handle the fat% and Ill spend the rest of the night in the loo. I also know that when I eat 6 days of 1500 calorie fresh food and work my butt off in the gym, on the 7th or 8th day I could physically eat every bit of food not nailed down, my body is actually HANGRY! :lol: So I need to have a day of about 1700 every 4th day or so to stop me from falling off and eating all the wrong foods.

I have really got into my chocolate covered rice cakes.... I love them :D and only about 80 calories. So I have one at about 2pm and then at about 3.45 I will have some high protein greek yog with a drizzle of honey and cinnamon, then dinner at about 6.30-7pm. I really look forward to my snacks :D

I like that wise man Scotsgal. My current philosophy is everything in moderation. I eat what I wants as long as i stay in my daily calorie goal.

Sorry I've been missing! Its been rough around here. My daughter caught her first flu and then passed it on to me and my husband(...its my fault I've been trying to teach her to share). I lost an amazing 5 pounds in 3 days. BUT then our stove got turned off and our landlord took 2 weeks to get it fixed. Its hard to stay in count when your eating fast food or microwave food all day every day. I have weigh in today so hopefully I at least maintained.

Aww the first flu is awful. I hope you are all starting to feel better Ruby.

Soldiering on across the pond here. I have a very long drive to go up to see my sisters hopeful wedding venue for next year. She was meant to be getting married in Italy, but we found out that the grooms mum isnt cleared medically to fly, so we have a year to re book a wedding :( lots of planning on my part as MOH and the family organisational freak. So its been a bit stressful here doing all of that. Going to stay good all weekend and Hope to see 268 or less by Monday :D