Hi Bargoo,

Ah the Food Police...yes....them. I've managed to avoid them this time and keep it all under wraps. I'm going out with a friend tommorow for coffee and usually we always have some sort of dessert so she will wonder for sure. I just plan on saying...."I'm just not hungry today"......or "I'm not sure what I'm in the mood for".......

Gotta go...talk later.

At least words don't have points, lol.

Morning Future Pixie,

No points......thank god!!! I think I'd have eaten more than my 35 extra ones on that!!! lolol. After a night of really high carb craving, which I controlled quite well, I seem to be back on track this morning. My mind does wander to the next six months......and when it does...it's too overwhelming......so I'm just looking ahead to this coming week. This however is my last week before WW kicks in the exercise points.

Long time ago in a different body lol and with a personal trainer (which I can't afford anymore) I did great and invested in a good treadmill.......3 years have passed, I've tried to get back on here and there, but it mostly is folded up in the corner and thankfully I have refused to use it to hang clothes on.

I think I see that a few of you out here are exercising.......anyone on a treadmill? I've been tracking my km's with a pedometer that I do each day with walking my dog and just walking at work. I average at my lowest .97 km (that was day I lay on the couch reading) to a whopping 5.83 which in miles I believe is abit over 3 mi. Would WW count any of these km as exercise? I think that if I added in 2km extra per day that would be a bonus. However abit unrealistic......time wise....which is huge for me......no kids, no husband, just me and my dog, but a lousy rotation at the hospital.....I work 6 in a row 2-10p.m. then I have 2 days off, then another 6 and 2, then 3 days on and 3 off. It's very tiring. I find that I get to bed late....usually 12:30 or 1:00 a.m. I'm up at about 9:00 a.m. and by the time I walk the dog, shower, get dinner ready for work, eat and get to work (I have to drive).....well in short I'm out of time.

So any ideas???? Especially treadmill ones???? Thanks gang.......

Happy Sunday

hi guys

3 is awesome dont be so down!

nothin worse than diet police...ugh.

no, your daily activity does not count as exercise points. it does figure into your daily total though, so make sure that you answered the lifestyle question accurately.

Hmmm, treadmill ideas, let me think on that.......

I run 5k on my treadmill, that is 3 miles. If I run on my treadmill for 25 minutes I gain 4 activity points.
I need the points so I can eat extra, I love food.
I started by walking 10 ten minutes a day then increased it.
Good luck on your treadmill.

Hi,

Just checking in before bedtime, how did Sunday go for everyone? Mine was not bad, I stayed pretty much on track but because it was my day off I did have a latte with a friend and a smores....a cafe size smores, I figure I've used about 4 points on the smores alone, and the latte was non fat. But I'm deducting this off my extra 35 points.

The best part was not having to have anymore than what I have, and still managing to "Keep it a Secret"........that in itself was delicious!!!!

Watched that movie "Holiday" tonight with Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet it was a good chick flick.....just what I needed to round out the day.

Have a good night everyone and a good breakfast in the morning...See ya tommorow.

I think you have to do it the way that it works best for you and if that means not telling anyone, then so be it!

So if I do 25 minutes of exercise that's 4 points!! That's pretty good. But do they mean hard core, sweating, or walking the dog? Let me know..Thanks

I just read all your posts, I've "met" some of you on a few other threads. INHTSE, just want to say that whatever works for you is the right thing. If you want to be quiet about all of this or shout it from the rooftops, it's whatever makes it work for you.
I like what Colleen (think that was you?) said about losing weight and getting a new hair cut and surprising people, that's certainly a fun thing to do as well.
I guess some people have really had it with the food police, I do know what that is like. There are sometimes when I decide that I want to "cheat" just for once to have something I truly want and lay all my WW stuff aside for just one night. It's really hard when the rest of the family looks horrified and my husband gives me "the attitude" and says something like, what are we spending all the money on WW for if you are going to blow it? People just don't get it sometimes.
However, I am not keeping my WW attendance secret, but I am not exactly telling everyone I know. I am eating better than I have ever eaten in my life and I think that is most important.
Congrats on the losses, I appreciate what this thread is about and you guys are doing great!

Hi derrydaughter,

Thanks for the support. Sounds like you've been on WW for abit and so we can all benefit from your posts. I like that you are okay with me and everyone else just doing their own thing....that's great support. I remember doing WW when I was married and my husband gave me a hard time when I wanted something other than WW food as well. I also have a family who calls from the other side of the country with "Hi, Patrick wants to know how much you weigh now".......it's been a difficult transformation for my family to watch because I had a great healthy figure until I developed Graves Disease and had radiation treatment. As a result of this and of course just life in general and age (just turned 50) the pounds have crept on. I'm abit ashamed to be sure but I'm trying.....and it's the best I can do for the moment.

INH, you shouldn't be ashamed, life just happens. People who put you down due to your weight should be forced to take a long look at themselves and how others see them. I have learned that people who feel they must put other people down are often doing this to make themselves feel better/more superior. Shame on them!
I can share one of the most embarrassing moments due to how anonymous it all is here. Several years ago, the "last straw" that sent me to a WW meeting is still embedded in my mind. It has made me so super sensitive to how people talk about someone and their weight. How do we know what led a person to get the way they are? Is it genes? Is it illness? Is it emotional trauma? Is it having children and becoming inactive and a change in metabolism? Or, is it all of the above?
One time, when my kids were younger and I was bending over the side of the car putting my kid in a car seat, a group of teenage boys rode by in a car. One of them called out "Look at that fat ***" as I was bent over. I was mortified and felt just awful. I remember that it was a rude awakening for me and I went to my first WW meeting about a week or so after that. I went there, weighed in and sat there like my life was over and that this was like punishment. I truly felt like I was at my own funeral and my "party" (having whatever I wanted to eat all the time) had come to a grinding halt. But, that is not truly what is was or what it was all about. My self esteem was at an all-time low.
I soon began to realize that I was not being punished at all. I had done this to myself, but I was getting a bit older, I had two kids and I didn't stop "eating for two" after I was back to being just one again! Plus, I have a few very obese people in my family, so I know my genes have a tendency towards being somewhat overweight. Diabetes runs in my family as well as high blood pressure and breast cancer. If I don't drop some pounds, I'm like a ticking time bomb for sure!
Plus, there has been more than enough emotional stuff over the last few years with both my parents dying within 4 months of each other. Lots of my eating has been to help myself feel better, doesn't chocolate solve all life's problems? Ha Ha, how come the problems are still there when those chocolate wrappers are all around me and the chocolate chip bag is suddenly half full. So, the problems are still with me and I have added even more calories to my day. Oh well.
So, if a person turns to a few extra portions here and there and chooses to overlook a growing weight issue, so be it. But, then, one day this same person can't zip their pants up any more and 95% of the clothing in the closet won't fit. The decision is a make it or break it kind of thing at this stage. It is you facing that closet of clothes that don't fit day after day and waiting in your bathrobe for the one pair of pants that fit to be dry so you can get dressed. It's you deciding that you've just got to lose weight as you just don't want to admit defeat and go out and buy another size larger wardrobe and look even more fat and even more frumpy. Then, the people who have had some "remarks" about your weight will have their folly for sure when they see you in new clothes that appear even larger. AND, don't the larger clothes give you permission to eat a bit more as they don't feel as tight? That is an even more scary thought!
But, it's a personal choice if you tell people that you are trying to lose weight. I have told people and I'm OK if they know. In my mind, if I tell them it holds me more accountable. I know in my heart that I will not fail this time, so those who might watch me (good for them, I'll show them!!!) will nod their head in approval as they watch me slowly fit back into the clothes.
By the way, about 85 - 90% of the clothes in my closet now fit me where about 9 or 10 months ago about 95% didn't fit me. That, in itself is a success story. I am not at goal and I'm actually not really close yet to my goal, but I can wear my clothes and I might just have to go out and buy some smaller clothes sometime soon!
Life is good, I hope no one would call out about me now in a parking lot if I am bending over, but if they did - I can at least hold my head up and know that I am aware of my problem and working on a solution!!!!

Linda, thanks so much for telling your story.

It is so nice to hear a story that is so like my own. i know that i am not the first person to gain weight and decide to take it off, but it sure does feel that way sometimes.

thanks again. you just started my day off right.

You're welcome!
It's nice to get it off my chest, so to speak. Wish it could be off my derriere instead!
Linda

Telling or not telling, is personal. For me, it sometimes is about what, and to whom I tell. My mother, mother-in-law and one sister are people I have to be careful of what I say and how I say it, or I find myself second-guessing myself or feeling terrible because neither of them react in a way that I find supportive. They tend to grill me about what I am doing, pick it apart, and tell me why what I'm doing isn't going to work, or what I should be doing instead.... Even their mildest response of just "gushing" about how great it is that I am "finally" doing something about my weight, I can get so angry that I lose all enthusiasm for the process.