[dancingirl81]

a few things on my mind this morning, as I'm sitting here eating my oatmeal, attempting to drag my lazy butt back OP. the first thing is my orientation with my trainer this morning. i spent most of last night trying to list my goals, because you know one of the first questions out of his mouth is going to be 'so what are you looking to acheive...?" and i didn't feel like sitting there like an idiot without any kind of an answer. I need to lower my blood pressure, but i'm not sure how he'll be able to help with that. There's my labor day goal of 15lbs which I think I want to be my initial goal, plus the big goal which is about 15 lbs more. Obviously, I want to lose inches (thats the point of this, right?) but I'm no good at guessing that kind of thing... mainly if he could make my hips stomach and thighs pack up and leave, I'll be thrilled.

the second thing is my roommate... she's kind of the reason I wound up getting the trainer. the other night, she comments to me that her SO was concerned about her health and she was thinking about going back to the gym, at his encouragement. personally, i was thrilled to hear that - she's probably 30lbs heavier than i was at my heaviest, plus both of her parents are overweight - she could be facing a mountain of problems any day now. so i told her about my gold's membership and that since she lived in my house, i could probably have her put on as a family add-on. she liked the idea and i had it taken care of the next day... my issue is this... I'm probably going to have to be the encourager (the cheerleader, really, which is not my style...lol) and I'm stuck for figuring out how to go about helping her get back into a routine with it.... which brings me to WW...

I started on the flex plan back in January and did fairly well until about mid-March, when I maintained the 10lbs or so that i'd lost, but got lazy about counting my points and eating in general... eventually I hit a huge binge period, followed by a 16 day cruise (where I found myself binging to the point of involuntary purging - I woke up in the middle of the night puking, etc until my body was satisfied that it was all gone, sorry for the TMI). I came back, had surgery and wound up dropping most of that weight. I've been almost binge free since then, and I've been thinking about returning to WW... but I'm not sure. The accountability would be great... but I'm not sure that I was eating as well as I could have been. If I do decide to go back... do I mention it to my roommate?

sorry this was so long and rambling...

[rachiebach]

Hello! I guess I'll just go right ahead and answer your question..why not tell her? Are you worried that she'll want to go with you? Because maybe it would be a good thing for you to have a weightloss buddy to help motivate you. I don't know your roomie obviously, but from the sounds of things you don't seem to think she's going to be super motivated to stick with a plan. Maybe having her involved in a weekly group session will provide her with a support group outside you. Meaning she won't just be leaning on your for moral support and inspiration.


Good luck with the trainer! And I wish you luck no matter what you decide with the whole WW or not scenario. But you know that saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it?" Perhaps if it's something that's worked for you thus far, it wouldn't be a bad idea to go back to it...just my two cents but feel free to ignore them! =)

[dancingirl81]

i had great luck with the trainer, thank you! I think you're right about 'if it's not broke, don't fix it'... so tomorrow, it's back to the meeting room for me

i think i'm going to get myself back in the groove with WW, and then bring it up to her... thanks for your response!