wow chocolate that blows!!! Some people just feel bad about themselves when they see others succeed! CONGRATS ON YOUR WEIGHT LOSS WOOHOO!

Well, I didn't say I KEPT it all off, did I? Actually, when I joined WW (1994) I lost 120 lbs. Took me 15 months. However, I've gained back approx. 50 lbs. of it and now I'm working to get it off again......

Chocolate - I think your friend takes the cake (no pun intended ). Although I have experienced people who have been jealous and sabotaged my weight loss efforts, I have never encountered anyone who blatantly says they will never speak to me again. I have never heard of anyone else experiencing that, either.

Yes, that just blows me away. I guess, through it all, you have found out the true value of that friendship. Isn't it interesting that people you think are tried and true friends really have different values when it comes to supporting their friends in goals that are set. This is what surprises me so much about naysayers. You think that people will support, but underlying their expression of true friendship lies something that is quite the opposite.

Well it has happened, they are coming to me for advice. I so badly want to tell them to cough up the $$ and go themselves. I had no one holding my hand going through the WW door. I didn't even have support other than a good luck. Now everyone seems to want to know what/how I am doing it.

It is funny though because now people are saying. Oh I couldn't live without cheese or regular soda. Well I have not had one problem and I eat my regular cheese pizza on occasion. It isn't that hard but I guess for some any change is hard. But oh well I guess! hehehe

Stephanie

Stephanie,

That is great. Don't you just love these people who ask for advice. It fits right in with the talk this week at WW. Our leader told us about the Yabuts. You tell them tips to change their eating lifestyle and their response is: "Yea, but I..."

You are really doing well on the program. I am almost as tall as you are (6 ft.) and I feel so much better now.

Keep on losing!

Thanks OMG I get the yeahbut all of the time. I am like why are you asking then.

I got my "real goal yesterday and she says 180. I think she just likes me and wants it to be easier for me to be a lifetime member. I am thinking more arpound 175. Either way I "only" have either 11lbs or 16 to go depending on if you are going by my goal or WW
CONGRATS on your weight loss Domina you must look AWESOME> We tall chicks can hid weight well so when we are skinny we look GOOOOOD LOL.

I don't tell people that I'm on WW. It is none of their business.If they compliment me, I say thank you and move on. I f they want to know if I'm on a diet or ask how I lost the weight, I tell them that I simply watch what I eat.This is my personal life and they really should not be asking these questions!! It is rude!!!

Jorge, you have a point. I don't broadcast that I'm in Weight Watchers, but if someone is sincere about perhaps their own weight problem, I tell her/him about WW.

Your response is a good one--that we watch what we eat. That's really what WW is all about--it's not a diet.

Talk about rude. As you've seen in my posts, I'm tall-about six feet tall. People ask me all the time how tall I am (I'm sure Stephanie can relate to this). It's not just coworkers, it's perfect strangers. When I was a teenager, I was very sensitive about it, but now I just laugh. Do people ask a short person for his/her height?

Stephanie, you are so right; we can carry the weight. I just didn't want to carry it any more You keep at it, girl. You are going to look wonderful.

I love the "Do you play basketball?" question!! I want to scream everytime someone asks me that. I used to say no do you? and they would realize what an *** they were for asking. The other thing I would say "No I am a klutz." or just some blow off. "Are your parents tall?" No they are 3 foot 2. ...comeon.

The thing that irks me is that since I am losing now people ask how much and I am proud so I tell them 27.8 with 11 to go. then I get OMG you needed to lose that much?!!! Yeah and I bet if they payed attention to their BMI and the weight they SHOULD be they would need to lose alot too!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a bigger problem in the 'silent sabotage' I get from my mother in law. She knows full well that I'm ww and I've lost 38 pounds but she ALWAYS makes high fat options when I come over for a meal with the family. I have started taking my own food (and she makes me feel like a freak) and even thoughI have lost weight she NEVER comments positively about how I look. Hubby assures me that you would have to need a seeing eye dog not to notice and he also told her that if she can't respect that I am taking care of myself we just won't visit for a while.

This is the same woman who, when I wasn't dieting, would cut out the latest diet fads from magazines for me (hint hint) and suggested we go to a Lifestyle Convention (read Diet Expo) together.

I would rather eat fence palings.

Laugh of the week - me bringing spray olive oil over at her request and she using it (very bad grace) to cook stir fried vegies except she sprayed for a full 3 mins in the bottom of the pan and ended up with 4 inches of oil anyway! Then proceeded to tell everyone that she had made the oily overcooked vegies especially for my weird diet.
What a champion!

And she's fat too.......connection here?

Take care all

Belle

Stephanie, yes I get tired of that question, too. Here's a response I heard a while ago: "No, do you play miniature golf?" Isn't that a hoot? Here's another cute one: "I may be the first to be rained on, but I'll be the last to drown!"

Crustygirl: I just want to give you a hug for putting up with that person who is supposed to be your husband's mother. That's just awful. Some people just can't handle another's success.

Belle yours takes the cake for someone being green with envy. Geez I would purposely have hubby compliment me every minute in front of her to really get her goat. Who cares if you have to force him to do it you are only doing it to get a reaction from her LMAO. Plus it sounds like he compliments you alot anyway so just ask him to do it a little more but in front of her. The best would be to give her copies of what you are doing and tell her to try it hint hint . Just like she was doing to you.

OMG Domina the miniture golf OMG!!!!!!!!!! That is great I cannot wait to use it!!!!!!

Thank you for such lovely support. The main man does in fact compliment me in front of his mother (which she ignores) and I know now that validation from her is not necessary for my success.

Also, she has recently moved a 5 hour drive away and as we have three young ones we will not be able to visit often...too bad huh! I have to say though, I don't know about the rest of you but when I am faced with someone negative now, it makes me MORE determined than ever to succeed.

And when I do, I might just take to wearing my clothes inside out so she can read how small the labels are!

Thank you especially for the hug, it ws lovely and much appreciated!


Take care all

Belle

All I can say is GO BELLE!!! You have a great outlook on it!

I will admit this, when I was overweight I would always try to justify overeating by getting my friends to indulge with me... Helped me feel better I guess when I had someone to share a pint of cookie dough haagen-daazs with. Not that they were dieting.

I know people who haven't seen me in a long time can easily tell I have lost a lot of weight, so they ask me and then I tell them, but I also get the "yeah but I like my ice cream too much" or "yeah but I don't have time to exercise". Or yeah but I don't have the control or will power.

Take care!

Ali