Hi Missy,

I agree with you, these boards have gotten me through a lot of hunger pains and snack urges! I'm currently on the 1st day of week 6, and feeling frustrated. Not as bad as I was before WI yesterday, but a little bit Blah! I look forward to getting to know all of you, and I'm here if you ever need me!

Have a good evening!

Hi Missy,

I agree with you, these boards have gotten me through a lot of hunger pains and snack urges! I'm currently on the 1st day of week 6, and feeling frustrated. Not as bad as I was before WI yesterday, but a little bit Blah! I look forward to getting to know all of you, and I'm here if you ever need me!

Have a good evening!

Hello everyone!
I am new to WW at home.My first day today.My weight is 175.I am only 5"2" tall.Hope you all dont mind me comimg here.Hope to come here a lot.
Cu ,Mayflower

Welcome Mayflower.....if you are doing the WW At Home thing, then these boards will porbably become a lifeline for you. Welcome to the party of losers :-)

Mel, as for me moving to Dallas, it is more of me just wanting to get back there. I lived there last fall b4 I had to return home to Odessa for financial reasons. I am not cut out for small-town life so it drives me crazy. I need to get back to a real city. It also looks like we are on the same week. I started 6 on Tuesday.


good luck guys and happy losin'

-Nate

Welcome Mayflower! and good luck!

Nate, I'm opposite, I'm strictly a country girl. The big city scares me, but I hope you get what you want! How's week 6 going for ya? So far so good here, attitude was wanning a bit, but it's improving !

Have a healthy OP day!

mel,
it is going alright, I guess. I am avg. about 4 pounds a week, so that is pretty good. I don't remember obsessing about food and the weeks as much as I am this time. I reached LT baout 3 years ago..and thought I could do it on my own..:: I guess i rmember it just coming off, I just don't remember thinking about it as much as I am now..I guess I did..oh well

-happy losin

-nate

Nate,

I know what you mean, I worry about everything and I know it would be better to just relax and follow the plan! My points are about to drop, and I've been stressed about it for a week now! What to do? I'll get through it, with a lot of thanks to you all!!

Do you exercise? I've just started back, and I think it's slowing my loss. I'm not happy about that, but I want to firm as I go, so I don't turn to flab. Any thoughts on this? Thanks, and let me say, keep it up! You are doing GREAT!
Going to a movie, Ds wants to see Crocodile Hunter! BBL

TTFN

mel,

yeah I do the exercise thing..yipee..I luv it so. I do between 30 and 45 min of cardio 5 times a week. Pretty soon...in about a month or two I will go back to lifting weights again. I just wanna lose poundage

-nate

Me... too...! but I'd like to try to firm up too, and I'm worried it'll stop me from losing? Were you exercising before you joined, or did you start after? I've been lossing at a good rate, and I don't want to do anything to mess that up!

Hi guys! Welcome Mayflower! Nate you and Mel are both on week 6? That'a a very confusing week if you ask me. All the talk about the right mix, I just ended up confused as heck about what I was eating, which, up then I had had no problem with! I still find it confusing, and I've been LT for 2 years. As for exercise Mel, it's not something I will ever enjoy or look forward to, but I know I have to do it. As you tone and firm your muscles you may see your loss slow a bit but don't let that discourage you. Often you can fit into smaller clothes even when the scale shows a small gain. I spent so much time on my way down the first time worrying over the numbers on the scale that I don't think I fully appreciated the rest of the experience. I'm trying hard to savor each little victory this time, because darn it, I want it to be the LAST TIME!!

Have a great weekend, ya'll!
upandaway

Yeah with exercise, I just kinda force myself to get thru it. Last time I went thru this I was living with my trainer...so that made it really easy. He was like an alarm clock at 9am...telling me to get up and get going to the gym (not much choice in the matter).

UpandAway - do you find that some people at meetings treat you differently if you are a returning lifer (I don't know if you are are not)..I have been LT for 13 years..and I am still trying to admit to myself that I can't do this on my own..I need the structure and the support. I mean that I have been on for 6 weeks with the new WP program and at the last meeting I think my total was 23 or sumthin..and the wiegher was confused about whether you give awards to lifers or not...I WANT MY STAR DAW-GONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!...:-)....just thoughts


happy losin,

-Nate

Good morning all. Happy Saturday!

Nate, currently I'm not going to meetings, I'm working the program on my own, which I know is dangerous. I've been faithful for nearly 5 full weeks now and I've lost 9 pounds. I know I should go back to the meetings, but here is the crux of my dilemma: after I made LT 2 hears ago I was so gung ho I ran out and went to work for WW. I worked there for a year and a half and then gradually slowed down my meetings until I finally took a leave of absence, then never went back to work. (I took a second part time job in the meantime, and the other job took over, in pay, time, etc.) Of course not attending either as a member or employee I gained some of the weight back, and now I'm just plain too embarrassed to go back to meetings locally. All the leaders and receptionists know me, I feel like a failure. I intend to go back, and I'd like to work for them again eventually. Right now I just can't make it fit, time-wise, and the embarrassment factor is huge.
As for being treated differently, yes I absolutely agree. It was like once I made life, or even goal, my meeting group, even the ones I had become pretty good friends with, started to act like "why are you still here?" No one ever said anything, but the feeling I got was that I had 'finished', why did I still come to meetings. I went to work there partly so I could go to meetings and not feel that way. Alas, it backfired! Working the reception room didnt' give me the support I needed from the group inside the meeting room and even while working there my weight had begun to creep up. As for your star, you are absolutely entitled to it. We were told that returning lifers get all the awards and accolades as 'first-timers'. Even if you have to ask for, do it, you've earned it!!

Well so much for my life story, lol!
As for the 'city vs. country living' debate I have to say I have found the perfect compromise here. I was raised in a little bitty backwater country town, one stop light, a Dairy Queen, you know the kind. I've lived in big cities since I left home and while I don't feel comfortable in a huge city like Houston, I really like having it so close I can enjoy it without driving too far. At the end of the day, my little spot in the 'country' is not too far from Wal-mart, lol!

Have a terrific weekend, losers!
upandaway

Morning,

Upandaway, thanks for to pep talk! Congratulations on making it that far. I'll try not to concentrate on those numbers, but that's a hard thing to do. I've been obsessed about the fact that my point range is about to drop, and in the process I ended up only making matters worse. But I'm getting back on track now!!

Nate~ I def. think you deserve your star !! In my honest opinion, you are a lot more brave than me, for caring enough about your self to go back and try again! !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!* there you go, some stars and cheers from your buds!

Well everyone have a good day!

Thanx guys!!!...hopefully I will be getting my 10 percent soon.

Upandaway - I was wondering what it was like working for WW, I had thought about it last time I reached goal, but I never did anything about it. It seems that they never have any male leaders...which kinda tends to promote the this is just for women mentality. I know a lot of guys that couild really benifit from this program. Heck, in west texas there are more cases of the "done-lop" (as in done lopped over the belt" than I have seen anywhere. What does working for WW entail? As for going back to the meetings....DO IT!!!!!!!!! When I went back I was 88#s over goal!!!!!!!!! and for the most part I think it really helps, I also have a really good leader.

-Nate

Nate, working for WW is great, it's very rewarding in so many ways. My only gripe is that the weight ranges for employees differ from those of regular lifetime, higher if you can believe that, and it set me up to let my weight creep up little by little. I loved helping people who were struggling a bit, I was amazed at how many trusted us, the receptionists, to answer program questions, and really depended on us for advice and guidance. Knowing I'd helped people was such a kick, it's really a great feeling. I never trained to be a leader, I was happy behind the desk. I did work with a male leader though and he was great. He'd lost over 100 pounds and was very inspirational, very "no nonsense" but in a compassionate way, if you get what I mean. The women really enjoyed him and he was very easy to relate to.

Once I made lifetime all I did was ask my leader if they were hiring, and what did I need to do. The area manager called me in a couple of days and set up training. I trained for 5 meetings, observing, then weighing people, gradually working up to being able to do pretty much everything including the paperwork (known in the inner circle as the dreaded TALLY). Once you get it there's nothing to it, it's just common sense. I think if it's something you want to do go for it. I would recommend it highly and as I said I hope to go back someday if my life ever settles down! I want to attend meetings as a member, but anonymously (I'm a coward, I know). That's pretty impossible right now because I worked all over with just about everybody and everyboy recognizes me if not by sight then by name. It's not like I've gained it all back thank the Lord, but just enough to feel heavy, and my clothes don't fit well, about 15 pounds. So far I'm doing okay using this site, DWZ and some other boards.

Thanks for the encouragement, who knows I may just work up enough nerve to brave going someday soon! I'll let you know if I do.

I weigh in tomorrow morning so of course I have those 'night before' jitters! Guess I'll browse around here awhile longer.
Have a great weekend,
upandaway