Midsummer Restarters Thread?
 

I've been reading this forum, and occasionally posting, for a few years and have noticed that about 3 to 5 people each week post that they just signed up, or rejoined or recommitted (as I did last weekend) and we're always very graciously welcomed and invited to post problems and progress, but few seem to do so.

Would any of the people who have signed up, or resigned up, recently be interested in joining in a weekly tracking thread -- to discuss progress, problems, issues, whatever, and cheer each other on?

My biggest challenge --as it always is -- is to break a lot of old, bad habits, which include eating junk snacks and not eating enough vegetables and fruits. I restarted Sunday, lost a pound in two days, had a very bad day yesterday and gained the pound back, and have had an easy, on plan day today.

How is everybody else doing?

I hit the restart button this week at my meeting and I haven't weighed myself (my scale at home is off anyway) but I think I'm doing really well. I haven't gone over my points at all since Wednesday.

I had an eye opener at my meeting. I hit my 10% goal a few months ago and was slowly losing and I fell off-track after I got lazy after a minor surgery. I have since gained 13 pounds and at my weigh in on Wednesday I was only .2...POINT TWO...pounds from being back UP to where my 10% goal initially was!!!! I worked SO FREAKING HARD to get that 10% off and now I have done so poorly, so I decided it was time to hit that restart button!

I was down from a starting weight of 305.6 to 262, and now I'm back up to 274.8.

I would be interested in joining a weekly tracking thread to make sure I keep myself accountable and get that weight (and more) back off!

Good for you for hitting that reset button! Yes, you gained some back, but you've also lost more than 40 pounds! So you know you can do it.

I think a weekly tracking thread is a help, and people can post more often if there's a problem, or a challenge. I hope others join in, and I'm glad you did, melbellrocks.

Sunday is my weigh in day, and I'm down a pound. This was my first week back, and some days were a struggle. It was an adjustment week, working on getting back to good habits after several months when I worried about my weight every second, but did not stick to any plan. At the end of the week, I had mostly readjusted. I still have to work on vegetables and exercise, but I did keep the junk snacks demon at bay.

How are those who've restarted this summer doing?

Good job going down that pound!

We just got back from a camping trip and I think I stayed on plan pretty well. I guess we'll see on Wednesday at weigh in!

Thanks! Staying on plan on a camping trip is quite an accomplishment. Good for you!

Hey. I'm recommiting this week. I'd lost 55 lbs, but after a new (temporary- 6 week) job, a move to a new city and then another new (permanent) job I'm so far from consistent, it's like I've forgotten what on plan is. I was up 7 lbs, now I'm back down 3lb after a kinda-sorta on plan week (with fully on plan the last 2 days). So right now I'm really focused on getting off those last 4 to put me back where I was, then I can resume focus on my next mini goal. I've been in Nashville for nearly 2 months now and the "I'm settling in" excuse has worn out its welcome. Right now I'm dedicated solely to correcting my eating habits, but next week I plan to tackle fitting in exercise with the new job.

I've been back on for 4 weeks now, starting week 5 today. I feel SO good about it this time, because besides the very first time I did WW (and lost 20 pounds), this is the longest I've stuck with it.

I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person (hey, who isn't?) so I really beat myself up and binge if I fall a tiny bit off track. This past weekend was a HUGE victory for me...I went out of town for the weekend, I didn't obsess over points, I didn't even count points, I ate until I was satisfied and then not another bite, I came home and while I gained 0.8 pounds from my lowest weight last week, it was still a 1.4 pound drop for the week overall.

I'm in if you do!

Recently restarted here too! Had some success (65lbs) last year but regained 20, and now I'd like to lose 65 more.

Hello, ladies! We certainly need this thread.

A little about myself. I am a lifetimer that let myself get above my goal weight by 28 pounds. I returned to WW in October, 2009 and I'm down 19 pounds but for the last 2 months have not really been OP and it shows on the scale. I've gained and lost the same 3 pounds for that time.

Part of my problem is being an extremist. I deny myself some of the foods I like - salty snacks, ice cream, and chocolates - and after a few days I go to DQ and get a blizzard and then I might as well have a bag of chips, and you now how it goes from there.

I'm now going to allow a normal portion of these foods into my food plan occasionally. Just denying them makes me binge.

To be even more discouraged, I was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis and I have lost 1-3/4 inches in height - so my goal weight will have to be lower, too. What a bummer.

This week I am concentrating on planning my meals a day in advance at least, drinking more water, and getting back into my exercise routine.

I weigh in on Saturday so there should be a little downward movement of the scale by then.

I need this thread too!

I started WW in September 2008 when my 3rd child was 2 months old. I was originally 225 lbs and by June 2009 I was down to 160 lbs and felt great! Then at the end of September I found out that baby #4 was on the way, a HUGE surprise.

Now that baby is 6 weeks old and I'm starting over again. It's just disheartening to have all my work undone and be back where I started. I know WW worked great for me before and will again, but I'm having trouble with motivation. I keep blowing my daily points out of the water and not even logging them, thinking I'll do better tomorrow. Well, we all know how that goes, tomorrow never comes! This morning's weigh in was 1 lb above last week's, I'm starting to move in the wrong direction. I need to get my eating under control, and log all my points!

I'm really glad there ARE other people here! This forum is too quiet. I hope we help get things going.

Ashley, I've been knocked off plan so many times because of life changes I've lost count, and most of them aren't nearly as big as what you've just gone through. I'm glad you're starting back and didn't let things slide. One of the things I always do wrong is try to do everything at once. I'm trying to go slower this time.

Sweetcaroline, welcome to Weight Watchers! You say you're just starting, but you're already lost 30 pounds, so you must be doing something right!

1bighog, if you've stuck to it for 4 weeks, I'll bet you're in it for the longhaul. I also have the all or nothing attitude. It's one of the many bad habits I'm trying to break. It's hard!

phatchick, glad you're in!

Quilter, I'm in awe of your stats. I'm sure you have a lot of weight watching wisdom, and I hope you'll share. I'm sorry about the osteoporosis. I'm in the "mature woman" category myself :) My doctor says I don't have to worry about that (I'm descended from a long line of bigboned peasants :) ), but I have many friends who have lost an inch or two and it is not fun.

Kestrel, if baby #4 (baby #4!!!!!) is only six weeks old, I'll bet you're exhausted. That would put a damper on anyone's motivation! One of the first things I've done this time is to just focus on logging. I've found one of the things that has made me slink away in the past is that I have a bad week and "forget" to log.

I hope everyone has a good week and that we'll all check in as often as possible to egg each other on. There's a menu posting thread here, too.

Well I made it through day three, that's the longest I've been on plan in a while. I had my challenges too. First, they brought a dessert cart around the building for tenant appreciation at work today. I was soooooo hungry and it smelled REALLY good, but I didn't even go look at them (I knew better)! Then, when I got off work I was starving because I didn't pack a sufficient lunch. Normally at this level of hungry is when I eat whatever I can get fast, which is usually really bad. But I stayed on plan and got some vegetable soup. It was enough food to hold me over until my planned dinner without using a lot of points. It feels really good to be back on plan!

Hi everyone. Congrats to all of us restarters! My first weigh in is thursday and i'm terrified, my week really was not good but i'm trying. exercise is hard to get in unless i get up really early because in the evening i'm usually dealing with my daughter's bad behavior from summer camp and all i want to do is eat. BOOO!

This pretty much sums up last week for me! My girls turned 2 and 4, so two birthday cakes within 4 days of each other. And since I "forgot" to log the first slice of cake it was easy to forget to log the others. :o The scale doesn't forget, though!

Ashley, good for making it through the day and staying on plan! The afternoon is hard for me too, if I don't plan a decent snack then I'm ready to eat everything in the house by dinner

haleygirl - My last week wasn't good either and Monday's weigh in showed it, so I know how you feel.

I woke up starving at 3 am, my little guy is nursing a ton and it's showing up in my appetite. I got up and had 1/2 a small baked potato left over from dinner and a cup of cherries, and I'm off to log it right now. I'm saying this here to keep myself honest. ;)

kestrel- my daughter had 2 birthday parties to attend this past weekend and i too "forgot" to log the points oops!

Aaaaaaaack!!!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!! :D This is my EXACT problem.

But I'm proud to announce as a small non-scale victory, that on my camping trip I only had two smores, I tracked them, and I stayed in my points the whole time! The day we came home we were so tired so we drove through Taco Bell. I went over points that day but I stayed well within my weeklies and according to my home scale I am down some pretty big numbers this week. I will post official numbers tomorrow night after weigh in.

Also I want to welcome everyone to the thread. Hopefully I will have time to read all the posts every day even if I can't respond to everyone.

What I'm noticing here is that a lot of you guys have the same struggles I do! Yay I'm not alone!!

melbellrocks-that's fantastic! i looove taco bell.

i hope everyone is having a good wednesday. i checked on the scale this morning and i really really hope it changes by tomorrow because i was mortified! oh well i know where i went wrong so i can fix it for next week.

Only 3 more hours until weigh in and I am so excited to see how much I lost after hitting the restart button at the meeting last week!

I had a good day yesterday and so far today. Why can't we remember how much better we feel when we eat healthy foods and cut the junk?

Can't wait to see how you did, melbellrocks! My wi is Saturday morning.

Ok gals hold onto your underthings...

I LOST 9.8 AT WEIGH IN!!!!!!

That is for ONE week! Boy am I glad I hit that restart button and really stuck to it. I am now out of my danger zone of going back over where my 10% goal was, and I gave myself PLENTY of buffer! :) I am so excited!

Of course I know that this is a one time thing and it won't be that big every week, but it doesn't matter...this loss was enough to keep me sailing for a good while!

I hope all of you here who are recommitting have good news this week, too!

Melbell, that is fantastic! Yes, that is a wondferful reward for hitting the restart button. What a boost!!!!!

Susan wrote:

I know exactly what you mean. When you're OP, it's the easiest thing in the world, and once the Snack Demon, or the "Of course I can go out to dinner tomorrow night" suggestion pops into one's head, it's the hardest thing in the world. I don't know why we can't cut the junk, except we are surrounded by it, and have trained ourselves in bad habits. Here's to breaking 0ld bad habits and forming new ones!

kestrel, you are restarting at one of the most difficult times. If you can keep on track nutritionwise even if you're over points, you'll be doing well.

haleygirl, I love your attitude. If you know what went wrong, yes, you can fix it.

Today was fairly easy for me. My schedule on Wednesday and Thursday is closer to my normal schedule and tomorrow is the last day before I can, in theory, have total control over meal times and meals for 4 weeks. I'm not going to worry about the scale this weigh in (for me, that's Sunday). I'm tracking, but I don't want to get in, "Oh, no! You didn't lose! This isn't working!!" mode.

Have a good Thursday, everyone!

Melbellrocks- that's fantastic! congrats! i just weighed in and lost 1.2 and i am super happy!!

Good job Haley! You'll have that next tattoo in no time! :)

thanks but i can't adjust my ticker yet lol i'm at 326.2 right now, i never adjusted it for my gain oh well

Good job, Haley! You and mellbellrocks are setting a great example for us!

:bravo::cp::congrat::cheer3::cheer2: Haley and Melbellrocks, great job! Keep up the good work.

Today has been a struggle. I've just felt so hungry. I'm hanging in there!

melbell!!! Fantastic!

Susan- Thanks!
:hug:

Bloomer-Thanks!

Thanks guys for all the support. I was very pleased. My meeting leader was kinda speechless but I told her, "Hey, it's not magic...you stay on plan and good stuff happens!" :D

Congrats to those of you who've seen losses already. I've done pretty well this week with the exception of tuesday evening, but it didn't have any adverse effects on the scale (I weigh daily). I'm a little torn on tonight, as I'm going over to a friend's house for drinks. I wish I liked wine, I'd do a spritzer type of deal to save points... but I hate wine. Maybe I'll get stuff to make mojitos. It's expensive and complicated, but the time it takes to make them slows me down some

Good morning, ladies! We had a big storm last night that has cold things off so I've been out for a 1-mile walk this morning and will do another after dinner. Tomorrow is weigh in. I expect a small loss because I am close to goal and have hypothyrodism so lose slowly.

I'll be planning my meals and exercise for next week today so I can go grocery shopping after my WW meeting tomorrow.

Susan- good for you on planning. I have hypothyroidism too and last year I had to get my left side removed. They keep upping my dose but I don't notice any differences.

I definetely need to exercise today because I've already used 20 of my flex points yesterday and I have 16 points for the rest of the day, although I did just eat lunch so maybe I'll be ok. I already know I'm going to have this 5 point frozen lightlife thing I had a coupon for, it looks like there's a lot in it so should be filling.

Hi All,

I have been going through some of the same things as you all...."forgetting" to log points because I am going over, all-or-nothing thinking, hitting the reset button a few times, letting weekends/vacations/weddings/random Tuesdays trick me into thinking that staying on the plan is not necessary....but I have been going to WW meetings every week or two weeks all summer. Each week I am re-motivated, so I am hoping that things will start to stick and I will really see some success. I have been losing the same 5 pounds all summer so far! I joined WW in late May, so I was hoping to have more to show for it by now! :)

A bit about me: I struggled with eating issues (both under- and overeating) for most of my life. I put on close to 75 pounds with my first pregnancy, but managed to shave that off over a two year period. With my second pregnancy, I was healthy and fit, gained 35 pounds, and lost that and about 10 more in the year after. Things were great, I was healthy and fit, but during my last year of my Master's progam, I put 50 pounds back on and here I am, back at a weight that I thought was gone for good. :( I am trying to get back into it, but it has been very depressing to have taken all of the weight off before, multiple times, and be back here again. I am hoping that I can get into it and SEE SOME SUCCESS!

Best wishes to you all,
R :)

RunningToSmile- Hi! i hear what you're saying. When i was 19 i lost 80lbs then i got pregnant and gained 110 then lost 80 and now gained 75 back after being in school....

Hi Everyone, I'm into my fourth week of rejoining WW. I am down 6lbs in 3 weeks. My norm is 1 lb a week. I've finally learned that even 1 lb is great!! I weigh in on Mondays, I'll let you know my loss.

Hooray! Let's try to keep each other motivated....I'm happy to find a little WW group that can help me stay on track, and hopefully I can give some encouragement, too!!

R :)

@RunningToSmile: I personally think that you are amazing for being able to smile and have a positive attitude. I know that yo-yo-ing is very hard and it's so depressing to know that you are RE-doing what you already did before. You are spectacular for hanging in there and you are truly an inspiration to me!!!! :bravo: