| dawnydw |
03-31-2005 12:31 PM |
Thank you so much everyone for your congratulations, one day later, and I'm still grinning like a cheshire cat!
Domina, Hi, yeah, I remember the recent 'plateau' post, thanks for the advice on that, I did as you suggested and tried to alternate a bit between high point and lower point days, just to get the old metabolism thing moving again - whether it was that or not that did the trick - who knows, but either way, something shifted those last few pounds. Maybe, I just got my head around the fact that I was almost there and a final push was all that was needed, rather than psycologically (sp?) thinking I was already there?
Deanne, Hi, although the flex plan is a bit different to our points programme here in the UK, it still comes down to a couple of things when you want success - planning, journalling, watching your portion sizes (I weigh almost everything) and loads of water intake. I have journalled every single day since I started with WW and its the main thing that keeps me on track. If you know what you have eaten, you can't cheat, and if you do, you know where you went wrong so you don't do it again!
JKbunch, hi there. I know its tough when you get stuck. I had a few times where no matter how good I seemed to be, nothing worked, and sometimes I didn't feel like being good and just ate everything in sight, then had enormous trouble getting myself back into gear. When things got to their worst point, I think just after the Christmas holidays, I sat down took a long look at myself and what I had already achieved. By that point I had lost about 50# and the last few would not go anywhere and I wasn't that inclined to try. I got out my old 'before' photos, some of my old journals and tried to remember how I felt before I 'found' WW. I remembered I felt sad. That, among lots of other nasty familiar feelings, was not something I wanted to feel again, especially in relation to how I looked and felt. So I gave myself a kick in the butt and got my act together. It still took a good while to get over the plateau, but it works when you keep trying. As regards to exercise, I have to be honest, and say I didn't do half as much as I should have done. A bit of walking etc, nothing too energetic I have to say. Recently I started doing the '8 minutes in a morning' thing, and I think that may well have given me a bit of a boost, but I'm no gym addict, little and not so often, thats me!
It was our points programme I followed from day one. Only since New year has the UK introduced our version of the Core programme, which I did for one week, maintained my weight, felt for the first time as if I was on a diet, so went back to points. It works for me. I know where I stand with it. I can control my portion sizes with it.
I got to goal, what more can I say? (I'm still smiling!!!)
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