Aside from my mom and sister, the only other person who knows I am doing WW again (3rd time) is a friend who is doing it also. She was my inspiration to go back to WW, she's lost 45 lbs. since January.
I'm trying to take care of myself physically, mentally and spiritually; so for those reasons, I feel that no one else needs to know what I'm doing. I found that if everyone knows what you're doing they tend to scrutinize your every move and every bite you take. Somehow being on a program makes people feel that they have to police you and sometimes sabotage you.
I eat 6 meals a day, so it appears that I'm constantly eating, so no one has asked anything. Believe me, people do ask!
This time, it's my thing for me. A few weeks before I re-joined WW, I found out that I have a gastrointestinal condition, which is related to stress & nutrition. I feel a lot stronger and more sure about this for more than losing weight, but just being good to me and feeling better.
And 3 weeks in, I am feeling better.
This time feels different all the way around, first, I found a meeting even closer to my home. And then the leader during the first meeting, stressed the importance of measuring yourself and gauging inches lost, in addition to the scale. That struck me as incredible, b/c the reason I stopped going last year, was b/c there were weeks that I had minor gains, which were totally due to my increased workouts. But the weigh-in person's sad face that I gained .8 or 1.2 lbs, became quite discouraging, even though my clothes were much looser. So, I stopped going. Thank God for this new meeting!
I am very thankful that I not only have the support of my meeting members, but also the 3FC community.
Ya'll are awesome!
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