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So I’ve lost 11 pounds on Weight Watchers in 6 weeks. I’m so impressed, I didn’t think it would be so easy! Eating right is really actually easier than people think…if they have the right support…

I got SOOO many comments at church on Sunday. One person said, “Wow, you are really KICKING it with the weight loss lately. You were, well…and wow! You look great!” He meant well with the “You were, well…” comment, and, well, I WAS….the f-word. F-A-T. I’m not fat anymore. That makes me so happy. I’m a little overweight, but I’m not fat anymore. I can actually look in the mirror and not look disgusted. AND, I can fit in some of my old clothes. I am wearing 12’s now comfortably. (No muffin top fat roll over the top…) and I’m really pushing for all those 10’s in my closet! I’m so so so glad I started WW. I know I sing it’s praises a lot. But it has really changed my life.

Yahoo!

I can’t wait to get more comments.

That’s something my friend Renee used to say, “I Lyle Lovett!” And I do, I love Weight Watchers. I know, you’re sick of hearing me say this stuff about WW. Me, Ms. Skeptical about WW, I LOVE IT! I’ve lost 7.4 pounds in four weeks. I am just ecstatic! It can be difficult at times, but again, I am in control of the food, not vice versa. Last week I ‘only’ lost .6 but this week I lost 1.6. (Helps that I went to the morning meeting….) So, anyone who’s on the fence about WW, I urge you to try it. It helped me get over the hump. I was STUCK at 190-ish for months. And here I am at 185. 6 (started at 193) after just one month. Perhaps it doesn’t sound like much, but after STRUGGLING to get past the 20 pounds I’d lost on my own for SO STINKIN’ LONG, It’s a miracle. I feel great! And I saw pictures of myself this past week and wasn’t immediately looking for a barf bag! WOW! That’s saying a lot.

If I lose another 7 pounds in this next month, I’ll be in the 170’s, which is where I was when I got preggo. I think I was about 172 when I got preggo. I’m looking to get to 165 at LEAST, but I know I can go further. Yeah! I have confidence again!

That is a very fitting title to this post for a couple reasons.

1) My sister-in-law starred as Maria in “The Sound of Music” this weekend in Concord, NH. She was AWESOME!!!! *singing” So long, farwell, Abeitezein, Adieu, doo do doo do do dooo dee de dee de de deeeeeee”*

2) I AM BIDDING A VERY VERY VERY PLEASANT GOODBYE/KICK IN THE PANTS/BOOT OUT THE DOOR TO THE 190′S!!!! YAHOOOOO!!!!!!

I lost 3.8 pounds this week! I truly truly love Weight Watchers. I feel FANTABULOUS! I knew my weigh-in would inspire a happy dance, all of my clothes are getting looser! So I’ve lost a total of 5.2 lbs. in the two weeks I’ve been on Weight Watchers. I’m in love with this “diet”/way of life. I SO don’t feel deprived and LOVE controlling the food, rather than the other way around. YAY!!!!!!!!!!

*doing the happy dance*

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Well, I went to week #2 at Weight Watchers tonight. I lost 1.4 pounds! WOOHOO! I was really thinking/hoping it would be more….but it IS that time of the month for me. *growl* So that doesn’t help anything. But I’m happy with it. It’s working, it’s working! YEEHAW!!!

It doesn’t help that I went out to dinner twice this past week either.  :roll:  Oh well, I got a salad both times. But I’m really diggin’ this weight watchers thing. I’m so accountable to myself and to my group! I thought I was going to be a neurotic psychopath, seeing the food on the shelves of the grocery store as gigantic numbers representing their point value, but it hasn’t been that way at all! I know I’m not always going to have pleasantries to say about being on this diet, but for now, it’s peachy.  :grin:

One thing that the leader said tonight was, “Even if you haven’t lost anything this week, don’t you feel better anyway because YOU are controlling the food rather than the FOOD controlling you?” OMG!  :idea: Brilliant! That’s exactly what it feels like. I have more self-confidence and I feel overall….BETTER because I am in control. Love it love it love it!

YEEHAW! Week 2 of WW diet, here I come!

I can’t believe how great I feel about being on Weight Watchers. I thought I’d be depressed about it but I feel fantastic! It’s definately a head thing. When I see my non-pregnant-yet-five-month-pregnant-belly in my lap, yes, it’s still saddening, but now I KNOW I’m doing something about it. I just laugh at that jiggly lap-shrinker because I will have the last laugh. That stupid belly of mine is going down the toilet drain with all the stinkin’ water I’m drinking. (Actually, I’ve always been good about water…that’s the easy part…)

It’s so wonderful keeping track of everything. I thought it would be inhibiting, but I find it pretty freeing! I set up my meals and snacks on the Points Tracker the night before! That way, I’ll only eat what’s on my menu for the next day! I’m sure there will be times when I’ll add and swap things, but for day 3, that’s workin’ for me. Woohoo!

And I love how you get activity points for 15 minutes of folding laundry. That’s just fantastic. Makes me want to do more housework. I am LOVING Weight Watchers so far. Woohoo! (again…)

So I went to my first Weight Watchers meeting last night….it was great! The leader is very motivating and the group lost 45 pounds in July! I can’t wait to join the ranks and start losing. I’m so excited. Plus, since I’ve been tracking everything I eat, it’s astonishing at how quickly everything adds up! No wonder I couldn’t get over the 20 pound hurdle. I weighed in at 193 yesterday, so, yet again, I have to up my weight and which puts me higher than my mini goal…again….but hey, the third time’s a charm, right?

One thing I DON’T like is that the weight thing on their website says for my height I need to be a maximum of 148 pounds, and I can’t put anything higher as my end goal. What? My end goal is 165, that’s almost 30 more pounds. When I was 17 and a size 5 I weighed 142 and I looked anorexic! It bothers me that they don’t take into account build types. I’m NOT petite. My hands and feet are huge and I have a lot of muscle mass. My legs are very muscular from years of soccer and running. I’m just not ‘thin’ and never will be. So…I had to put it 148, but my REAL goal is 165. If I go lower, great! But that’s my goal.

Weight Watchers, day 2, woohoo!

I’m doing it. I’m joining Weight Watchers. I never wanted to join, I thought I could do it on my own. I’ve been ‘dieting’ for 12 years, I know what’s healthy, I know what’s not. But I’m doing it on my own. I’m proud of the 20-some-odd pounds I’ve lost on my own. But I can’t get past this point. I’ve been stuck here for months. I’m sick of it. I’m tired of being fat.

I never wanted to go to meetings and weigh in and all that stuff. But I need to change something. I need to have that accountability to others and light a fire under my butt. I’m not getting any younger. And I’m sick of being a fat 28-year-old. My size 10’s are staring at me, collecting dust. I so thought I’d be there by now.

You know, I was pretty comfortable with how I look. Not THAT comfy, but I thought I was getting there…but the pictures from my vacation have jolted me back to reality. Having to buy size XL and L shirts should have keyed me in…nope. I guess I’m thick-headed. So I’m going to my first WW meeting on Tuesday. Ew. But I HAVE to. Really, everyone I know who’s done WW has had a great result. My mom (not anymore…years ago), my Mother In Law, my friend Natalie, a woman at my old job lost 60+ pounds. All these people, it worked for!

So here I go, joining the WW community. *sigh* I’m sad it had to come to this but at the same time, I’m kicking myself for not doing it sooner.

So I was on vacation this past week in PA at Family Camp. It was so much fun! Well, I thought I was starting to look like the old me. WRONG! I was just on the website and saw this picture of myself playing one-pitch softball:

YUCKAROOONIES!!!!!  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

LOOK AT MY GUT HANGING OVER MY PANTS?!?!?!?! You know, when I looked in the mirror all week, I did NOT see that. What the hey???? Ugh. By the way, that’s my hubby in the background in the Sox shirt and hat. He’s a twig.

Anyway, a new committment to this diet has now been made (again). Ew.

I’m going to cry myself to sleep….

How nice, my buddy Veronica checked in on me to see if I was okay! How sweet.  :mrgreen: I’m just dandy, but my life’s been a little wacky the past couple of weeks. First, my friends who moved to Ohio were out for a visit for a week so we spent a lot of time with them. Secondly, I’ve been at my sister’s since Sunday the 8th waiting for my new niece, Maya, to be born. She was actually due to come on the 4th, but she’s overdue.  :roll: (As usual….) This is number 5 for my sister and they’ve all been late (except the twins….induced…). My sister and I are very close (only sister) and she was there when Ben was born and I was there for 3 of her 4. Anyway….still waiting for her. That’s why I haven’t been on here, waiting around for my sister to pop.

I’ve been trying to eat healthy. I think I’ve been doing a fairly decent job considering all of the snacks here in a house with 4, soon to be 5, kids. I went shopping for my sister and got some stuff for me too. They eat mostly healthy, but I haven’t had a lot of green veggies because they have a garden and the squash has taken over and we eat squash every night. Anyway, I haven’t weighed myself because I’m not at home, but I think I’m doing okay. My 5-year-old nephew Noah told me I have “Wiggly blood, like Pat!” Pat is their nanny. When talking about ‘wiggly blood’ he was of course referring to my arms. (duh!  :lol: ) I laughed, because, well, because he’s right. They are getting better though.

I miss Jazzercise!  :neutral: They have it here but I can’t go that far away, my sister’s gonna explode with a baby soon. I could always go running but it’s been so HOT and I’m terrible in heat. Oh well…running after 5 kids (including my own) and climbing the 3 staircases here is better than nothing. (They’ve got a gorgeous house…)

Gotta go, here lots of crying.

AND I LOST TWO POUNDS AND REACHED MY MINI GOAL!!!!!!  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

Thank you so much to all of my buddies and people who have supported me this week. My semi-crash diet seems to be working fairly well. I did want to be at 189 but there are some other factors as to why I may not be there yet. They are:

I ate like CRAP yesterday.  :oops: I did well until dinner. We had a get-together at my pastor’s house and they ordered Pizza. (Oh no, not the pizza again!?!?!?!? Pizza has mystical powers over me.) Now, I grew up 45 minutes from here and LOVED this pizza from the Pizza Pub. I have not been able to find any pizza even remotely as appealing as Pizza Pub pizza around where I live for the past 2.5 years. This pizza, from Paradise Pizza…..was from Paradise. It was magnificent. It still doesn’t quite match up to Pizza Pub, but it at least can rival it. I had 3.5 pieces of mushroom and onion. Oh yum. Granted they were squares, and smaller pieces, but still. I should have stopped at 2. (the .5 I shared with Ben.) THEN pastor made his amazing popcorn. It doesn’t have butter on it, but is made with oil and salt. In the words of Rachael Ray…..YUM-O!!!  :razz:

Secondly……..for the first time in 1.5 years, Aunt Flo dropped by for a visit.  :???: (A.K.A.  :???: A gals least favorite aunt….her period….)  Boy, have I sure MISSED these cramps and the bloating!!!!! (right….) At least I know I’m not preggo again. And I can blame all of my complaining on PMS….right?  :wink:

So thanks again to listening to my whining all week. I’m happy with my success so far. Off to take some Ibuprofen and eat my Special K.