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Found an old WW card - long
In going thru drawers, frantically looking for some jewelry that I thought I
knew for sure where it was, I located an old WW card. Spring 1999. I thought I had destroyed all these awful little things with their blatant numbers, but somehow this one escaped. When I looked at the stats, I was a little surprised. My starting weight was 219, not the 205 I have in my stats here. So, from my heaviest to now, I have actually lost 70 lbs - the size of a 10 year old. But the big news was that I showed it to my husband - someone I had hidden my weight from (if you can say that hiding the numbers means actually hiding the weight?) for about 15 to 20 years. This was a big milestone for me as I have finally acknowledged just how bad it got and that I now am starting to feel in control of it. Somehow actually showing the numbers means more of a commitment to me - not sure why - just is. It's like I'm saying that was the "old" me and this is the "new" me. I am fearful of those type of statements as from what I understand, maintenance is the true challenge. But you know what, I'm going for it. I am going to start to regard myself as I stand now as my "true" self and commit to the maintenance regime. I still want to lose 10 ish lbs, but I think my real goal is not to creep up. (And now that my husband knows the real stats, I think I'm gonna have quite a watchdog. Good or bad??- we'll see. I tend to be a contrariest and don't take well to criticism. However, responding to his helpful remarks (if they happen) by putting on weight is so self-destructive, that maybe even I won't be so stupid. I come to the group now to get motivation from some of you old timers who have kept your weight off. Any tips are greatly , greatly appreciated. Brenda W 205?/140/149 March 23, 2003 |
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Found an old WW card - long
Brenda,
Congrats on having done even better than you realized! The best advice I can give you about maintenance is to experiment, but log what you eat and what you weigh over a couple of months until you have been able to determine what works. For me, it turns out that what works is a few more carbs but the same calories I was at when I finally got to my lowest weight. The other advice is that if you ever gain five pounds, go right back onto the diet and take them off. Five pounds can be done in a couple of weeks or a month. More than that can often seem overwhelming, especially after you've been dieting forever and are sick of it. For me, when I gained more than five pounds a couple years ago, (as a result of a medication change), I said "to heck with it." and ended up regaining everything I'd lost. So now I'm being more careful not to let that happen.. -- Jenny Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address! New photo: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/jennypics.htm Weight: 168.5/137 Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 - HBa1c 5.2 10/03 Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings * Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats * Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise Starting from Zero * Do Starch Blockers Work? * NEW! Why the Low Carb Diet is Great for Diabetes * NEW! Low Carb Strategies for People with Diabetes "Brenda W" wrote in message news:Jirub.425081$6C4.39246@pd7tw1no... In going thru drawers, frantically looking for some jewelry that I thought I knew for sure where it was, I located an old WW card. Spring 1999. I thought I had destroyed all these awful little things with their blatant numbers, but somehow this one escaped. When I looked at the stats, I was a little surprised. My starting weight was 219, not the 205 I have in my stats here. So, from my heaviest to now, I have actually lost 70 lbs - the size of a 10 year old. But the big news was that I showed it to my husband - someone I had hidden my weight from (if you can say that hiding the numbers means actually hiding the weight?) for about 15 to 20 years. This was a big milestone for me as I have finally acknowledged just how bad it got and that I now am starting to feel in control of it. Somehow actually showing the numbers means more of a commitment to me - not sure why - just is. It's like I'm saying that was the "old" me and this is the "new" me. I am fearful of those type of statements as from what I understand, maintenance is the true challenge. But you know what, I'm going for it. I am going to start to regard myself as I stand now as my "true" self and commit to the maintenance regime. I still want to lose 10 ish lbs, but I think my real goal is not to creep up. (And now that my husband knows the real stats, I think I'm gonna have quite a watchdog. Good or bad??- we'll see. I tend to be a contrariest and don't take well to criticism. However, responding to his helpful remarks (if they happen) by putting on weight is so self-destructive, that maybe even I won't be so stupid. I come to the group now to get motivation from some of you old timers who have kept your weight off. Any tips are greatly , greatly appreciated. Brenda W 205?/140/149 March 23, 2003 |
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Found an old WW card - long
"Brenda W" wrote in message
news:Jirub.425081$6C4.39246@pd7tw1no... In going thru drawers, frantically looking for some jewelry that I thought I knew for sure where it was, I located an old WW card. Spring 1999. I thought I had destroyed all these awful little things with their blatant numbers, but somehow this one escaped. When I looked at the stats, I was a little surprised. My starting weight was 219, not the 205 I have in my stats here. The same thing happened with me when I got a new scale and it was 10 lbs heavier than my old one which popped me up from 210 to 220 as starting weight eeeekkkkk!!!! So, from my heaviest to now, I have actually lost 70 lbs - the size of a 10 year old. That is a great way to look at it But the big news was that I showed it to my husband - someone I had hidden my weight from (if you can say that hiding the numbers means actually hiding the weight?) for about 15 to 20 years. This was a big milestone for me as I have finally acknowledged just how bad it got and that I now am starting to feel in control of it. I did the same thing with DH, I "confessed" just how heavy I had gotten. -- Peace, Lori 220/143/135 LC since 1/17/03 Nov Challenge 145/140 http://community.webshots.com/album/99840928pOTLCx |
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Found an old WW card - long
"Jenny" wrote in message ... Brenda, Congrats on having done even better than you realized! The best advice I can give you about maintenance is to experiment, but log what you eat and what you weigh over a couple of months until you have been able to determine what works. For me, it turns out that what works is a few more carbs but the same calories I was at when I finally got to my lowest weight. The other advice is that if you ever gain five pounds, go right back onto the diet and take them off. Five pounds can be done in a couple of weeks or a month. More than that can often seem overwhelming, especially after you've been dieting forever and are sick of it. For me, when I gained more than five pounds a couple years ago, (as a result of a medication change), I said "to heck with it." and ended up regaining everything I'd lost. So now I'm being more careful not to let that happen.. -- Jenny Thanks Jenny - I think that 5 lb mark is an important one and will heed your words of advice. I can see the importance of keeping it in a small manageable amount as the idea of having to take off a large amount of pounds would be really daunting to have to do again. Brenda |
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Found an old WW card - long
"Lorelei" wrote in message ink.net... I did the same thing with DH, I "confessed" just how heavy I had gotten. Peace, Lori 220/143/135 LC since 1/17/03 Nov Challenge 145/140 http://community.webshots.com/album/99840928pOTLCx Lori - yeah, my husband has been wanting to go canoeing these past few years and I have been saying no thanks. The real reason is I was afraid that I would sink my side of the canoe and he would really know how much weight I had put on. Brenda W |
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