tessagin

Wow! Kudos for you! I actually lost weight when I broke my foot in June. was confined to a wheel chair. myarms don't look too bad having to lift my butt out of the chair. Not in chair anymore and trying to not sit much. LOL! Am watching what I eat. Low salt, sugar and fat.

gramma nancy

I have been in and out of WW for decades. In 2004, I got serious about it and lost 42 pounds in less than 6 months. Have slowly gained some of it back, but have rejoined and have lost 7 pounds in less than 2 weeks (I know you always lose a bunch of water weight at the outset.) I have always followed the program, writing down everything I ate and weighing or measuring all my food.

This time, I am trying the "quick start" program that lets you eat anything from a long list -- mostly vegetables, fruits, lean protein and whole grains. It is simple and easy. I have never cared for chocolate, ice cream or peanut butter -- the banes of many a diet, but I was very bad around cookies. Now I find I don't miss them, I am fully satisfied and can button my favorite shorts after just a couple of weeks.

When you think about it, this program eliminates refined sugar and white flour, but if you told me not to eat those things, I would feel deprived. Instead, I'm being told what I can eat and it's working.

I agree with the doctor's comment about too much fruit. I limit myself to three a day and it is no problem.

Good luck!

Charquilter

So did I. Not gluten free, just wheat free. It's amazing how much better I felt. Did it mainly because my system wasn't tolerating well anything I ate. Cutting out wheat, especially white flour also eliminates most of the sugars and fats that I had been eating. Began losing weight immediately. Lost over 25 lbs over 4 months. Wish I had cut out wheat years ago.

MargeD

Congratulations on your decision to join WW. I was a member off an on for several years. I think I lost a total of 140 lbs., but I had to quit going because my husband was out on disability and we couldn't afford the fees any longer. Unfortunately, I regained about half of the weight I lost, but I'm working on losing it again.

QUILTNMO

i do ww best program to be on!!hang in there you can do it!!!

PghPat

Ditto.....been with WW since 2001 and have maintained loss of about 65 pounds since 2004.

sept97

I go to WW's. so far down 8 1/2 lbs. I go on saturday mornings

WMUTeach

I have been doing WW for a little more than two years. I hit my goal earlier this year and am at maintenance. They always tell you maintaince is harder than losing and they are right! You work hard, keep tracking, move to lose and then stay at the same weight. I know that is what you want to do but all that effort and no loss? I do feel better all around and last summer I got to go shopping for clothes that did not look like old sacks hanging on me.

Go after your goal and don't allow yourself to give up!! Fall off the wagon? Get back on! Allow yourself a treat now and again but not every day. HUMMMM, other tips I have used or heard, Oh, I weigh myself every day. For ME that is motivation. For YOU that may be discouraging. Do what will help YOU stay on track and lose, lose, lose.
Keep it touch if you wish. It is always good to have a buddy on this journey.

Congratulations on starting back. Keep in mind that even if you lose 1/2 of your goal, you will be ahead of where you are at the moment. Take a big breath and drink a glass of water. Go for it again.

WMUTeach

Just so you have a little more information about the unlimited fruit thing. This is not exactly accurate. On the WW plan any food in an unlimited has a points value and we are told to not assume that any food even the healthy one are unlimited. Fruit not unlimited. After eating a certain amount of fruit, it begins to be counted as points toward your daily allowed points. I don't have time to search the WW web site for the exact amount of fruit you can have before it begins to count but I will ask at my next meeting and post it on this thread.

BCM

I have wondered about Weight Watchers. Who are meeting leaders-a nutrionist or whom? Is it expensive?