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Weight Loss Forum / WeightWatchers / July 2004An introduction and progress report
Hi all, I've been a longtime lurker here, and decided to post something today in the "Lost Control" thread, so figured I may as well introduce myself. I have using the Weight Watchers points plan (the old one, not Flex Points) since the fall of 2002. In 2000, after buying life insurance, I found that I was paying six times as much as my wife, largely because of my weight (362). Figuring that life insurance actuarials know something about mortality that perhaps I forgot, I decided to lose weight...when my wife and I were married in 1994, I was around 300 lbs., so I put on 60 lbs. in six years. When I graduated college in 1992, I was around 260 or so. Desk jobs obviously go right to my gut. ;) I'm very tall, so that helps, but when you're buying size 56 pants, and you used to be a 38, you know something's changed in your life. I first went to a local "fat loss coach" who worked with me to get down to 294 through a rigid system of eating that was a three day eating cycle designed to keep blood sugar levels fairly constant. I couldn't get down lower than that, but it was 70 lbs. less, so I was at least satisfied in the 'big picture' progress. His plan worked well when I was home and self-employed....when I got into the workforce and basically stopped going to him, I went back up to 340 in fairly short order. Following my wife's lead, I went on WW in the fall of 2002, and love the plan. The flexibility is great, and it works, because I'm down to 290 now, and have been as low as 275. For most of the past year, though, I've been stuck in the 280-290 range. When I'm faithful to it, it works....but then I hit a block in the road and go back to my old bad habits. I had hoped to start anew in March and break through that 275-280 barrier, but I'm back up to where I started. There's obviously psychological issues at play here in addition to the physical ones....and it's a day-to-day struggle, as you all know. Anyway, enough about me.....you've all been a great inspiration, and have helped me in my lurking search for ideas, and it's nice to be here with you all. John 362 / 290 / 250 Welcome John. Thanks for delurking and introducing yourself. You've made great progress to date. I hope you're giving yourself props for not letting the scale creep higher. If you've been reading regularly, you know that there are a few of us who struggle to get past barriers of one sort or another from time to time. One thing I'm learning this time that I never "got" before is just don't quit. Keep doing the best you can and keep posting. Linda P > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > John > 362 / 290 / 250 > Welcome John. Thanks for delurking and introducing yourself. You've made great > progress to date. I hope you're giving yourself props for not letting the scale [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Linda P I'll echo that! I'm stuck on a plateau myself at the moment, groping round for the edge! It's hard, but I just keep reminding my self that I feel better, I LOOK better, and I'm 40 lbs lighter than I was when I started!  SignatureKate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! >If you've been reading regularly, you know that there are a few of us who >struggle to get past barriers of one sort or another from time to time. One >thing I'm learning this time that I never "got" before is just don't quit. Keep >doing the best you can and keep posting. I think the 'just don't quit' thing is the key. I went up and down around 200 for 6 months, then it all came together, and the downward path started again. You've got down 70 pounds from the start, so you are well over half way. The rest will come off easy enough if you persist. You may have to find a way to make WW work for you now that you aren't self employed any more, but I'm sure people here will be able to give you some help. Good luck Ray Signaturermnsuk 273/192/182 Welcome John, and good luck in breaking that barrier! SignatureNathalie from Belgium 134.1/93.7/minigoal 93.3/ Goal 68 Kg 295.6/206.6/minigoal 205.6/Goal 150 pounds WLL : 207.5/206.6/195.5 lbs 94.1/93.7/88.7 > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > John > 362 / 290 / 250 Hi John, from the queen of the people who had weight/psych issues :). I know of what you speak. I also spent a bunch of years in the partly successful limbo area. This may seem very simplistic, but the thing that finally got through to Me, that got me off high center, was realizing that it would not be painless to get into the "normal" range. Then I made a commitment to actually attend meetings and pay until I reached goal, and being a financially frugal sort this really mattered. And the other thing was sitting down and making the storyboard that WW suggests, after I discovered that relapse in a plan such as this is to be expected and planned for. (I got that piece of info from the book "changing for good".) My storyboard gave me a visual of the reasons I wanted to lose, what happened in the past when I went off track, and a plan to get back ON track. I finally got to goal last August. It Can be done. Lesanne 365/160.5/159 > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > John > 362 / 290 / 250 Hi, John, You have a done a good job with taking control of your weight. SignatureTake Care Catherine joined 5/20/98 Lifetime 6/2/99 154/134.4/136 Personal goal 126 Hi all, I've been a longtime lurker here, and decided to post something today in the "Lost Control" thread, so figured I may as well introduce myself. I have using the Weight Watchers points plan (the old one, not Flex Points) since the fall of 2002. In 2000, after buying life insurance, I found that I was paying six times as much as my wife, largely because of my weight (362). Figuring that life insurance actuarials know something about mortality that perhaps I forgot, I decided to lose weight...when my wife and I were married in 1994, I was around 300 lbs., so I put on 60 lbs. in six years. When I graduated college in 1992, I was around 260 or so. Desk jobs obviously go right to my gut. ;) I'm very tall, so that helps, but when you're buying size 56 pants, and you used to be a 38, you know something's changed in your life. I first went to a local "fat loss coach" who worked with me to get down to 294 through a rigid system of eating that was a three day eating cycle designed to keep blood sugar levels fairly constant. I couldn't get down lower than that, but it was 70 lbs. less, so I was at least satisfied in the 'big picture' progress. His plan worked well when I was home and self-employed....when I got into the workforce and basically stopped going to him, I went back up to 340 in fairly short order. Following my wife's lead, I went on WW in the fall of 2002, and love the plan. The flexibility is great, and it works, because I'm down to 290 now, and have been as low as 275. For most of the past year, though, I've been stuck in the 280-290 range. When I'm faithful to it, it works....but then I hit a block in the road and go back to my old bad habits. I had hoped to start anew in March and break through that 275-280 barrier, but I'm back up to where I started. There's obviously psychological issues at play here in addition to the physical ones....and it's a day-to-day struggle, as you all know. Anyway, enough about me.....you've all been a great inspiration, and have helped me in my lurking search for ideas, and it's nice to be here with you all. John 362 / 290 / 250 Glad to see a lurker come out of the shadows and join us in our journey. I think all of us have experienced plateaus at some point in time. I seem to hit one every other month these days. My weight loss is good for a month and I want to speed things up so I cut back on my points and the next thing I know I have gotten myself into starvation mode. So eat all of points plus some of your flex points to keep your metabolism going. Eat a good variety of meals as that seems to help too. And most of all don't give up. > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > John > 362 / 290 / 250 Just wanted to say "thanks" for all the support. I definately give myself credit for getting this far, and I remember how it felt at 362. The pants and clothes from that era in the closet are there for daily reminders, too. I'm really hopeful that by the end of the year, I'll be at my 250 goal.....that's a realistic target to shoot for, and one I really want to hit. - John 362 / 290 / 250 Welcome to the group, Lee > Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > John > 362 / 290 / 250 |
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