6.8 Pounds Gone!

GalacticGal

I've posted on this thread about re-starting Weight Watchers after a number of years. I lost 70 pounds in 53 weeks' time back when I first surrendered and acknowledged I wasn't 'doing' it on my own. That was in 2007, in March of the year, too. I had it in my head, (and rightly so), that doing this in the middle of Great Lent would aide in the discipline side of things. I was right. I managed to keep it off for over five years, but then lost my grip on things and surrendered to 'stress eating'. I gained back 40 pounds and that's when I began to wave the white flag. In all honesty, when I first saw the weight gain, I tried to return to WW, but they had changed their plan and my poor brain (which was still healing) couldn't wrap itself around it. I stopped the plan. After the 5 unwanted pounds turned into 15, then 20, then 30 and finally to 40 I started to recognize I wasn't in control any longer. It had become too easy to just eat. Anything and everything my little heart desired, the pounds sticking to my gut! I hate the shape I'm in. So, on March 8, 2017 I began WW again. This time I went at it the way I did the very first time. Log your points, plan your entire day up front, before you eat and account for everything bite that goes into your mouth.

Long story short, I'm on a steady (Praise God) track of weight-loss. I count anything in a downward slope as a win. So far, I've lost 6.8 pounds. I just readjusted the belt on my jeans, too, from the second notch to the third. Ha-hah! It's working and I'm starting to feel so much better about myself, again.

Please feel free to add stories of your accomplishments, no matter what the subject.

ClassicalSim

Congratulations, that fabulous!!

GalacticGal

Thank you!

kaleidoscopicdoll

Yay, go you! My weight has gone up and down wildly throughout my life and I understand how frustrating it is to gain and feel like it's out of control. I lost a bunch and got to my goal weight but then I gained most of it back. Also in the process of losing again, we can do this!

GalacticGal

I was always the 'skinny' one. So skinny, in fact, my maternal grandmother made a fuss over it, to the point my Mom took me to the doctor. His advise? Let her eat anything she wants any time she wants. Worked for awhile. I gained a bit when puberty hit. I lost five pounds and gained three inches and suddenly was skinny again. LOL I even lost all of the 'baby' weight I'd gained with each of my three children. No excuse there. I started to gain, inexplicably, in my thirties. When I decided to take hold of my life and lose the weight that went from 15 over to a whopping 70 over, I chose a weight goal halfway between what WW suggested was good for my age and height. In the back of my mind, I recalled how that same grandma had been on the heavy side when she had a stroke. She survived the stroke, but my goodness, there was hardly anything of her! So, I thought, I don't want to get all the way down to 116 (a pound more than when I married at age 19) so I chose 135. Just in case I suffered a catastrophic illness. (Who knew, I didn't, that a ruptured brain aneurysm was heading my way. ) I got stuck for a time, not being able to break through 137. When I finally did, it was to hit 133, and shortly thereafter, 130. I looked and felt like I did when I weighed 115. Only my legs weren't as thick, which was also good. Hoping for this again. Nurses suggested the weight loss had contributed to my surviving. Me? I give that one to God.

DoloresGrey

This is really awesome. I fight with my weight since I was born. My dad and his family = my grandma ♥, grandpa♥ and dad's 3 children are all overwight or obese. I added hearts because I miss them so much. Grandpa died in 59 because of stroke. My grandma died in 67 because of the same reason. My beloved cousin died just 2 moths ago. She was 24. She had a heartattack.

My mother is slim, she is 43 and looks fabulous. I am bigger, so is my brother. She always says we are fat and we should eat less. And she cooks unhealthy food for us. That really hurts. I am glad I don't live with her anymore because I simply don't have good nerves to listen to that. I think if she was kind to us and said it different, constructive way, we could do better. Mental health is important too.

So. I am 158cm tall and when I was 16 I had mononucleosis. I had to be on a diet and I lost 8kg. So my weight was 58kg. I felt great and attractive. I ate healthy food and even started to work out. After 3 years I finished my high school (it is different her in CZE) and went to UK, I was an au-pair. After few months I gained 8kg back. I was huge. So I started all over again. I worked out and started to eat less, healthy and vegan and no sweets. That is my main problem. I am sugar addict. I lost that 8kg again, pretty fast. Then I got back to Czech Republic, I continued eating vegan and I lost maybe 2 more kg. After a while I got pregnant and while my pregnancy I gained about 8,5kg which is pretty great. I ate really healthy but I started to eat meat and diary again. I craved that a lot. After I gave birth I looked even better then before my pregnancy. My daughter grew pretty fast and when she was 6 months I didn't have much time so we started ordering pizza and KFC regulary. And I started to gain weight again. On just 6 months I gained 15kgs!!! My daughter is turning 2 soon and I am ugly fat bomb. I need to lose weight soon. I nee to be here for her.

rosey1579

Pro Tip: If you measure your loss in dollars, it looks like even more.

I missed you, Benevolent Snow Queen.

AvaSims4080

That's so fantastic! I'm one of them people who can't put on weight, yet I eat so much unhealthy food. I'm trying to force myself to get up early in the morning and head to the gym, that rarely happens. I'm thinking of joining a club that will get me motivated to eat better foods. I'm also running a marathon in a few months, it's around 10 miles!

taigoesrawr

Congrats! I also managed to drop some pounds... 198lbs to 150lbs in one year. I would show a picture but I don't think that's allowed lol. Anyways! here's how I did it~

Literally all I ate was ground turkey, brown rice, veggies and cottage cheese. Every dinner. For breakfast... subway I think. I cut out all junk food and soda. I only drank water, sparkling water and tea.

Speaking of subway, I walked EVERYWHERE in my town. Whether it was grocery shopping, visiting friends/family, etc I never took my car. Luckily, everything is within walking distance where I live so this might not workout for everyone.

Besides walking I also did dancing by playing this game called Dance Central for console. I played on the hardest difficulty and now know each routine by heart. You can check out my playlist here.

and that's really it. I did nothing else but that. I didn't have to go to a gym and my diet didn't put a dent on our wallet.

You can absolutely make a change in yourself girl! :-) You'll feel so much better and happier. I know this might sound weird but I always say that yeah sure...fastfood and what-not can make you "feel good" for a time but it always does you wrong in the end. It's like a really bad relationship. Love yourself, embrace yourself and don't let anyone... even you keep ya from being the best version of yourself. If you feel frustrated... like SO much that you're starting to stress eat, just don't. Release your bad feelings by working out, going outside, listening to music, a way to zone out besides resorting to eating and losing your hard work. It's easier said than done but you can do it!!!

p.s - I don't know about everyone else here but believe it or not I NEVER ....stepped on a scale. Never. Not until my mom convinced me to cause she really wanted to know how much I lost considering I went from wearing XXL shirts to Mediums. xD otherwise...it's just a mood killer in my opinion. You'll feel less motivated if you see you're not making progress right away. If you keep focusing on the number, you'll stop focusing on your routines. That's what I didn't want to happen to me.

DarkSuperNinja

Good on you all for being healthy human beings!

Luckily, I have fairly decent self-control with food, and my sister is blessed with being thin no matter what she eats! xD

Recently I started some new tablets that have a small chance of causing "weight gain". Sadly, I seem to being in that small chance, so I've had to be really careful with my food; luckily, my decent self-control is coming to good use!
Since I went on 60mg a day of Prednisolone last year, I've basically become a ninja of avoiding medication-induced weight gain, no matter how unavoidable it may seem! xD Ham and lettuce wraps are your best friend, honestly (though I physically can't eat them now because they remind me of when I was really ill)! :P

GalacticGal

I hear you. The Neurologist has me on Iniprimine to control the headaches. (I had a craniotomy to clip the aneurysm.) It makes me voracious. But the other meds make me dizzy and out-of-it. So, I what can one do? WW is doing the trick. I used to have all kinds of discipline, too. And I used to be the 'skinny' kid. Things change. I hope you stay healthy @ DarkSuperNinja.

sillyangel0906

That's awesome, good for you!!

I've lost 12lbs since February 20. This week has been super low on motivation, but I'm sticking to it. I have my goals set and I know I'll be disappointed if I don't meet them this week

rachelt405

Congratulations to all of you who have lost weight