The BWW Weight Watchers Club — Page 2

WW was the one and only program that enabled me to lose weight and keep it off. unfortunatley, i'm a drop out attempting to start over again - yay for this thread to get me moving! cause you know, tomorrow is monday and monday is always diet starting day

I've lost more than 40lbs since April (I've gone down like 4 clothing sizes, and still need to buy new clothes). I basically did it by cutting out all the junk food (no more ice cream, chocolate or McDonalds) and eating less carbs (but I love them, so refuse to completely cut them out). I try to walk a few hours at least two or three times a week, and I just joined a gym with my friend. I decided not to go to a specific program but do it on my own. So far, it has been fairly successful, but lately I've reached a plateau. It's been so hot here, walking is getting very difficult, and I want things like ice cream.

But the fact that people see me now and don't recognize me and tell me how great I look helps encourage me a lot.

I would really like to try Atkins, but I don't eat meat... so now I'm trying to find some sort of a diet that will work.

I heard a lot of stories about people losing like 30 pounds in the first six months of being a vegetarian... but I have troubles with a lot of vegetables, so now instead of eating grilled chicken, I have crackers... so I've gained about 10.

Help, anyone?

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Fruit, definitely. I adore fruit... and I always seem to run out...

But one cannot live on fruit alone

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My problem is... it's hard for me to eat healthy if I don't have some sort of plan to follow. If I've got a choice of ordering pizza and making a salad...

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I've never really had a problem with my weight as an adult and have always made it a point to stay in shape. I wish all of you luck on your diets. It's great to do something positive for yourself.

I have no problem with weight. I am in the same shape as my avatar.

Snort!!

I desperately need to join this group. I cannot do it on my own, and I need to. I don't have the time or patience to go to WW meetings. I've lost 10 pounds on WW - the point system is great! - while it was offered at work. The next year I joined a "dump your plump" program at work and also lost 10 pounds. Unfortunetely, it was the same 10. It's back now, and it brought friends. They need to go.

The dump your plump program was great - for those of us exercise-challenged. You do some sort of exercise activity at for at least 20 minutes for at least 3 times a week. Doesn't matter how fast or strenuous, just as long as you keep moving for 20 minutes, that's when the metabolism changes. It was something I could deal with to start, and then soon I was adding more and more time. I mean, if you're starting dead from couch potato, it's a non-stressful way to get into the habit. And it worked without diet.

If I only had discipline, motivation, something besides this low-level fat depression!

Help me, Jerby!!

Or else I'll have to change my name to justthe2fat!!!

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Well, if you can't do half a day of Atkins or South Beach, I'd say you got to work on your thought processes about what you think is good eating. If you are suddenly cutting out THAT much sugar and grains--you prob eat WAY too much sugar and grains now and that COULD be a clue to one's weight issues.

Let's be real, folks, we DO NOT eat well in this country. We put a LOT of crap into our bodies--and I'm not just talking about fast and junk food.

Our food is so processed and fill with preservatives to make it cheaper for the food industry at our expense. Food is packed with sugar to make it addictive.

But, the ultimate goal of this thread is to discuss making WW work for people--if you don't wanna try South Beach--don't. WW, which is considered the most (and to some only) truly successful program out there and doesn't require cutting anything--just how much.

The irony is that WW is going to eventually lean you in that direction--all of the low point foods are the healthier foods: the veggies, the fruits, the meats, the cheeses, the whole grains. And, that is one reason why I think I have enjoyed the past week of WW easily. I already eat low point foods. Therefore, I have been eating a LOT.

Go to your library and check out the South Beach and Eat Right 4 Your Type books---read their philosophies behind food and let that influence your physiological understanding of what you should put into your body, knowing what food does to your body.

Ultimately, you have to find a program that works best for you. You have to learn what your needs are. Because, you can't treat this as "dieting". You have to find a system that can become your lifestyle. Something you do everyday except on special days when you let loose. And maybe even then, you will be able to stay near your lifestyle. Maybe cutting loose won't be that wild after all. Maybe you'll even end up within your WW points.

If you are one of those people who eats junk and fast food all the time, you have to change your lifestyle. There are gazillions of ways to eat deliciously on a healthy lifestyle.

Example 1: Sugar free ice cream. Edy's and Breyers and Atkins and other companies have been making ice cream with Splenda. It IS just as yummy as regular ice cream!

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Congrats!! :)

I lost 3 1/2 pounds this first week of WW. It pushed me past my plateau. I'm a very happy camper. :)

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I never went to the meetings, but I got information on it and basically made up my own crap.

I lost about 45 pounds in a year, and although I'm *VERY* proud of it, I still think I can stand to lose some more.

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OK, I'm willing to give it a go and join up. Remember back in January, Jerby, when I joined you on South Beach? Lost 13 pounds until I went to Mardi Gras. Then I dropped the whole diet thing like a hot potato. Well, actually, I picked up the hot potato and ate it. With sour cream. Sigh.

Question for anyone who's been on WW before: did your weight loss remain after you stopped?

jrb,
what is the point value for a NY bagel(big) and for a mars bars?

This is a great thread. I'm constantly battling weight - I was super skinny until I was 22 and then everything decided to bypass my gastrointenstinal system and just REMAIN ON ME.

I do the same thing every flippin' day:

Breakfast: tea, cereal, juice
Lunch: yogurt, granola bar, fruit
Dinner: one normal plate of food, concentrating mostly on lean meats/fish, veggies, salad and once in a great while, a starch
Snacks: one a day, under 200 calories

Boring as all get out, but it works for me.

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