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Thanks Lynette. I am in Canada and we don't have that lovely monthly pass you all have. WW meetings are about $17 each. I wil check out Nutrition Calculator. thanks!!
If you are paying for the monthly pass I would definetely use the WW app, it syncs to the website and keeps everything in sync. Prior to that I used Nutrition Calculator, which you can set to use points. Good luck finding something that works for yo…
Am just wondering if anyone can reccommend any good free or low cost apps which I could use to keep track of my points.
suggestions?
Congrats on all the new and exciting changes in your world Roni! You've worked hard. You deserve it. Thanks for providing such a great forum for us to gather together.
sorry to hear things aren't going how you want them to. I just stop and think how far you've come and how much success you've had over the longterm.
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- About Me:
- just me. Just Jolie. A newly 40ish mom of two who has spent her life under the shadow (the very large shadow *S*) of her weight and how she has let it limit her world. Can’t wear this..too fat. Can’t do this…too fat. Can’t BE pretty or sexy or attractive….too fat. Like many overweight girls, I have tried diets up the wazoo. Slim fast, Diet Pills, Physicians Weight Loss Center, counting calories til I started to hate numbers, and moaning to everyone who could hear, how inferior I was because of my size.
A wonderfully good friend who had done his best to encourage me over and over again finally said “either DO something, or quit bitching to me about it!!’. I started WW the next day, but on my own, piecing together information, rules etc from the net. I lost weight from April 3 to October 9thish of 2005… 85 lbs of the oozing cellulite filled fat!! (about how much my younger son weighs). I felt so many cool things for the first time. My sons saw me in jeans for the first time EVER! I adored shopping and was not limited to just ‘what fit’ but had choices. I started to ‘want’ my picture taken so I could see what everyone else was oooooo’ing about.
Then things crashed in my personal world as they tend to do. Consuming avalances building and increasing and WHOOSH I was off the diet, off the exercise and hanging on to the weight I’d lost (for awhile) by the skin of my teeth. The pounds crept up and summer was over and it was time to go back to work with almost NONE of my pretty clothes fitting me. The belly is the evil part but not the only one.
I had ‘tried’ to restart many many times since the October crash but couldn’t seem to make it stick for more than a few days. Even with a few of the girls at work going to meetings, I couldn’t stay on program. It is not easy. Face it…I LOVE food. I love eating and textures and the mmm it makes me feel and the company it gives me.
So here is my wee prayer . Let today be a good day. Let me do all I can to fix the things above on my list and to know at the end of the day, that I spent my time wisely and purposefully, so I can begin moving towards this new life I deserve.
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- Weight Watchers
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Start Weight (July 26th - 293lbs
Pounds Lost Thus far - 0 lbs
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Size 22 Jeans (instead of Size 24) -
15 lb loss -
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Size 22 Jeans (instead of Size 24) -
15 lb loss -
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Am just wondering if anyone can reccommend any good free or low cost apps which I could use to keep track of my points.
suggestions?
suggestions?
Posted on July 30, 2010 at 2:11pm — 2 Comments
A quiet start with good results
I'm not making a big ta doo about this. I've had more first weeks than I've had piece of cheesecake. mmmm cheesecake.
If I can make it 15 more weeks, I will regift myself with my 16 week pin I got a couple years ago when I attended ww meetings. That puts me in the summer sometime.
My 'if not now, when?' came in handy yesterday. I waffled on going for a walk, wanting to put it off until after my son's hockey times (which I didn't have the schedule for yet). The nag in me won and… Continue
If I can make it 15 more weeks, I will regift myself with my 16 week pin I got a couple years ago when I attended ww meetings. That puts me in the summer sometime.
My 'if not now, when?' came in handy yesterday. I waffled on going for a walk, wanting to put it off until after my son's hockey times (which I didn't have the schedule for yet). The nag in me won and… Continue
Posted on April 8, 2010 at 11:00am — 3 Comments
Low key
It's almost embarrassing to have to say I am starting again, again. I am angry with myself. I get all gung ho, go hard, do ok, or do well, or do great...then stop and gain it all back again.
I cringe when I think of where I have gotten myself to on previous journeys. I could be there. I could be happy and energetic and healthy.
But I am not. I am at the highest I have ever been. I can barely go on a walk. My feet hurt. My knees swell. My shins hurt. I avoid shoes that need tying because bendin… Continue
I cringe when I think of where I have gotten myself to on previous journeys. I could be there. I could be happy and energetic and healthy.
But I am not. I am at the highest I have ever been. I can barely go on a walk. My feet hurt. My knees swell. My shins hurt. I avoid shoes that need tying because bendin… Continue
Posted on April 7, 2010 at 3:42pm — 6 Comments
AWOL
I have been out of commission the past week thanks to a little thing called Fifths disease
It came on last week with the rash and on Saturday I began the massive joint inflammation which has not yet peaked. I thought my arthritis hurt! lordy.
So no WI. no gym visits. nada.
I hope I am over this soon. Not a lot of fun at all.
It came on last week with the rash and on Saturday I began the massive joint inflammation which has not yet peaked. I thought my arthritis hurt! lordy.
So no WI. no gym visits. nada.
I hope I am over this soon. Not a lot of fun at all.
Posted on January 18, 2010 at 10:50am — 1 Comment
The weekend
There are times when one hits a 'blah' wall. My week was good. I exercised every day. I stayed on points MOST of the time. I dutifully put up my stickers on the calendar for motivation (and yes, they do look pretty)
I resolved the coat issue as best I could. There were none in town in my size. I made calls to neighbouring cities and there were none in my size there (at least I saved myself the gas money). I checked on Canadian sites but really didn't find much this time of year in my size that… Continue
I resolved the coat issue as best I could. There were none in town in my size. I made calls to neighbouring cities and there were none in my size there (at least I saved myself the gas money). I checked on Canadian sites but really didn't find much this time of year in my size that… Continue
Posted on January 11, 2010 at 2:30pm — 6 Comments
Comment Wall (35 comments)
- At 8:54pm on July 11, 2010,
Tammy said…
- It sure seems we think alike with regards to this blog! LOL Everytime (which is not often) I get around to returning here...I find some activity stirring on your blog too! LOL
I was doing rather well through the winter with my weight loss. Went down 2 sizes! Then, in May DD#2 graduated fro college and moved home. In the interim before her new job and move out of state, she and I also spent as much time as possible doing all our favorite things together. Also, DD#1 got married at the end of June and between the fun stuff and all the prep and work, eating properly just wasn't important. Now, however, it has caught up with me. DD#1 is married and moved out, DD#2 is gone and living in Texas and I am up one size! So, it's time to get serious again! And here I am!
Hope things are otherwise well with you!
Tammy
- At 11:05am on April 8, 2010,
Heather said… - Thanks for the comment and the link Jolie. I do think I will end up backing off of all the weighing but it has helped me learn some things. So glad to see you posting.
- At 4:18pm on January 11, 2010,
Corrie Hatt said… - Hey Thanks for the input I agree with you... I just love hearing what others do, Like what is successful for others!
- At 12:01pm on January 11, 2010,
Heather said…
- Congrats on your loss Jolie! Thanks for the comment - we both can be proud.
- At 3:59pm on January 5, 2010,
Whitney Chapman said… - Thanks for the warm welcome!! I'm from Canada (NB) too although I'm living in Houston, TX right now!
- At 7:53pm on December 27, 2009,
Kris said… - Thanks for your comment!
- At 7:45pm on July 17, 2009,
jillybabes said… - thank you for your warm welcome!!
- At 7:46am on July 17, 2009,
Shannon H. said… - I really valued reading your story in "About Me." Thank you for sharing!
- At 3:06pm on May 26, 2009,
Gerri said… - Your right she is a lot like me, but I feel she is much stronger than me. I preached to her all her life to be self reliant and thankfully she is that. I on the other hand have lost some of my self reliance since my back and neck problems and taking care of the little one.
- At 9:11pm on February 15, 2009,
Juniper said… - Hi back! What part are you from? Central? Southern?
I'm in Southern Sask.
How have you been holding up with these cold snaps? At least shovelling is great exercise! : )
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