zebredy
Sci-Fi Geek
I did have a diary on here ages ago, but thought I would start a fresh one as I had been away from the site and WW for a while and only really posted a few time here and there (been back for good for a month now though)..
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So here goes, nothing much to say as of yet that I haven't already said elsewhere, but just in case you didn't read any of my other posts or want an update....
I'm 29 and would like the weight off and to become a gold member before my 30th in December, though that said I'm not going to give up then or say 'look I did it I'm thin at 30' then pile some or all of it back on.
It is an achievable goal as I only have a stone to go now till I reach the top end of my goal weight (which is supposedly between 7.4 and 9.2stone according the WW)
Unlike many, I am not doing this alone, my hubby goes to meetings as well, in fact he was the reason we both started going to the meetings in the first place.
He is diabetic and was close to insulin and when the doctor said about maybe being put on insulin next time she saw him, it really woke him up to how bad it really was, and that's what tipped him over the edge and made him finally wake up and do something about his weight problem.
I on the other hand had no medical conditions to speak of, but seeing 12stone 13 on the scales, well that was my turning point. I didn't want to hit 13 stone EVER
So together we joined WW and did the discovery plan which worked great for us. My hubby Matthew lost about 3stone and I lost over stone and a half. He went back to the doctors and they said (after he had had one of his blood tests) that some of his numbers were way better then expected. You should have seen his face, he was so happy and proud of himself and so was I.
Then along came Propoints, that little bugger had to spoil the party. We tried it for a few weeks, and both times I lost 2.5lbs, but it wasn't good news for Matthew, he gained a bit each week and it was so disheartening to see. 'Why did they have to change the plan and this close to Christmas, it was working so well' stuff like that was all he could say.
It didn't help that he was eating more then he had been previously eating on the Discovery Plan (think that was partly down to changing what he ate, and partly the fact that what he ate was pointed better on the new plan)
I told him that things might change after a couple weeks once he had adjusted to the new plan, so we decided to keep going regardless of him gaining. Problem was the next week we went, the meeting was cancelled due to snow (don't know why, I mean I made it there ok and the leader didn't live far away either, oh well) Anyway that was it, we left.
With Christmas right round the corner maybe it wasn't the smartest move we had ever made, but it certainly saved us a few quid each week lol (even if it was to the detriment of our health)
I can't exactly remember why we gave PP another try, but after a few weeks of 1 day chocolate and then 2 days later some more, and so on, and well another migraine spurred on by eating junk (ok to much chocolate) I think that was when I decided enough was enough and something had to be done about my weight there and then. I told Matthew I was doing it with or without him
I was taking some advice given to me by a friend, 'Do it for yourself and not for others, if they don't want to lose weight you can't force them, besides why should you be unhealthy or put your life at risk of serious medical problems in the future like heart-attack or diabetes or stroke, just because they don't care enough about there weight problems to do anything about it?'
For my hubby when he realised he had gained a stone, that was his turning point but either way, when I said I was going back no matter what, before he had weighed himself and seen the stone gained, he was giving going back some serious thought.
(It may sound rude but as much as I didn't want him to gain weight and never do, I was kinda glad he did, cause I know if he hadn't he would have got complacent about it all, and could have easily gone back to how he was before we ever stepped foot in a WW meeting hall)
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So here we are - we gave PP another go, well we made a few changes of our own to the plan (which seem to have worked for us) like my hubby does not eat any of his weekly points, and when he was given 48 points a day to eat, he knew from past experiences that, that was way to many, so he stuck to 44 a day for the first couple weeks and only went over once in his first week (by just a few points) and it worked, he lost 7lbs his first week (wait-a-go him hey) Now he has lost some more weight, he is supposed to be on 45 but eats 43 and is ok with that too.
I like many was given the minimum amount of points to eat (29), and have decided not to exceed 15 weekly points as me personally, I have found eating to many really makes me feel like I am eating to much, more then I think I should be in order to really shift this weight gain of mine...
On my first week back I had a loss but even though I am proud of that, (which I suppose I should be) I am still more pleased with my hubby, cause another couple weeks of gaining weight again, and I'm not sure if he would have given up on Propoints altogether, and I really didn't want to be doing it along, thank god I don't have to
Anyway that's it (for now)if you got this far thanks for reading and sorry for the long first post, I'll try not to make the rest this long in future lol
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So here goes, nothing much to say as of yet that I haven't already said elsewhere, but just in case you didn't read any of my other posts or want an update....
I'm 29 and would like the weight off and to become a gold member before my 30th in December, though that said I'm not going to give up then or say 'look I did it I'm thin at 30' then pile some or all of it back on.
It is an achievable goal as I only have a stone to go now till I reach the top end of my goal weight (which is supposedly between 7.4 and 9.2stone according the WW)
Unlike many, I am not doing this alone, my hubby goes to meetings as well, in fact he was the reason we both started going to the meetings in the first place.
He is diabetic and was close to insulin and when the doctor said about maybe being put on insulin next time she saw him, it really woke him up to how bad it really was, and that's what tipped him over the edge and made him finally wake up and do something about his weight problem.
I on the other hand had no medical conditions to speak of, but seeing 12stone 13 on the scales, well that was my turning point. I didn't want to hit 13 stone EVER
So together we joined WW and did the discovery plan which worked great for us. My hubby Matthew lost about 3stone and I lost over stone and a half. He went back to the doctors and they said (after he had had one of his blood tests) that some of his numbers were way better then expected. You should have seen his face, he was so happy and proud of himself and so was I.
Then along came Propoints, that little bugger had to spoil the party. We tried it for a few weeks, and both times I lost 2.5lbs, but it wasn't good news for Matthew, he gained a bit each week and it was so disheartening to see. 'Why did they have to change the plan and this close to Christmas, it was working so well' stuff like that was all he could say.
It didn't help that he was eating more then he had been previously eating on the Discovery Plan (think that was partly down to changing what he ate, and partly the fact that what he ate was pointed better on the new plan)
I told him that things might change after a couple weeks once he had adjusted to the new plan, so we decided to keep going regardless of him gaining. Problem was the next week we went, the meeting was cancelled due to snow (don't know why, I mean I made it there ok and the leader didn't live far away either, oh well) Anyway that was it, we left.
With Christmas right round the corner maybe it wasn't the smartest move we had ever made, but it certainly saved us a few quid each week lol (even if it was to the detriment of our health)
I can't exactly remember why we gave PP another try, but after a few weeks of 1 day chocolate and then 2 days later some more, and so on, and well another migraine spurred on by eating junk (ok to much chocolate) I think that was when I decided enough was enough and something had to be done about my weight there and then. I told Matthew I was doing it with or without him
I was taking some advice given to me by a friend, 'Do it for yourself and not for others, if they don't want to lose weight you can't force them, besides why should you be unhealthy or put your life at risk of serious medical problems in the future like heart-attack or diabetes or stroke, just because they don't care enough about there weight problems to do anything about it?'
For my hubby when he realised he had gained a stone, that was his turning point but either way, when I said I was going back no matter what, before he had weighed himself and seen the stone gained, he was giving going back some serious thought.
(It may sound rude but as much as I didn't want him to gain weight and never do, I was kinda glad he did, cause I know if he hadn't he would have got complacent about it all, and could have easily gone back to how he was before we ever stepped foot in a WW meeting hall)
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So here we are - we gave PP another go, well we made a few changes of our own to the plan (which seem to have worked for us) like my hubby does not eat any of his weekly points, and when he was given 48 points a day to eat, he knew from past experiences that, that was way to many, so he stuck to 44 a day for the first couple weeks and only went over once in his first week (by just a few points) and it worked, he lost 7lbs his first week (wait-a-go him hey) Now he has lost some more weight, he is supposed to be on 45 but eats 43 and is ok with that too.
I like many was given the minimum amount of points to eat (29), and have decided not to exceed 15 weekly points as me personally, I have found eating to many really makes me feel like I am eating to much, more then I think I should be in order to really shift this weight gain of mine...
On my first week back I had a loss but even though I am proud of that, (which I suppose I should be) I am still more pleased with my hubby, cause another couple weeks of gaining weight again, and I'm not sure if he would have given up on Propoints altogether, and I really didn't want to be doing it along, thank god I don't have to
Anyway that's it (for now)if you got this far thanks for reading and sorry for the long first post, I'll try not to make the rest this long in future lol