Topic : 0 Joy - From the Success Show

Don't faint from shock, but I'm actually stopping by the boards to say a quick "hi."  I had problems signing on and such when the new boards went live and never quite got back into the habit of checking in here.   

  

I didn't see the show today, bummer.  I didn't even know it was a weight loss show....  

  

I'm doing great.  Shhh... don't tell the big Phil Meister... but I'm doing ww and having great success.  It's that whole circle of support thing.  My sister inlaw is doing it, my customers are doing it... it seems that everyone is a ww girl.... so I jumped on the band wagon with them. LOL.  Of course I'm using much of what I learned from Dr. Phil when making my choices so maybe it's the best of both worlds eh? 

  

Well of course I popped by here when I have no time.  Hubby is at home waiting for me so we can head out to the gym.  Wish us luck...I have a feeling it's going to be mighty crowded.  Everyone is renewing their commitment and getting a fresh start right now. 

  

I'll pop back in tomorrow! 

  

Miss ya all! 

  

Dawn 

Great to see you back Dawn!  I'm so happy for you that you are having success with WW!  Whatever works, right?  I have had so many friends have success with that program.  I know it works!  I can't wait to hear about your progress.  Make sure you email us! 

  

Debbie, you are so positive!  And such a great mom.  I know you'll get back on track now.  So what if it's taken you longer than some.  Slow and steady wins the race, right?  LOL  I think the slower is better anyway, because I think your skin doesn't tend to sag as much as long as you keep strength training and building your muscle. 

  

Talk to you all soon! 

  Here goes, 

    I've never replied here but just am putting it down for the record that I am working towards losing 30 pounds this year.  I'm currently having a hard time exercising as I'm still recovering from a back injury in Dec. but, I did make it to the gym today ( yeah!) and did a modified routine.  I am also drinking more water.  I am still struggling with going without my usual 3 or 4 a day Mt. Dew fix, but I'm taking it one day at a time and I will succeed!  Jewels 

 thanks for remembering me
I have been reading but not posting
I felt I didn't really belong in all the christmas new year talk so I read I was interested but had nothing to say
I have an echo stress test scheduled next Tuesday
I am not having my usual intense anxiety but it lurks on my mind and I didn't want to sound like the old sick lady who is always worried about this or that test
My husband is doing great lost 25 pounds happy and satisfied
He is thrilled 10-15 more would be good for him but we are very grateful for what he has accomplished
I am not a big one for hero worship but it would not have happened without Phils quick weight loss shows where he saw real peole and thought this could work for me too!
Unfortunately it has not worked for me
God willing if my heart is ok I absolutely plan to see an endocrinologist
I know what I am eating and it does not make sense that I am not losing
If I start getting very scared I will write.  Please don't let me annoy you I just get very anxious and find after I write I am calmer

I am loving reading all your posts
I have a lot to say about tummy tucks but that too will wait till I hope I get a clean bill of health

I am so happy you all are here

Thank you for your comments and encouragement, everyone. It's good to know that you are here and understanding of my "plight", but not enabling at the same time.  

I posted earlier that I would check in here at least twice a week with weigh ins, and I decided that a Friday weigh in would be helpful to keep me on track during the weekend. So, this morning I was down to 203, a loss of 8.4 since Monday. I feel so much better emotionally as a result. We went to my son's the night of the Rose Bowl to watch the game (UT, my alma mater, national champions, Go Horns!), and there were snacks everywhere. I ate a large salad just before we left our house, so it was easy to stay away from the snack table. For dinner they served fajita tacos with all the fixins', but I just took grilled meat and some grilled peppers/onions. For dessert I asked my DIL if she had any yogurt, but she didn't. I had a sugar free pudding cup instead (nothing like raiding the refrigerator of your host!). 

My son and DIL started eating healthy last year, so I knew there would be something around the house for me (they were into traditional party menu for the game). I was amused at my 5 yr old grandson during the game (they let him stay up... he LOVES football and UT). Around 10 pm he wanted something to eat and asked for "a little salad with some goat cheese on it". Ha! That cracked me up, but made me realize how impressionable our children are. Children learn what they live and see. I am proud that neither one of my grandchildren ask for junk food or fattening foods for snacks. My 5 yr old grandaughter will ask for fruit or a cheese stick. Her mother, my daughter, has lost 98 lbs over the past 15 months with the Dr Phil plan. I am so proud of her... she looks great and feels even better. Alex, her daughter, goes to the gym with her mom and dad 2 evenings a week and participates in the daycare there while they work out. It's so normal to her that that's where you go during the week after work. Children learn what they live. 

  

Hope everyone is having a successful week by making good food choices. I like to look for a "NSV- Non Scale Victory" each week. So far, my control at the Rose Bowl party with eating was one. The other was that I was hungry one night around 11 pm when I stayed up. My first thought was to eat a small snack, but I sat down with a bottle of water instead. It filled me up (and managed to get me up several times during the night too :-)  Are any of you "Biggest Loser" fans? I love their theme song this year: "What have you done lately to make yourself feel proud?"  I'm trying to make myself feel proud at LEAST once each day. 

Have a great weekend, everyone! 

Hello Dawn!  So nice to hear from you.  Glad to hear you are doing well.  I have a friend who does ww and she keeps trying to talk me into doing it.  I have thought about it, but Dr. Phil's plan worked for me before baby and I know it will work again post-baby.  I know many women who have lost a lot of weight with ww.  Good For YOU!!!  Just remember that it is a lifestyle change too.  My sil lost a lot of weight doing ww and then she tried to stop and added back in all the "bad" food she wasn't eating during ww and she gained all the weight back.  The key is to stick with the healthier eating and portion control, not just do it until you get where you want to be.  (I am talking more to myself than to you, I used to have that frame of mind.  That is why I gained so much weight while pregnant.  Never Again!!!) 

  

Take Care and I am so happy for you!  Keep us updated. 

  

Megan 

That's different from why WW wasn't successful for me. My objection during the lectures was the emphasis on "getting to eat a lot of food for the least amount of points". Also, I objected to when they said you could eat Snickers, etc as long as you counted the points into your daily plan. Maybe every once in a while, but the particular group I went to acted like it was a major food group to be used every other day! I'd just be careful of that mentality. I especially like Dr. Phil's philosophy on how to view food... putting nutrients into your body. 

Weight Watchers is an excellent program. The eating is very similar to what Dr. Phil outlines in his plan. To me, the difference is in the type of group support you are getting (based on what you need at the time).  Dawn, it's great that you are seeking out the best type of group/peer support for you right now. Good job for realizing that is an important key. Megan, you will be successful too knowing you are training yourself for a lifestyle change. I've been on this program 18 months now, and I thought I was deeply inbedded in the whole lifestyle change thing. I found out this past holiday season that I easily fell back into old habits, and I gained 23 lbs between mid-Nov and the New Year. What's different is that the information in Dr Phil's book still rings loud and clear, and I'm back to living my life the way I should. I realize this will be a struggle for a very long time. You don't change your lifestyle overnight, that's for sure! 

Gail 

Megan!  Love the picture.  What a sweetie you have!  How's everything going with the adjustment?  Does it feel like she's always been in your family?  :-) 

  

Gail, good job on those few pounds to get you motivated again.  That sure will do it!  You have a great perspective.  I love that. 

  

Last night my 5 and 8 year old sons did tae bo with me.  I loved it!  I hadn't done it in a long time (since the elliptical is so easy and a no brain needed workout), so I had a blast doing the kicks and punches with the boys.  They really burnt some energy, which they need to do in the winter when they can't get out!  It was good for my sanity!  :-)  Their elementary school is having a fitness challenge for the whole school and they fill out a chart with how many hrs. of exercise they get a week.  I LOVE THAT!  Getting those kids going after sitting all day and then coming home to video games and tv.  I try to keep my kids as active as possible.  I NEVER want them to go through what I have gone through with my weight and health! 

  

Anyway, have a great day! 

Wow, I had some serious catching up to do over the past few days. It's great to see everyone posting again!  

  

Gail ~ it's good to hear that you had a good report from your Oncologist. Hopefully you'll be able to get back to your IE again soon. Your daughter has done amazing! So she's lost close to 100 lbs?!  Isn't it wonderful to hear things from our grandkids like you did when it comes to food. I never would have heard  anything like that from one of my kids. Imagine a hungry little boy asking for salad with goat cheese!  My 4 yr. old grandson is somewhat the same. We've taken him out to a restaurant with us a few times, and expecting him to ask for fries, it's always a salad he requests. The first time my hubby and I just looked at each other in disbelief. It's great!  I can't attribute that to our son -- it's his mom that's doing such a great job with good eating habbits. (She grew up with no sweets ever in the house, and that's the way she likes it.) Needless to say, she gets pretty frustrated with the way my son likes to eat. (I hate to think how I influenced him for all those years.) He's tall and trim, but does very physical work. That doesn't guarantee that he's all that healthy. 

  

Megan ~ Sounds like you had a stressful visit! It's good that at least one side of the family is supportive.  You've laid out some good plans laid out -- you'll do well. :-)  

  

Deb & Linda ~ I just caught a bit of that Dr. Phil show the other day, and I totally missed the Biggest Loser. It seems to me that it is sometimes repeated on Sundays, so I'll have to see if I can watch it then. 

  

Dawn ~ Wonderful to see you again! So glad to hear that you're doing so well. Please keep in touch.  

  

Jewels ~ Welcome! We're glad to have you. As you can see, many of us are regrouping and getting back on track. I hope that back injury heals up completely for you before much longer. It's really tough when you're limited with your IE. 

  

Evie ~  Hey, don't worry about sounding like a "sick old lady". Not the case!  Please feel free to write whatever is on your mind.  We're here for you!  Wow, your hubby's really done well with his weight loss, hasn't he. It always comes off the men so much faster, doesn't it. Not fair, but guess that's life. 

  

As for me, I'm in some emotional turmoil these days. Our dd just turned 17, and we're having some significant concerns with her. (You'd think I'd have gotten used to it by teen #3.)  My stomach is in knots most of the time lately. We had a reasonable talk the other day, but now I've got new concerns again already. I don't want to make accusations that I can't really back up, but my heart tells me things aren't right. I hate living this way!  Of course the way I feel like responding to this is with food. Yesterday I did really well with the impulse eating, and today I'm hanging on by the skin of my teeth.  Guess for now I just have to deal with today.  

  

Thanks for "listening". Take care my friends -- thanks for being here. 

  

Brenda. 

  Hey there ya'll, 

  I'm not doing so hot on the whole diet thing.  I've been drinking a lot of my M.D. the last three days, emotionally eating,  had to buy bigger pants for work and then, reinjured my back last night and it hurts soooooo bad it even hurts to breath!  Sure am discouraged! Jewels 

  Sounds like some of you are having better success than I am - way to go and keep up the great work!!! Jewels