Comments on: Choices & Confessions

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:54:00 +0000

Hi there! I just came across your blogs and I love, love, love them! I'm rededicating myself to getting fit and staying fit so your experiences are great motivation!

Knowing me I would have gone to the gym too! OH, yeah, I'm totally a snacker so I can relate.

Best Wishes,
Lisa

By: Crista

Crista — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:35:00 +0000

I have never been to a WW meeting…I follow your progress..as I said before you have always been my motivation..because of you John and I started WW and thats why I started my blog…so I thank you…I agree that going to the gym is probably worth it more as far as burning calories…but do what makes you happy…KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

I can’t wait to try your pizza sometime

Also as far as foods that I like..I eat them still but in moderation and when I can cook them at home I do and look for low-fat alternatives…however I won’t give up my mac and cheese..but I have stopped eating so much of it!! you are only young once and you need to enjoy life…

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Yeah, you should weigh yourself at the gym if you're curious where you're at. I mean who said its only official if its done at WW?

I think you're doing such a great job with exercising you really shouldn't put so much pressure on yourself about the snacking.

I know its still an issue no matter what weight we're at when it comes to snacking and such... But if you're pretty close to your weight goal and you're exercising your tushie off like you are...

You shouldn't worry so much, unless you're sitting on couch doing nothing all day and all you're doing is snacking.
But doesn't sound like you are...

Pat yourself on your back once in a while. You're doing awesome and inspiring so many out there. Don't be so hard on yourself, you've come a long way you deserve too snack without freaking out. :)

By: karen

karen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:41:00 +0000

Stepping back a little – you’ve been snacky on and off since the holidays, and you’ve blogged about it before. Have you considered that missing the meetings and snacking are related? Another key issue might be denial – ultimately, weighing is the accountability, wherever the location. I’m not at goal, but I was (years ago) and remember that “Results not typical” disclaimer. Permanent weightloss is difficult to achieve – I didn’t achieve it then, though I hope we both do now.

By: teenage girl

teenage girl — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0000

god i hate those snacky moods. atleast you are being proactive about it! good for you!

By: Dev

Dev — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:34:00 +0000

Although the meetings are important, I think you made the right decision by getting some cardio in. Some weeks it just seems so much harder to come up with the time to get the exercising in.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:55:00 +0000

snacking… yes, me too… I have been working out lots but I’m eating my workouts! Once you lose weight (I lost 30 pounds) it’s really, really hard to maintain it. It’s hard to think like a thin person and it’s hard not to have losing weight as something that occupies your time… Sometimes I sabbotage myself and I think I do it because I have had this weight loss job for so long I don’t know what I’d do without it… Pathetic yes, but true. Good for you for recognizing and confessing. Sometimes just sharing makes the biggest difference!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:26:00 +0000

Roni, I understand your reluctance to attend meetings but I think they are important. I have been at lifetime for a while and I am a size 0/2 so I understand the stares. I go 2 -3 times a month to support others as well as myself (maintenance is much harder than losing). You have a lot on your plate but if you find the time to go to a meeting, I think it will find it was worth it. Thanks for your blog and your inspiration.

By: Alisha

Alisha — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:24:00 +0000

I understand how you and some of your commenting peeps are feeling about attending meetings now that you are at goal….but I have to be honest that as someone almost to goal it was people like you that I could see went through it and told their stories that kept me going and knowing that I could do it. Sometimes if there are only losing members, I’m not as motivated. I am VERY THANKFUL to the lifetimers who still come and make me believe I can get there.

By: HappyBlogChick

HappyBlogChick — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:07:00 +0000

I ultimately stopped going to meetings, and early on in that "stopping" it was because I was choosing the gym over the meetings. How is that a bad thing, I figure? That is, as long as we're getting what we get out of the meetings from some other source. I used to get motivation from others' stories, info on new products, a message that "you can do this!" ... now I get all of that from blogs.

I think we've been programmed that meetings are important ... and I think they are VERY important in the learning process. But if you're at the point where you're getting what you need from other places, I don't see the harm in not going to meetings.

If you wake up one morning and miss the meetings or realize you're NOT getting what you need, the meetings will be there for you.

Anyway KUDOS for recognizing the snacking after only 2 days.