weigh****chers is working for me.

I posted this on the June board, but I thought I would share here also. Hi Everyone, I havent written in a while. I have really been struggling with emotional eating and grazing . So consequently I put on 15lbs over the winter. Yikes!!! It was really scary. I was afraid that I couldnt stop. I was gonna try the time out thing but I couldnt do the only protein shake thing. I am too chicken. So I decieded to try weigh****chers. I really like it. I am doing the core plan, which is really close to south beach but the nice thing is you get 35 points a week to do whatever you want with. I like that it gives me the opportunity to have chocolate or whatever I want and not be blowing it. I started on Monday and I have lost 7lbs already. I am not sure why I have lost so much. I think it is a fluke. But I am grateful. I feel in control again for the first time in months. Yea!!!! It wasnt so much the weight gain that scared me it was the lack of control that I felt. But this seems to be working. I think that I need the accountablity that the meetings give me. Anyway I thought I would share what is working for me. Hope everyone is doing well. Lynn

What a sensible way to address your weight gain.  Keep up the good work!

Thanks so much. Have a great day. Lynn

I remember the core plan being really good when I was doing Weigh****chers. I didn't do it because portion control was something I didn't have back then and I felt I needed to measure everything.   Have you told them you had WLS?  I ask because I know several women who had WLS who joined WW or tried to join WW to get the last few pounds off and were treated rudely or turned away. 

No, I haven't told anyone. I am usually pretty open about my surgery but I have heard that others who have had GBS were treated bad, so I figured the less said the better. If I was ever asked I wouldnt lie but it is not something I plan on sharing. I have to say it is really different for me going with only having 15lbs to lose and not 150lbs. The mountain isnt quite as high. Have a great day Lynn

Hi Lynn- I joined WW when I got down to 150lbs (and only the Leader knows I've had WLS- I didn't tell her, a mutual friend did). I'm now below goal at 123lbs as of this morning's weekly weigh-in and I've been a lifetime member for awhile so I get to attend free. I wanted to use WW as a way to learn to maintain which is something I'd never had the opportunity to do since age 10. I feel it's VERY important that I go every Friday to weigh-in...guess I just need that Big Brother thing hanging over me and my scale. So far I'm still losing but I expect the Honeymoon to end soon. Actually I really want to stop losing as I feel my weight's getting too low (OK- what new universe did I just drop into where I get to say things like that?!?) so I get to eat 40 points daily which is really difficult to do when your appetite still hasn't come back. So, bottom line, use WW in conjunction with everything we have learned about healthy eating and you'll do just great!

Good for you! Keep up the great work. I always said I really like WW plan and that I wanted to do it for maintenance. I think it is a really healthy and balanced way to eat. But it took me gaining some weight to kick my butt into doing it. I like the meetings. There isnt a bariatric meeting support group near me that is very good. I used to attend one in Windy hill but it seems like it is more for newbies. I think the meetings will help me be accountable. Lets hope anyway. Have a great day. Lynn

Good for you Lynn!!   I've been thinking of doing the same thing.  I can't seem to do the Timeout, and I'm leary of doing it anyway...I have a daughter (whom I've adopted since surgery, so its all new to her) who has an eating disorder, so I question whether it is a good idea for her to view me consuming only protein drinks.  I have been working at cutting back on carbs this week and have lost 3 lbs., so I am going to continue just eating healthier and exercising and see if I can get this gain off to.   Congrats!! Kathy

Congratulations on the adoption. I have an in home daycare. I love kids. Sounds like you are on the right track. I just wanted to go to the meetings to make me more accountable. I know how to eat right and I did for 18 months, then I just gave into the demons. Well we can do it. Good luck with your daughter. Have a great day Lynn

Hey Lynn, I too do the core plan and love it. It helped me get to goal. I decided to do core because I knew I couldn't eat that much and was afraid I couldn't do flex portions(that was then, I could do flex fine now). It also helps with BM's because I suffered greatly with constipation and with core there is loads of fiber. I'm so glad to know there are other corbies out there! I was a little intimidated with all the planning of meals and such but now I'm a pro at it. Good Luck to you!! Candy