Conference rocks::weight_control

    
    Gee Glenn, why don't you go first?
    
    OK, I will.
    
    	April 9th		256
    	April 14th		251
    	April 16th		250.5
    	April 17th		248.5
    
    I'm on the McDougall Plan.
    
    Glenn

    On Weight Watchers program...
    
    April 13 pm 	254
    April 18 am		248 3/4
    
    

    I started somewhere in the 280's in November of 1985...
    
    I got stuck at 227 for a number of months.  I could gain and easily
    lose to get back to 227, but couldn't seem to get below it.
    
    I got going again on my brown rice diet a month ago, and then tried
    the 3-day diet which Mary-Lynn sent me.  I managed to hit my current
    goal of 215 on Saturday!
    
    I found that the 3-day diet left me with intense protein cravings,
    probably because I had to skip a couple of the protein aspects of
    it, due to poor planning and not shopping in time.  
    
    I haven't been under 200 since 1977, so I am very excited about
    being within 15 pounds of it.  Today I tried on a pair of 48 cords
    which at one point were too small for me--I remember struggling
    to pull them on and giving it up at my heaviest.  They were so funny
    looking, and that was SO rewarding!  They looked like clown pants.
    
    I also bought my first women's size 34 skirts in years, and could
    have probably fit into the 32's if there had been any.  That felt
    great.  I am a borderline size 18--I have borrowed and worn some
    16 and 18 skirts (ok, they were loose ones!) but that was encouraging
    for me!
    
    Getting into the misses sizes will give me a lot more choices.
    And getting under 200 will be a big psychological reward.     
    Thank you all for all the support--I missed having this file available
    last week.  
    
    Holly

    OK...OK...I DID IT!!!   OUCH!!!   I laid off the scales for a couple
    days and BOOM....I gained all my weight back.  Now I'm up to 257,
    my highest weight EVER and I'm sure I'm dying.  Fortunately, I've
    been able to drop 4.5 lbs over the past 2 days, but look what happens
    when you don't constantly monitor.  This is a constant situation
    with me.  I don't watch it for a day or two and I'm back where I
    started.  But fear not.....for I shall return!!!!
    
    Glenn

    Well, it'll be three weeks tomorrow that I've been on the Weight
    Watchers Quick Start Plus Program and am very happy to report that
    I haven't cheated once and have succeeded in losing 12 1/2 pounds
    so far.  I'm real proud of myself since this if the first time I've
    gone this long without giving in/giving up.  
    
    Come on everybody!!!  You can do it too!!!!
    
    						*** Kristy ***

    Well, after not losing a darn thing last week, this past week was
    good to me.  I weighed in this morning, not expecting much and I
    had lost another 4 pounds!!  That makes a total of 16.5 in 5 weeks!!
    The almighty power of the scale at weigh-in... it makes or breaks
    my week (not as far as cheating - I haven't yet!! - but whether
    or not I have a positive outlook about it).
    
    						*** Kristy ***

    
    
    I had been kind of down because I had lost weight and was starting
    to gain it back .. every week I was gaining alittle more ..
    I said get back on it.. So I started writing everything I ate
    I am lazy at doing that but I did it..  
    This week in Weight Watchers I lost 3 1/2 pounds over the long weekend
    so I am on the road again.. yepeeee!!  I Ann Arno is on her way..
    
    
    Lets all Hang in there..  I never gave up said the leader in the
    meeting to everyone and by not giving up and coming even when i
    gained I was strong...
    
    
    

    Another 1.5 pounds bit the dust last week... weighed in on Saturday
    - down a total of 18 pounds in 6 weeks!!!  
    
    Ann is right... don't give up!!! Hang in there!  We're WORTH IT!!!!
    
    						*** Kristy ***

Good for you, Ann and Kristy!  (and whoever else came before, too!)

I weighed in at Weight Watchers down a pound from the meeting before's up
a pound (did that make sense?  that means I got back down to where I was
before I went up).

Downward march! :-)

Jill

    Two more last week.  Now at 226 with a short term goal of 219 and
    a long term goal arround 200.  Down a total of 172 in a bit over
    a year and two months.
    
    I am now down to a weight I haven't been at since I was a teenager,
    over half my lifetime ago.  It feels good.
    
    -Joe
    

    ATTENTION, ATTENTION!
    
    I have found everyone's lost weight, for those willing to take it
    back, PLEASE!!!!!  For those not willing, Thanks a whole lot!  
    
    
    Just kidding of course!  I have found a few, but am trying my damnedest
    to also lose it in the shuffle!

re .11
    
>    I have found everyone's lost weight, for those willing to take it
>    back, PLEASE!!!!!  For those not willing, Thanks a whole lot!  

Funny how things work.  When Bill and I first met, I was around 155 and he
was around 125 (I got him to weigh himself when I brought my scale over to
watch my own damage, and he was surprised he had managed to sink down that
low).  We always kidded each other about tranferring my extra weight to his
poor skinny frame. :-)  Now, I'm down below 120, and he's up around 135, and
we're both a lot happier!!  Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy to "transfer"
the weight as it sounds, as we all know!

Jill

    When I went into the WW meeting today, I thought I had gained weight.
     As it turns out, I lost 5 pounds!!!  I got on the scale, pushed
    the weight up to above where I had been last week.  The lady at
    the scale started pushing it down... and down and down and down...
    and my jaw dropped lower and lower and lower!!!!   I just about
    fell off the scale with happiness and shock...
    
    					*** Kristy ***

    
    Oh, folks, I found this really amazing book.  No, it  is not guaranteed
    to change everyone's life - but it reflects so many things I have
    felt/thought in the past.  Things that I thought nobody else could
    ever feel because there is so much of the perverse in gaining/losing
    weight these days - so many contradictions - so much confusion -
    so many sales pitches and so many lies and games.  It's called
    "Feeding the Hungry Heart" and its about overcoming emotional hungers,
    and about compulsive eating, and so much more.  It's by Geneen Roth.
     It's paperback, and it costs less than 2 pints of frusen gladje.
     I've come a long way in the past couple of years, but with this
    book, and the help of WW at work (starting the 10th in MR01) I know
    I can do it.  When I'm through with the book - I'd be glad to pass
    it on.
    
    -Jody
    

    Re: .14
    
    Yes, I found that book wonderful, too.  She has a followup book
    called _Breaking_Free_From_Compulsive_Eating_.  Even though it does
    focus on compulsive eating, it has great "head" exercises that anyone
    who has ever had a problem with weight, body size, food, etc., 
    can benefit from.
    
    Keep the faith, baby,
    
    Marcia

    Re. 15
    
    I also find that the first time it gets really warm in the summer,
    my weight goes up by a few pounds, regardless of what I've eaten.
    I just consider it the extra summer water that my body needs to
    get through the hot weather! 
    Please don't use just the numbers for gratification. Seek reward
    in knowing that you are doing the best possible thing for your health.
    Sue

    That's interesting.  My weight always drops in the summer because
    my appetite does.  I really hate the heat & humidity and eating
    less makes me feel cooler.  Also most people are probably more active
    in the summer, except for the true ski bums.  (yes, an overweight
    skier - it's hell on the knees)
    
    

    re .15:
    
    If you are eating to much salt, that weight could be water. Water
    can put as much as 10 pounds on you. There could be a pleasant
    surprise waiting for you in a few days when the water leaves your
    body.
    
    						--- Neal

    
    
    Well I didn't do well at all.. I was a PIG and I gained weight
    because of it.. I went to a Buffet and had a LARGE Sundae
    and a few LARGE cookies so I know where I went wrong.. It tasted
    good but it wasn't worth it..  I have to get back to the Program.
    
    WILL I EVER DO IT!!???????????
    
    MISS PIGGY
    
    

    Weighed in last night after completing week 1 of the Weight Watchers
    "Quick Start Plus" program.  Dropped 4-1/2 pounds, from 201 to 196.5.

    Yesterday's weigh in marked 15 months on the diet.  During the week
    I lost three pounds, for a total of 174 in the last 15 months.
    
    Currently at 224 with a short tem goal of 219 and a final goal just
    under 200.  I don't yet know how realistic that final goal is, but
    I think it is reasonable for someone 6'3".  If I make 199 I can
    say I lost half my weight, having starte at 398.
    
    To answer a few questions that I've recieved from readers of my
    previous progress reports:
    
      1. I am not on any specific plan. I did not start planning to
         reach any specific goal. I eat less and try to keep it balenced
         with a lot less red meat and junk food.
    
      2. I started at 6'3" and am still there but everyone thinks I'm
         taller than when I started.  I started with a 58" waist and
         am down to 42",  down from XXXXL shirts to XL.
                                         
    I want to mention that I find this notesfile and SUPPORT great forms
    of encouragement. Just having a daily source of other peoples feelings
    provides the encouragement that brings me back after a slump.
    
    Thakn you everyone,
    
    -Joe
    
    

    I don't know how many pounds I've lost, the scales are out-of-commision
    at the moment, BUT, TA-DA!! I can take my belt in two more notches!
    YYYYYAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!
    
                                     -sunny-

    First off, Way to go Sunny!!!!!  That is FANTASTIC news!!!!  Keep
    it up sis!
    
    
    
    
    Well after a gain of 1.25 lbs last week, I lost 5 at my weigh-in
    today... guess all that volleyball and swimming this past week
    worked!!!  Down a total of 27.5 lbs in 11 weeks!!
    
    					Yay me!

    Yay Kristy!!!  You're doing great - keep it up!
    
    I've found that my weight loss, after the first few weeks,
    has tended to be in jumps.  I'll lose very little for a week
    or two, then lose 3-5 lbs in a week.  In fact, once a month
    I tend to GAIN a lb or so.  Then the next week I'll lose it
    again, and the week after I'll lose 3.  It can be frustrating,
    especially when you've really stuck to the diet and done all
    the exercise, but it's the END number you're really after,
    and the increments in between are really not as important as
    that.
    
    (I bought a new bathing suit - a SPEEDO, for doing some real
    swimming in - and for the first time in my life it wasn't
    depressing to try them on.  37 down, 7 or so to go!)
    
    --Louise
    

    Hooray to everyone who has hung in there.  It's nice to know my
    pattern of lose 2, gain 1 is not all that unusual.  

    Speaking of rewards, I got a makeup consultation last weekend.  It
    was lots of fun and made me feel very pampered.
    

    
    
    Well I am doing so much better this week and I have a better 
    feeling that I am going to continue to do good.
    I had some rough weeks.. I lost 2 1/2 pounds this week in W/Watchers.
    I was pleased I would do great during the week and the weekends
    would come and I would eat more on the weekends then I would the
    whole week.. but I am on the right track again and I will lose this
    FAT and come out a winner...
    
    
    
    I even got rid of my candy jar that I had in my office and told
    people no more candy!!!  some were surprised but I did it for ME!
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    In the past six months I have only lost 3 pounds (from 149 to 146)
    but inches have been falling off steadily.  If I intend not to go
    on a clothes buying jag, I'll have to have some of my things altered;
    blouses no longer stay in skirts, certain pants look clownish, my
    lovely new bikini fits without rolls above and below the bottom,
    no more flab sticking out from under the back bra strap (this last
    feels like a real accomplishment, because I have to wear strong
    tight bras, since I'm not small-bosomed, and I've had that blessed
    roll sticking out from under the back strap for what seems like
    forever!).
    
    Marcia

    Congrats Marcia, Ann, Louise, Kristy, Sunny, and all the rest.
    Weigh to go ! 8')
    
    I was down to 250 even this morning, on no particular diet, just
    being "aware".
    
    						-Jeff
    
    
    

    Down four more this week.  Total so far 178, am now at 220 with
    a short term goal of 219 and a long term goal of under 200.
    
    Can't wait until I lose the next pound and get into the two hundred
    and teens range.  I haven't been there since my age was in the teens.
    
    See some of you at the party Saturday.
    
    -Joe
    

    Weighed in last night after completing week 2 of the Weight Watchers
    Quick Start Plus program.  Was pleasantly surprised to find that
    I had dropped another 5-3/4 pounds!  In my two weeks on the program,
    I have gone from 201 to 190-3/4 pounds.
    
    Glad to see the good news from everyone in this note this week.
    Keep up the good work -- you can do it!
    
    
    Paul

    Well, lost another 2.25 this past week - for a grand total of (drum
    roll please!) ;-)
    
    
    
    29.75 lbs gone in just under 12 weeks.  It's a good feeling and
    people are starting to notice the thinner hips and not-so-protruding
    stomach and rear-end.   
    
    I still have 94 1/4 lbs to be where I want to be, and it will be
    tough, but I'm glad I have all of you to keep me up when I'm down.
     Thanks for helping me get these first (almost) 30 lbs off!
    
    				*** Kristy ***

    That's TERRIFIC news!!!
    
    Moi?
    
    I started out at 218

                        Todays weight is 206

                                            Total weight loss is 12!
    
    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!
                                       -sunny-

    Way to go, Sunny!
    
    As for me - it _finally_ happened.  Someone here at work noticed
    that I have lost weight!!!  I didn't tell anyone that I was loosing.
    I wanted to see how long it would take to have them notice.  For
    the record,it took 49 poinds.  Now I know that I don't work with
    the most observant people in the world, but it's not all their fault.
    When it became clear that I was going to loose lots of weight, I
    went out and got a bunch of "tent dresses" for the summer.  That
    way I don't have to buy new clothes until the fall.
    
    Marion

    Great going Sunny!!!!
    
    you're doing fantastic!
    
    
    
    For me, it's been interesting.  I've told approx. 10 people that
    I started Weight Watchers (in the group that I work with - about
    250 people) and so far, another 5 or so have come up to me in the
    past couple of weeks and said "You look different -- have you lost
    weight?"  I just smile real big and say "Yes, but you ain't seen
    nothin' yet!"

    The bet/objective mentioned in 2.58 and restated below was won.  I lost
    18 pounds in 7 weeks.  We have a new bet/objective of 15 pounds from
    today until Labor Day --- 9 1/2 weeks.  Easy even if I plateau. 


The following has been extracted from a memo to my weighty friends:


I liked the last bet that we had --- and not just because I happened to 
win.  I liked the structure that made it possible for all of us to win 
while also making it possible for the leader to lose.  Towards the end I 
couldn't relax just because my competition was clearly not going to make 
it.  I guess it was more goal oriented than competition oriented.  In 
fact, I wish my competition had won also; after all, you are my friends.

We have tentatively agreed on a return match.  

1.	We each [logically] ante up $50.00 --- enough to be serious.

2.	The goal is a 15 pound loss by Labor Day.  Slow enough to be 
	sustainable but big enough to be serious.

3.	Weights are determined on the balance scales of any Digital 
	nurse's station in complete office attire except jackets and  
	shoes.  The weights should be recorded there also.

4.	Those that make the objective split the ante of those who don't.

I suggest the following edits to the program:

5.	If no one makes it, half the ante is retained and half the ante
	rolls over into the next competition.  If there is to be no more 
	competition amongst us, the roll-over goes to a good cause.

6.	Others are allowed to join the fray.

7.	The starting weight is the weight first measured at the nurse's
	station on or after July first.  Others can start late, but like 
	myself last time, they start with a disadvantage in time-to-lose.

8.	The final weight is that last measured before 9 September. Unlike 
	last year, trips and/or vacations don't interfere with the game.

I will use my current winnings to sweeten the pot with an extra $30 ante.  
I've already spent $77 on Weight Watchers, so I come out just about even, 
but it was clearly worth it.

re .37 (Al):

Quite an interesting wager scheme you have set up, Al!  Whatever works for
you...

Myself, well, in Sept. 1984 my sister and I made a bet (one record album, maybe
not enough incentive :-)) that we would lose 20 pounds before the other one.
A few months later, I was down 15, and she was probably up about 15!  So, we
started another bet to run alongside, for 20 pounds starting from there, to
give her a better chance of success.  Well, I won the first bet around
last July (almost 2 years later!), after gaining 10 of the 15 back and then
losing 15 more.  I then won the second bet around December, a few short
months later.  None of my losses had ANYTHING to do with the bet, it just
wasn't enough incentive, and I don't know how much it would have taken!

She still hasn't paid up :-), and I don't care, but her diet is doing a lot
better now, and that's more important to both of us!

Jill

    This was a good week, even with the holiday, and I lost pounds
    #12 and #13.  For the first time I can begin to see the difference
    in the way my clothes fit.  It is still really tough to find the
    time and energy to exercise, but I'm pushing myself in that area.

    As of this morning I have lost FIFTY ONE POUNDS!!!!!  I am getting
    married in March, and somewhere out there, there is a size 12 wedding
    dress with my name on it!
    
    Marion

    Weighed in again on Thursday (7/3) after completing week 3 of the
    Weight Watchers Quick Start program.  Down 2-3/4 pounds to 188.
    Total loss so far: 13 pounds in 3 weeks.
    
    Keep up the good work everyone!

    On the subject of wagers -
    
    A friend of mine & her husband have had this thing going a while
    now - in order to go back to work full time as a nurse she had to
    have bunion surgery on both feet, so the deal was that if she had
    the surgery, John would lose 30 pounds!  Well, she was laid up for
    months, is now back to work full time and John, well, is still John.
    Now the deal is that he had to lose 30 pounds by her birthday or
    else have a vasectomy.  Her birthday came and went, John is still
    waering the same clothes, and she made an appointment to have her
    tubes tied!  She told him she didn't want any more kids as long
    as there was such a great chance of her having to raise them alone
    (his family has a history of heart problems)!  It will be interesting
    to see how/if this one works out!

    Went to last night's Weight Watchers meeting expecting little or
    no loss (given the holiday weekend), but was pleasantly surprised
    to record a loss of 1-3/4 pounds.  Four week totals: 14-3/4 pounds
    lost, down from 201 to 186-1/4.

    
    re: .43
    
    That is sick, these people sound like they have other problems which
    weight loss won't help.....

    After a week off of not weighing in (because of the holiday), I
    came back with a loss of 2.75 lbs - for a grand total of 32.5 in
    14 weeks.  It took me three weeks of not gaining or losing an ounce
    to finally get past the 30 lb loss mark.  
    
    						*** Kristy ***

    yeah, *** Kristy *** !!!
    
    Grins

I think I've managed to undo a lot of the damage I did in June and the
first part of July.  I'm back below goal (by 1 pound) for the first time in 3
weeks, with 4 pounds to go to my personal goal!  (The same goal I've been
meandering towards since January with a lot of side trips, sigh).  I feel good
about my progress in the right direction, so I figured I'd check in.

Jill

    We (my wife and mother in law joined WW also) just completed week
    one on WW plus. I lost 23 pounds the first week and feel great.
    Down from 275 to 252 with 77 to go. The big problem now is to stay
    with the program and learn to appreciate the 1-2 pound losses that
    will prevail as the weeks go on. Thanks for the great support I
    get by reading this notes file. I brought home a terminal and modem
    so my wife can read and benifit from the group as well.

    WOW!  Twenty-three poinds in the first week?!?!  If you were a woman,
    I might wonder if you had a boy or a girl!  Great Going!
    
    As for my progress ... well ... I'm stuck.  I have eaten properly
    all week, and I gained a pound.  I find that very frustrating, but
    I'm still hanging in there.
    
    Marion

    re .49  Really, I"m not trying to be rude.  I just want to make
    sure you didn't make a typo or my eyes went crazy.
    
    You lost 23 pounds in one week?  On Weight Watchers?  That is amazing!
    It took me several months to loose that!  Congratulations.

    re .49:
    
    W   W   W   OOOOOOOOO   W   W   W    !!
    W   W   W   O       O   W   W   W    !!
    W   W   W   O       O   W   W   W    !!
    W   W   W   O       O   W   W   W    !!
    W   W   W   O       O   W   W   W    
    WWWWWWWWW   OOOOOOOOO   WWWWWWWWW    !!
    
    Keep up the excellent work.
    
    As for my own progress, I recorded a 1-3/4 pound loss at last night's
    weighin.  Totals to date: 16-1/2 pounds lost in five weeks; down
    from 201 to 184-1/2.  I am now past the halfway point to the temporary
    goal of 170 that was set for me when I first joined Weight Watchers.
                                           
    Paul
    
    
    

    This past week was a bad one for me.  I was craving breads and salt
    like crazy... I gained 1.5 lbs... *sigh*  I think I know why I was
    craving the breads and salt... and I'm quite sure that I'll have
    a relatively good loss when I weigh in next Saturday.  Aside from
    cyclic-related things, I'm doing okay except that it feels like
    my support team at home is rooting for some other team.  
    
    						*** Kristy ***

    re: .53  Hang in there Kristy, we are all rooting for you!
    
    My update for week number 2..... a loss of seven (7) pounds... for
    a grand total of 15 pounds in two weeks.  This is unusual for me,
    but I couldn't be more pleased!  It is really encouraging.  Keep
    up the good work everyone, and keep us updated.
    
    
    Hugs,
    
    Kim

    
    Hi Ann here I was having a struggle with losing weight but today
    is a different story.  I weight in today and lost 12 pounds in
    one weeks time!!  I am very PLEASED with me.
    I believe that the Weekenders support sure helped .. Thanks to my
    caring friends!!
    
    It Payed off staying away from food and swimming when I got the
    feeling to over eat!!  
    
    A happy Weight Watcher (^8   
    
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    
    almost a 10  Ha Ha...
    
    
    

    Weighed in last night, a day earlier than usual since I can't attend
    Weight Watchers tonight due to another commitment.  Weighed in at
    184-1/2, exactly the same as the previous week.  Wasn't that
    disappointed or surprised; I had five weeks of good losses before
    this week, so I figured I may be due for a slow week.  Total
    loss after six weeks remains at 16-1/2 pounds.  Also, my waist has
    gone from 40" to 38-1/2" since starting the program.

    Just weighed in, lost 2.5,  after losing 7.5 last week I did not
    expect another 2.5 this week.  Down 49.5 since Jan. 6. 70 more to
    go.  I will be on vacation next week.  Hope to see a loss when I
    return.  Good luck ALL!

    
    Weighed in last night and had a loss of 3 lbs, making it a grand
    total of 31.5 lbs in 16 wks.  I am really psyched now, I can't wait
    to hit 35 lbs.  I just love this note file, even if I mainly read
    it instead of writing in.
    
    Hope everyone has a wonderful week-end.
    
    Hugs,
    Fran

    
    
    re: 58  That is great news Fran keep it going you are 
            doing Super!
    
    		I have a feeling you will lose 35 soon..
    
    
    
    Ann
    
    
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    Well, I had a pretty good week this past week... lost 3.5 lbs for
    a total loss of 34.5 lbs in 16 weeks.  Keep up the good work
    everybody!!!

        					*** Kristy ***

    PS - my support team is rooting for the right team again!!! 

    
    
    NOT good news this time.. I did go swimming butttttt
    I said no to grapenut pudding with cream all over it!
    But I had a strawberry float that I never should have 
    had because I didn't plan for it...
    I was with a friend that likes to eat and I never seem
    to do good when I am around her.. 
    
    I have a hard time learning I can't always have what the
    other person is eating...
    
    A sad Weight Watcher )*;
    
    
    
    Me
    
    
    

    What works for me when others are eating something that I don't
    want to have, is to eat a substitute thing right then.  If you
    had had a WW frozen treat or one of those 14 cal Crystal
    Light frozen pops, you'd have had something while she did and
    you would have been able to stay on your diet also.  Or you
    could have had DIET soda with Ice MILK in it - if you're in
    the MA/NH area, a company called Deering puts out some fairly
    good Calorie Counter Ice Milk which is 70 cals per 1/2 cup -
    about half that of regular vanilla ice cream - and comes
    in Van. Fudge, Choc., Black Raspberry, and Mocha.  They also
    make chocolate dipped icemilk bars which are only 90 cals
    each - the mint icemilk with chocolate coating tastes like a
    York Peppermint Patty!
    
    The other thing I've used as a substitute is some GOOD fruit.
    You might even be able to convince your friend to go for some!
    Fruit salad is easiest, if it's already made up in the fridge
    for the times when you need something good.  Or you could have
    some peaches/plums/nectarines ready.
    
    --Louise

    Everyone is doing so well and I'm very proud for all of you!
    
    I have lost another 6 pounds brings me down to 200, but mine is
    going so slowly! About a pound and a half a week...a bit discouraging
    when I see all these other successes, but better slow than not at
    all!! ;-)
    
    I am starting something different this week. My mother has diabetes
    and the doctor now feels confident that it can be controlled without
    drugs any longer with diet and excersise. I am going to support
    her in her efforts by following the same plan until she feels confident
    enough to "go it alone", longer in the event it does me some noticeable
    good, which I think it will.
    
                                          -sunny-

    I just joined WW in Chelmsford and lost 4 pounds the first week,
    which made me happy.  I am lucky that people at work and home are
    very supportive -- they keep telling me that I look thinner!  I
    am already getting into my smaller clothes...
    
    Is anyone else going to Chelmsford?  I usually go Thursday night,
    but for company would be willing to change!
    
    Jen  ;*)
    

Well, the reason I haven't been posting regular progress reports is
that it has not been a good month.  The total since the last report
is only a plus 1; but that was achieved by a Plus 6 followed by a
Minus 5.

At least I am back in the right direction.

Currently at 221 pounds down a total of 177 pounds. I am now setting
two goals that I intend to make.  By September 1st I will be down to
209 pounds and by October 1st I will reach my goal of 198 pounds.
To help achieve these goals, in addition to the diet (pardon the
four letter word) that I have been on since March 17th of last year; 
I am going to start exercising (ten letter words aren't much easier).

I also promise to post weekly progress reports on Thursdays, if I don't,
you all can yell at me because I've probably slipped.

Thanks,

-Joe

    Recorded a 3-1/2 pound loss at last night's weighin.  This makes
    it exactly twenty pounds that I have lost since starting the Weight
    Watchers program on June 11th (down from 201 to 181).  In addition,
    I am now down a full two inches in my waist size (from 40" to 38").
    Eleven more pounds to go until I reach temporary goal.
    
    re .62 (Louise):
    
    Funny that you should mention the Deering ice cream treats -- at my 
    WW meeting three weeks ago, our leader brought in a supply of Deering
    cusp and bars.  Had a cup of the chocolate fudge; I agree, they're
    very good.  Only thing is, I've been looking for them in the stores,
    and I've found only the vanilla bars at the Salem, NH Purity Supreme
    so far.  Do you know of any stores (either around Spit Brook or
    the Lawrence, MA area) that carry a wider variety of flavors than
    that?
    
    re .63 (Sunny):
    
    Over the last four weeks, my average weekly weight loss has been
    1-3/4 pounds.  So, your 1-1/2 pounds per week is certainly not out
    of line.  Keep up the good work!

    I've gotten them at Shaws and at Alexanders also.  They're a little
    down from the "regular" icecreams usually.  There's a Shaws on
    Daniel Webster, if you go north a little ways past Ming Garden.
    
    A closer place, though the price may differ, is the Deering Ice
    Cream Restaurant right in the same mall where the Purity and 
    Marshalls are - they have a freezer near the register that has
    ice-cream cakes and various icecream/icemilk items in it and
    last time I looked they had some Calorie Counter items in it.
    
    --Louise

    HI,
    
    I MOVED TO ANOTHER FACILITY THIS WEEK, AND FORGOT TO CHECK IN WITH
    MY UPDATE.  AS OF MONDAY THE 27TH I WAS DOWN 1, FOR A TOTAL OF 16
    IN 3 WEEKS.  WILL CHECK IN AGAIN ON MONDAY, HOPEFULLY WITH A BIGGER
    LOSS. (ALSO, MY NODE HAS CHANGED AS ABOVE).
    
    HUGS,
    
    KIM

    
    Finally!  I get to enter a note in the "Progress" note!  
    
    I had finally convinced myself that I needed help -- I just wasn't
    losing on the food plan I had been attempting to follow.  So I 
    went to a Doctor who specializes in weightloss.  He does lots of
    blood work and prescribes medication where needed.  In my case I
    had one thyroid test that was abnormal.  He also does an EKG and
    blood pressure checks.  He has a dietician who works with you and
    she is very helpful!  My daily calorie intake is 1060.  And I'm
    drinking lots of water!  I'm very happy with this weightloss plan
    and can already tell a difference in how some of my clothes fit.
    
    As of today, only 2 weeks after starting this program, I'm done
    a total of........*  12  pounds ! ! ! * 
                      
    YEAH! 

    Congrats and way to go's for all you people!  You're doing great!!!
     Me, well... I took a vacation last week (from everything)... but
    I did better than I thought - I weighed in yesterday and gained
    1.5 lbs.  Not bad considering that I thought I had gained more like
    5 or so - and still at a grand total loss of 33 lbs for the 17 wks
    I've been with WW.  And I know that the 1.5 lbs that I gained this
    past week will come off this week... it's a brand new beginning
    now that my vacation is over.
    
    Keep it the good work (and keep bringing the weight down!!!)
    
    					*** Kristy ***

    Hey, ***Kristy*** !  I know how hard it must have been to keep the
    goodies away during vacation... you did well, lady!!!
    
    grins,
    Marge

    Five pounds last week.  I am hoping for two this week.  I like it
    when the scale goes from 170 to 169.  Seems a lot better to say
    I weigh around 165.  
    
    I find the summer easy to loose weight.  The vegetables are so great!
    
    

    Well, here goes week 4, down 1 pound, for a total of 17 pounds in
    4 weeks.  Maybe next week, I'll get under that 150 mark.  It kills
    me to be above it!  But 17 down, and anywhere from my short term
    goal by September 1 of 5 pounds, and my long term goal of I don't
    know when of 25 pounds.  Well, everyone keep up the good work, and
    Kristy, I know I would have put on at least 5, I think you did great!
    
    Hugs to all,
    
    Kim

    Good work, Joyce and Kim!  There's nothing like crossing a milestone...
    and in the case of you, Kim, to move that weight on the doctor's
    scale over a bit notch!
    
    great going, gals!
    Marge

    I'm so excited!  Today is my Lifesteps 2-month review meeting
    (it's been 2 months since the last class), and I've hit another
    milestone!  180 - 45 = 135!!!!  I'm within about 5 lbs of my
    current (and probably final) goal.  Another exciting number:
    I had my percent fat done again at the wellness center here
    at ZK - it was done 2 weeks ago when I was at 138, and it
    was 14.7%.  LOW!!!
    
    I hope I'm able to be as good as Kristy was - I have a 2 week
    vacation coming up the last week of this month - 8 days of it
    down in Disney World, and I've heard the food at Epcot is
    fabulous....  The good thing is that 1) the hotel we're staying
    at has a weight room and a pool and 2) I know how to remove any
    weight I gain - I have all the tools now.  So I'm not *really*
    worried.
    
    --Louise

    Well, it is time to commit myself.  I have been on Weight Watchers
    two weeks now (the whole program, diet, exercise, water, the works).
    My goal is 187, I started at 316.  I lost 11 1/2 the first week
    a gained 1/2 the second week.  Third week here I come, doing the
    WHOLE Program.
    
    Paul

    Paul, I think your re-girding yourself mentally is very helpful...
    at least I've found that to be... best of luck and let us know how
    the week goes!
    
    grins,
    Marge
    

    A little late checking in, but I was weighed in last Saturday at
    WW and lost 5 pounds!  For my second week, that was good --
    I've lost 9 pounds so far (only 91 to go...).  When I reach 220,
    my husband will stop smoking.  And I have added incentive to lose
    weight -- we just bought tickets to Aruba for the first week in
    Feb.  I have to be much smaller by then so I can wear swim suits!
    
    Jennifer 
    

    First, for those who are surprised to see a progress report from me on
    a Thursday morning, an explanation:  my wife's mother and sister
    have decided to attend Weight Watchers.  Since they live in Medford,
    and there was a Wednesday night meeting in Medford with the same
    leader as the Thursday night Haverhill meetings I had been attending,
    Wednesday has now become my Weight Watchers night.  Hope they're
    able to succeed with the plan; my wife and I will definitely be
    behind them all the way.
    
    As for my own progress, I recorded another 3 pound loss.  Total
    loss since June 11th is now 23 pounds (from 201 to 178).  Eight pounds
    to go until I reach temporary goal.

    and congrats to you!!!
    
    Grins

    Down a pound and a half last week, total loss now at 178.5 pounds
    since March 17, 1986.
    
    Didn't do to bad on the food front last week, minimal cheating.
    Real progress on the exercise front though. Am going to the gym
    three days a week and walking 2.5 miles three other days. I stuck
    through it faithfully. Had hoped for greater loss, but every one
    keeps telling me muscle weighs more than fat, OH well.
    
    At 219.5 pounds currently, I still think I will get into the mid
    190s aiming for a total loss of over 200 pounds (started at 398).
    
    Thanks to everyone for the encouragement.
    
    -Joe

    Down half pound.  Vacation did not do the damage I was afraid it
    would.

    YIPPEEE!  I can now cross my legs!!!
              
    Marion

    Marion,
    
    Hum, I had never thought of that, but boy are you right.  I want
    to be able to cross my legs again, and soon too!

    Geez, I remember that milestone!  It sure made me feel good to
    be able to cross my legs normally!
    
    Another neat feeling was that I can no longer easily hold water
    in my hands - there are now spaces between my fingers at the
    bottom and the water drips through them.  The few rings I have
    now fit on different fingers!  
    
    --Louise

    RE: .86
    
    Yeah, I know what you mean about fingers slimming down.  Another
    major milestone will be when I can get one of my rings off that
    has been stuck on my right hand for five years!  That should be
    in 40 or 50 pounds.  I can hardly wait to have it cleaned and
    eventually resized - of course - *smaller*!!
    
    Marion

    re .84
    
    Way to go Marion!  One day you'll be giving Mary Hart's legs a run
    for their money.  Every time you share one of your accomplishments
    it helps keep me going..

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    lost another 1.75 lbs as of yesterday's weigh-in.  Total loss of
    34.75 lbs in just under 4 months.
    
    					*** Kristy ***

    
    Well I went on vacation and so my weightloss is slow right now.
    I did better then I could have.. I did eat some goodies and 
    didn't figure them in my Program just ate them...
    So I need to get back on the track and get losing once again.
    If I am good I can look good in a bathing suit next year..
    My class reunion is in two more years so I want to look good 
    for that..  
    
    It sounds like alot of you are doing swell  .. keep up the good
    work and wait and see how good you look and feel for you!!
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    
    Well, my efforts are finally paying off!!  After this morning, I
    feel like taking on the world.  I really feel like doing about two
    hours worth of callanetics!!  8^>
    
    I had my body fat percentage taken (it took a lot of will power
    to do this this morning...) at the wellness center here at ZKO.
    I have gone from a yucky 30.9% to a (drum roll please!) 27.9% !!!
    I have not lost any fat in my arms, by have gone down 5% in my thighs
    and 2% in my waist!  
    
    Although the scales were two pounds heavier than when I had the
    test done last time, it didn't bother me.  My lean body mass (muscle)
    went up two pounds!!
    
    At last!!!  MY BODY IS CHANGING!!!  I AM BEATING THE BATTLE OF THE
    PLATEAU!!  (someone please call Ripley's.....)
    
    A very happy Leigh

    
    The Wellness Center in ZKO; is that provided by Digital?

    Well, I am now on my third week at Weight Watchers.  I lost 7 pounds
    in two weeks.  I was shocked considering I didn't stick real close
    to the diet (it was my birthday and I *had* to have some cake!)
    So far, I'm finding it pretty easy, plus I'm determined!
    
    Good luck to all!
    
    Colleen

    re .92 (Wellness Center):
    
    Yes.  I think Health Services would be able to give you more details.
    
    
    Recorded a 2-1/2 pound loss at last night's weighin.  My total loss
    since starting the WW program now stands at 25-1/2 pounds (from
    201 to 175-1/2).  Waist measurement has dropped 2-3/4 inches, from
    40" to 37-1/4".  
    
    I now have 5-1/2 pounds to go until I hit my "temporary goal" weight
    of 170.  Depending on how the next couple of weeks go, I plan to
    set my permanent goal somewhere in the 160-165 lb. range (I'm 5'8").
    
    
    Have a good day,
    Paul

More progress this week, all though it seems to be slowing down to a steady
pound and a half a week.  I guess as you get closer it gets harder. 

Not much in the way of cheating, except for that one splurge on a beer and bag
of cashews.  At least it was a light beer, Amstel. The exercise program has
continued faithfully, and I am even starting to look forward to it. 

So, official report.  Last week 1.5 pounds, total to date, 4 days short of 17
months, 180 pounds lost; from 398 to 218 pounds.  Currently aiming for a final
weight of just under 200, but this will be adjusted as I get closer to it. 

Another milestone of sorts.  This week's new pants have a 40 inch waist, that
has not been true since high school (at least 22 years), and at 6'3" I am  3
inches taller now (I 'm still heavier than then).  That is down from a 58 when
I started this diet. 

-Joe

    RE:: .95
    
    Joe, that is fantastic.  I don't know about you but I find the longer
    (30 weeks) I am on the w.w. program the easier it gets.  It is slowing
    down as my weight goes down, but I can live with it.  Down 1 pound
    this week.
    
    Eileen

    RE .96
    
    It does get easier with time.  The example that made me realize
    this is how I've stopped craving the runs to Kimbals Farm (Ice
    Cream).  Last year I only went there three times all winter, but
    it was a lot of work staying away.  This summer has been warmer
    but I've only gone once and seldom think of it.
    
    I think those of us with a lot to lose have an advantage of sorts,
    if we lose it sensibly (a pound or two a week average), it takes
    so long that we end up developing new habits.  I finaly know that
    I will keep it off this time.
    
    -Joe

    A minor major loss this week...  minor because it was only .75 lbs.,
    but major, as I crossed the 35 pound loss mark (35.5 now!).
    
    						*** Kristy ***

    This week I reached my first goal, 20 pounds gone.  Felt really
    good about it until someone said to me "You look thinner; have you
    been sick?"  This was the first person who did not know I had been
    working at it who had noticed my weight loss.  You win some,
    lose some.  

    Hangin' in there
    
    Peg
    

    
    
    Peg you are doing so good .. Don't worry what people say.
    I bet you feel better already.. Good for you.
    Keep it up and good luck to your next goal!!
    
    
    A new friend
    
    	ANN
    
    
    

    
    
    I was happy because I lost weight Monday In Weight Watchers .
    It was even after my vacation so it made me feel I am learning.
    It was a small lose but every lose I get closer to being a 
    thinner me..  I am looking forward to the day that I can
    walk on a public beach in a bathing suit and not feel 
    different then everyone else..
    
    A future Beach girl
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    Recorded a 1/2 pound loss at last night's weighin.  I've now lost
    26 pounds since starting Wieght Watchers on June 11 (from 201 to
    175).  Waist measurement is now down a full three inches, from 40"
    to 37".

    Paul,
    
    I know how you feel about small losses.  I seem to drop only a pound
    a week, but that has now added up to a loss of 
    
    (drum roll, please)
    
    
    			..........57 POUNDS!!!!!!!
    
             					(and the crowd goes WILD!)
                        
    It does mount up, doesn't it!
    
    Marion

    Paul, Marion, et al - remember, it took us several years to put
    it all *on*, and taking it off slowly gives your body time to get
    used to its new self.  No loose skin, no sick looking dieters,
    just slender healthy people!  Besides, it's taking me several
    months to save up for my new wardrobe ;-)
    
    5 more to reach my goal - this 5 is being tough.  I'm so tempted
    to stop now, since I don't look TOO bad now, but I want to finish!
    So, no matter how long it takes, to the finish line!
    
    --Louise

    Down 2 more pounds this week.  I decided to spend some money on
    myself.  I oredered the ON-PROGRAM Electronic calculator from an
    advertisment I saw in W.W. magazine.  It was expensive ($50.00)
    but with 65 more pounds to lose I am sure I will get my dollars
    worth, if I don't wear it out first.  Makes life a little easier
    than checking the exchange paper after every meal. I like being
    able to take it out of my purse in a reasturant and deduct my
    exchanges before I forget.  The truth is, its a fun new toy to keep
    my interest that much longer.

    Gained one this week and didn't really cheat.  I continued the exercise
    program.  I'm not going to fret, I'll just do better next week.

                                                     
    -Joe

    Recorded a 1-1/2 pound loss at last night's weighin.
    
    Total loss since starting Weight Watchers on June 11th is now 27-1/2
    pounds (from 201 to 173-1/2).
    
    I've officially set my permanent goal weight at 165, so I now have
    just 8-1/2 pounds to go.
    
    There won't be a progress report next week, as I'll be away on
    vacation.  Have a good week next week and a good Labor Day holiday
    all; next progress report will be September 10th.
    
    
    Paul

    Weighed in yesterday evening after my first week of Weight Watchers,
    down 5.5 pounds, still 24.5 to go to my intermediate goal.
    
    It's a GREAT feeling !
    
    Joana
    

    At the end of week 1 on the Rotation Diet, I'm down from 215 to 207.
    Not bad, 8 lbs. in 1 week! Weighed in this morning and I'm now at
    205.5. I strongly recommend this diet to anyone who has had trouble
    dieting in the past (like me!). So far, I have been ABSOLUTELY PERFECT
    on this diet and the results are most definitely paying off. I have not
    been the least bit hungry on this diet, and haven't even neded my safe
    fruit. I feel and look a heck of a lot better, and I really don't think 
    I'll have any difficulty obtaining my goal of 200 or less after the first
    rotation. It'll take another one or two rotations on this diet to make
    my goal of 175-180, but I know its attainable. Plus, the exercise
    (30-45 minutes of brisk walking) seems to be doing the trick. Needless
    to say I am gung ho!

    Weighed in Thursday at w.w. 
    was down 3#. total 56#
    57 more to go for 1987.

    
    
    Progress what's that?   Our Weight Watchers class stopped for
    three weeks so it's not easy .. I will be glad when it starts
    again..   My report isn't good.. I lose 2 gain 3 lose 3 gain 5.
    I need to get with the program...
    
    I have read some of all yours and it is giving me the pick up
    I need .. Good for all of you.. Maybe I will be with you soon..
    No I will be with you soon...
    
    Life in the fat lane,
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    The progress reported in 15.37 continued --- almost 20 pounds from
    mid May until the first of July then another 20 pounds as of this
    morn.
    
    Thanks to a combination of:
    
    	WW motivation assistance (but not really following their diet),
    
    	Significantly reduced food intake,
    
    	Sweat level exercise twice a day, seven days per week, 
    	from a half to a full hour each time, (yup, 'tis time consuming),
        (not perfect --- miss about 3 or 4 of the 14 sessions),
    
    	Water gluttony (about one hundred ounces per day), and the
    
    	Support of my wife.

    Well, I haven't attended WW in 3 weeks (haven't been around this
    area and couldn't find any local WW meetings where I was) and
    surprisingly enough, I lost 1/4 of a pound for a grand total of
    35.75 lbs.  Now that things aren't going to be so hectic, I can
    really get back on track.
    
    Have a great long weekend!
    
    						*** Kristy ***

    I have now been on Weight Watchers for six weeks and have lost 12
    pounds!  I am very pleased.  Only 18 more to go!
    
    It hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be, although lately
    I have been getting urges for sweets.  Still, the hardest thing
    for me is trying to cut back on my salad dressing...
    
    Good luck to all!
    
    Colleen

    
    Alright Colleen! Keep up the good work!
    
    							--- Neal

    Went to Weight Watchers last night for the first time since returning
    from vacation, and was up one pound.  While it's never enjoyable
    to record a gain, this vacation did a lot less damage than vacations
    have in past years, so I feel fortunate in that regard.
    
    I'm making a concerted effort to follow the program to the letter
    this week, so there should be good news in here next Thursday.
    
    
    Paul 

    re: .116
    
    Paul, don't give up.  You done good - considering!
    
    
    re: ME
    
    As of today I have lost 61 pounds in 6 months.  The last ten came
    off in 8 weeks.  I am getting SOOOO THIN that I can HARDLY STAND
    IT!!!
    
    Marion

    Quick progress report after 1st 3-week rotation on the Rotation Diet:

	A 15 lb loss over the 3 weeks (reached my goal of 200).
	Total loss over the past 6 weeks is 25 lbs.

    Anyone interested in this diet should read thru note 89. So far, I'm
    extremely impressed by the results.
						-Dom

    Down another 2.4 pounds this week w/WW. 
    
    You know what? What I really enjoy in here is being able to convert
    my lost kilos to lost pounds... there are so many more of them!
    
    I loose kilos, but as most of you loose pounds, I am able, for your
    information (obviously, not only for my pleasure!) to transform
    a measly 1.1 kilo lost into a grand 2.4 pounds lost. The psychological
    effect is great.
    
    BTW, I am using 0.450 kilos (or 450 grams to the pound).
    
    Joana
                 

    Well, I'm finally back reporting some progress.  We went on vacation
    to Florida - the first time I've been so far south.  Went to Disney
    World, walked miles and miles, ate whatever I wanted, and felt like
    I didn't gain anything!  Swam in both the gulf and the ocean - it's
    all true; they're like bathwater down there.  I'm used to northern
    ocean temperatures, where it's painful to put your toes in.  This
    was heaven, and I'm going to retire to a south sea island next
    year!
    
    At any rate, spent the 2nd vacation week at home, eating moderately,
    and was depressed to find I'd gained 3/4 lb when I returned to work
    and weighed myself last Tuesday.  I went back to STRICT dieting,
    determined to get that last 5 lbs off.  Well, looks like I didn't take 
    the time of month into account, since I weighed myself today and
    I've lost that 3/4 lb and 3 1/2 more!  So I probably lost weight
    over my vacation, and the momentary gain was water retention.
    
    Only 2 more lbs to go to my goal of having lost a total of 50 lbs.
    I just want to see the scale register something in the 120s - so
    I'm aiming for 129 1/2 which will be 50 lbs under my all time high.
    
    I still can't believe this is true.  When I started LIFESTEPS my
    goal was to lose 20 lbs by the next January, and here it's only
    September and I've almost lost 50.  I never would have believed
    I could do that!  Actually, if I'd looked at losing 50, I may not
    have ever started.  20 was something I could deal with.  It's
    taken me a lot of time, and it has not been all downhill which has
    been frustrating, but the small losses on a fairly constant basis
    really do add up.
    
    I hope everyone who reads this file will have success also.  My
    heart goes out to each and every one of you who is fighting the
    daily battle.  If anyone EVER needs encouragement, you know where
    to reach me:
    
    Work:: dtn 381-1348 SQM::AITEL
    Home:: (603) 424-8055
    
    --Louise

    
    
    Our Weight Watchers classes have started up again.. We didn't meet
    for four weeks and it was very hard.  I am ready to buckle down
    and get back with the program.  I will let you all know how I do
    next Monday.. It's good for me to have W/Watchers on Monday so
    I will do better on weekends which is my hardest times.........
    
    I hope we all have a good year...
    
    The best to you,
    
    Ann
    
    

    Hello everyone.
    
    First of all, congratulations to all of you.  Your discipline and
    "won't" power is admirable.  Today is the first day of my real effort
    to drop 10 lbs.  So far, it has not been good.  I have a problem
    with low blood sugar (whenever I'm tested, even after eating an
    hour before it is around 40, average is 72) which causes me to be
    very irritable if I don't eat regularly (every 2 hrs.)  The vending
    machines are definitely working against me.  Any suggestions?
    
    My goal is to lose the 10 lbs. in 9 weeks (getting married on Nov.21,1987).
    
    Here goes everything!
    
    BTW, my weight loss plan is to simply decrease fat intake, increase
    complex carbos, and exercise aerobically 3 times a week with some body
    work.
    
    I'll record the LOSS next Wednesday.
    
    D.

    re .119, .120:
    
    WAY TO GO!!!!!!!
    
    re .121, .122:
    
    Looking forward to your good news next week.
    
    
    Weighed in last night, and recorded a four pound loss this week.
    Although this is a large loss given that I'm not too far from goal,
    it wasn't that surprising for two reasons: 1) I got back to weighing,
    measuring, and following the program to the letter following last
    week's gain; 2) The intestinal bug that kept me home from work
    yesterday and Tuesday also killed my desire to eat.
    
    Total loss now at 30-1/2 pounds (from 201 to 170-1/2).  5-1/2 pounds
    to go until I hit my goal of 165.  Waist measurement now down 3-1/2
    inches, from 40" to 36-1/2".
    
    
    Paul

	Unfortunately I gain over 18 lbs (since lost 3) this
	summer mainly because I wasn't paying attention to
	my food/drink consumption. It is so easy get carless
	in those lazy crazy days of summer especially with
	all those goings on. I'm not on any diet program.

	Perhaps I caught by the falacy that calories don't
	count under the following conditions:

	Eating standing up.
	Eating a meal with diet soda.
	Eating a meal with draught beer from a keg.
	Eating out of a box or bag.
	Drinks with no ice.
	Eating out of a serving dish.
	Eating by candlelight.
	Eating with friends.
	EAting a meal the took longer than one hour to prepare.
	Eating a dish served directly by a host or hostess.
	On your birthday.
	When visiting or visited by relatives.
	IF you eat the desset first.
	Eating take out food.
	Eating a dish prepared from an old family recipe.

	(Their be others).

    
    
    I have made some progress this time I lost 2 pounds.
    That is good to me because I have been gaining......
    It was hard because our Weight Watchers class stopped for
    awhile....
    
    On the road again,, for losing.. I have a Noter who helps 
    me so his messages make me want to keep losing........
    
    
    Good Luck to all 
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    Way to go Ann!!!  That's great news!
    
    I have to join Ann in her celebration... I lost 2 lbs this past
    week as well - down a total of 37.75 lbs since April 18.
    
    						*** Kristy ***

    
    
    Good News for you too Kristy!  Watch out Bo Derek here comes
    Kristy (^:
    Lets keep it going like this and it will be a good year for all
    or us...
    
    
    We are losers and are happy because of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    Ann..
    
    
    

    Well here it is, Wednesday already!
    This has been a bad week for me because I have had some flu symptoms
    for five days now.  Consequently, exercise has been at the bottom
    of my list of things to do, and sleep has been at the top.  A good
    thing for me that eating has not been a priority either, so, I still
    LOST 1 lb. despite the total inactivity.  Actually, that is a good
    loss because my present weight and height makes it difficult for
    me to lose more than 1.5 lbs./week without partial starvation (unless
    I lose a lot of water).  
    
    Until next week, or whenever.
    
    D.

    After my week off from the Rotation Diet (no loss, no gain), I've just
    completed week 1 of Rotation 2 for another 5 pound loss. It's great to
    finally be under 200 (at 195 this morning). Total loss so far is 30 lbs.
    (it boggles the mind that I've lost as much weight as my 3 yr old 
    daughter weighs!).	15 to go.
						-Dom

    Lost another 3.8 pounds this week! really astonishing: even though
    I was real careful about what I ate, I also ate everything allowed
    on WW, which is quite a fair bit, and didn't exercize at all.
    
    I suppose its a freak thing, and next week will probably be bad,
    but still it's a nice feeling!
    
    I have lost a total of 15.5 pounds in 5 weeks of WW. I am at 15
    pounds of my intermediate goal.
    
    Joana

    I finally decided to get off my backside and lose the last 20 pounds
    I had to lose. So I started the Rotation Diet last Wednesday with my
    husband and so far I've lost 6 pounds! Much thanks to Mother Nature,
    and I'm sure the Chinese food that we had the night before inflated
    the original figure somewhat. 14 to go!
    
    sue
    

    
    Here goes...
    started  Sept.14..........159.5
    	     Sept.21..........159.5  (that time of the month)
    	     Sept.28..........156.75
    
    For a loss of 2.75
    
    I have a slight problem at weigh-ins.  I use the scale at work,
    but I work shifts.  I have been on the night shift so I weighed
    in at 8:00 am which was the "end" of my day and probably my
    heaviest time of day.  Next weigh-in I am on day shift so it 
    will be the start of the day.  Then I go to evenings so I will
    weigh-in at 4:00 pm, sort of mid-day.
    So I think I will just try for an overall downward trend and
    not worry about each pound as it will fluctuate.  That is easier
    said than done when every pound lost is such an effort, but I'll
    try and be psyched not to get discouraged.
    I went to a business meeting/dinner tonight and I don't feel too
    bad about what I ate.  The meat portion was probably too big, I
    left some of the cream corn soup, left half of the salad cause it
    had dressing on it, ate the icecream and tiny bit of cake, had
    Perrier instead of a cocktail, but my downfall was the Baileys
    Irish Cream liqueur after.  I'll be good all week and see how I
    do on Monday.

    Well, so far, not so good.
    
    I did manage to lose .5 lb. this past week for a total of 1.5 for
    the two weeks, however, I have not been following my diet plan at
    all.  My fast food intake has been reduced, yet, when I get in an
    onion dip mood, I'll eat cape cod potato chips and onion dip (made
    from sour cream) for dinner.  Not good at all.  To top it all off,
    I have not exercised in over two weeks.  I do get in 64 oz of water
    on weekdays, but on the weekend I'm always out so I don't get much
    fluid.  
    
    With all the set backs, I am not discouraged.  I will try to get in 
    at least two workouts this week (which will be very hard because 
    this week I leave the house at 7:15 am and return at 11:30 pm.).  
    
    Minus 8.5 lbs. in 7.5 weeks is still obtainable.  
    
    Looking forward to a substancial loss,
    D.

    .132 - I've gotten into the practice of ordering my salads with
    the dressing on the side.  This means I can put a few spoonsful
    on my salad, and the salad is not soggy at the bottom of the bowl.
    Of course, if this was a big dinner and all the food was pre-made,
    you may not have had a choice, but for "normal" meals out, it
    really works.
    
    --Louise

    
    Louise,
    	You were right, it was a large dinner with a set menu.  I
    usually don't have any dressing at all with salad, and so I wouldn't
    have missed it at all.  I don't really like salad but I'm eating
    it cause it helps me get my daily vegetable portions and is easy
    to fix and nibble on while I work shift work.  Helps me stay away
    from the candy machine downstairs.  They have my favourite down
    there now, the cads, a Cadbury's Dairy Milk is calling me but I'm
    not listening!
    Thanks,
    	Debra
    

    Attended Weight Watchers lost night, and recorded a 3-1/2 pound
    loss since the last meeting I attended on September 16th (missed
    last week due to a cold).  My total loss now stands at 34 pounds
    (from 201 to 167); I am now two pounds from my goal of 165.
    
    Also, back in reply .80 I stated that my wife's mother and sister
    were now attending meetings with me and my wife.  I'm pleased to report
    that my mother-in-law has lost 15 of the 40 pounds that she's hoping
    to lose, and my sister-in-law lost 10 pounds in the four weeks before
    returning to college and has kept it off.  My mother-in-law brought
    a friend from work with her to last night's meeting, and is
    looking forward to giving her the support she needs to make her
    weightloss program a success.

    
    
    Watch out Robert Redford here comes Paul>  That is great news..
    By you doing so well your relatives want to look good to.. 
    So you are helping out others by helping yourself...to change
    your habits.. That goes to show you it can be done?
    
    When will I make it???  
    
    
    Thanks for sharing
    
    
    

    Did pretty well this week... down another 2.25 for a total of 39
    lbs gonzo!!!!

    Down 2 lbs this week after completing week 2 of Rotation 2 - weighed in
    this morning at 193. Total loss so far is 32 lbs. Hoping to get under
    190 by the end of the 2nd rotation. 180 is actually inching into the
    window on my scale. Have also lost about 4 inches in the waistline -
    its real nice to wear pants that I haven't worn in 2 years!
						    -Dom

    Congratulations Kristy and Dom!! You two are really doing great!!
    
    I'm on day 7 of week 1 with the Rotation diet. I have lost a total
    of 9 pounds so far and I'm really feeling terrific. The walking
    in the evening gives me an added bonus of getting rid of daily stress
    and tension. 
                           -sunny-

    I have not been putting in progress, but if I put it here in writing
    maybe it will be a motivator.  I have lost 13 pounds of a 45 pound
    goal in three weeks.  I am on the Weight Loss Clinic Plan, the first
    week was 1000 calories a day, but specific foods and amounts, and
    the other two weeks have been 800 calories a day, still very restricted
    and measured.  The measuring does seem to help, and it's certainly
    working.  I hope I have as much success as some of the rest of you.
    
    Val

    
    I'm still working on this:
    
    sept.14.....159.5
    sept.21.....159.5
    sept.28.....156.75
    oct. 5......153.25
    
    a loss of 3.5 pounds, for a total of 6.25
    
    lets all keep going,
    
    Debra
    
    

    Registered a 1/2 pound gain at my Weight Watchers weighin last night.
    Since I didn't really stray from program, and had a 7-1/2 pound
    loss in the previous three weeks, I think it was just a week for
    my body to recuperate and regroup.  On the plus side, I measured
    my waist this morning, and I've dropped another fraction of an inch
    to 35-7/8".
    
    Goal is still just 2-1/2 pounds away; I know I'll get there soon.
    
    
    Paul

    Have not reported in for a while but, I am still making good progress
    last Wed. weighed in at w.w. 4lb down
    this Wed.                    2.5 down
    
    Total is about 90lbs. since Jan. 6, 50 more to go.   

    I haven't checked in for several weeks or months but though thick
    and thin (Decworld and Customer visits) I remain on WW. Joining
    the group here at MKO was a good idea. I'm on a steady average of
    2 per week down 41 since July with 59 left to goal. I am no longer
    worried about whats going to happen when I reach goal. Veggies and
    fish are part of my routine and will just stay with my new life
    style.

    Down another 3 this past week (190). Total for the last 3 weeks 
    (rotation #2) is 10 lbs. Not as dramatic as the first time (15), but 
    I realize that as I get closer to goal, it'll get tougher to lose. 
    So far, 35 down, 10 to go. No dieting this week. I'm glad this diet 
    only runs in 3 week spurts - its nice to get a break. I don't know 
    how the rest of you manage to diet for longer periods than that.
    Hopefully, one more rotation should do it.
						-Dom

    
    
    I got weight in today at Weight Watchers and I lost 4 1/2 pounds.
    
    I have lost 7 1/2 pounds since we started three weeks ago, so I'am
    getting there........
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    Well, it's time to 'fess up.
                        
    For those who have suffered thru my long monologues on dieting
    and travel, here's the progress since my return from Boston.
    
    The first week:  lost 3 of those unwanted pounds.
    
    Second week:  Uh, actually, didn't lose any more weight.  
    
    Rationalization:  I spent the second week at Mother's on vacation
    (her birthday).  I rarely lose weight while at Mother's.  I used
    to blame the homemade fudge, brownies and chocolate cake.  There
    were none of those this time.  Oh well, I did something wrong.
    
    I'm making an extra effort to lose the other two pounds this week.
    I'll report next Monday on success or failure.
    
    			Good luck to all of you,
    
    				Donna
                       

    The 4 pound loss I recorded at last night's WW weighin put me at
    163-1/2, which is 1-1/2 pounds under my goal weight!  YAHOO!!!
    Total loss: 37-1/2 pounds.
    
    I now undertake a six week maintenance program, during which I will
    be required to keep my weight at no more than two pounds above goal.
    
    A great big "Thank you" is definitely in order to all of you noters
    for your kind words and support.
    
    IT CAN BE DONE!!!!        
    
    
    PY

    
    Hey Paul I am so happy for you !  You worked hard for it and I am
    glad you are there!!  Yes you have shown us that it can be done.
    Someday maybe some us will say the same thing because of your lose.
    And also because you never gave up and you stuck with it...........
    
    
    A friend from notes
    
    Thanks for sharing the GREAT news with us!!
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    I'm also finally at maintenance.  I've gone from 179 1/2 (at 5'4"
    in height) to between 130 and 135, depending on time of day, time
    of month etc.  Now the trick is to watch my size instead of my
    weight.  I'm working on bodybuilding and hoping to compete within
    the next year.  As such, I'm working on adding muscle mass while
    keeping my fat at its current 11 1/2 % or lower.  Since muscle is
    weighty stuff, this can get depressing if I watch only the scale.
    For example, I now fit comfortably into the clothes I bought at
    my absolute skinniest, but I weigh a few pounds more.  I'm starting
    to say, well, they must've stretched, I must be getting fat, oh
    horrors!  Well, that's the way to anorexia, buddies, and I'm fighting
    myself over that issue daily.
    
    At any rate, I'm still reading this conference - there's a lot of
    good info here on nutrition etc, and I'm also cheering for the rest
    of you.  I'll let you know when I enter a competition - boy is THIS
    a turn-around for me!
    
    --Louise

    
    
    Good news from you too Louise!  Good luck to your body 
    building..  I bet you will come out a winner.  Not just
    in a groups eyes but in your own.  When you are happy with
    you that's wonderful..  Someday I'll join yah but until then
    I will be trying my best to get there.................
    
    
    Ann Louise Arno.. I like your name... that's my middle name!!
    
    
    

    Alright Paul!!!
    
    Feels so good, you want to eat a pizza.........WW that is.
    
    Congradulations and Kudos to you.
    
    Ken

    re .151:
    
    WAY TO GO LOUISE!  Congrats to you too!
    
    re .153:
    
    Love your personal name, Ken!  BTW, did you know that my wife,
    mother-in-law, and I have a tradition where we go out for pizza after
    our Wednesday night WW meeting?  Sounds crazy, but it's true. On the WW
    plan, one slice of cheese pizza equals 1-1/2 bread exchanges, 1 protein
    exchange, and a fraction of a veggie exchange.  So, we order a large
    pizza for the three of us, eat two slices and have a salad or antipasto
    to go with it, and have an enjoyable meal that's still on program.
    
    
    PY 
                                             
    
    

    Congratulations to both of you, Paul and Louise.
    
    Those last few pounds to goal can be so difficult.  
    
    				Good luck in the future,
    
    					Donna

    
    Well, just returned from the visit to my weightloss Doctor...I 
    only see him once every 3 or 4 weeks and missed a visit last 
    month...so this progress report is a little behind!  But that's
    o.k.  Still lost 5.5 pounds since my last visit...and that makes
    a grand total of 25 pounds in 12 weeks!  I'm so excited!  It's 
    great being thinner and fitting into clothes that I hadn't worn
    in years!  Only about another 50 or so to go...I haven't decided
    on my actual goal weight as of yet!  
    
    	Hang in there, ya'll! 
    
    		-My
    

    Completed week 1 of maintenance on the WW program last night.  Beleive
    it or not, despite adding a bit more than the 100 extra calories
    per day they prescribe for the first week of maintenance, I dropped
    another pound to 162-1/2.  
                                          
    It's been a little bit tricky switching my frame of mind from "Have
    what you can, but stay within the groundrules of the program" to
    "You're now trying to maintain your weight, not lose additional  
    weight".  
    
    I now know that I can add a little more to my daily intake.  My
    WW leader said in regards to the additional pound lost, "Enjoy it
    while you can".  Easy advice to take...   :-)
    
    
    Continued good luck to you all,
    Paul
        

    After 3 weeks of semi-stagnation, lost 2.7 pounds this week,
    for a grand total of 21.2 pounds.
    
    I am now less than 10 pounds from my intermediate goal, but have
    not yet chosen an "ideal weight".
    
    I am really happy with WW, on all counts: type and amount of food,
    overall weight loss, and acquiring the right eating habits ...
    
    Luck to all of you, and if some of you who would like to diet have
    not chosen their diet yet, I really recommend they try Weight Watchers:
    it has done wonders for me, and for quite a few people around me
    (which is what motivated me to choose them in the first place).
    
    Joana

    re .158:
    
    Congratulations on your progress to date, Joana.  As for your 3 weeks
    of "semi-stagnation", I had a similar experience, losing only *one*
    pound between August 12th and September 9th.  Your good week is yet
    more evidence that if you "hang in there" during a plateau period,
    you'll start losing again sooner or later. 
    
    
    Weighed in last night at the end of Week 2 of WW maintenance.  My
    weight was 163-1/4, which is 1-3/4 pounds under my goal.  Four weeks
    to go until I'm a lifetime member!
                                                                          
    
    Paul

    I know you have all been waiting with bated breath for my progress
    report that says I've lost the rest of my 5 pound weight-gain while
    traveling (Boston for 2 weeks).  :-)
    
    Well, Here it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    	Lost 3 lbs first week back home
        Lost 1/2 lb week before last
        Lost 1 1/2 lbs last week
    
    Well, it took me a little longer than I had hoped to regain the
    lost ground but I made it.
    
    Now to carry on to my goal.
    
    				Good luck to all,
    
    						Donna

    
    
    Watch out Paul Newman and Robert Redford here comes Paul
    Yankowskas with his new body..  You are doing so well.
    I thank you for all the support you give to me. I sure
    need alot more but with your nice sharing and caring 
    I feel I will do it..
    
    Thanks sport...
    
    You have alot of courage......
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    Finally!  I made it over the 40-lb loss mark!!!  Lost another 1.25
    lbs to put me at 40.75 lbs lost total!

    
    
    I lost 6 pounds today at my weight-in at W/Watchers class at 
    work.  Not bad for after a trick or treat weekend..
    
    I did alot better this year then last.
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    Yay Ann!   I'm so glad to hear it, you've been working so hard
    on your diet.
    
    Me, I've gained 2 and am back on the wagon to lose them.  Funny
    thing is that I am not anxious about this, since now I KNOW how
    to lose them.  That's progress!
    
    --Louise

    
    Louise I know how you feel.  I get so bored with my program.  I
    hear the same stuff over and over again.  Sometimes it's
    like a broken record.  
    How does someone that has been on program for along time get 
    modivated again? 
    
    I will be wishing you luck to lose weight and get modivated
    once again.  
    It's so easy to go off program and gain weight back.
    
    With a name like Louise you can't go
    wrong...
    
    
    Ann Louise Arno
    
    
    That's my middle name...
    
    
    

    Had planned on taking a single week off between rotations 2 & 3 on the
    Rotation Diet. A few bouts of serious bingeing & unnecessary substitutions
    during the first 2 weeks of Rotation 3 caused me to simply admit that I
    was off the diet. So this week, I'm back on for the restart of Rotation
    3 - kinda works out just fine, since there are 3 full weeks before
    Thanksgiving. The one encouraging thing about being off the diet for
    3 weeks (& having to endure Hallowe'en candy & cookies) was that I didn't 
    gain anything (says something about the increase in metabolism due to
    the daily walking!).

    So I start this rotation at the same weight I ended the previous one (190).
    35 down and 10 to go & super motivated to dump those last 10 before
    Thanksgiving. I feel thinner already.
							-Dom

    After 14 weeks on WW, I have now lost a total of 18 pounds!
    
    Yippee!
    
    Good luck to everyone!
    
    Colleen
    
    P.S.  Remember to drink your water!  It really *DOES* made a difference!

    re .167:
    
    Way to go Colleen!  (BTW, she ain't kiddin' about the water folks!
    You've gotta drink it!)
    
    
    As for myself, I got a bit careless during my third week of
    maintenance, and weighed in last night right at my goal weight of
    165.  But, as Louise said a few replies ago, I feel I know how to
    lose it and I'm not worried.  Better news next week...
    
    PY

    Well it's been a week and a half and I'm 8.5 down.  Cloths are starting
    to fit better already.  I have not had the least bit of a problem
    following the Weight loss clinic program.  It's amazing how much
    better you feel just after 8.5 pounds lost.  And as others have
    said water makes the weight go down...
    
    
    Steve
    

    Down another 2 lbs. this past week (Rotation 3, week 1) on the Rotation
    Diet. Haven't been sticking to it as closely as I'd like, but haven't
    really been bingeing on junk food (been doing a lot of snacking on 
    cheeses). Total loss so far is 37 lbs, 8 to go. Not sure if I'll be able
    to dump those last 8 on this rotation, but I'm certainly gonna try.

    How long has it taken to get down the 37lbs ?  I am on the third
    day of the first week.  I have been on W.W. since Jan. 6 and lost
    about 90lbs. I have 50 more to go, I was getting bored with W.W.
    so I thought I would try the rotation after reading about it in
    the notes.

    After being away from Notes for a while I have lost track of what
    program you are following.  Paul did you stay with the rotation
    diet ? How much did you lose ? How long did it take ? How long have
    you been maintaining ? How do you like all these questions ?  I
    am on my third day of the first week, and am looking forward to
    hear any progress reports on the Rotation program.
    
    Eileen

    re .172 (Eileen):
    
    First, congratulations on your loss of 90 pounds!  Fantastic!
    (Yet another example of "IT CAN BE DONE"!).
    
    I have been on the Weight Watchers plan throughout my weight loss
    program.  It took me 18 weeks (from June 11 to October 14) to get
    from 201 pounds to 165 pounds.  In the Weight Watchers program,
    when you get to your goal weight, you then go on a six week maintenance
    program, in which you gradually add calories to your daily intake
    in order to stabilize your weight.  To successfully complete the
    program, you have to keep your weight at no more than two pounds
    above goal.  I have just completed the fourth week of maintenance
    (in fact, I get weighed in tonight).
    
    I don't know too much about the Rotation Diet other than what I've
    read in here.  From what I do know, it seems like a sensible, practical
    plan that provides good results (Dom Carr has been especially
    successful with it).  
    
    
    Paul

    Weighed in last night after completing the fourth of my six weeks
    of maintenance on the WW program.  Was down three pounds, and am
    now at 162, three pounds below my goal weight.  I wasn't really
    surprised; my weighin last Wednesday was after having a large dinner
    (the prime rib at the Pond View in Kingston, NH) on Tuesday night.
    I figured that last weeks's the gain was just temporary, and last
    night proved me right.
    
    Two more weeks, and I become a lifetime WW member!
    
    
    Paul
                                                           
    

    Down another 3 this past week. Total loss so far is 40 lbs, another
    5 to go till I hit 180. Hoping I can dump those last 5 this week.
						-Dom

    
    
    This morning was another visit to the weightloss Doctor. 
    
    Lost another 6 pounds.  (Not as much as I had hoped for, 
    but better than gaining!  :^))  I know that if I could
    just get my exercise routine in place it would come off
    even faster!  I just have trouble fitting it into my 
    busy schedule!  (Yet I know that I should!)  
    
    Total lost so far....31 pounds!  Now I'm back to where I 
    was a year ago!  (And I only achieved that last year due 
    to having surgery and not eating!)
    
    My

    Re Dom, My:
    
    WAY TO GO!!! Keep up the great work!
    
    
    Weighed in last night after completing the fifth of six weeks of
    WW maintenance, and found myself down another 3/4 pound.  I now
    stand at 161-1/4, 3-3/4 pounds under my goal weight of 165 and 
    39-3/4 pounds less than where I was on June 11th. 
    
    Lifetime WW membership is now just six days away!
    
    
    Paul
        

    Since I entered last week's progress report, there have been a grand
    total of two more replies to this note and four entries in
    RCKNRL::PROGRESS.
    
    Where are all the progress reports?
    
    Let's hear from you...so we can give you an "Attaboy/attagirl" if
    the news is good, or a boost and some encouragement if your week
    didn't go as well as you hoped.  Don't forget, we're all in this
    together...
    
    
    Paul

    RE .178
    
    I generally don't double post and only mention progress in that
    file, but your rquest has me, this time, posting here also.
    
    Weighed in yesterday at 205 down 4 pounds.  That more than wiped
    out last weeks one pound gain.  In eight weeks with Weight Watchers
    I am down 24, in the twenty months and one day (but whose counting)
    that I've been dieting I am down 197.
    
    My next big celebrition point is going to be the half way point.
    When I am at 201 down 201.  Even with Thanksgiving, that is no 
    more than three weeks away!
    
    -Joe
    
    PS >> anyone know how to avoid going broke buying ne clothes?
    

    Jeo,
    
    You are an inspiration!  I guess I better get my little(?) tail
    in gear so I can add my progress into this note.
    
    Marion

    Re -.2 Breaking the bank with new clothes:  I bought only a few
    new things while I was on my way down.  After buying one nice
    pair of pants that was soon too large, I stuck mainly to thrift
    shop clothes.  Nice things, but $4 for a pair of jeans, not
    $24.  I can still wear a few of them for weekend/play clothes -
    they are large but ok with a belt.  Now, how do I avoid going
    broke now that I'm down to my goal?  A pleasant dilemma!
    
    --Louise

    For me it has been what I call "tent dresses".  You can find some
    really interesting ones and some that are jumpers.  You can loose
    alot before they need to be replaced.
    
    Marion

    RE .181
    
    I've tried the buying cheap route, but even with the weight loss
    I still take the TALL sizes which limits that to some extent.
    
    I've tried buying a few items, but with the ammount of size changes
    that I've transitioned I still end up with many clothes that are
    no where near wearable.  I throw them out because of the fear that
    if they are in the wardrobe I will be able to grow into them if
    I seriously falter.
    
    Just for example on the size changes I've undergone:  I started
    with pants with a 58" waiste and am down to a 40" and pushing a
    38.  At the start I wore shirts that were XXXXL  and now fit very
    comfortably into a L-Tall.  
    
    I do have a pair of the pre-diet pants, and a sweater, left to remind
    and scare me.  I took them to a WW meeting and put them on over
    my current clothes just to show those who didn't know me before.
    It was hilarious.  I had enough room for someone else in there with
    me.   
                                                                   
    The other problem forcing some purchaces of new clothing is the season
    change.  Last winters clothes are useless.  
    
    Luckily as a DECcie, I don't need suits and jackets or I would really
    be broke.  I did buy a suit last January, wore it to my mother's
    funeral, and threw it out a few weeks ago when a taylor laughed
    after I asked about taking it in.
    
    It might seem like I am complaining now, but there is no way I would
    change back.  I also am really looking forward to making goal, spending
    a couple more months with Nautilus to firm up and then -probably
    next spring- going broke buying clothes.  Sort of the ultimate non-
    fattening binge.
    
    -Joe
    

    Perhaps we could get a clothing swap started!  Any women about
    5'4" tall who need jeans from 12-16 in size?  (could be taller,
    I cuffed a lot of them instead of shortening them).  I also have
    some size large shirts...around the same range of size.  Hey,
    some of the jeans are hardly worn, while some are weekend jeans.
    I work at ZK and live in Merrimack NH, should anyone want to try
    a few pairs on.  I'm going to keep one of the largest ones, though!
    
    --Louise
    
    (perhaps, if folks would like to do this, we should start up
    a new note.)

    Ok, I've made SOME progress - I'm down 25 pounds, 20 more to go.
     I put my program on hold at the Weight Loss CLinic for one week,
    due to a death in the family.  There was no way to stay on program
    exactly.  However, at worst, I seem to have held at the weight I
    was at before this week.  Monday's weigh-in will tell for sure.
     Reading these reports is certainly inspiring!
    
    RE:  Clothing swap:  I have a close friend who is enjoying most
    of my pre-weight-loss clothes!  This has helped her out, and I don't
    look at all those clothes and think, well, it doesn;t matter, I
    still have them - because I don't!!

    Well, I sure would like to say that I reached my goal, but I'm still
    holding steady at 185 after my 3rd rotation on the Rotation Diet (down 
    a total of 40 lbs, only 5 this rotation). I know that going out last 
    Friday nite for Chinese food & having a dinner party for friends on 
    Sunday of lasagna, chocolate birthday cake & ice cream isn't exactly 
    diet food, but I did everything in moderation. 

    At least I've learned one thing on this diet, and that's when to stop 
    (eating that is, not dieting). Anyway, the next few weeks will be spent 
    on maintenance and we'll give it the old college try after the holidays 
    are over to make it to goal. Frankly, at this point, I'm sick of dieting. 
    But not stupid enough to blow it & gain any of it back. Have a nice 
    holiday, all.

						    -Dom

    At today's WW Weigh In I reached 204 pounds which was only a loss
    of 1, but put me at my temporay goal, the top of what WW thinks
    is the appropriate weight for someone my height.
    
    I have decided on a final goal of 15 more pounds, 189 pounds total.
    
    Total loss to date in 20+ monthe 198 pounds.
    
    Now if I don't put it all back tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day.
    
    -Joe

    re .187:
    
    Incredible!!!  Congratulations Joe!!!
    
    
    I completed my six week WW maintenance program and received my lifetime
    membership key last Wednesday.  I weighed in at 3-1/2 pounds under
    my goal weight of 165.
    
    As a lifetime member, I am now able to attend WW meetings free of
    charge, providing: 1) I attend one meeting a month, 2) I keep my
    weight at no more than two pounds above goal.  I will continue to
    report the results of those weighins here, and continue to contribute
    to this file -- it will both help others, and keep me honest.
    
    
    Paul

    Well how did everyone do on Thanksgiving?  I weighed in the day
    before at 16 pounds down and the day after at 15 pounds down.  The
    nurse at WLC said thats not too bad.  I weighed in yesturday at
    a total of 17pounds down.  I hpoe to break the 20 lb mark by friday.
    
    
    Steve
    

    Well last week was a very good week to me.  I weighed in just over
    5 pound down for a total of 19.5 lbs at 257.  I made up for
    thanksgiving.  I hope this week is just as good. 
    
    
    Steve
    

    Checked in to a Weight Watchers meeting last night for my December
    weighin (as a lifetime member, I now weigh in once a month).  I
    weighed in at 161, which is four pounds under my goal weight and
    exactly 40 pounds less than what I weighed at my first Weight Watchers
    meeting (tomorrow will mark exactly six months since that first
    meeting).
    
    
    Paul

    
    
    I have lost 12 1/2 pounds in two weeks I have been doing 
    the Three day diet with my parents .. I lost more last
    week.. but I did manage to lose 12 1/2 so I am pleased 
    for this time of the year..
    
    I plan on not going crazy with food.. the next four days
    so I will not regain what I just lost..
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    re .192:
    
    Way to go Ann!  You're right, this is certainly not the easiest
    time of year to stay on a weightloss program.  8 pounds last week
    and 4-1/2 this week is excellent any time of year, and fantastic
    taking the holiday season into account.
                          
    DON'T STOP NOW!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
    
    
    py

    Great job, Ann!  I'm so happy to see this entry.  Keep it up -
    just think of all the great clothes sales they have after
    Christmas (and stay away from the marked-down candies!).
    
    --Louise

Congratulations, Ann, you're doing great.  I hope your parents are having
the same kind of success, too.

And, I'm very pleased to say I'm down 2 pounds since last week!

Now, with the new WW Week 5 quick success program, we'll see what next week
brings...or takes away :-)

Jill

    
    RE: 15
    
    What is the W/W week 5 like?  I know the Week 4 is the 5 new?
    
    Ann
    
    

re week 5:

Weight Watchers has redone (for the nth time) their weight loss program.
It is now called "quick success".  I'm sure they've changed around
weeks 1 through 4 as we both knew them; our lecturer didn't have them with
her yet (we have only continuing members at this point, between official
sessions).

"Week 5" is "the plan you will follow until you reach goal weight".
For new members, when they finish the new weeks 1-4, they will continue to
Week 5.  Our lecturer said they added it as another week (at least in part)
because people continue to go to meetings as long as they get new stuff, then
they stop coming.

The new program is supposed to promote a quicker weight loss (while still being
nutritionally sound, of course!), and more flexibility.  They changed the
daily exchanges for several of the food groups, added a "floating exchange",
lowered optionals a little, and did some reorganization.  The booklets are all
redone in a more compact size with pretty pictures on the covers :-).

Jill

                -< I CAN beleive I didn't eat the whole thing >-

    This past week was very good for me.  At one of the weigh ins I
    gained 2.5 but after the weekend I made up for it and lost 6.5 after
    the 2.5 gain.  Now down 26.5 pounds.  The 30 pound goal by Jan 1st
    looks very easy now.  
    
    P.S.  I hope SANTA is good to everyone...
    
    

    Well, I've been at it for a whole week, with reasonable (though not
    spectacular) results:
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		-2.5
    
    There's no meeting next week (boooo!), so it'll be January 5 for the
    next report.
    
    Beverly
    

    
    
    I lost close to 20 pounds do to being sick over Christmas.
    It was the first Christmas that I didn't gain..
    I would rather do it by Program then the way I did it..
    
    I will try to build up my strangth and also keep watching it 
    and maybe 1988 will be my losing my weight year...
    
    
    Ann
    
    

                        -< The holiday was good to me. >-

    Well I hope everyone had a good holiday.  I weighed in yesturday,
    first time since last wednesday and I was shocked.  I lost another
    1 1/2 pounds.  The nurse at the clinic said I was one of the FEW
    that lost over the holiday.  I was so happy.  I am down a total
    of 28 pounds.  My 30# goal by the new year seems very attainable.
     Its been almost 6 years since I have seen this weight.  I also
    went out to buy a new pair of pants and I was able to buy two sizes
    smaller since the last pair I bought.  That felt good.   Thats all
    for this week.
    
    
    

                            -< I hit my 30 # goal. >-

    Well I weighed in last night and I hit my 30 pound goal.  I am so
    happy.  Only 50 more pounds to go.  Six more pounds and I will weigh
    what I did when I got married, 240.  I hope everyone has a good
    New Years eve.  
    
    
    Steve
    
    
    

    
    
    STEVE,
    
    THAT IS GREAT NEWS..  That's a good way to start off the 
    New Year !!  Alright!
    
    Keep it up and you make others want to follow you..(like me)
    
    Thanks for sharing
    
    
    Peace and enjoy the New You!
    
    Ann
    
    

    After eating entirely too much candy and too many cookies over the
    holidays, I apparently was able to recover (mostly) for today's WW
    meeting:
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	- 2.0
    
    Leaving 48 to go for my goal.
    

I just got back from my first WW meeting of the new year (and new session) and
I'm happy to say that for the first time in months I've officially weighed in
under goal (by .5 pound).  This is down 2.5 from my pre-Christmas weigh-in.

Now to really try again for my unofficial goal (4.5 pounds to go!)

Jill

    At todays weigh in I reached the half way point.  
    
    I now have lost more than I currently weigh.  At 200 down a total
    of 202.  Only 11 pounds to goal.
    
    -Joe

    Sorry to say I am reporting back in after a six week gap in Weight
    Watchers, I did try the rotation for three weeks, did real well
    I lost 17 lbs.  I went back to W.W. @w today and had gained 10
    lbs. after the six week gap. Decided rotation diet was nothing I
    could live with for any lenght of time, after losing a total of
    100 lbs. with weight watcher and fifty more to go, I think I will
    stick with a sure thing.

    Wow, lots of good news in this note!
    
    Jill, congrats on getting back under goal again.
    
    Joe, you continue to amaze me!  202 pounds gone!  Fantastic!!!
    
    Eileen, good to see you contributing to this conference again. 
    Congrats on hitting the 100 lbs. lost mark, and best of luck with
    the rest.
    
    
    I reported for my monthy WW weighin last night, and weighed in at
    two pounds under my goal weight of 163.
    
    
    Paul

    re .208:
    
    I meant to say weighed in at 163, which is two pounds under my goal
    weight (165).
    
    
    Paul

    
    
    re: 209
    
    Paul you are still doing Great and you showed us 
    it can be done!  
    Thanks for all your support.
    
    Ann Giggles Arno
    
    

    
    Having behaved pretty well, even at a meeting over the weekend (you
    know, all those restaurant meals!), I've been rewarded!!
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	- 6.0
    
    Leaving 44 to go for my goal.
    
    Beverly
    

    First week on the new Weight Watchers program, down 8 pounds.  Would
    not want to mislead you, I had gained 10 over the holiday's.

    
    Well I joined Weight Watchers again last week and the week 
    started off good... but had a too much food weekend..
    I did lose One pound not Super! but at least it's not a 
    gain... I feel I will have a better report next week,,,
    As I have found out when you are good one week it doesn't
    show up until the following week.. So I will try my best
    and let you know.. 
    
    I hope you all are doing well.. if not why Not?
    
    Ann
    
    

    re .213:
    
    Ann, keep in mind that even though this was your first week of formally
    attending Weight Watchers, you were dieting for a few weeks before that
    (and did quite well -- don't know of many people who can say they lost
    20 pounds over Christmas -- hope it has stayed off). 
    
    Given that, it may not have been realistic to expect the dramatic
    first week loss that many people get with Week 1 of Weight Watchers.
    
    After the first few weeks of any weightloss program, 1-2 pounds
    is a reasonable loss and nothing to be ashamed of.
    
    Don't get discouraged, keep doing what you're doing right, and be
    patient.  There are plenty of examples of "It can be done" in this
    conference; hope that this is the year we add yours to that list.
    
    
    py

    
    Paul that would be a dream come true to said I did it so can you!
         You are a great help and even you have reached your goal 
         you still help out others.. and that is Great! We need more
         people like you!!  
    
    
    Thanks 
    
    
    Ann Giggles Arno
    
    
    

    re .215:
    
    Thanks for your nice reply Ann.
    
    Since you've recently switched to evening WW sessions, one other thing
    you may want to keep in mind.  If you eat and/or drink anything
    substantial during the afternoon of your weighin day, your weight
    is going to be up a bit.  To get the best possible weighin,
    it's helpful to keep eating and drinking after lunch on Wednesday
    to a minimum.  If the fact that supper comes late as a result is
    a problem, perhaps bring an apple or something similar to munch
    on during the meeting to tide you over (most WW leaders don't have
    a problem with that).
    
    
    py 
           

    
    	Well, today was my day to visit the Dr.  I had not lost
    any weight in the past month but had not gained either!  But
    this is *2* months that I have stayed at the same weight!  I
    have to get over this pateau soon!!!  At least it was the 
    first Christmas I didn't gain any weight!  So I guess that 
    says something. 
    
    	Myra 
    

I've been stating a goal weight of 189 pounds.  This was based on the
recommendations derived from a BODY COMPOSITION PROFILE test given on a machine
in the nurses office here in BXB2. 

Today I swung by her office to get a quick, and unofficial, weight check.  The
nurse stated that I looked like I was really at the right weight, I've been
hearing more of this lately, and I took it with a grain of salt.  She offered
to retest me on the machine, I accepted the offer and as a result of the test
am readjusting my goal weight up. 

At last weeks WW meeting my weight was 200 pounds.  According to the machine:
"My optimal weight is 196.0 to 202.0 pounds."  As a result of this reading I am
readjusting my goal to 198 pounds, up nine from my previous goal.  Only two
pounds from last Wednesday's weight. 

Other things the machine told me are: my fat ratio is 16.6%, the normal range
for a forty year old male is 13.0 to 19.0%.  My lean to fat ratio is 5.0, it
should be over 4.70. 

Getting there, finally

-Joe

    
    Well, I thought I was pretty good this week, but I guess those potato
    chips on Sunday (not a lot, but more than I should've) had their
    effect.
    
    I've got a graph on my office wall with a red line at 1 lb/week.  As
    long as I stay below that line, I'll consider my progress acceptable.
    
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
        					-----
    			Total loss to date:	- 7.0
    
    Leaving 45 to go for my goal.
    
    Beverly
    
    

                           -< Almost halfway there >-

    It's been a couple of week since I've been into this file, busy,
    busy.  I weighed in last night at 242, down a total of 34 pounds.
    I guess I his a small plateau for the last two weeks but I am sure
    things will start moving more quickly again soon.  Do you know how
    good it feel to get into cloths you havn't been able to wear for
    7 years.  It feel great.  Shopping for new cloths is easier also.
    I am down two pant sizes and one shirt size.  If any of you are on
    a formal weight reduction program and have a few slow weeks, don't
    get discouraged....stick with it..IT WILL be worth it.  You dont
    realy realize how much extra weight you carry around.  I weighed
    my son last night and he weighs 31 pounds.  Its amazing how tired
    you get lugging that much extra around.  I don't know how I did
    it.  so............
    
    Keep on loosing.... Steve
    
    

    
    Steve,
    
    You are doing Great, Keep it going !!
    
    I am glad that you are feeling better already!!
    
    Ann

    Thanks for the support Ann.  The support that is given in this notes
    file is so helpful.  I also believe that you have to want to do
    it for yourself.  They ask me at the clinic all the time if I have
    any problem following the diet.  I say no, I have made up my mide
    to improve the way I look so I stick to the program.  Nothing is
    hard once you set your mind to accomplish a task.  After reading
    some of the others replies I think it is going to be a good year
    for a lot of people.
    
    Hang in there everyone.....
    
    
    Steve
    

    One pound loss this week. 
    
    Current weight:  199         Goal:  198
    
    Down 203 pounds since 17 March 1986.
    
    ONE POUND TO GOAL!!!!
    
    
    -Joe

    Way to go Joe, your an inspiration to us all....
    
    
    
    Congratulations..
    
    Steve
    

>>                           -< ONE POUND TO GAOL >-


Amazing!!! and really wonderful!

When do we get the published photos of the finished product!!! ;-)

again.. excellent!!

gailann

    
    Joe,
    
    You sure a doing Super and your Good Spirts make me want 
    to keep trying,..
    
    Thank you and Keep it going..
    
    Ann
    
    

    RE .225
    
    >> When do we get the published photos of the finished product!!!
    
    Even when I make goal the product isn't finished.  I still have
    the six week of maintanance.  There is one more 'problem', even
    thought the weight is approaching what it should be I still feel
    uncomfortable with my looks.  I need quite a bit of tightening up
    around the middle; after all my waist has gone from a 58" to the
    current 38".  Sort jackets have gone from a 56 to a 44 Long.  The
    results of all of this is quite a bit of loose skin hanging around.
    
    Next Tuesday I will be taking a refresher pass through the Nautilus
    circuit at the local health club.  I started this in the summer
    but fell off around Thanksgiving.  Maybe by the time I finish the
    WW maintanance program I will feel comfortable with pictures.
                                                                     
    One problem that I've had all the way through the diet is that my
    mind has me about six months fatter than my body.  It takes a while
    to get used to the changes,  and for me that time lag is about that
    long.  I know this intelectually but not in the subconcious.
                                                
    -Joe
    
    PS >> one thing I plan to do in the next couple of weeks is look
          for a good before picture.  I avoided these, and usually hid
          on the other side of a camera to insure it.  

    Down one pound this week at W.W.  Might not seem like much to some
    people, but you long time dieters know how important that one pound
    is.

    RE .228
    
    One pound is important.  Whenever I get depressed about the rate
    of change, I just look at the direction.  If the long term direction
    is down it is good, no matter what the rate.
    
    By the way, one pound a week might not seem like much; but if that
    rate is maintaned it's fifty-two pounds a year.  All of the statistics
    that Ive seen show that a rational rate of weightloss is more likely
    to be a permanent weightloss.
    
    Keep up the good work!!!!!
    
    -Joe
    

    
    Hi all, weighed in on Friday at 239.1, 37.2 down.  Even the pants
    I havn't worn for six years are starting to get loose.  As they
    used to say in the Toyota commercials.......OH WHAT A FEELING......
    Talk to you later.
    
    
    Steve
    
    

    Hooooooray Steve!
    
    I know what you mean about "Oh what a feeling".  It really is
    satisfying to be able to look in the mirror and feel proud.
    I'm almost (ALLLLmost) to the point where high-calorie foods
    are unappetizing - there're a few, like nuts and chocolate,
    that remain on my pig-out list.  But I'm hardly tempted by cakes
    now.
    
    --Louise

    
    I went to a local evening WW last night, since I had a class in Bedford 
    today.  So this was on a different scale at a different time of day, 
    but I'll take it!
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	- 9.0
    
    Leaving 41 to go for my goal (1 to my 10-lb ribbon!)
    
    Beverly
    

    Todays WW meeting recorded a loss of 3 pounds.  I reached GOAL at
    198 pounds and am two pounds below it at 196.  Now I start six weeks
    of maintenance; and a lifetime below 200.
    
                Current weight:        196 Pounds    88.9 Kg
                Loss to date:          206 Pounds    93.5 Kg
                Height:                6' 3"        190.5 cm
    
    Finally I did it!!  No one will ever realize how much this notesfile
    has helped me get this far.  I helped me stay even during the days
    of plateuas, and provided the incentive needed for the last thirty
    plus pounds.
    
    Thanks, everyone,  I will keep you all advised on how things go
    through maintenance and beyond.
    
    -Joe
    

    re .233:
    
    Not surprised at all to hear the good news Joe.  The tremendous amount
    of determination and perseverance you've shown over these last two
    years has been and continues to be an inspriration to all those who
    read this conference. You truly deserve all the rewards of your
    efforts. 
    
    CONGRATULATIONS JOE!
    
    
    py

re .233

More congratulations, Joe!

Ditto on everything Paul said (as usual :-))

Jill

    
    Joe you did a wonderful job and I hope someday that I can
    write the same.. You are what keeps me going .. hearing 
    about your success stories..
    
    190.5 and looking great.. Step aside Paul Newman here comes
    Joe Coyle... 
    
    I only wish I was there so I could shake your hand and jump
    with you..(-:>*
    
    
    Go out and buy yourself a new Skinny outfit..
    
    
    Good Luck and I will keep my fingers crossed.. but I know you
    will do great...
    
    
    I can't say enough nice things...
    
    I am very happy for you..
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    
    
    I'am still Jumping.. 
    
    
    Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    Hip Hip Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    
    Joe Coyle Has won !!!!!!!!!! he lost and now he's a WINNER!!
    
    
    
    Ann once again...
    
    
    

    
    One More Roses are Red and Violets are Blue I 
    I bet there will be alot that will want to follow
    You..
    
    
    Me again..

    
    Well I have something to tell you all after two weeks
    at a Plateau I got weight in last night and Lost
    3 pounds.. Not bad for me.
    
    Ok Joe Coyle I'am heading in your direction (-:
    
    You are my INSPIRATION 
    
    ANN
    
    
    

    Joe, your node-name fits you to a T - WONDER!  What a great
    job you've done.  You must feel a million times better, both
    physically and emotionally.  Congradulations.
    
    --Louise

    
    Back to the usual scale, and the good news continues!
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	-11.0
    
    Leaving 39 to go for my goal (and I got my 10-lb ribbon!)
    
    Beverly
    

    
    Beverly,
    
    That is Great News.. You make others want to follow you.
    
    Keep it going I know you will do it.
    
    Ann
    
    

I just weighed myself and I lost 1.5 pounds this week:

Initial weight:	154
Week 1		152.5	-1.5


Rachelle 

    First week on maintenacnce completed at goal.  Since I started at
    goal minus two this amounts to a gain of two.  We had a substitute
    leader this week, she mentioned that her scale usually weighs about
    half a pound higher than our regular leader's does.  I had also started
    on lunch before the weigh in; so a one pound gain is probably closer
    to the truth.                  
    
    The purpose of maintenance is to get adjusted to staying even. 
    So now I adjust.  
    
    Five more weeks until lifetime membership.
    
    -Joe
    

    
    You will do fine and you have done a Super job !
    
    Keep it up Joe.. it's because of your nice stories is making me
    want to keep trying ..  
    
    Thanks for you help even if you didn't know you were (-:
    
    Ann
    
    

    OK, OK.  For those of you who don't read the WORDS::PROGRESS
    conference, I'll let you in on my milestone.  The good news is that
    I have now lost a total of 40 lbs. on the WW program.  The bad news
    is that this is the third time I have hit the 40 lb. mark.
    
    BUT...this is not meant to be a downer.  I'm on my way down to the
    50 lb. milestone!
    
    Lynn

    Congrats!!!!  must be the week for it.  I weighed in this morning
    and had lost three whole pounds this last week!!!!  Yahooo!!!!!
     Am currently at 40 1/2 pounds lost.  Like .246, this is the third
    time for me crossing the 40 lbs lost mark, but I feel much the way
    you do... this time, it's for keeps!

    Hi all, well I weighed in on Jan29 at 237.3....39 pounds down.
    I then went on a business trip for 3 days and was sick for a couple.
    I have not weighed in since last Friday so I hope I did not gain
    any weight.  I think I stayed the same.  I will be happy with that.
    I will write in on monday with the results.....
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              -< Another Milestone...40# >-

   
    Well I weighed in on Friday the 5th and was down 40.2 pounds.  I
    can now join the 40 pound club. I hope the last 40 come off as easy
    as the first.
    
    Steve
    
    

    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
    		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	-12.5
    
    Leaving 37.5 to go for my goal.
    
    Beverly
    

    I haven't posted anything in this file for awhile, so I thought
    I'd record my good news...
    
    I was out of town on business and did not attend WW for 4 weeks
    (Yes, I know I could have looked up the local WW, but didn't). 
    Even though I was eating out at restaurants the whole time, I tried
    to be good! <make that, I 'tried to stay on program'!>
    
    Well, it paid off!  I lost 3-1/2 pounds at my weigh in last night!
    My total loss is 22-1/2 pounds.  I'm now 6 pounds away from the
    high-end of my goal range.
    
    Here's good luck and determination to all!
    
    Colleen

    Way to go, Lab-bee!
    
    Lynn

    
    YOUR DOING GREAT COLLEN....
    
    Welcome back and nice to hear a nice report..
    
    You'll do it for sure
    
    
    Ann

Status:

Initial weight:	154
Week 1		152.5	-1.5
Week 2 		152	- .5

It's that 'time of the month'...oh well at least it's a '-' and not a '+'!!!


Rachelle 

                            -< Come on 50........ >-

    Hi all, I weighed in last night and had a loss of 2 pounds.  This
    makes my total 42 pounds in 13 weeks.  My next milestone is 50 #...
    Come on 50.
    
    Steve
    
    

    As of last night down another 1.5 # for a total of 43.5 pounds.
    I hope to break the 50# mark by the end of FEB.
    
    Steve
    
    

    WOW!  If you manage to sustain a loss 1.5 lbs in one day, I will
    be amazed!  Many people fluctuate like that on a daily basis, but
    over a week's time it usually stabilizes.  If you continue to lose
    and show a big loss this time next week, then PLEASE tell the rest
    of us your secret.

    Congrats Ann....
    
    Congrats Ann....
    
    Keep up the GOOD work....
    Loretta

    All right, Ann!
    
    Lynn

    Well I am new to this note file, but I am in the progress file I
    joined WW about a month ago and I can't say enough good things about
    it.  I started at 371
    Week 1     -16.5
    week 2     - 7.5
    week 3    snowed out
    week 4     - 7.0
    
        grand total of 31 pounds in 4 weeks now at 340 and dropping
    
    I found that this note file has been encouraging and I will continue
    to read and post my progress.
    
    Thanks everyone 
    
        Rick

    
    Rick,
    
    You are doing wonderful, keep that good feeling going.
    Hang on to it and don't let it go..
    
    (-:
    
    Ann
    
    

    
    Ah, finally, got off that plateau that I had been on for 2 months...
    over the holidays...so I guess I can't complain.  At least I didn't
    gain over the holidays like I used to do!  
    
    This morning's visit to my Dr. showed  a  loss of 5.5 pounds over
    the past month.  Not as much as I had hoped for but better than
    going in the other direction!  :^)  
    
    My calories per day has now been decresed from 1250 to 1000 so we
    will see if that makes a big difference next month! 
    
    	My 
    

    Great to read the good news from Ann, Rick, and Myra...keep  up
    the excellent work!
    
    Checked in for my February WW weighin last night.  I was convinced
    that I was going to show a gain (based on readings from the scale
    at home), and was also unsure of how the fact that I was going to
    a different location (with a different scale) would affect my weighin.
    So......
    
    .....I was very pleasantly surprised to weigh in at 161-1/2, which
    is 1-1/2 pounds less than my January weighin and 3-1/2 pounds less
    than my goal weight.
    
    (Yet another illustration of the fact that the scale at home is
    worthless...more on that under the appropriate note.)
    
    
    Paul
    

    
    *********Paul*************
    
    I kept my fingers crossed for you and [said a little prayer] and
    glad to hear good news..
    
    
    I knew you'd come out shining (-:
    
    You are one of the ones that keep me want to follow.....
    
    
    Your looking good...
    
    
    Ann

    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
    		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
    		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	-14.0
    
    Leaving 36 to go for my goal.
    
    Beverly
    

    
    Beverly,
    
    	You are doing a Super job . Hold on to that great feeling
    and don't let go..
    
    Thanks for sharing
    
    Ann

    Well during week three of maintenance I gained three pounds.  I
    know why; a family get together with too much food that I couldn't,
    or didn't, resist.  I went in with the attitude that I was two under
    goal and had room; then proceded to fill that room.
    
    Currently goal +1 pound; but still within the two pound window with
    the resolve to correct the situation by next week.
    
    The at work program here in BXB2 does not have enough continuers
    to roll over next week.  So I will be joining the Friday meeting
    at LKG for the three remaining weeks of maintenance.  If any of
    you are there please say hello.
    
    -Joe
    
     

    Hi everyone,
    
      Well weighed in last night and on week 6 (-4).
    
      which gives me a -35 so far at 336.
    
            Rick

    
    Rick you are doing a wonderful job and keep it going and don't
    let go...
    
    It's always makes my day to here good News.
    
    Good Luck 
    
    Ann
    
    

    I weighed in last Friday at 230.7.....45.7 pounds down.  That 50
    # mark is getting very close.....I have not been this weight for
    10 years..The cloths are getting easier to buy also.
    
    
    
    steve
    

    I started up weight watchers a few weeks ago here in Shrewsbury.
    It snowed for the second class so we had to go two weeks on week
    1 foods and boy was that tough.  I am following the Youth diet because
    I am pregnant and my doctor only wants me to gain 20 pounds.  Believe
    it or not, I lost 6 pounds on my first weighin.  I was on vacation
    last week so this week should be interesting.
    
    I am 4 1/2 months pregnant and have yet to gain any weight (I have
    enough weight on me to carry full term).  I go back to the doctor
    in two weeks and hope to at least remain the same.
    
    Nancy
    
    

    
    That's Great News Steve.  YOu are doing Super!
    
    And Nancy Best of Luck to you... Your doing a good job..
    
    Ann
    
    

    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
    		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
    		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
    		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	-14.5

    Leaving 35.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

    Way to go, Beverly!!!!  Keep up the good work.
    
    I have been remiss in posting and noting here, as my
    new job has been keeping more than a little busy.
    However, here goes:
    
    I started Weight Loss Clinic in September, and have been
    on program freeze several times; however, I have gone from:
    
    195 in mid-September    to:  156.6 as of last night.
    
    Leaving me 6.6 pounds to goal.
    
    Feels good, folks.  So, keep going with those programs - I know
    we can all do it!!!!
    
    Val

    
    Not a Super lose.. but at my Weightin I was down one...
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    Hello again,
    	Last time I was in here was October.  I have started another
    program and this time I've joined a health club and am going to
    Diet Center. 
    	Started Feb 6th at 157 pounds.  Three weeks later I'm at 144.
    I haven't weighed this in years.  The loss is slowing down a bit
    but I can stick with this.  I can reach goal.  I'm going for a 
    loss of 30 pounds.  When I get close to goal I'll get my percent
    body fat tested and maybe revise my ideal weight.  
    	I like the support of the councillors, and checking in every
    day keeps me in line.  The most important thing though is I know
    if I eat off program the loss will be slow or not at all.  2 more
    pounds and I'll be half way.
    
    	Thanks everyone for noting, reading here helps keep me going,
    and gives me new things to think about.
    
    	Debra

                    -< Slow  but still in right direction >-

    Last week was a slow week.  I weighed in at 230.2, a total of 46.2
    pounds down.  I also went to the doctor for the first time in 2
    years and he cut my blood pressure medication to 1/2 of a pill per
    day.  After 30 more pounds I will probably be able to get off them
    completely.
    

    Well, I weighed in yesterday after a gain last week from being on
    vacation.  I lost 1 1/2 pounds, which puts my total to 5 1/2 pounds,
    which I am thrilled with, I am still keeping up with the baby at
    5 months along.
    
    Nancy
    

    Hi, I seemed to have had problems accessing the notes files but
    here I am I have now been at WW 7 weeks and down 41 pounds at a
    weight of 331 soon to be under 300.
    
    Rick

SWATT::POLIKOFF "Ah Spring, Ah Choo"                 19 lines  28-MAY-1987 09:19
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    	I have been on my diet for a month now and I went from 235 to
    219.75 pounds. My goal is 195. The only eating habit I changed is
    not snacking at night in front of the TV, not eating the junk food
    from the machines at work and eating a large salad at lunch consisting
    of a small scoop of tuna fish and crab meat, a slice of Swiss cheese
    and about 10 ounces by weight of fresh vegetables.

       	The Spring is the best time to go on a diet because it has not been
    too many generation ago that we were swinging from trees. Let me
    explain. During the Fall our body metabolizes the food in such a
    way that the maximum amount of fat will be stored to carry us through
    the long Winter when food will be scarce. Then during the Winter
    the fat is used up slowly. In the Spring when there is more food
    available our body uses up the fat at a faster pace so that we will
    be slim and fleet of foot to chase down our food supply like rabbits,
    antelope and McDLT's. During the Summer the fat is not used up as
    fast but if we eat sensibly we will not add any fat. Then it is
    the Fall and the cycle starts again.
    

SHIRE::BIZE                                          35 lines  27-AUG-1987 00:22
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    I went to Weight Watchers this Monday (24 August) and weighed in
    at 157.1 pounds, an all time high for me.
    
    This is my first time on WW, and I seem to be spending an enormous
    amount of time just calculating portions and trying to understand
    how to combine my "obligations" with my "possibles" and not more
    than 1 per day, 3 per week, no less than, etc.
    
    However, all the time I spend calculating I don't spend eating,
    so it can't all be bad.
    
    I also seem to spend a lot of money shopping, but it's probably
    lack of organization and buying everything allowed as I am afraid
    to miss something when I need it!
    
    I have the Digital annual pick-nick coming up on Saturday, and I
    wish I could skip it, which would be much easier than exercizing
    the power of my will (pretty feeble as far as eating is concerned).
    However the children are really looking forward to it, so I'll just
    have to go...
    
    Back to WW: the Swiss version of WW does not have a Quick Start
    Plus Program. Can anyone explain what it is about? How much do you
    take off from the normal program?
    
    I have calculated that my calorie consumption has been around 1200
    per day following faithfully WW. How does that compare to what you
    are allowed on Quick Start Plus?
    
    I'll report my progess in note 15., like everybody else, however
    I didn't know where to fit that one, as it's not progress yet...
    
    Joana
    
    
================================================================================
Note 105.1                     Starting this Week                         1 of 2
MILVAX::SULLIVAN                                     12 lines  27-AUG-1987 04:28
                                -< CALCULATING >-
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    You will spend a lot of time calculating portions for the first
    few weeks, after you have a better understanding of the program
    it becomes second nature.
    
    On the Quick Start Program, after the fourth week your daily calories
    are approx. 1200 plus 550 additional calories a week to play with.
    It does cost a little money to stock up on the proper foods the
    first week, but after that it is not bad.
    
    Good luck
    Eileen
    
================================================================================
Note 105.2                     Starting this Week                         2 of 2
SHIRE::BIZE                                          26 lines  25-NOV-1987 08:07
                              -< Stopping at -22 >-
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    As I signed in when I started, I thought I'd sign off when I
    stop... So I am stopping now, after having lost 22 pound in 12 weeks
    of Weight Watchers. I am still about 15 pounds overweight, but I
    seem to have lost my motivation to do a very strict diet, and also
    am "plateauing" at 135 pounds. So I am going to give myself a break
    from dieting, and maintain myself at this weight. I am thinking
    of starting again for the last 15 pounds sometime in early January,
    probably without going to WW, but following their program which
    is the most efficient diet I have followed to date. 
                
    The cold outside has brought on enormous cravings for sweets, which
    I sometimes dominate, and sometimes not.
    
    Striving for perfection has been rewarding, but I feel too tired
    right now to attempt to lose those last pounds, especially as I
    know they will be the toughest ones to lose: after all, I have had
    them basically FOREVER....
                                             
    I'll keep on reading this notesfile, and contributing if I have
    something to say, as it has been an inspiration and a "friendly
    presence" throughout my diet.
    
    Joana
    
                   

    
    
    I must be a one pound a week person as I weight in 1 pound less
    on Saturday at my wweight-in...
    
    It's going in the right direction and the leader said 2 pounds
    aweek is average..so I'am not far off..
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    Ann,

    A steady 1 pound per week is *great*!  Don't let yourself fall into the
    trap of trying to  lose too fast, or getting depressed because it's not
    fast enough.  Remember, your weight fluctuates on a weekly and monthly
    basis as well as daily.

    I have a graph on my wall, with a red line at 1 lb/week, and another at 
    2 lb/week.  So far, my loss has stayed between those lines, and I'm
    satisfied.  I'm Getting There, slow and steady, and I know I'll stay
    once I arrive.

    Sure it would be nice to wave a magic wand (or take a magic pill :-})
    and suddenly be thin.  But this is reality, not a fairy tale, and we
    all have to take responsibility for making as much as we can of
    ourselves.

    But just think how proud of yourself you can be when you hit each
    milestone!  No magic wand can give you that feeling.

    Beverly_who_seems_to_be_in_a_talkative_mood_today!

    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
    		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
    		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
    		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
    		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 1.0
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	-15.5

    Leaving 34.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

                               -< almost at 50 >-

    Well I'm almost at the 50 # mark......I weighed in on monday at
    228.2, 48.2 pounds down.  It's also time to increase the exercise
    so the last 30 come off a little easier.
    
    

    Well finally; after two years (actually 1 year, 358 days, but who
    is counting) I have completed maintanance.  At 199 I am 1 pound
    over goal and down 203 from my high of 402.  
    
    When I started on Saint Patrick's day 1986 I wasn't even tring to
    do this; but with some luck and the support of many friends, especially
    those in this file, it happened.  Thank you everyone.
    
    Now as a Weight Watchers lifetime member I need only go get weighed
    in once a month.  If I stay within two of goal I don't have to pay.
    I am going to do it, of course it won't be easy; but it was worth
    the effort getting here and it is worth the effort staying here.
    
    Thank you all for support and encouragement.  The real drive comes
    from within; but the conference kept me honest and aiming in the
    right direction.
    
    Thanks, 
    
    -Joe Coyle 

    re .286:
    
    >    Thank you all for support and encouragement.  The real drive comes
    >	 from within; but the conference kept me honest and aiming in the
    >	 right direction.
         
    And thank you too Joe, for the inspiration and encouragement that
    your example has given many of us in this conference, myself included.
    
    
    Paul
    

    
    Joe,
    
    That is wonderful news.. YOu did a Super Job..
    
    It's people like you that want others to follow...
    Keep updated on whats going on..
    
    It is your story's and other people that reached goal and they
    have reached out to help others.. Thank you and those others
    as well..
    
    
    I will lost just like you and someday have my story in here..(-:
    
    
    Hi Skinny Joe!!!
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    CONGRATULATIONS, JOE!
    
    Lynn

More congrats to you, Joe!  It makes me really happy to hear another
great success story.  Yup, keep checking in at your meetings. I find they
make a great big difference in my attitude, especially when I go regularly,
which I'm doing now.  (and it's showing :-))

Jill

                             -< Another milestone >-

    Well I have hit another milestone.  I weighed in last night at 226.1
    pounds.  That makes a total of 50.3 pounds in  19 weeks.  Only 25
    more to go.  
    
    
    steve
    
    

    
    Steve keep it going... Remember this is the only place
    I know of that you win when you lose... (-:
    
    Don't stop keep going for that finish line..You ARE going to
    do it....
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    A weekend in Florida :-) doesn't seem to have destroyed the trend
    (though I think it slowed it a bit!).
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
    		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
    		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
    		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
    		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 1.0
    		15 Mar:		162		-  .5
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	-16.0

    Leaving 34 to go for my goal.   I'm 1/3 of the way there!

    Beverly
    

    
    
    Beverly your doing a wonderful job .. Keep going and
    I'll be pulling for you...
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    Progress on Health Management Resources FAST
    
    Started at 241.5 (ugh)
    	1/26	241.5
    	2/4	228.5	-13  	13
    	2/11	222.5	- 6     19
    	2/16	217	- 5.5   24.5
    	2/25	212	- 5     29.5
    	3/1	208	- 4     33.5
    	3/8	204     - 4     37.5
    	3/15	200.5	- 3.5   41
    
    Time to increase the physical activity, I like the 4 lb/week rate
    
    'til next week
    
    Lin
    
    

    Progress from weight watchers, Down another 6.0 that makes 46 in
    all.
    
    Rick Cote

    
    Well, I figure I might as well post something to mark my progress.
    
    Since 12-Mar-1987, 120 Pounds down, 14 Inches off my waist, 10 off
    my chest.
    
    I have to admit I did go back up to 350 at on point, I'm now at
    290. :-)
    
    Taking it One Day at a Time...
    
    							--- Neal
    

    
    
    Neil,
    
    You are doing great and I am cheering for you.
    
    Keep it going ..
    
    Ann
    
    

    
    Can you believe it I weight the same for three weeks now.
    What a Pain.. The leader said to hang in there as it will 
    change soon..
    
    The boring part of weight watching ..
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    
    I haven't been on program exactly, though I've been tring to follow it
    "more or less".  I guess that's good enough -- my body seems to be in
    the mood to lose!
    
    		17 Dec:		178
    		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
    		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
    		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
    		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
    		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
    		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
    		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
    		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
    		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
    		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 1.0
    		15 Mar:		162		-  .5
    		22 Mar:		159		- 3.0
    						-----
    			Total loss to date:	-19.0

    Leaving 31 to go for my goal.   1 more to a star!

    Beverly
    

    re .300:
    
    Impressed by the way you're continuing to make steady consistent
    progress Beverly; keep it up!
    
    
    I checked in for my March WW weighin at 163-1/4, which is 1-3/4
    pounds below my goal weigh of 165.  I have now been at or under
    goal for five months.
    
    
    Paul

    
    Last week was a very slooooooow week. I managed to stay the same
    at 226.1 for a 50.3 pound loss.  Maybe it will start on the way
    down again this week...I hope...
    
    
    steve
    
    

    
    re: .301 
    
    	Congrats on staying at or below goal for that amount 
    	of time, Paul!  To me, that is a real accomplishment!
    	
    	This morning I ran into someone who I don't see often
    	who commented on my weightloss and asked how much I 
    	had lost.  I told her.  She remarked that was quite 
    	an accomplishment.  But to me, the real accomplishment
    	will be keeping the weight off!  
    
    		Myra 
    

Well, I'm happy to report that I weighed in today at Weight Watchers at
116.5, down a pound from last week and 3.5 pounds below my official goal.
It's the lowest I've been since reaching goal in January '87.  I've had an
unofficial goal since then of 115, and I'm still working toward it...

Jill

    
    Well, given how well I've done at sticking to program, no gain is about
    the best I could expect.  Next week should be better.
    
		17 Dec:		178
		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 1.0
		15 Mar:		162		-  .5
		22 Mar:		159		- 3.0
		29 Mar:		159		  0.0
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-19.0

    Leaving 31 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

    Progress on Health Management Resources FAST
    
    Started at 241.5 (ugh)
    	1/26	241.5
    	2/4	228.5	-13  	13
    	2/11	222.5	- 6     19
    	2/16	217	- 5.5   24.5
    	2/25	212	- 5     29.5
    	3/1	208	- 4     33.5
    	3/8	204     - 4     37.5
    	3/15	200.5	- 3.5   41
	3/22	197	- 3.5	44.5
	3/29	194	- 3	47.5
    
	A Key component of this program is incorporating exercise 
into one's life. I find this hard because I am already fully 
committed (or over committed) so walking sometimes happens at 
midnight. Lucky I live in a safe neighborhood. How do people 
keep from boredom when using a stationary bicycle or rowing 
machine??
    
    Lin
    
    

reply to Note 15.306 
>>    How do people keep from boredom when using a stationary 
>>    bicycle or rowing machine??
    
    See 10.6; consider a similar solution with a TV instead of a VT.

    RE -.1
    
    That should be note 10.9
    
    D.
    

    
		17 Dec:		178
		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 1.0
		15 Mar:		162		-  .5
		22 Mar:		159		- 3.0
		29 Mar:		159		  0.0
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 0.5
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-19.5

    Leaving 30.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    Still moving downward on my fast - 50lbs now 
    
    Started at 241.5 (ugh)
    	1/26	241.5
    	2/4	228.5	-13  	13
    	2/11	222.5	- 6     19
    	2/16	217	- 5.5   24.5
    	2/25	212	- 5     29.5
    	3/1	208	- 4     33.5
    	3/8	204     - 4     37.5
    	3/15	200.5	- 3.5   41
	3/22	197	- 3.5	44.5
	3/29	194	- 3	47.5
	4/5	191	- 3	50.5
    
    
    Lin
    
    

    
    Starting Weight on 12-Mar-1987 - 410
    Re-Start Weight on 21-Jan-1988 - 332
    
    Weight on 07-Apr-1988 - 280
    
    Total Loss 130 Pounds, 84 pounds to go.
    
    Sizes: 60 Chest to 48, 60 Waist to 44.
    
    I should point out that my weight is coming off almost as fast in
    OA as it did on OptiFast.
    
    							--- Neal

    RE .311
    
    Keep up the good work Neal.  The figures sound very similar to what
    I faced.  Even when the loos slows down it is worth it.  Keep up
    the good work.
        
    -Joe

    
    I have lost 6 pounds at my weightin.  I am very pleased..
    
    It pays to follow your program or diet.. I know I always
    feel better when I do..
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    re .313
    
    Congratulations, Ann! That's terrific! Keep up the good
    work! You are obviously doing something right...
    
    -Amy.

    
    		17 Dec:		178
		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 1.0
		15 Mar:		162		-  .5
		22 Mar:		159		- 3.0
		29 Mar:		159		  0.0
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 0.5
		12 Apr:		159		+ 0.5
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-18.5

    Leaving 31.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

I slowed it down by eating, but direction still right
    
    Started at 241.5 (ugh)
    	1/26	241.5
    	2/4	228.5	-13  	13
    	2/11	222.5	- 6     19
    	2/16	217	- 5.5   24.5
    	2/25	212	- 5     29.5
    	3/1	208	- 4     33.5
    	3/8	204     - 4     37.5
    	3/15	200.5	- 3.5   41
	3/22	197	- 3.5	44.5
	3/29	194	- 3	47.5
	4/5	191	- 3	50.5
	4/12	190	- 1	51.5    
    
    Lin
    
    

    
    I lost another 3 pounds at my weight in that is 7 1/2 pounds
    in two weeks ... Not bad for me (-:
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

    Ann Arno?
    
    are you the person that worked in the Chelmsford facility
    about6 yrs ago or so? my name used to be pat pry....remember
    me from the mailroom? glad to hear your still around. 
    i'm trying (again) to get svelte for the summer months...
    got any hints from your successes?
    
    pat
    

    
    Yes Pat this is me.. Long time no hear.. It is not easy losing weight
    but I am following my program and listening to the Leader at Weight
    Watchers.  
    
    There was one lady at Weight Watchers that lost 90 pounds and she
    gave talk and showed pictures and you know that really got me
    thinking and the part she said she felt like a Bird in a cage and
    finally someone set her free...She said you have no idea how good
    it feels..
    
    Good luck Pat and nice hearing from you.
    
    Ann
    
    
    
    

    
    Great going, Ann!  How much are you trying to lose altogether (just
    ignore the question if you don't want to tell).  7.5 is a great start!
    
    		17 Dec:		178
		22 Dec:		175.5		- 2.5
		 5 Jan:		176		+  .5
		12 Jan:		172		- 4.0
		19 Jan:		171		- 1.0
		25 Jan:		169		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 2.0
		 9 Feb:		165.5		- 1.5
		16 Feb:		164		- 1.5
		24 Feb:		163.5		-  .5
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 1.0
		15 Mar:		162		-  .5
		22 Mar:		159		- 3.0
		29 Mar:		159		  0.0
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 0.5
		12 Apr:		159		+ 0.5
		17 Apr:		158		- 1.0
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-20.0 !!!

    Leaving 30 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

Well... I sorta lost following the diet I was on, however, I am back on, 
and doing very well...

I am determined to lose 13 pounds for a minimum, and 23 for a maximum...
I started at a Z weight, and want to get to W weight (I drop one letter of 
the alphabet when I enter a new 10).. when I get to the X 10, it will
be a new weight for me since I was 20 years old...

So.. last week, I started again...

Friday April 22nd Starting weight 	1Z2
Where I am now		                1Y8

Gale

    
    I'm going to start compressing the old data into monthly numbers,
    instead of weekly:
    
    		17 Dec:		178
		 5 Jan:		176		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 9.0
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 4.5
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 4.0
		12 Apr:		159		+ 0.5
		19 Apr:		158		- 1.0
		26 Apr:		156.5		- 1.5
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-21.5

    Leaving 28.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

Just a update on my progress...
    
> I am determined to lose 13 pounds for a minimum, and 23 for a maximum...
> I started at a Z weight, and want to get to W weight (I drop one letter of 
> the alphabet when I enter a new 10)


Friday April 22nd Starting weight 	1Z2
Saturday April 30th 			1Y6
Friday, May 6th    			1Y1
    
Gale
    
p.s.  Looking to hit 1W8 by next Saturday if possible...

    
    I got weightin this morning and I was down 2 pounds..
    
    Ann
    
    

    Good work Ann!  Keep it up!
    
    I got a nice surprise when I went to Weight Watchers this past Saturday
    morn.  After being out of commission for 5 weeks due to fracturing
    my ankle (and being in a half-leg cast - no way was I going to get
    weighed in with a 20 lb cast on!!!), as well as being relatively
    out of control because of being home bored as all get out for most
    of my out-of-work stint, I still lost 1 1/4 lbs during that 5 weeks.
    Now if I can only keep losing like that...

    
    Great job, Kristy!
    
    -Amy.
    

    A very strange thing happened this week.  When I weighed myself while 
    waiting for our leader to come back, the scale read 158.  5 minutes 
    later, the *same* *scale* read 1.5 lbs lower!  Makes ya wonder...
            
    		17 Dec:		178
		 5 Jan:		176		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 9.0
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 4.5
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 4.0
		10 May:		156.5		- 2.0
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-21.5

    Leaving 28.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

.327>    later, the *same* *scale* read 1.5 lbs lower!  Makes ya wonder...

    	If the sliding zero adjustment (a weight on a threaded screw,
    usually on the left end of the weigh arm) is not loose, and the
    scale read zero before you got on, it's not working right.
    
    	The balance scales like those in a doctor's office or at WW
    should be good to +/-.25lbs when working.  It may just need a
    cleaning.
    
    	It might be a good idea to mention this to your group leader.
    
    -mike z

    It was an electronic scale.  It was being a little flakey - it came
    up with "-0.5" as its initial reading a couple of times, and she
    had to reset it to get it to zero.
    
    I forget whether I mentioned it or not.  You're right though, I
    should.
    
    Bev

    

I started (again) at a Z weight, and want to get to W weight (I drop one 
letter of the alphabet when I enter a new 10)


Friday April 22nd Starting weight 	1Z2
Saturday April 30th 			1Y6
Friday, May 6th    			1Y1
Friday, May 13th			1Y0   
    
    
    
    I'm a bit bummed out... I think I've hit a plateau... Since the
    end of February, I've lost a total of 28 pounds, however, I REALLY
    wanted to be at 1X0 by the end of this month :-( ... I REALLY don't
    see how I'm going to get through these 10 pounds, if the scale REFUSES
    to move... I did eat some things this week that were not on my
    "allowed" eating list, but that wasn't enough to make the difference
    that this week seems to have made (I went to a reception, and had
    some [where some = less than 20] cheese, crackers, and summer sausage,
    and had a small cup of Steve's ice cream once)...
    
    Maybe next week?... I have 13 more days before I have to leave,
    on the long weekend, and thats what I was aiming at 1X0 for...
    
    Gale

I started at a Z weight, and want to get to W weight (I drop one letter of 
the alphabet when I enter a new 10)


Friday April 22nd Starting weight 	1Z2
Saturday April 30th 			1Y6
Friday, May 6th    			1Y1
Friday, May 13th			1Y0
Friday, May 20th			1W8        
    
   * 8* more to go for my goal, although I'm thinking of going on to 1V0...
    
Gale
    

    This is my first time to enter anything in here, and I'm so happy
    to be able to show some progress!!
    
    May 19	154
    May 25	149
    
    5 lbs in 6 days by using a 1000 calorie a day diet that my doctor
    gave me last Thursday, May 19.  I'm sure most of it or alot of it
    is water loss, but it sure makes me feel good!!
    
    Keep losing,
    
    Virginia!!!!!

    Well this is a first time in here also.  I started a new way of
    eating last week.  More complex carb, more bran, less fats, fewer
    protien.  I have come to call this REAL FOOD.  I have not been hungry
    and I feel great.  I love to cook and with REAL EATING I have alot
    of opportunities to do so.  I LOVE IT!
    
    Anyway I have been watching what I eat for some time now, but until
    last week I never gave it my all.  I had already cut out alot of
    the Fats I was eating, but I never gave myself permission to eat
    all the things that are really good for my body, AND MY HEAD!  I
    am never going to be on a diet again....Just keep eating REAL FOOD!
    
    Now down to progress.   week 1...4 Pounds
    
    Just think for months I've been starving to death (you know that
    feeling)  And I didn't have to!!!!!!!
    
    Thanks Glen
    Robin
    

    
    Virginia..that is great news it looks like your doing just fine
    so keep it up..  Your looking better already (-:
    
    Don't worry about this weekend.. it will take care of it's
    self and you take care of you (0)*(0)
    
    
    Ann
    
    Keep it going
    
    

    I weighed 148 on the scale at home this morning.  I will weigh about
    150 or 151 on the WW scale at noontime which means I have met my
    temporary goal.  I hope to lose 5 more pounds.
    
    It feels great being thin again!!

      Hi!  My name is Dee Dee and I'm VERY new to Notes. This is the
    first reply I've made, so I hope I'm doing this right!!  I currently
    have 12lbs to lose...I am 5'7" and weigh 137lbs.  In the last three
    weeks I have lost 9lbs by lowering my caloric intake and by exercising
    about 5 days a week.  Reading this notesfile has been such an
    inspiration!!
    
    I admire so many of you for sticking to your plans...this time,
    I"M STICKING TO MINE! :-)
    
                                  Dee

    
    
    Welcome Dee Dee and it looks like you are on the right track.
    Good for you and it's nice to have new People join us.
    
    You already make the rest of us want to follow you.
    
    Keep up the Great job and will be glad to hear from you.
    
    Ann
    
    

    I did my monthly weigh-in at lunch today, at-work-meeting in LKG,
    and came in at 198 pounds.  Right on goal, but up one from last
    month.
    
    Today also marks four months to the day of reaching goal, during
    this time I have managed to make all my weigh-ins between 196 and
    200 pounds.  I have floated up a couple of extra between weigh-ins
    and plan to work on improving on that.
    
    See you all next month,
    
    -Joe

I started at a Z weight, and want to get to W weight (I drop one letter of 
the alphabet when I enter a new 10)


Friday April 22nd Starting weight 	1Z2
Saturday April 30th 			1Y6
Friday, May 6th    			1Y1
Friday, May 13th			1Y0  
Friday, May 20th			1W8          
Saturday June 4th			1W6      
    
    (6 more to go to first goal... I may decide to go to 1V0 :-)...)

    Gale
    

    I have 1 more pound to go to reach my short term goal of 132lbs!!!
    (The date I gave myself to reach this goal is 3 days away)
    
    May 10  146
    May 26  137
    June 8  135
    June 15 133
            
    Total of 13 lbs!
    
    Dee Dee
    
    (I have a wedding to go to this weekend and can't wait to show off
    the new me...13 pounds has sure made a BIG difference!  And I can
    hardly wait to fend off the foods that I KNOW I won't even WANT!)

    Well, I haven't posted progress in a month because there hasn't been
    any :-(.  But... things have changed.  I've gotten past my roadblock,
    in a way which I'll describe elswhere.  To bring the data up-to-date:
    
		17 Dec:		178
		 5 Jan:		176		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 9.0
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 4.5
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 4.0
		10 May:		156.5		- 2.0
		 7 Jun:		155.5		- 1.0
		14 Jun:		157.5		+ 2.0
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-20.5

    Leaving 29.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    
    I went to the Dr's and lost 2 more pounds.. There was a time that
    I weight 308 pounds but that was a couple of years ago.
    
    I was staying the same for four weeks but I stuck with it and lost
    2 so here I go again.. 
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    

		17 Dec:		178
		 5 Jan:		176		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 9.0
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 4.5
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 4.0
		10 May:		156.5		- 2.0
		 7 Jun:		155.5		- 1.0
		14 Jun:		157.5		+ 2.0
		21 Jun:		156.5		- 1.0
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-21.5

    Leaving 28.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    re: .343
    
    Congratulations, Ann...There's something to be said for persistence!
    
    Keep up the good work.
    
    -Amy.

    I have lost three more pounds and I have **FIVE** more to go for
    my final goal, before maintenance!!!  Total loss of 16 lbs since
    May 16.
    
    
    Dee

    Progress on a fasting diet:
    
    Monday 20/6		164.8
    Monday 27/6		155.3
    
    loss in 1 week	  9.5 pounds
    
    I guess I would have lost even more, but on Friday evening I went
    completely wild and ate everything in sight. I also had a normal
    dinner yesterday evening, as we had guests at home. Back to fasting
    for a week. 
    
    Joana

    
    re .347:
    
    What you did was DANGEROUS! When you are on a fasting diet, your
    blood sugar and other body chemicals are in a delicate balance.
    Binging could lead to a Hypoglycemic shock!
    
    If you can't stick to a fasting program, then how are you going
    to keep your weight off after the program? You will have to
    FAST/BINGE/FAST/BINGE... that is not healthy.
    
    I think you need to take a look at what you are putting your body
    through.
    
    I was on a fasting program (see note 7) and lost 100 pounds, only
    to gain more then 40 of it back. I've lost that 40 plus some more
    by following a food plan and getting help for my program with eating
    from professionals.
    
    							--- Neal

    
    My Dr. just called me to say how good I was doing and how
    proud she was of me ... she said my last Blood test had
    improved so much that I don't need to get weight in once
    a week but twice a month (-: and my blood sugar which was
    very high has been neg..for a month..
    
    I was in alot of danger and may have caught if in time..
    
    
    Thanks for your support...
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    Ann,
    
    Don't rest on your laurels! Just because you are out of danger now
    does not mean that you will not be back in danger soon.
    
    You've just crossed the line from being dangerously overweight and
    near diebetic to being a little more healthy. You are not cured,
    just on your way. Remember that, this is just a start. Things could
    be just as bad, if not worse in a few weeks.
    
    Keep working at it with the same vigour that you were before, the
    truth is that your problems with food are themselves deadly. Being
    in an unhealthy medical condition is nothing more than a symptom.
    The problem does not stop with your blood sugar. It can, and will
    come back if you do not countinue working at it.
    
    							--- Neal

    
		17 Dec:		178
		 5 Jan:		176		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 9.0
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 4.5
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 4.0
		10 May:		156.5		- 2.0
		 7 Jun:		155.5		- 1.0
		14 Jun:		157.5		+ 2.0
		21 Jun:		156.5		- 1.0
		28 Jun:		157		+ 0.5
		 5 Jul:		155		- 2.0
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-23.0

    Leaving 27 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    I haven't kept up fasting after the first week, and am just sort
    of hesitating what sort of diet to try next. However, I am still
    losing, albeit slowly:
    
    Monday 20/6		164.8
    Monday 27/6		155.3	-9.5
    Monday  4/7		152.8	-2.5
    Monday 11/7		151.8	-1	 Total: -13
    
    Regards,  Joana

    
    I lost 2 pounds in my weight in this morning ...
    
    Ann
    
    

    re .354
    
    Congratulations, Ann! You're moving in the right direction!
    
    -Amy.

    		17 Dec:		178
		 5 Jan:		176		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 9.0
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 4.5
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 4.0
		10 May:		156.5		- 2.0
		 7 Jun:		155.5		- 1.0
		14 Jun:		157.5		+ 2.0
		21 Jun:		156.5		- 1.0
		28 Jun:		157		+ 0.5
		 5 Jul:		155		- 2.0
		12 Jul:		152.5		- 2.5
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-25.5

    Leaving 24.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    		10 MAR:		197
    		 2 JUN:		181		-16.0
    		10 JUL:		174		- 7.0

    I reached my permanent goal at WW Thursday...in fact 1 1/2 pounds
    under...
    
    Now six weeks of maintenance.

    re: .358
    
    Congratulations!!!!!!!  You can maintain your weight if you just
    think of it as the easy part, not the hard part.  Just make up your
    mind you're NOT going to put the weight back on!!!

    I reached my goal of 125 lbs last Thursday!!!  I have never been
    happier!
    
    Losing weight was one of the best things I could have ever done
    for myself...Good luck to the rest of you!
    
    Dee

    			July 12 	159.75
    			July 19		157.75	 -2.00
    			July 26		156.50	 -1.25

    Virginia

    			July 12		159.75
    			July 19		157.75	 -2.00
    			July 26		156.50	 -1.25
    			Aug.  2		153.25	 -3.25
			
    			Total			 -6.50

    After two weeks of almost uninterrupted outings and celebrations,
    I have started dieting again. I had regained about two pounds, so
    have actually lost 4 since last entry:
    
    Monday 20/6		164.8
    Monday 27/6		155.3 	-9.5
    Monday  4/7		152.8	-2.5
    Monday 11/7		151.8	-1
    
    	Pause for much non-diet-related celebrations
    
    Thursday 4/8	150.0	-1.8
    

    
    
    I got weight in this morning at the Dr's and I lost 5 1/2 pounds
    (-:  That swimming that I do on weekends must be helping..and also
    I've been really watching it..
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    Ann,
    
    How wonderful!  I know you have never heard from me before and haven't
    the foggiest notion who I am but *I* feel that I got to know you
    so well thru reading this notes file.  It is so wonderful to hear
    that you are doing well.  Of all people I am routing for you!  Mainly
    because of how much you seem to care for others.
    
    Anyway, enough of my gush.  Keep up the good work!
    
    As for me, I started on a program of counting calories on 8/8 and
    have lost 5 pounds at weight in last night.
    
    Linda B

    
    Hi Linda,
    
    You seem to be on a good start..as well, Keep it going too ok ?
    
    We only get one Body so we have to take care of it ..right ?
    I have along way to go but I'am on my way..
    
    Thanks for the kind words it makes me want to continue (-:
    
    Take Care,
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    re: .364
    
    That's great, Ann! Keep it up! (I imagine the swimming is helping
    a lot, good work!)
    
    -Amy.
    

    Super job, Ann! I'm so glad to be hearing progress from you, since
    I know this has been a real struggle.  There're lots of folks rooting
    for your success.  You must be feeling better already.
    
    --Louise

    GREAT JOB! 
    
       I'VE BEEN READING THIS FILE BUT HAVE NEVER ANSWERED. I JOINED
    WEIGHT WATCHERS JUNE 13, 1988 AND I WEIGHED 171 (BLAH). IT IS NOW
    AUG. 22, 1988 AND I WEIGH 157-1/2 DOWN 13-1/2 POUNDS. IT DOES GET
    DISCOURAGING WHEN YOU ONLY LOSE ABOUT 1 TO 1/-1/2 POUNDS A WEEK,
    BUT AT LEAST IT IS COMING OFF. I HAVE A GOAL OF 130 TO REACH, I'M
    HOPING TO REACH IT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS START IN NOVEMBER.

Just when you think 1/4 or 1/2 pound is discouraging get out your
tub (what a word) of margerine or stick of butter and imagine that
amount of bulk coming off your thigh!  It's great.

    WEIGHED IN LAST NIGHT FIRST TIME IN 12 WEEKS I GAINED 1/2 POUND
    

   Through a bunch of major stress, followed by a flu, followed by vacation,
   topped off with more stress, I've managed to lose 7 lbs in the past month.
   I don't recommend the high-stress diet, but it does have a silver lining! 

        
    		17 Dec:		178
		 5 Jan:		176		- 2.0
		 2 Feb:		167		- 9.0
		 8 Mar:		162.5		- 4.5
		 5 Apr:		158.5		- 4.0
		10 May:		156.5		- 2.0
		 7 Jun:		155.5		- 1.0
		 5 Jul:		155		- 0.5
		12 Jul:		152.5		- 2.5
		 2 Aug:		147.5		- 5.0
		24 Aug:		145.5		- 2.0
						-----
			Total loss to date:	-32.5

    Leaving 17.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    
    
     1-Aug-1988 	      330 lbs.
    30-Aug-1988               306 ibs.     
    
    	Not a bad start for the first month. One extra hole on the belt.
    
    

    Writing down what I eat and counting the calories IS working!
    
    		Date		Difference
    		___________	____________
    		8-8-88		start
    		8-29-88		-6
    
    Pounds to goal = 74
    
    I'll try and post this monthly, if I can keep from getting too excited.
    
    Linda B

    Just had to add a further comment.
    
    My husband's doctor put him on 1800 cal/day three months ago.  He
    wasn't faithful and had to see the doctor every month to get his
    blood pressure monitored.  Now that I'm counting with/for him he
    lost 6 pounds and his blood pressure is finially where it is supposed
    to be.  He doesn't have to see the doctor now until Nov, at which
    time the doctor expects he will have lost another 15 pounds.
    
    Just goes to show how much support we are for our mates.
    
    Linda B

    Down another two.   Total of eight, only *72* to go.
    
    One day at a time.
    
    Linda B

    
    Well, I'm finally here.  I started at the Weight Watchers At Work
    program today at MRO1.  The following is my progress report for
    this week, and I will try to keep it updated after each weekly
    weigh-in.
    
    		DATE:		WEIGHT:
    		----		------
    
     		8/31		 167.5   (this was at the informational
    					  session, so this weight is
    					  unofficial)
    
    		9/7		 165.5   (Official Starting Weight)
        			-------
    
         Total Loss/gain	-  2.0   (unofficial, but it's nice)
    
    
    See you all next week!!
    
    Good Luck,
    
    Debby
    
    	

    WELL I WEIGHED IN LAST NIGHT AT WEIGHT WATCHERS DOWN 2-1/2 LOST
    16 LBS SO FAR.
    
    KEEP ON GOING 20 LBS IS ON THE WAY.

    Well, I have been very good so far,  Since August 1, I have lost
    10 lbs.  Even though that is not that much, my lifestyle has change
    greatly in the past month and 1/2.  I have started to eat 4 small
    meals a day and this seams to work much better than dieting.  I include
    lots of high fiber foods, vegetables, fish, and low fat dairy products. 
    Exercise has become a part of my life, I now work out every day,
    1/2 hour of lifecycle, 1/2 hour of walking every morning and 1/2
    hour of lifecycle every evening.  I have also started to lift weights
    three/four times a week.  It's been a long haul, but I have never
    felt better.  Tonight I start french school.
    
    -marc
    

    
    MARC,
    
    It sounds like you are doing a Great job, now keep it up so
    I will want to follow your example...as my weight has been
    coming off slow...lately..
    
    Your eating the right Foods and it pays, right ?
    
    
    Good Luck,
    
    Ann
    
    

     
    
    Anne,   Eating the right food is the key to this program,  I am
            not concerned with the slow weight loss.  Since I started
            this program I have been feeling great.   I have such a
            very slow metabolism that if I want to loose weight fast
            I have to stop eating for 48 hours and then go on a very
            restricted diet.  I just keep telling myself that the weight
            did not appear overnight and it will not disappear overnight.
    
            I have found that I am not as hungry on four small meals
            a day as I have been on other diets.   If you do want to
            start this type of program you should start out slowly with
            just walking for 20-30 minutes twice a day.  
    
            If you want more information let me know and I will be happy
            to post it in another note since this one if for reporting
            progress.
    
            :)  Keep up the good work.
    
            -marc
    

    HI,
    
    Here is my first progress report and it's not very good. First I
    would like to thank the several people from this file who sent me
    mail. Your words of incouragement and care are very heart warming
    and appreciated. A big thanks from my whole person.
    
    I attended my first O.A. meeting on 30 august and my plan to begin
    with was, three meals a day, no eating between meals and no second
    helpings. The first week went very well but in the second week I
    began to revert to my old self. Breakfast and lunch were in plan
    and I didnt eat between meals but I again had seconds at diner.
    I also snacked while I prepared diner a few times this week. And
    I have been having a few beers also. I didn't attend the O.A. meeting
    this week, I had to be home with my grandson.
    
    I have to make a new plan and I have to tell someone about it and
    I can't miss any more meetings. I'm reluctant to make a new plan
    for fear of failing again. Realy screwed up aren't I?
    
    Progress:
    
    	30/8/88		400lb
    	14/9/88		396lb
    
    BTW: I have sent a request for membership in the eating disorders
    conference but have not heard from Neal. Is Neal still the moderator
    of this conference? Also I was pleased to read of the progress of
    several big time loosers/WINNERS such as Joe Coyle and Neal Goldsmith
    but wonder why there have been no updates for several months. 

    Hi Again Everyone,
    
    Well I had my second weigh-in at the WW@W yesterday.  The results
    are as follows:
    
    		DATE:		WEIGHT:		LOSS/GAIN:
                -----		-------		---------
    
    		 9/7		165.5		   0  - Starting point
    		 9/14	 	164.0		- 1.5
    
    
    The 1.5 lb loss is not much, but I'm hoping for more next week.
    I also did not count the 2 lbs I lost prior to joining WW.  I have
    also been doing aerobics.  I joined a local club, and I go to aerobics
    3 times/week, and I do a full 45 minute high/low impact workout.
    Hopefully by Christmas, I'll have the body of Bo Derek !!!
    
    See you all next week !!
    
    Debby
    
    		

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                               -< Some Progress >-

    HI,
    
    Here is my first progress report and it's not very good. 
    
    I have to make a new plan and I have to tell someone about it and
    I can't miss any more meetings. I'm reluctant to make a new plan
    for fear of failing again. Realy screwed up aren't I?
    
    Progress:
    
    	30/8/88		400lb
    	14/9/88		396lb
    
BOB!!!!  That's 4 pounds LESS than you used to weigh!!!!  That's GREAT!
Go to the department store nearest you and ask them what 4 pounds of 
pillows looks like!  It's a HUGE loss!!  It's all relative. 

No, you aren't screwed up, YOU'RE NORMAL!  We're all afraid of failure.
That's why I finally realized that when I have a *bad* week I MUST go
back to my WW meeting.  I may gain, but I get the support to help me get
back on track.

WE'RE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY!!!!!

Keep us posted!!!!  You're worth it!!!

    Thanks again to all who have sent me mail and replied to my notes.
    
    I attended O.A. last night and came away with the words, let go.
    I have so often set my self up for failure that it seems automatic
    for me to want to do this. In my last reply I said that I had to
    change my plan, what I ment was that I had to make it more rigurous
    so that I would lose more weight more quickly. Weight Watchers started
    up at work on monday of this week and I felt that I should start
    AGAIN. I didn't because I new I would fail again.
    
    What I am doing is recommiting myself to my O.A. plan and here it
    is for all to read.
    	
    	Three meals per day.
    	Nothing between meals.
    	No second helpings of anything, not even salads.
    	Reading some material relevant to my disease every day.
    
    Thanks for all your support.
    
    BTW, When I try to access the Compulsive Overeaters notes file I
    get, FILE NOT FOUND. Is anyone else able to read this file?

    Hi, I started Physicians Weight Loss Center diet on September 12th
    and have lost 7 and 3/4 lbs. the first week! I feel really good
    right now, but it was a tough week! (the diet for the 1st 2 weeks
    is VERY limited.)  I have 27 more to go, but like I said in another
    note, I needed to feel that I could succeed and I finally feel like
    I just might. My husband has been outstanding! If any of you out
    there need to better educate your spouse on how to be supportive
    of a dieter, I'll give you my husband's number!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Thanks again for all your support! I'll keep you posted. ( I realize
    that the weight loss is going to dramatically slow down from now
    on, so I'm trying to prepare myself for less loss each visit, but
    steady as she goes!)

    Hi Again Everyone,
    
    The following is my progress report for this week:
    
    	DATE:	      WEIGHT:	    LOSS/GAIN:
    	-----	      -------	    ----------
    
    	 9/7	       165.5	        -      Starting point
    	 9/14	       164	     - 1.5 
    	 9/21	       164	        0
    
    	  Total loss to date:	     - 1.5
    
    I am not upset about not loosing anything this week.  This past
    weekend my father came to visit and we celebrate my birthday and
    my sisters birthday.  He brought German chocolates with him, and
    of course I had a few.  We also ate lobster one night, and went
    out the rest of the weekend.  I had decided to go off the diet for
    the weekend, and I know I must have gained at least 2 pounds from
    what I ate.  But, I went back on the diet on Monday and I lost the
    weight.  So, no loss is good, No gain is even better!!  I also think
    that the aerobic classes I go to help an awful lot.
    
    For the first Friday night in ages, I am going out with one of my
    friends this Friday to go dancing.  I have already decided that
    I am not going off the diet, and I am not going to drink any alchohol.
    I am going to have seltzer, and probably coffee to keep me going
    if I need it.
    
    Well, I'll keep you all posted for next week and I am just trying
    to decide what I am going to do with the 300 optional calories this
    week!!!!
    
    Happy Loosing to all !!!
    
    Debby
    
    
    

A little horn tooting seemed in order here.  I've been on "pre-mature
maintenance" for a few months, and finally got off.  Here's a brief
history:

January 20		174

	27		169 (that first week is always great!)

February 10		165

March 9			160

June 6			152

Lots of fooling around for several weeks with 151-153

September 14		153.5

September 21		149.5 !!!!!


The things that made a difference were that for the first time I was the
one to ask for support at my WW meeting.  I also took the time to write
out  a month's worth of dinner menues (no, not followed to the letter, but
serves as a guide so I feel very much in control).  I wrote EVERYTHING
down that I ate, I decided I could wear my size 9 jeans as long as I
didn't have to tuck in my shirt so I retired my 2 size 13s to the goodwill
pile.  I also turned 35.  I now have 12.5 pounds to go.

Liz

re .388 (Liz)

That's great!  It's so nice to fall off of plateaus :-)

And, not to leave anyone out, congratulations to everyone else who's
making progress, including myself :-)

Jill

    Hello again to everyone!  I have been back from my maternity leave
    for three weeks now and figured it was time to check in.  First
    here are the stats on my #1 greatest accomplishment:
    
                        Jaime Renee Hilligrass
                        Born 7-12-88 weighing in 
                        at 8 lbs 2 oz.  She is 
                        adorable of course and is
                        thrilled to be here!
    
    My second greatest accomplishment was losing 2/3 of my pregnancy
    gain weight by my 6 week checkup and by 9 weeks had lost it all!
    I am now attending weight watchers and I am 4 pounds lighter than
    when I got pregnant.  After delivering only 10 weeks ago and
    experiencing a 45 lb weight gain I am excited about my success.
    Alot of you don't remember but I lost 40 pounds last fall and found
    out I was pregnant 1 1/2 weeks after finishing my diet.  It was
    very disappointing for me at the time to think that my perserverance
    was about to go down the drain.  Throughout my entire pregnancy
    I kept a real healthy atitude telling myself that I would lose it
    as soon as I had the baby-which is exactly what I did.
    
    The good news is I have 15 more pounds to go before I weigh what
    I did when I got married and I only have 25 to lose to before I
    am at a very slim goal!
    
    Congratulations to everyone who has done so well in their efforts
    while I was away...I missed you all!
    
                                        - Sue
    

    
    Congratulations Sue!!
    
    Congrats on the baby and for the weightloss.  I'm glad you kept
    a good attitude about you weightloss when you were pregnant.  I
    know when I was pregnant it was very depressing to watch my body
    get bigger and bigger.  I gained about 45 pound when I was pregnant,
    plus I was about 20 pounds overweight BEFORE I got pregnant.  After
    I had my daughter (2 1/2 years ago) I lost 35 lbs right away, but
    kept the rest on.  Now I am working towards getting the rest off.
    
    Good luck on you diet -  Keep the up the good spirit and it will
    come off quickly !!
    
    Debby
    

    
    It's me again, and it is that time again for another Progress report.
    Here goes . . .  .
    
    	DATE:		WEIGHT:	  	LOSS/GAIN:
    
    	 9/7	  	 165.5		    0     - starting point
    	 9/14  		 164.0		- 1.5
    	 9/21		 164.0	            0
    	 9/28		 163.0          - 1.0
        				------
                    TOTAL LOSS/GAIN     - 2.5  (and this is not counting
    						the 2 pounds I lost
    					       from 8/31 - 9/7)
    
      MORE GOOD NEWS --- I was measured at Anita Robert's last night
    -- This is where I take my aerobic classes.  Well, I lost a total
    of 8 1/2 inches in 11 visits:
    
    	1/2"  off chest
    	1"    off arms
    	1"    off waist
    	3"    off abdomen
    	2"    off hips
    	1"    off thighs
    
        I have also dropped 3 pounds since September 7th according to
    their scale.
    
    I really feel good about this, and it is keeping me extremely motivated
    for this week.  I'm hoping for a more significant weightloss next
    week, but we'll see . . . 
    
    Take care everybody and good luck !!
    
    Debby
    
    
    		
    	

    WELL I RECEIVED MY GOLD STAR LAST NIGHT AT WEIGHT WATCHERS FOR REACHING
    20 LBS BOY OH BOY WHAT A LITTLE STAR WILL MEAN TO SOMEONE.  I WAS
    SO HAPPY, I COULD HARDLY STOP TALKING ABOUT IT.  I AM HALF WAY TO
    MY GOAL SO I RECEIVE MY NEXT STAR AFTER 10 MORE POUNDS. CAN'T WAIT,
    BUT I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO JUST REMEMBER WHAT I SAW IN ANOTHER NOTE.
    
    "NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS TIGHT JEANS FEEL"  
    
    MY WEIGHT IS NOW 151 AND MY GOAL IS 130. I HOPE TO REACH IT BY
    CHRISTMAS, WHAT A GIFT.

    I have to disagree...
    
         To me, nothing tastes as good as LOOSE jeans feel, if you know
    what I mean!
    

    
     1-Aug-1988 	      330 lbs.
    30-Aug-1988               306 ibs.     
     3-OCT-1988               295 lbs.
    
    No one said it would be easy, but this is hell !!!
    
    
    

< Note 15.395 by HAMPS::GORDON_I >
                          -< More Olympis challenges >-

    
     1-Aug-1988 	      330 lbs.
    30-Aug-1988               306 ibs.     
     3-OCT-1988               295 lbs.
    
    No one said it would be easy, but this is hell !!!
    
    
    
But I'll bet your bod will look like heaven!!!  keep it up!

    
    Hi Everyone,
    
    I hope everyone is doing as good as I feel.  I just finished week
    4 on Weight Watchers (starting Week 5 tomorrow) and I've never eaten
    so much and still lost weight.  Here goes for the progess report
    so far:
    
    	DATE:		WEIGHT:		LOSS/GAIN:
    
    	 9/7		 165.5		    0 	  - starting point
    	 9/14		 164.0	  	  -1.5
    	 9/21		 164.0		    0
    	 9/28		 163.0		  -1.0
    	10/05		 160.5		  -2.5
    					---------
    		TOTAL LOSS/GAIN:	  -5.0
    
    Five more pounds to go before I reach my temporary goal, and 25.5
    to go to my permanent goal.  Good luck and thanks to all of you
    for the encouragement !!!
    
    Debby
     
    

    
    I've finshed 2 1/2 weeks on Weight Watchers-- I'm very pleased with
    their new program.
    
    		Week 1 Loss		8 1/2
    		     2			3
    Total				11 1/2
    
    Yup, 11 1/2 pounds in two weeks. I couldn't be happier. I expect
    a plateau any day now, but I'm not particularly worried.
    
    Sue
    

    WELL WEIGHED IN LAST NIGHT DOWN 1-1/4 (149-3/4) 19-1/4 LBS TO GO
    TO GOAL OF 130.
    
    MORE THAN HALF WAY THERE.

    
    re 399 that is Great news and it makes me want to keep
    Plugging in.
    
    
          I cheering for you !!
    
    
    
    
    Ann :^)
    
    

    
    
    I want to say I have rejoined weight watchers and have lost
    5 1/2 pounds so far...so it's a good place to start..and
    the good news also I didn't gain the weight that I lost
    when I left...So I must be learning..
    
    Also I have started to go to my dr's once a week to
    get weight and Pressure checked...working to be a 10
    well maybe a 7 1/2 will do :-)
    
    Cheers
    
    Ann
    
    

    
    re 401 that title was suppose to be Hey Guess what :-()
    
    I wonder where I lost that weight ???
    
    
    ���
    
    
    Ann Again
    
    

Well, I gotta brag again, but will tell you my secret after the
formfeed:

Weight last week	150

Weight this week	144



Two days of the week were spent in the company of Montezuma's Revenge.
I don't recommend it, but it sure sparked my enthusiasm.  I have only
7 pounds to go to personal goal on WW.  I will not be surprised if I
go up a bit next week.

Liz

    
    
    Hi Everyone,
    
    It's been about 3 weeks since I posted my last progress report.
    It was not because I was not motivated, I've just been extremely
    busy.  So here goes for this week  . . . 
    
    DATE:	WEIGHT:		LOSS/GAIN:
    
    9/7		165.5		    0  -  Starting Point
    9/14	164.0		 - 1.5
    9/21	164.0		    0
    9/28	163.0		 - 1.0
    10/5	160.5		 - 2.5
    10/12	162.0		 + 1.5
    10/19	160.0		 - 2.0
    10/26	159.5		 - 0.5
    				-------
    		TOTAL LOSS:      - 6.0
    
    It's taking a while, but at least the scale is heading in the right
    direction !!
    
    See you all next week -
    
    Debby
    
    

        	Week 1 Loss	     	8 1/2
    		     2			3
    		     3	                1
    		     4                 +1 (weighed in at night, not
    am)
    		     5                  2
    Total				13  1/2
    
    I'm still hanging in there. Their new 'dining out' book really helps
    getting through real-life situations. 
    
    sue
    

    WELL HERE I AM AFTER NOT WRITING ANYTHING FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS MY LAST
    WEIGH IN AT WEIGHT WATCHERS WAS 148 I SKIPPED LAST WEEK BUT I THINK
    THIS WEEK I MAY GO UP A POUND.  SEE WHAT SKIPPING ONE WEEK CAN DO
    TO YOU.  I HAVE TO GET MY MOTIVATION BACK. I'VE BEEN CHEATING A
    LITTLE HERE AND A LITTLE THERE, CAN'T DO THIS.  I'LL WRITE IN TO
    LET YOU KNOW HOW I DID THIS WEEK AT WEIGHT WATCHERS.

    
    Hi Everyone,
    
    Here I am again.  I still doing pretty good considering Halloween.
    I am lumping my weightloss into monthly totals now, since the list
    is getting too long . . . 
    
    	September loss   -   2.5
    	October loss     -   3.5
    	11/02 loss       -   2.5
    			    -----
    	Total Loss           8.5 lbs
    
    This is not counting the 2 lbs I lost the week before I actually
    started WW - so the total is actually 10.5 lbs.  I just hope the
    next 15 come off a little more quickly.
    
    Happy lossing everyone!!
    
    Debby
    

    WELL I TOLD YOU I WOULD WRITE IN TO LET YOU KNOW HOW I DID AT WEIGHT
    WATCHERS THIS WEEK.    UP 2 LBS.
    
    I AM REALLY UPSET BUT I'M TRYING NOT TO GET DISCOURAGED I AM JUST
    BACK ON THE PLAN THIS MORNING, NOT THAT I THOUGHT I EVER WENT OFF
    BUT I'M BEING MORE CAREFUL. WILL LET YOU KNOW THE RESULTS NEXT WEEK.
    
    

    WELL I'M BACK TO BEING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR WEIGHT LOSS. LAST
    NIGHT I WAS DOWN 1 LB. AS LONG AS I'M HEADING DOWN FINE WITH ME.
    
    

    I started my diet on Thursday, and have lost 5 pounds.  I realize
    that this is pure water weight, but I am still happy about it.
    
    AK

    
    I lost 5 pounds last weight in ...My eating Habits are much
    better now..and am feeling better already.
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    Well, last night I was down 1 pound.  Have been hoping for 2 pounds
    a week, but given what I ate Thanksgiving day I was quite grateful
    for the pound!  That puts me at 15-1/2 lost, 24-1/2 more to go!
    
    							Pat

I've been on the Rotation Diet since Friday.  The day after Thanksgiving.  
Tomorrow makes a week.  Sunday will be a week since I've weighed myself.  I'll 
do it again.

I spent a month with Sondra Ray's book _The Only Diet There Is_, which helped 
me through the MENTAL stuff about weight loss, like what advantages there were 
to being overweight and why I didn't think I deserved to be thinner.  I don't 
need to be model-perfect, just thin enough so that I don't pant from lack-of-
oxygen every time I take the stairs.  Thin enough so that some of these body 
aches that I know are from the weight (I didn't have them when I was thinner), 
go away.  Thin enough so I'm not a hazard to myself.

I love the Rotation Diet so far.  Part of me is observing myself, observing the 
difference between eating this way, and eating the way I've been eating that 
got this weight on me in the first place.  I feel better the way I'm eating 
now.  Less food fills me up more.  There is a balance that was lacking.  The 
600-calorie days feel really good.  I am in control.  I have to stop and listen 
to my moods instead of running to the pantry as I was before.  I didn't even 
know I was doing that until I stopped long enough to listen.

That's progress.
Meredith

Four pounds in two weeks...

I spoke with someone versed in the effect of terminology on the psyche who told 
me that to say "I want to lose weight" tells your psyche that you are going to 
lose something, which automatically makes your psyche want to find it.  He said 
to try saying "I want to release weight."  I find that the word "release" 
brings up interesting psychological reasons for not releasing it; I've been 
doing cleaning on my files, etc, since I started using the word "release"; two 
of the four pounds were released the day after I started to use "release" 
rather than "lose"...

    
    
    I lost 5 pounds on Saturday at my W/W class I am happy
    because I had a hard time getting passed that weight..
    
    
    I feel good and want to go for another lose...this week...
    
    Good luck to all and Happy Holidays..
    
    
    Ann
    
    

    I HAVE BEEN LOSING REALLY SLOW ON WW. I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING SINCE
    THE END OF JUNE AND YES I HAVE LOST 23-1/2 LBS SO FAR. BUT I STARTED
    EXERCISING ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO AND EVER SINCE I HAVE ONLY LOST ABOUT
    1/2 LB A WEEK IF THAT AT WW. I DON'T WANT TO GET DISCOURAGED AT
    THIS STAGE BUT I'M FINDING IT HARD NOT TO. I HAVE 17-1/2 LBS MORE
    TO GO AND I WANT TO STICK WITH IT. ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR A QUICKER
    WEIGHTLOSS I WAS AVERAGING 1 TO 1-1/2 LBS PER WEEK FOR A LONG TIME.

Muscles weigh more than fat; I read something someplace about muscles having 
more water content, but I'm sure someone, who knows more than I, can offer the 
correct information.  Exercise will develop your muscles, so it could be that 
the muscles are what is slowing down your weight loss.  If you like, I can 
share information on the diuretic foods recommended in the Rotation Diet, and 
you can eat more of those to rid water weight.  I understand that Weight 
Watchers has a quick-step program in the beginning.  Would it be feasible to 
repeat that part of the program?

    	Muscle is denser than fat, it's not because of water content.
    
    	Don't use diurectics (this includes 'natural' herbs that have
    a diuretic effect) if you're exercising!!  Even if you're not
    exercising, it's not always a wise thing to do.
    
re .416
    
    	What kind of exercise are you doing and how many times/wk?
    
    	Have you been cheating on the diet?  With what foods?
    
    -mike z

>    	Don't use diurectics (this includes 'natural' herbs that have
>    a diuretic effect) if you're exercising!!  Even if you're not
>    exercising, it's not always a wise thing to do.

What if you're drinking a gallon of water a day? Or water above and beyond the 
traditional 6x8oz?  Foods with a diuretic effect include green beans, 
pineapple, grapefruit, cottage cheese, (the rest of the list is at home). So 
while diuretics are NOT being used, diuretic FOODS, are.  Also diuretic are 
herb teas.

.419>What if you're drinking a gallon of water a day? Or water above and beyond the 
.419>traditional 6x8oz?  Foods with a diuretic effect include green beans, 
.419>pineapple, grapefruit, cottage cheese, (the rest of the list is at home). So 
.419>while diuretics are NOT being used, diuretic FOODS, are.  Also diuretic are 
.419>herb teas.
    
       	I wasn't thinking of foods like green beans (the diuretic
    effect must be very slight). I was thinking about alcohol and
    caffeine, among other foods.
    
    	The problem with diuretics is that the water is not avail-
    able to be used for the metabolization of glycogen or fat. Drink-
    ing extra is not a foolproof solution because it won't stay in the
    blood as long as it normally would.

    	I'll qualify my statement to say that strong diuretics should
    not be used before exercising.  You want plenty of water available
    when exercising or you're going to have less energy available for
    your muscles and brain.
    
    -mike z

>"Abe Frohman, sausage king of Chicago"

From one of my favorite movies..."Life moves pretty fast.  You better stop and 
look around, or you might miss it."

>(the diuretic
>effect must be very slight). 

I wonder, then, what would be the overall results from eating a number of 
diuretic-effect foods; the Rotation Diet sets this up in coordination with the 
start of an exercise program.  Perhaps therein, lies part of the secret to the 
large weight-loss in a short time frame.

>    	The problem with diuretics is that the water is not avail-
>    able to be used for the metabolization of glycogen or fat. 

What does this mean, i.e., in what will this result?

Thank you for letting me benefit from what you know!
Meredith

.421>I wonder, then, what would be the overall results from eating a number of 
.421>diuretic-effect foods; the Rotation Diet sets this up in coordination with the 
.421>start of an exercise program.  Perhaps therein, lies part of the secret to the 
.421>large weight-loss in a short time frame.
    
    	No doubt.  Keep in mind that an athlete that runs a 26-mile
    marathon burns about 3000 calories, not quite 1lb fat!! You will
    not lose more than .5 to .75lbs fat per day, even if you stop
    eating.
    

.421>>    	The problem with diuretics is that the water is not avail-
.421>>    able to be used for the metabolization of glycogen or fat. 
.421>
.421> What does this mean, i.e., in what will this result?
    
    	Some metabolization processes require water.  One such process
    is conversion of glycogen -> glucose.  This is the main source of
    (physical) energy in a human body at the molecular level.
    
    	If memory serves me right, the process to convert to the cellular
    level fuel, ATP, also requires water, though it may not be used up
    like it is for glycogen -> glucose.  I'd have to dig out a reference
    to be sure which other reactions require water.
    
    	Lack of water interferes with the processes that require it.
    One result is that the energy production process will be slowed,
    you may not *feel* tired, but you will have less available energy
    for exercise. In addition, you risk dehydration.
    
    -mike z

    What kind of exercise do I do?  I join a weight training class at
    work with weight machines and I work out 3 times a week.
    
    No I can't say I have cheated, I do write everything down plus I
    have been having about 10 glasses of water a day. Possibly too much
    water?

    
    If you haven't cheated, you will be fine. I would keep on drinking
    the same amount of water.
    
    It is true that muscle weights more. Give it some time. It seems
    that usually takes a few weeks until your body adjust to the new
    life style. I wouldn't be surprised if you would loose 5-10 lbs    
    in one week.
    
    Good luck....
    	Marylou
                                       
    
    

    I'm also on weight watcher's and I've been reasonably successful.
    (Funny how "real life" always wants to poke its head in, though).
    One thing I've noticed during the weeks I lose a lot of weight is
    that I've managed to get in my 9 - 15 ounces of fish that week.
    You may or may not remember that recommendation but it's true --
    and it really seems to work for me. I'm going out for lunch today
    and plan to get a salad and a shrimp cocktail -- so I can add another
    3 ounces of fish to my weekly total. I keep track of fish on the
    planner right where they have the other weekly totals. 
    
    I also work out with weights but keep the weight low and the reps
    high. Since I work out in a gym with cardio equipment, I also try
    to utilize that for at least 20-30 minutes per session. Good luck
    and hang in there!
    
    Sue
    

.423>    What kind of exercise do I do?  I join a weight training class at
.423>    work with weight machines and I work out 3 times a week.

    	Then consider charting your progress by either body fat or
    some key measurements (hips, thighs, arms, etc).  You're not
    going to be losing weight as fast as you were if you're now
    adding muscle.
    
.423>    have been having about 10 glasses of water a day. Possibly too much
.423>    water?
    
    	Possibly too little.  A good judge is your thirst.  If you get
    thristy after working out, you should be drinking more water before
    or during the workout.  If not, you're probably fine.
    
    -mike z

    
     1-Aug-1988 	      330 lbs.
    30-Aug-1988               306 ibs.     
     3-Oct-1988               295 lbs.
    12-Dec-1988 	      287 ibs.

Having gone through a lot of personal "challenges" recently, I'm not 
too unhappy with the progress made. It looks as though the real test 
of willpower and commitment is going to be about Jan 5th. 
    
M E R R Y    X M A S   A N D   A   H A P P Y     N E W    Y E A R 
    

    WELL I PROMISED I WOULD LET YOU KNOW WHAT I LOST WEDNESDAY. WELL
    I DID LOSE 1/4 LB. I HOPE THIS WEEK IS BETTER. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR
    REPLYS THEY SEEMS TO GIVE ME THE ENCOURAGEMENT I NEEDED.
    
    THANK YOU.

    Hi, I'm new to this conference.  But by reading all 428 replies
    to this note.  I thought you guys might be just what I need. I started
    dieting last week with the Diet Center,(similar to WW).  I lost
    6 pounds in 9 days. I've still got 64 to go (GOAL 115) , and I guess 
    I'm looking for encouragement/help to hang in there. Since I don't
    know anyone personnaly who has lost that kind of weight.
                                            
    Thanks, 
    
    Lucie 

    I'm now down another 6 pounds... only 58 to go. Still reading all
    your notes (I'm up to jan 88). My diet is going fine, up to know
    I have no hunger pains or headaches.  Wish me luck.
                                           Salut, Lucie

    Yooo hooo, anybody out there.  Well weighed in today lost 3.5 pounds.
    so  54.5 to go. Couldn't do it without this notes file. Thanks
    
    Lucie

    Well, I weighed in last night at Weight Watchers.  After my New
    Year's Eve dinner, I was fully prepared for about a 1 - 2 pound
    gain.  Lo and behold, I had *LOST* 2 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    How, you might ask, did she manage to do that?  Well, I'm not real
    sure, but I do know one thing:  I'll take it and be glad to get
    it!
    
    Seriously, I think two things caused it, neither of which I took
    into account when setting my weight-gain expectations.  First, I
    only binged on one, yes count them, one meal in a row.  It was truly
    a binge, but in reality I probably took in less than 2,000 extra
    calories that day.  I did pretty good the rest of the week -- not
    as good as I had been doing before the holidays, but pretty good
    nonetheless.  The other thing is that I had the flu, and then two
    weeks of holidays, and in the chaos I had almost totally stopped
    drinking my water.  I could tell I had gained water weight by the
    way my rings fit.  On Tuesday and Wednesday this week I *drowned*
    myself in water, and wore a path in the carpet down the hallway
    to the bathroom.  By weigh-in time Wednesday night my rings were
    again slipping around on my fingers, so I *know* I had lost a lot
    of water.  I believe those two things allowed me to have a *wonderful*
    New Year's Eve and still lose.
    
    Either that or my guardian angel was being real attentive this week!
     (^:
    
    Well, that's 20-1/2 off in 11 weeks.  19 left to go!  Maybe by Easter
    I'll be ready to make that trip to Victoria's Secret I've been
    promising myself!
    
    							Pat

    Hi,
       I'm now in my 5th week on the weight loss program, I never though
    I'd get this far.  This is my progress up to date
              
            9-dec  start at 185      70 to go
           19-dec  -6       179      64 
           29-dec  -6       173      58
            5-jan  -3.5     169.5    54.5
           12-jan  -2.75    166.75   51.25
    
    I'ts slowing down, but I guess that's just normal, I still don't
    like it.  But I won't quit... Thanks for the support.
                         
    Lucie

    3 more pounds last night!  23-1/2 down, 16 more to go!!
    
    I haven't felt this good in 5 years!!!!!
    
    							Pat

    Hi,
       week number 6 and I lost 3.5 ...only 48.25 to go

    3 pounds last week!  In the *WRONG* direction!!!!!!  Oh woe is me!
    
    I went to WW at a different time, so instead of going on an empty
    stomach last night, I weighed in right after eating dinner.  But,
    still -- 3 pounds gained!!!
    
    Well, I wasn't too good last week, and I guess I have to pay the
    price for it.  But this morning started a new week, and I'm sticking
    like glue to that program!  No matter what!
    
    							Pat

    Pat of .436- 
    
    Don't get discouraged by the scale. I know it is the one reward
    we all look foward to but scales do lie somewhat. I have been on
    the Optifast 400 Cal.day plan for many weeks now with no slips yet
    and have noticed, even using the same scale, that my weight fluctuates
    almost 8 pounds over the day and it is not always the same fluctuation
    curve each day. Now I can not think of anything more regimented
    and routine than Optifast and 2 quarts of water per day yet the
    balance beam scale I tested this out on can not be that far off.
    
    Bottom line is that I still live and die by the rewards at the scale
    each week at weigh in and so far they have been good to me but
    somewhere deep down you have got to know that dieting and slipping
    a few times during the week will not add 3 pounds of body fat. If
    anything, I bet that you just didn't lose anything last week. Big
    deal, today is the start of a new week and maybe next time, the
    scale will be more rewarding in your favor.
    
    

    Well I just had to write in my progress. Last night at weight watchers
    I reached 141 which makes it exactly 30 lbs I have lost so far.
    I have 11 more to go to my goal. I want it so bad I can taste it,
    oops I hope I don't gain weight if I can taste it.
    
    
    

Whew, finally taking off some of the 9 pounds I regained of the 30
I lost.  Last week the scale was down 1 pound and last night it 
was down 2 more.  At 150, I have only 13 to go!

Liz

    
    Well, I finished my first week on WW and weighed in 3.5 pounds
    lighter.  It didn't sound like much, but the program was a
    little hard to get used to at first.  I'm adjusting O.K. now,
    and am taking all of your advice to not get down on myself if
    I slip a little.  I just get right back on program.  I'll be
    doing it for too long to get down on myself all the time.
    
    Bev

    Hi,
       This is week number 7, I don't know why,  this is the first
    week i've had to struggle to stay on my program, but I made it
    so 2.75 down and 45.5 to go. I'm now at 160.5 and I can't wait 
    to be in the 150's range.  Like I wrote before couldn't do it 
    without you.
    
    Thanks to you all.
                             Lucie

    Hi,
       Week number 8, this week seemed easy, and to my suprise I
    lost another 3.25.  I'm now at 157.25 so I lost a total of
    27.75 only 42.25 to go....

    Well, after a 3-pound gain last week, I registered a 4-1/4 pound
    loss this week.  And my eating habits varied little or not at all
    between the two weeks.  Arrrrrrrrrgh!
    
    I knew I didn't gain 3 pounds of fat last week.  And I also know
    I didn't LOSE over 4 pounds of fat this week.  My concern is how
    am I ever gonna make it on maintenance????  They give me 2 pounds
    leeway in either direction, and I'm gaining and losing 3 - 4 pounds
    a week!!!!
    
    Has anyone else fought this battle with WW's 2-pound limit and
    day-to-day weight fluctuatons that border on the ridiculous??
    
    							Pat

    
    Is the 2 pound leeway in either direction new? When I was at goal,
    I was allowed to go as far below as I wanted (though not below their
    lower limit -- which I was nowhere close to ). So my way of dealing
    with the 2-pound over limit was to stay about 5 pounds below goal.
    
    I just lloked at my Lifetime Attendance book. The first rule for
    lifetime membership states:
    
    Lifetime member may attend one meeting/month at no charge, as long
    as they:
    
    a) remain within two pounds of goal weight, and
    b) attend at least one meeting/month.
    
    The rest of the rules say stuff about "weight no more than 2 pounds
    above goal". Huh. Looks ambiguous to me. 
    
    All I know is that I was frequently 3-5 pounds below goal with no
    fee as long as I went once a month. 
    
    Does this help?
    

    RE .443
    
    When you chose you WW goal, give yourself some room.  You start
    with a temporay range.  In my case it was 178 to 204.
    
    I picked 198 because I wanted to be under 200 pounds with the two
    pound limit.  I got to that weight, but I never got much lower.
    The two pound window was exactly that.
    
    If I had chosen the 204, there would be no reason that I couldn't
    go even lower.  By officially announcing 204 and to myself announcing
    198, for WW I would have had a six pound window and could hold myself
    to the lower limit.
    
    This is a problem if you positively need the threat from WW to keep
    you at goal because it offers slack that you will 'eat up'.  However
    if we are honest with ourselves we should be able to handle it.
    
    Just a suggestion,
    
    -Joe

    Thanks!
    
    I haven't read the maintenance literature 'cause I've never made
    it to maintenance (sigh).  My WW leader told me on my first visit
    that once I became a lifetime member I wouldn't have to pay as long
    as I came in once a month to weigh and stayed "within 2 pounds of
    my goal weight."  I merely ASSUMED that meant 2 pounds over or 2
    pounds under.  If I can set a goal that's, say, 4 to 5 pounds over
    where I really want to be, then...
    
    piece o' cake!!!
    
    Thanks for easing my mind.  I just may succeed at this after all!
    
    							Pat

    Well, the fast woman slowed down!  After clocking in with a 25-pound
    lost in three weeks of 'effortless' fasting, I promptly starting
    eating.  Ate 5 meals in 7 days!  Gained 6 pounds!!!  Ate all saltly
    fast food which (later) made me ponder my body's desire for salt
    instead of food?
    
    Well, back on the wagon and logged a 2 pound loss the first day!
    Next time I feel like eating, I think I'll write a note instead.
    Hope you're reading.
        
    Inez
    BTW, Joel, that strawberry is really awful.  I bring you some
    samples of HMR next time.  How was the soup?
    
    Inez 
    
    Inez  

    Well, I gained 3/4 pound this week, but I can't complain 'cause I know
    exactly why.  This weather is driving me up a wall!  The weekend was
    too icy to do much of anything (you folks in New England who are
    chuckling should remember that we have virtually *no* snow/ice removal
    equipment down here -- it just sits on the roads in a solid sheet till
    it melts), so Steve and I rented old movies and *pigged out* on popcorn
    and other stuff.  There's nothing to do but eat!  Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!
        
    We're going out to a nice place tomorrow night for Valentine's since
    Steve will be out of town on 2/14.  But I've been saving optional
    calories, and besides I've found it isn't hard to stick to program
    in the nicer restaurants where I can get poached/broiled/baked fish,
    fresh veggies, and fresh fruit for dessert.  So I'm not too worried
    about that -- it's Saturday and Sunday that do me in!
    
    Where is spring??????????????????
    
    							Pat 
    

    To Pat of .448
    
    What do you mean there is nothing to do when its cold out? I bet
    if you asked Steve if he knew of something to do indoors he would
    have an answer. 
    
    What do you do after that?
    
    Why you do it again, and again, and again until you get it right.
    
    I'll even allow you to have some unbuttered popcorn in between.
    With all the calories you'll be burning, what the heck.
    
    Ask a NewEnglander what to do in the cold and you are sure to get
    an answer.  Have fun, Be happy,
    
    
    
    Joel

    Hi,
      Week number 9, lost 2.25 for a grand total of 30. I'm at 155,
    and I can't wait to be in the 3n pounds to loose it will seem so
    much less than 7n or 6n or 5n or 4n to loose.  Still I was pretty
    depressed because this is the smallest loss I've recorded so far
    and I was Soooooo good, in the 9 weeks I NEVER went off my program.
    I'm the type that if I go off, just once, I can't go back on track
    so to succeed I just don't even consider it.  I've been to my goal
    weight 4 times before, my biggest problem is maintenance and that
    when I will need you guys the most.
    
                   Thanks for the support.    Lucie

    I'm back on track with the liquid fast.  Total loss is now at
    29 pounds for 5 weeks of fasting.  I'm about 4 pounds over my
    current interim goal plan; but am satisfied with the results
    so far.  With the pre-fast weight loss I am almost down 50 pounds!
    
    Inez
        
    

    Well I had a personal goal of being in the 130's before leaving
    on my Floriday vacation and I achieved it last night 139 but still
    it's in the 130's (2 lb loss this week). I have 9 more lbs to go
    to goal which was 41 lbs in all. (32 lb loss so far)
    
    I can hardly belive it. I feel great, I also have a two piece bathing
    suit to wear on my vacation. 

    Hi,
      week number 10, lost 3.25. I'm now at 151.75 down 33.25 only
    36.75 to go. One day at a time  

    week 1     lost 7 pounds     short term goal = 2 in week 2
                                 long term goal = total of 72
    
                                    -sunny-

    
    		I'm so pumped!!  Yesterday, I was able to wear a size
    	34 jeans (One size smaller!!) and it's been almost 3 weeks since
    	I joined WW!!!  One goal has been met...the next is for these
    	pants to become too big:-)...:-) What a great way to start the
    	week!!!
    
    
    				- Donna

    Hmm, my last entry here was August 26th.  Well, in mid-September I made
    the decision to divorce my husband, and stopped losing weight.  The 5 lbs
    I lost while being stressed out with the decision-making process came
    back fairly quickly, but after that I pretty much held steady.  I wasn't
    on program, but I was eating sensibly.

    Then I went to Jamaica in January.  All-inclusive resort.  Great dessert
    with every meal, lots of drinks (and no diet soda available, and lousy
    tasting water!).  I was please to have only gained about 3 lbs during the
    vacation week.

    BUT... in the following weeks, I have put on another 10 lbs.  I was
    psyched for WW@W, but it won't be starting up again until at least April.

    Okay, I finally got to traditional class last night.  I found I was
    looking forward to it!  Today is day 1 of week 1 (I'm pretending I've
    never done this before), and in spite of being hungry, I'm really up
    about this.  So, here are the numbers:

    		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

    		22 Feb:		162.5		starting from scratch!

    Leaving 32.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    Hi,
       week number 11, lost 3.0. Now at 148.75 down 36.25. And this is
    my new goal weight 125.  My councelor came to me and told me that
    I would be fine at 125 (i didn't beleive her), then she said that
    their maintenance program was very similar to WW reducing program
    and that, if I followed it, I would still loose, but slower, 
    plus the maintenance is FREE. So only 23.75 for my temporary goal.
       It's a new approach for me and I hope this works.
                                          Lucie
                               

    Hi.  This is my first progress note.  If you've been going through
    new notes for the day, you know a lot about me so I'll stick strictly
    to progress:
    
    I started dieting January 26 and weighed in at 250lbs and 4'10"
    tall (give or take 1/2 inch).
    
    As of today, I am 8 pounds lighter.
    
    Denise Simon

    
    Greetings, this is my first reply to this note, but definitely not
    my last.  I started on January 5th, 1989 at a whopping 304.
    This morning, (Yes it is Sat.), the number is 263+. (+ indicates
    that the scale is between 264 and 263.)  That makes for a grand
    total so far of 38+ lbs.  I will try to log my weight once each
    week, probably Fridays.
    
    					Paul

    
    Well, I made it through week 1!  I know, I've done WW before, but I don't
    think I've ever gone an entire week on any program without a single slip
    before.  Certainly not in a looonnng time.
    
    I've decided to keep those 1st time through numbers, to remind myself
    that it's never relly over (and that the overall trend has been a
    positive one).
    
    		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

    		22 Feb:		162.5		starting from scratch!
    		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
    						-----
    						- 5.5
    
    Leaving 27 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

    Well, it's been 6 days since my last progress report and I'm now
    237.5 which is a 4.5 pound loss.
    
    I'm off tomorrow for a weekend of wedding related activities.  It
    will mean a lot of eating.  My goal is to use enough self-discipline
    to come back even and report another loss by a week from now.
    

    	Update...Scale read 260.

    Hi,
      week number 12, lost 3.25. now at 145.5 down 39.5, next week I
    hope I'll be in the 40+ lost. So 20.25 to go for my new goal. I'm
    having funny fealings though before I started I didn't recognize
    myself when passing in front of shop windows, I'd think who's that
    big lady, and now I look at myself and think i'm fatter!! Pretty
    weird, because I feel better, the scale tells me I lost weight,
    but I JUST CAN'T SEE IT.
                                     Lucie      

    
    Started Jan 1 @ 225lbs.
    Today           216.5 lbs.
    
    Slowly, but surely.
    
    Mike
    

RE: .449
    >> What do you mean there is nothing to do when its cold out? I bet
    >> if you asked Steve if he knew of something to do indoors he would
    >> have an answer. 
    
    >> What do you do after that?
    
    >> Why you do it again, and again, and again until you get it right.
    
    Joel, just wanted to mention that as a direct result of your note,
    Steve and I are seriously considering moving to New England...  (^;
    
    							Pat

    	Well its Sunday, and I did it.  I went to an anniversary party
    with all sorts of fresh goodies and didn't eat a thing!  Every time
    I had the urge to snack, I drank a glass of lowcal beverage.
    
    Latest weight report 258.  304-258= 46 lbs!  This past week I started
    with a few low impact arobics (primarily of the stretching and bending
    variety).  I am trying to spend at least 5 min every day doing these
    repetitive exercises (God am I out of shape!)  In time the time
    and repititions will increase, as will the variety.
    
    
    							Paul

    
    Another realatively easy week, in spite of several days of being alone at
    home (and bored!) with a cold .  I ate a lot of pickles...
    
		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
						-----
						- 8.0

    Leaving 24.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    Hi,
      Week 13, lost 2.75, now at 142.75 for a total loss of 42.25.
    So only 17.75 to go for my temporary goal of 125. I read note 
    415.2, scary, maybe that will help think of maintenance more
    seriously.
                                              Lucie

    I have to hang my head here:
    
    240.75 up 3.25
    
    I went to my Brother's wedding last weekend and partied without
    restraint Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Then, I was on the road
    two days this week.  Could I have been more disciplined last weekend?
    Yes.  Did I really derive great satisfaction when I ate the Hot
    Fudge Sunday while travelling this week - Well, actually, yes (At
    least I'm honest).  Other than the weekend and the Sunday, I ate
    good foods but too much of them.
    
    I'll be back next week to report a loss - I'm back on track again.
    
    Denise
    

    .469 don't be too hard on your self, it happens...
    
    Status : 255.  (I havn't been this weight in over 2 years!!)
    This past week, on thursday, we went out BOWLING....(Of the SCORPION
    nature...)  It doesn't take much to have an effect.....Boy am I
    glad I don't do that very often!  Anyway, I had Wonton Soup and
    fried rice and sezuan(sp) beef and chicken.  0 lbs weight gain!
    I ate only what I wanted and had the soup first. Then on Sat., we 
    went out again...
    Dinner consisted of French Onion Soup with Swiss cheese and bread.
    Sizzling chicken  on a plate of letuce and mineral water.  I asked
    that the chicken be drained befor placing it on the salid and for
    lemon as the dressing..  MMMMMMM....  I thought for sure that I
    would have some weight gain, but nada, instead I lost weight!
    
    Of course, if I had eaten what the others did, I have the feeling
    I would have gained...

	I went out several times this week (partly social stuff, partly 
	because we're moving), and did pretty well.  I discovered that
	lobster tastes fine without any butter.  :-)

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
						-----
						- 9.0
    Leaving 23.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    Re: .470
    
         Thanks for the note of encouragement.  I wasn't too discouraged
    with the weight gain.  I'm trying to really work at learning how
    to live a daily life.  I didn't do well but I learned I can't eat
    quite that way.
    
    Progress:
    
         After the gain last week I was at 240.75.  Today I am at 238
    so I am down 2.75 pounds.  I travelled this week (as I did last
    week) and managed to be more reasonable about what I ate.  I still
    need to learn how to listen when my body says it is full.  I have
    never done so and am doing more of that as time goes by.  I ate
    fast food once - left the customer site at 6:30 with a 3.5 hour
    drive home and ate fast food in the car - I don't even like the
    stuff but it is conveniend.  Then, the day after I got back, I was
    back under control.  I've always had trouble getting back on track
    after deviating so this was pretty good.  Now I'm off to two weeks
    at Bedford and a lot (A LOT!) of socializing and eating out as I
    just moved across the country from Massachusetts in January and
    have lots of visiting to do.  My goal is to use enough control to
    lose at least a pound or two while I am away (more if I can really
    control myself).
    
    Denise
    

    TO DENISE SIMON IN .472
    
    Fast food should be outlawed along with other things like drugs
    and attack weapons. I sympathize with your delemma and relate to
    leaving customer sites hungry, having long drives and little time
    ahead, and have McD's on every street corner along the way home.
    IT'S JUST NOT FAIR!!!!!
    
    Try having a subsitute in the car for such a situation at all times.
    I have been using the "Slim Fast" chocolate and peanut butter bars
    as a supliment to Optifast for the last 3 weeks. They tast real
    good, satify the occasional craving for sweets, have lots of good
    vitamins and fiber in them, and sort of fill yu up enough for a
    few hours until you can get into a safer enviornment.
    
    Re-evaluate your trip back east. You can have lots of fun, visit
    all your friends, even go out to dinner yet lose the same amount
    you could out west. Plan ahead. Think about what you are going to
    eat that day. Plan not only what eating establishments you are going
    to frequent, but specifically what you are going to have when you
    get there. If necessary, write the menu selections sown and just
    hand it to the waiter or call your selections in ahead of time.
    Announce to everyone that you are getting heathier and need their
    assistance in doing so. Tell them what you plan to eat and ask them
    to assist you in sticking to your plan.
    
    Hey - If your like me, yu already know these and every other trick
    in the book. Make this the trip that you use your skills. If it
    turns out that you only lose a few, none at all, or even gain, we'll
    all still love you anyway and tomorrow is another day to do better.
    But why not try to make yourself happy by sticking to YOUR program
    and doing what it is YOU want to do.
    
    Good luck and have a great trip. If your up in Merrimack, stop by
    and pay me a visit - I'll help if I can.
    
    Joel

    Hi,
      Sorry I dind't report friday (I was off),  I got weighed this
    moning and I lost a VERY disappointed 2.75. I guess this is what
    you call plateaus.  I've been exercising as much if not more, I
    haven't cheated ever, any way I guess this is to test my strenght
    and will power.  So it is a total of 45 pounds, I'm at 140, 15 pounds
    from my temporary goal of 125.
                                      Lucie

     Well, after staying up for nearly 36 hours to prepare for and supervise
     the movers, I crashed out without eating much on Saturday!  As a result,
     the week's intake followed a weird pattern (I ate a lot on Sunday), but
     it seems to have worked out okay.

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
						-----
						-11.5
    Leaving 21 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

  
                  <My First PROGRESS Report since September 87>
              
    Well, I weighed in this morning with a WHOPPING LOSS OF 10 LBS!
    Yeah!  Of course, the first week is always like this for me, then
    it slows down to a more reasonable 2 or less pounds per week.  They
    tell me this week, I've lost the water weight (as I've been drinking
    water like it's going out of style), and any weight I have gained
    recently.  This leaves 15 pounds to my temporary goal 25 to permanant.
    
    Hope I come in with good news again next week.  This notes file
    realy keeps me motivated.  Thanks all!
    
    Kim   

    Hi,
      I appologize again for not reporting in time, I was very busy
    here at work.  Well, weighed in today at ... 136.25, since my last
    report a loss of 3.75. I'm now 11.25 away from my temporary goal
    of 125, and a total loss of 48.75, almost 50. I'm so excited, I
    want to get myself a BIG present when I hit the big 50, any
    suggestions? I won't report until friday next week to get back into
    normal weekly reports.
                            Thanks for the support,
                                                   Lucie

    	Well its been 2 weeks since I last reported in at 255.  Since
    then I have been going out an awful lot, however I have also discovered
    STEEM cooking!  (I love steamed green peppers...)
    
    Current status...246!  When I hit 250, I began a very simple exercise
    program primarily consisting of stretching.  Currently I am doing
    simple calestenics (SP), knee bends, situp's(sort of) and arm movements
    with 5lb soft diving weights.

I hope no one minds a bit of reverse progress thrown in here, confession
is good for the soul.

Last week, weighed in at 149.25, down 2 pounds YEAH!!
This week, weighed in at 155.75, up you-can-do-the-math pounds.

Ok, let's see if the week inbetween will shed some light on this...

Monday night, go home after weighing-in, eat a slice of 3-layer chocolate cake.
Tuesday, have a desert pot-luck prior to team meeting.
Wednesday, go to dinner with a friend who is on expenses, must have desert.
Thursday, don't remember, but might have followed the WW program.
Friday, go to dinner and have desert, brownie pie with ice cream.
Saturday, make brownies with 2-layer frosting to bring to in-laws on Easter,
          eat some to be certain of quality.  Good stuff.  Also, go to the
          drug store and discover Reese's peanut butter cup eggs on sale,
          3 for 1 dollar.  Eat all 3 before leaving parking lot.
Sunday, ate brownies at in-laws'.
Monday, ate Hershey bar with almonds, saved for about 6 weeks.  Ate small
          bag of potato chips (aren't they a bread and a fat?).  Ate one
          more brownie prior to WW meeting.

Shoot, I did aerobics Monday before I weighed in, doesn't that count?

Needless to say, I'm being overly religious this week.

    Well I haven't reported in lately, I have been going to Weight Watchers
    regularly but haven't lost much more since I reported. I'm down
    32 lbs so far which leaves 9 more to go to my goal.
    
    For the last month I have been either staying the same and one week
    I even gained a pound. I need to stick with this to lose the last
    9 pounds before summer. I also realize I have to stay on this new
    way of eating to keep the weight off.
    
    Any suggestions on how to really lose the last 9 pounds please let
    me know. Thank you all for this file.

    Have you talked to your WW leader about ways to break the plateau?  I
    think they have something written up.

    One suggestion a leader made last year sometime was to cut back for a 
    week; use less optionals, or do without the floating exchange.  Anything
    within the limits used for week 1 will be nutritionally sound (at least 
    for a week).  It could be the extra push your body needs.

    Beverly

    RE - .480  You didn't mention if you are excercising or not.
    If you're not, and you start now, that might do it.  And if
    you are maybe a slight increase in you're routine would help.
    
    Gail

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
		31 Mar:		149.5		- 1.5
						-----
						-13.0
    Leaving 19.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly

    This is the first time since I've been on WW that I've reported my
    progress.  I weighed in last Friday (week 8) I gained back a pound,
    but I've lost 12.5 overall.  I'm not really worried about the pound
    that I gained back.  I seem to be an every other week person.  One
    week I will either stay the same or gain a pound, then the next I'll
    lose 3-4.  We'll see what the scale says friday.  So far I've been
    good, and the weekend is the hardest part!
    
    Debbi

    As I have entered a few notes recently in this file, I thought I'd
    also enter my progress here:
    
    Start	16/03/89	157.1
    Today	06/04/89	150.4
    
    Total loss after 3 weeks	  6.7 pounds
    
    No special diet. Light breakfast, light lunch, "normal" dinner.
    Dinner is my largest meal, as I cook for the family and eat with
    them. I am always hungriest in the evening anyway, so I have found
    this way of splitting meals the most convenient for me.
    
    Little or no exercize except during the week-end. I just don't seem
    to be able to fit anything during the week, as my schedule is extremely
    full and most sports just bore me to death (when I have time I'd
    rather read!)
    
    Joana

    Now that I've started a new WW series, I'd thought I'd enter my
    progress here too...
    
       Start    3/21  183.5  (freebe week)
       Wk. 1    3/28  183.5     -0-
       Wk. 2    4/03  181.0   -2.5    YEA!!!!!
    
    Down 2.5 lbs. with approx 36 lbs. to go.....
    
    Roberta

    I'm past the halfway mark for this round of WW, and tied with my lowest
    weight since college!  I stopped on the way home from the meeting and
    bought a pair of size 14 jeans; I'm still in shock!
    
		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
		31 Mar:		149.5		- 1.5
		06 Apr:		145.5		- 4.0
						-----
						-17.0
    Leaving 15.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

    Seeing the great progress listed here by Beverly and the rest is
    very encouraging to me. Now that I am in the "need to lose 15 -
    20" range, and undergoing the part of Opti that does it the HARD
    WAY, by eating the righttypes and amounts of food, I need all the
    help I can get to perservere and continue. Keep up the great work,
    and how I know how much work it can be.
    
    Joel

    Well here it is my weekly report.  I'm at 131 pounds down 5.25 since
    the last report. I haven't changed my program, it just started to
    go down faster than ever before. So only 6 pounds to go to my temporary
    goal of 125.  Maybe next week I'll be in the 120's.
    YYYIPPPPPPEEEEEEEEE....
                                                 Lucie

    Current Status : 240
    My eating habbits have been really wierd these past 2 weeks, with
    a lot of activity going on, corresponding, a greate deal of eating
    out and wierd hours.  Finally this week I am able to go back to
    a normal eating pattern..
    
    To those who are approaching your goals, GO FOR IT!!!
    

    Well, I weighed in last Friday, down 4 lbs.  That puts me down
    16.5 since I started the WW@W program and 20.5 since January.
    I would like to lose 11.5 more to get to my goal.  But I was 
    thrilled because I'm now 1 1/2 lbs under the top of my weight
    range.
    
    Debbi

    Well, I haven't checked in for a couple of weeks, simply because
    I haven't had the two minutes to spare to enter this.  (The boss
    is away...)
    
    Started 3/20/89    		160
            3/27/89	-10	150
    	    4/3/89	same	150 (I expected this after the first
    				     big loss.)
    	    4/10/89	same 	150 (Probably would have lost, but I
    				     took the weekend off, didn't go
                		     hog wild, but definately blew it)
    
    I'll check in again on the 17th, I went right back with program starting
    this past Monday.  Just took a couple days to re-motivate...Went
    shopping, and bought myself a small wardrobe that doesn't matter
    if I lose more weight (It matters to me, but the clothes will still
    be wearable...does that make sense?), just pull the belt tighter! YEAH 
    
    Contratulations to all who are approaching goal, and those that
    are still sticking to program....We'll all be there soon!
    
    Kim                              
    		

    
    
    I lost 2 pounds in Weight Watchers last time :'} and
    I can tell by my cloths that I am going to be getting
    good News again !
    
    
    Yeppppppeeeeeeeeeeee I am back on track !
    
    
    Ann
    
    
    :-) Good luck to you.
    
    

    I haven't responded to this topic in 2 years (see note .3)!
    
    I never did get under 200 that time as I'd hoped.
    
    I've been getting involved in OA, and unlike my first experience
    with it, getting a lot out of it.  As of today, I've lost 23 pounds
    since January (the good news), but am still a bit heavier than when
    I wrote note .3 (the bad news).   I have over 4 weeks behind me
    with no sugar or refined carbohydrates.  I think I am one of those
    people who eats pretty reasonably as long as I keep away from that
    stuff.  I'm not finding myself binging on protein or vegetables.
    
    Getting evaluated positively for SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
    has helped me learn a lot about myself and my patterns.  It also
    feels great to know that there are some steps I can take to effectively
    combat my "automatic" fall weight gain this coming year.  
    
    Holly

    I DID IT!!! This week I'm in the 120's at .... 127.75, only 2.75
    to go. Down 3.25 for a grand total of 57.25 pounds.  I might be
    going to Atlanta next week and maybe not (possibility of cancelation)
    I don't really want to go because I would rather it be when I reach
    the 125, but then again the weather's been terrible her, it snowed
    yesterday.  Atlanta is such a nice place has beautiful weather and
    beautiful shopping, and seeing the sun again would be terrific.
    If you don't hear from me next week, you'll know were I am.
                                   Love you all,
                                                Lucie
                    

	Well, I thought the 4 lbs last week seemed like more than it should 
	be.  I guess I was right -- I put 1 on this week.  On the other hand, 
	I didn't get any real exercise this week (due to feeling lousy one
	day, and off-site meetings the other 2), and I misplaced my diary 
	sheet, so I kept it in my head.  Combine this with the baby shower
	goodies on Sunday, and I can't really act too surprised!

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
		31 Mar:		149.5		- 1.5
		06 Apr:		145.5		- 4.0
		13 Apr:		146.5		+ 1.0
						-----
						-16.0
    Leaving 16.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
    

    	Well after the Lasagna and etc, wierd eating patterns I thought
    were getting the better of me, however when I stepped on the scale
    this morning, it read 237!!  Onward and DOWNWARD....

    I lost about 5 pounds in January, fooled around in February, and
    then started seriously again in mid-March.
    
    I have reached my first "mini-goal" of a 25 pound weight loss from
    where I started.  I am attending OA meetings almost every night,
    and getting lots of support from friends.  
    
    I am very friendly with 2 couples who know my eating plan well.
    Whenever I go to either of their homes, I know that everything they put
    on my plate will be on my list of ok foods.  That is the most wonderful
    support imaginable!  They know it's fine with me to have things
    like rice or bread on the table, but they always make lots of food
    I can eat.  
    
    I have also been asked to lead one of the OA meetings I attend in
    2 weeks, and talk about my story and my progress as a newcomer.
    I will have 7 weeks of abstinence from sugar and refined carbohydrates
    at that point.  Having that to look forward to really helps, because
    2 months is usually my limit for any eating plan.  OA is teaching
    me a lot about thinking 'one day at a time'.
    
    Holly
              
    

	Another yuck week.  WW@W restarted today, so I was getting weighed
	at a different time of day, but even so, 3.5 is a lot.  On the other
	hand, I felt pretty out-of-control over the weekend, and ate quite a 
	bit yesterday and Monday.  We shall see...

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
		31 Mar:		149.5		- 1.5
		06 Apr:		145.5		- 4.0
		13 Apr:		146.5		+ 1.0
		19 Apr:		150.0		+ 3.5
						-----
						-12.5
    Leaving 20 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
   

    Beverly,
    
    Don't look back only ahead. What's done is done etc.
    
    JUST GET CONTROL AND GET BACK ON TRACK
    
    Good luck,    Joel

	Thanks Joel!

	Yes, I know not to look back (of course, knowing isn't always 
	enough!).

	It was interesting to me that of the 4 or 5 people who came back 
	to WW@W yesterday, I was the only one who had gone to traditional 
	classes, and I was the only one who only put part of the lost 
	weight back on.  The others all lost 10-15 lbs, and put it all 
	back on (sometimes with extra).  That made me feel that my 
	situation was in fact an accomplishment.

	Beverly

    I am still on my way down:
    
    Start       16/03/89        157.1
    	        06/04/89        150.4
        	20/04/89	146.0
    
    Total loss after 5 weeks	 11.1 pounds     
    
    Joana

WOW, I "girded up my loins" and managed to drop off 5 pounds last
week!  I'm still quite a bit over where I was in October, but I"m
on my way down again!!!

Thanks for all the encouragement!

Liz

    Just a tiny weeny little loss, 1.5 I'm at 126.25, for a total loss
    of 58.75. I was so hopping to get to my temporary goal of 125, 
    c'est la vie. My councelor wants me to be on stabilization next
    week but I decided to be on the Diet Center reducing program one
    more week. And what ever I reach next friday will be it.  And then
    my new goal will be to loose 1 pound a month, until I reach 115
    (if ever), � la prochaine. 
                                   Lucie
    

    Well, I'm back after last reporting progress Mar 17.  This is a
    positive report sort of.
    
    After Mar 17, I spent 2 weeks in a class at Bedford socializing with
    old friends and eating out every night.  After the two weeks, I was
    up 5 pounds (I forget which) but I got to work on good eating habits 
    right away.  At this point I was about 243 lbs.
    
    Two weeks later, I embarked on a cruise in the Mexican Riviera and to
    be really honest, I didn't worry about what I ate.  The one thing I
    tried to do was quit eating when I was full and not eat two rich
    desserts the same day.  The latter was violated once or twice.
    
    I got back last Saturday and today had a Doctor's appointment.  I
    had to weigh in and I expected the worst.  I weighed in at 236.25.
    This is down 1.75 from my last progress report and down 6.75 from
    the gain at Bedford.
    
    So, All things considered, I don't think this is a half bad report.  I
    have eaten intelligently this week thus far.
    
    I do have to admit that we moved into a new building last week and
    have no airconditioning and the loss may be partly due to water loss
    (It has been above 90 in here) but I'll take advantage of that.
    
    We have no scale here so my progress reports may not be too frequent,
    but I'll post when I can (I'll be buying a scale shortly).
    
    Thanks for your support.
    
    Denise

	Well, I ate whatever I felt like, but I guess I managed to mostly
	keep it under control, enough to lose .5:

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		01 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		08 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
		31 Mar:		149.5		- 1.5
		06 Apr:		145.5		- 4.0
		13 Apr:		146.5		+ 1.0
		19 Apr:		150.0		+ 3.5
		26 Apr:		149.5		- 0.5
						-----
						-13.0
    Leaving 19.5 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
 

    	Well here we go again.  This past weekend/week was a bust. 
    Between visitors and 48 hour marithons (Traveling all over new england
    and not getting any sleep...)  On monday I was at 238.  Today, I'm
    at 236.  It is true, take it one day at a time.
    
    						Paul S.

    I am back again !  I will be reporting my progress here, I can't
    get into the Progress conf.  Does anyone know if it is still working.
    
    Went back to WW@W three weeks ago progress so far
    
    week one      -8.5
    week two      +3
    week three    -2
    
    

    Hi guys, well this is it I'm now at 124.0, this weeks loss is 2.25
    for a total loss of 61 pounds, over a period of 20 weeks, 140 days,
    3360 hours...I start stabilization today, for 3 weeks, it contains
    more protein foods, and more milk type products. They say to expect
    a slight gain which should come down by the end of the 3rd week.
    I'm sorry to say that I am leaving DIGITAL in 2 weeks (may 12),
    so I won't be able to report on the last week, but till then I'll
    keep you informed.
                      Wish me luck, Lucie

    Lucie,
    
    DEC is losing a real winner. All of us on this notes file know how
    difficult it is to do what you have done. It is certainly a reflection
    of your inner stength and determination and signifies your potential
    in other problems encountered in life. Best of luck and I hope to
    hear from you even if you get a friend to enter sometihing for you.
    
    Joel

    Congratulations!  That's really impressive, though for most people
    maintaining the right weight is harder than losing it, so I'll wish
    you a lot of strength for the future, and a lot of fun in your new
    job!
    
    Come and say Hello in this file if you come back to DEC one day!
    
    Joana

    Well, I weighed in today at WW.  After 2 bad weeks I was still lost
    3 lbs.  I'm really going to watch it though so I don't go up this
    week.  I'm re-inspired though.  Yesterday I got into a pair of pants
    that I used to wear when I was a senior in high school.  I loved them,
    so I hung onto them.  I didn't even have to lay on the bed and suck it
    in to zip them.  I think that was the best part!  So, I've been on 
    WW@W for 11 weeks and have lost 18 lbs.  Ten more to go and I'll be
    all set!
    
    Debbi

    Thanks to everyone,  This was my first weekend on stabilization
    and I didn't gain anything (-.25), I have to admit that I was VERY carefull
    and I didn't miss my aerobic class.  I've been this road before
    at least 4 times before,-30 +50 -50 +75 -30 -30 +80 -61, and I am
    omitting the yoyoing in between.  This is my final attemp,  no more!
    never again! So I better make this one last for a long long time.
    It is going to be very difficult without this notes file, and Joel,
    but I intend to hang in there, even though I am extremely frightened.
    Thank you again for all the support.
                                         Lucie
     

    	Take care and good luck Lucie!
    
    Progress : well I was able to get back on a normal pattern last
    week and weighed in yesterday at 234!  That means I've reached the
    big 70!  I still have a long way to go, but that Scuba gear is getting
    a whole lot closer to reality!  Good luck all, and I'll report in
    next week.

    						Paul S.

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		 1 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		 8 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
		31 Mar:		149.5		- 1.5
		 6 Apr:		145.5		- 4.0
		13 Apr:		146.5		+ 1.0
		19 Apr:		150.0		+ 3.5
		26 Apr:		149.5		- 0.5
		 3 May:		148.0		- 1.5
						-----
						-14.5
    Leaving 18 to go for my goal.

    Beverly
 

    Well, I bought a scale so now I can report regularly.  I had a pretty
    good week.  Monday and Wednesday, I walked a mile.  This morning
    I had an asthma attack (I hate it when that happens) and the Dr
    says no exercise until things are under control again.
    
    Last week, I weighed 236.25 pounds.  This morning, 229.50 pounds
    for a loss of 6.75 pounds.
    
    Since I bought the scale, I have been weighing in in the morning
    sans clothes.  The previous weigh-in was with clothes.  They seem
    to be about 2.5 pounds, so I think we have to say that I am really
    down 4.25 pounds for the week.
    
    Psychologically, the sans clothes weigh-in does a lot because I
    started dieting at 250 lbs and it means I have hit the 20-lb-lost
    mark (with clothes, I am 2 pounds shy of the mark).
    
    I made great progress in avoiding food when I wasn't hungry.
    
    For the next 8 days, I have been put on a course of prednisone which
    will probably slow down the loss but I'll do my best to maintain
    good habits and maximize whatever loss I can get.
    
    Denise
    

    Well I looked through all these replys and found one dated  a
    year ago this month, my how time flies.  I have no idea how much I
    weighed then but I do know that I have been thirty pounds over in the
    last year.  A couple of weeks ago I read about SAD and started to do
    the things that people have recommend to help me through this.  I
    started taking the amino acid and bought a Vita-Lite for my desk lamp.
    I have tried not to think about calories or the word diet, thats a tough
    one. 
    
    Well lets get to the progress part of this thing.
    
    In the last two weeks things have changed for me...I walk and I like
    it.  Everyday, 5 miles.  I feel good.  I feel good about me and my job.
    And it's been to long since I have felt this way.
    
    My cloths feel good, so I weighed myself and I down 13 pounds.  And
    that feels REAL good.
    
    It maybe two weeks before I enter again...I going to try not to weigh
    myself again until I'm sure it's good news and what I wear will let me
    know.
    
    Robin

    I've been on stabilization for little over a week, and I'm still
    at 123.75.  I did go off program for my anniversary last wenesday,
    but it was just a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I
    didn't go crasy, just eat t'ill I was satisfied, and went back on
    program the next day.  If I could just put this into my thick head
    that being carefull is all that is needed.  Before when I would
    go off program at a restaurant, I'd come home and have the "What
    the hell" feeling and eat everything that I had been avoiding, like
    chips chocolat cookies, and that was when the damage happened. 
    What ever happens I have to continue being carefull for the rest
    of my life.
                                Lucie
    P.S. I'll report friday just to say goodbye

                                BYE.... SNIFF !!
                                               	Lucie
    

	I thought I entered last week's �-pound gain, but I seem to have
	avoided it.  I expected to see a small loss or none today; I'm
	not sure *how* I lost 4 in 1 week!  I was pretty good, but not 
	*that* good!

	This weekend will be interesting -- It's my father's 65th birthday,
	and all 3 kids (plus my sister-in-law and neice, and my boyfriend)
	are flying down to surprise him.  None of them has seen me at this
	weight in years (I haven't been this low in about 10 years), so 
	there'll be lots of praise; on the other hand, there will also be
	quite a bit of stress...


		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		 1 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		 8 Mar:		154.5		- 2.5
		15 Mar:		153.5		- 1.0
		22 Mar:		151.0		- 2.5
		31 Mar:		149.5		- 1.5
		 6 Apr:		145.5		- 4.0
		13 Apr:		146.5		+ 1.0
		19 Apr:		150.0		+ 3.5
		26 Apr:		149.5		- 0.5
		 3 May:		148.0		- 1.5
		10 May:		148.5		+ 0.5
		17 May:		144.5		- 4.0
						-----
						-18.0

    Leaving 14.5 to go for my goal. (less than 15!  Wow!)

    Beverly
 

    	Oops I missed a week.  Last week 231.  This week 229.  
Inbetween MOTHERSDAY BARBEQUE!  231-230-229-234-231-230-229.
    
    I ate too much "overdooits" (translated JUNK!)
    
    						Paul S.

    Keeping at it, though we have been going out a lot those last few
    days. Thank God we are stony broke, we won't be going out for a
    while...!!!
    
    Start	16/03/89	157.1
    		06/04/89	150.4
    		20/04/89	146.0
    		18/05/89	139.4
    
    Total loss after 8 weeks	 17.7
    
    Joana

    I've gotten back on track (thank goodness)!!!
    
    We're eating at home again now.  I'm fixing a low-cal main dish
    every night, along with the perpetual tossed salad and a vegetable.
    Last night I fixed some couscous to go along with the rest.
    
    The thing that amazed me most about Weight Watchers is that if you
    follow their program you DON'T GET HUNGRY!!  The big trick for me
    is finding the time to follow the program, but that's another story.
    
    Don't y'all think someone could get very rich by opening up a really
    nice restaurant that served gourmet low-fat, low-cal meals?  If
    America's number 1 health problem is fat, it seems that someone
    would decide to cash in on it.
    
    Anyway...  I've only lost 1-3/4 pounds, but I'm right on track and
    now it's just a matter of time!!!
    
    (^:		(^:	(^:	(^:	(^:	(^:	(^:	(^:	(^:
    
    							me
    

	The weekend went really well (everyone was very impressed with 
	my weightloss), but of course the food was a bit much.  I didn't
	go way overboard, but I did eat more than usual.

		17 Dec:		178
		24 Aug:		145.5		-32.5

		22 Feb:		162.5		starting over
		 1 Mar:		157.0		- 5.5
		 6 Apr:		145.5		-11.5
		 3 May:		148.0		+ 2.5
		10 May:		148.5		+ 0.5
		17 May:		144.5		- 4.0
		24 May:		145.5		+ 1.0
						-----
						-17.0

    Leaving 15.5 to go for my goal. 

    Beverly
 

    I went to a party last weekend with people who hadn't seen me since
    Christmas.  It was wonderful!  It really means a lot to me when
    people do a double-take.  I know it shows.
    
    I am only weighing myself every 2 weeks, but at last count, I had
    dropped 35 pounds.

                                              
    Holly

Time I checked in again.  Weighed in last night and was down 1.25 from
last week!  Heading towards goal!

Liz

    My OA sponsor only wants me to weigh myself every 2 weeks, so I
    don't know if my weight has dropped.
    
    A friend just insisted that I go shopping with her at TJ Max and
    Marshalls.  I wasn't real interested, because their sizes have never
    fit me in the past.
    
    I tried some things on, and was amazed...they have women's sizes.
    The 46, 44, 42, and 40 shirts hung on me -- I finally found some
    18's that fit, and they are kind of big, too.  This is totally amazing.
    I don't think I had any idea how much my body has changed!
    
    Very reinforcing to keep on going.
    
    Holly

    HI there....it's friday.  A friday before a long weekend, so who ever
    may be out there.......
    
    I started lifting weights since I last entered and I was sure I was not
    going to see much change.  I am happy to say though, I lost 3.  Which
    is good.  And I can SEE the difference the lifting has made.
    
    Have fun this weekend.
    and remember....if you must feed the fire.....make sure you burn up the 
    extra fuel!!
    
    Robin

    Well, I guess I haven't entered here since May 5.  A lot has happened.
    At that time I was 229.5.  This morning I was 221.5.  This brings
    my total loss since January to 28.5 pounds.
    
    Oh yes, after entering my 5/5 note, I ended up going into lung failure
    and being rushed from the office to the hospital in an ambulance.
    They pumped me full of steroids and after 4.5 hours in ER, they
    finally could move me to ICU.  At that point they were talking about
    putting me on a breathing machine but I finally started responding
    to the steroids.  After 2 days in ICU, I was feeling great - they
    moved me to a regular ward and pulled all the tubes out and I was
    allowed to walk.  I felt so good I walked 1-2 miles around the
    hospital.  The problem turned out to be a lung infection.
    
    The side effect was that all wheezing stopped completely (Until
    3 weeks ago, it had been 3 years since I had not wheezed).
    
    Last weekend, I walked from the natural opening of Carlsbad Cavern
    to the bottom, swam a mile and a half and ran after a hot-air balloon
    on which I crew (really ran as we had to stop the truck at a closed
    gate and keep up with the balloonist).
    
    I lost 4.5 pounds over the weekend!  I think the lung infection
    was a blessing in disguise.
    
    At one point this week, I actually hit the 30 lb lost mark but I
    am up a tad from that.
    
    I'll report in next week.
    
    Denise
    

Thought maybe if i updated this weekly it would help me keep on track.
I was down 1/2 pound this week, that means 2 sticks of butter!!

Liz

    40 pounds off as of this morning.
    
    11 weeks of abstinence in OA was the method.
    
    Onward!
    
    Holly

    re: .531
    
    Holly - Congratulations! You've done a fantastic job! Keep it up!
    
    	-Amy.
    

    For the past week and a half, I have not shown as much discipline
    as I could but am back in the swing of things today.  5/26, my weight
    was 221.5 and this morning 219 so I am down 2.5 pounds over the
    last 10 days.  I want to average around a pound a week over the
    next 3 years (total weight to lose is 150 lbs).  I am still way
    ahead of schedule and I won't complain here.
    

   	Wow, time is flying.  Currently I am still at 229.  However,
    this has been one hedoublechopsticks of a couple of weeks.  On 5/26
    I was at 226.  This past weekend was a killer.  14 hours sleep between
    friday morning and present.
    
    						Paul S.

    
    275 as of this morning... only 79lbs to go! :-)

    My first week loss at Weight Watchers was (drum roll)
    
    
    
    -6.25 lbs.
    
    Yeah!!!!!!!!
    
    
    Virginia

    Well, last night was the first weigh in for me....I'm down 4-3/4 lbs! 
    And with this week I can now have 1/2 bagel.....can't wait for the
    peanut butter!
    
    P.
    

Well, I'm down another 2 pounds!  That leaves me with 16 to my personal
goal of 137!

    It hasn't been a week since my last report, but I like reporting
    on Fridays so I'll enter this.  In my last report, I was 219 (6/5).
    Today, 6/9, I am 214.5 down 4.5 pounds for a total loss of 35.5
    pounds.
    
    I don't feel like I've used a lot of discipline this week, but I
    have not gone way off either.  I have had egg mcmuffins this week
    for breakfast several times (all garbage, no health) but have eaten
    less calories the remainder of the day to counter.  I seem to be
    eating a reasonable amount (but still pushing the plate away when
    I get full) and well balanced (except aforementioned breakfast)
    nutritionally.
    
    In 14.5 pounds, I am going to allow myself a small bowl of 31 flavors
    Pecan Praline ice cream (very small).  That will be at the 50 pound
    lost mark.
    
    Denise
    

    	well its only been 4 days since I last reported, but I am
    happy.  For the last three days I've been under 225!  
    Current weight 224.  
    
    						Paul S.
    Oh by the way, what has happened to the progress notes file.  I
    have not been able to get into it lately.

    Well, week 2 wasn't as big a loss as week 1, but I'm still happy
    as long as it's going down instead of up.
    
    Week 2     -1.25
    Week 1     -6.25
    
    Total      -7.50
    
    Virginia

Last night's weigh-in shows I'm another 1.5 pounds lighter.

I'm now 151.5 which is 7.5 from the top of my range and 14.5
from my personal goal of 137.

Next week I plan on weighing-in in the 140s.

See ya then if not before.

Liz

    Last week:  214.5
    This week:  211.0
    
         week:   -3.5
        Total:  -39.0
    
    Bad week mentally - see "Lack of Control" note.
    
    A couple of times a week,  I usually allow myself the luxury of
    an egg mcmuffin/hash browns and large decaf coffee.  This is mega
    fat, eaten in the car and any other bad thing you can think of.
    It is my respite from behaving well and my progress seems to be
    going well. - This week, just one McDonald's stop (dropped 1/2 the
    hashed brown thing on the floor :-) and this morning instead of
    that, I stopped at the market and got fresh fruit - tasted great
    (Of course, it meant getting out of the car).
    
    See you next week.
    
    Denise
    

    	Ah well, another week has gone by and my canoe is calling me.....
    Since my last reply, I have dropped another 2 lbs.  My current
    weight is 222.  -.1 I read your Lack of Control note and am in
    the same boat!  I too have been under a lot of stress and when that
    trigger is pulled, I try to get as far away from food as possible,
    or figure out what it is that I really want and eat it.
    
    	Good luck all, I'll report in next week.
    					Paul S.

    Well, I sort of went by the wayside this week.  I'll just have to
    do better.
    
    Week 3	+1.50
    Week 2	-1.25
    Week 1	-6.25
    
    total	-6.00
    
    Virginia

I was up .5 last night so am now 152, but still ONLY 15 away from my goal!

Will check in again next week.  Am EXCITED about getting to goal.

Liz

    
    Well, I was happy with my weigh-in last night after being in bed
    from Wed. of last week until Sat. with a bad sinus infection:
    
    Week 4   -1.75
    Week 3   +1.50
    Week 2   -1.25
    Week 1   -6.25
    
    Total    -7.75
                                                                 
    Virginia

    
    
         I lost 4 pounds this Tuesday night at my weightin.
    
    I have joined a new program and is working great.
    
     It's the Quick weightloss that Diet Workshop puts on.
    
    
        Good Luck to all over the long weekend
    
            Ann
    
    
    

I dropped off the 1/2 pound that I gained last week so I'm very happy!
Got up at 5 am and walked 2 miles and have well-planned meals for
a couple days so far.

    We messure in kilo's.
    
    I started with  	63.5 and want to be 52.
        		
    		  	81.8	- 1.7
    			61.1	- 0.7
    	    1/2 week	60.5	- 0.6
    			62.5	+ 2.0 !
    			60.5	- 2.0
    			58.8	- 1.7
    			62.0	+ 3.2 !
    			61.8	- 0.2
    			59.4	- 2.4
    	    2 weeks   	61.2	+ 1.8 !  last night (thursday)
                        
    Before the last one I was on holliday, and stayed with French friends,
    if there is something I realy like, it's French food.
    
    Question:  Do you think I should continue?
                                       
    
    Loes
    				     			

    	If I understand correctly 1 Kilo = 2.205 US lbs.  
    	Therefor your goal weight in term of US lbs is 114.7.  
    	I have no idea what your 'Ideal' weight is.
    
    You may want to examine how you are 'DIETING'.  If you are just
    not eating, then you may indeed loose the weight, however if your
    eating pattern is the same then you will gain the weight back when
    you go off the 'DIET'.  Continue?  Why not? (Unless your current
    weight is at or below the 'IDEAL' weight for your build and height.)
       	We all gain from time to time when trying to get rid of the
    excess weight.
       	Don't let a gain be an excuse to stop dieting.  I know too many
    people that said 'I gained a pound..I blew it' and went back to
    stuffing their face, gaining and gaining....I happen to have been
    one of these people...
        Don't get me wrong, each of us must do what is right for us.
    Eating out and over at friends is very difficult.  Especially in
    Europe!  (My father is Italian so when I go overseas my relatives
    generally speak one word at the dinner table "MANGIA"  translated..
    EAT!!!)
    
    	We have many different reasons for overeating, one of the key
    things that one must do is identify why we 'over eat'.  
	
    	I hope this helps,
    						Paul S.

    	Now for my information.
    	As of 6/16 I was 222.  The rollercoaster ride continues.
    
    	I have been eating out on a regular basis and have been "overdoing"
    it a bit much.  So far in the past 14 days I have been 222 3 days,
    223 2 days, 224 4 days, 225 2 days, 226 2 days, 227 1 day.

    Fortunately not in that order!  It seems that I will get to 222
    or 223 and then for some strange reason be dragged out to a bar
    and consume.  However,  The LBS Stop HERE!  I have given up (For
    a minimum of 1 month)  Alcohol and Caffeine!  The alcohol is no
    big deal as I don't usually go out drinking.  The Caffeine on the
    other hand is affecting me severly right now....
    
    	YES I AM SUFFERING FROM LACK OF CAFFEINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ARRRRRRRRGGGG!  

    
    						Paul S.

    6/16:  211
    6/30:  205
           ---
            -6 lbs for a total of 45 lbs lost
    
    This week was an emotional week with some real stress and I didn't
    eat to deal with it (this is good!).  Two days ago, at the market,
    I picked up a burrito and a corn dog (stress food) and actually
    put them in my basket then thought - "What am I doing?  I don't
    even really like this stuff" - I put it back.  It felt good.
    
    Have a good weekend and holiday everyone.
    
    Denise
    

    re: 15.551
    
    I'm  1.67 meter  that is about 5 ft, so my Ideal weight is 53 kilo
    that is about what you said (114.7 lbs)
    
    My diet? well.... I'm at the Weight Watchers for 10 weeks now.
    
    The thing is that if I have a weak week, I gain about 2 or 3 kilo's
    (4 or 6 lbs.)                                      
    
    
    Loes

    Finally lost the first ten pounds!!  Yipee!!
    
    Week 5	-3.00
    Week 4	-1.75
    Week 3	+1.50
    Week 2	-1.25
    Week 1	-6.25
    
    Total      -10.75
    
    Virginia

    
    Week 6	+2.00
    Week 5	-3.00
    Week 4	-1.75
    Week 3	+1.50
    Week 2	-1.25
    Week 1	-6.25
    
    Total	-8.75
    
    Virginia

    	Well, some time has passed since my last reply.  Finally I am
    off the roller coaster!  The irony is that it took my being laid
    up for a week with back trouble to do it.
    
    						One day at a time...
    							Paul S.

    re -.1,
    
    Paul,
    
    We all sometimes get "stuck in a rut" so to speak.  The bright side
    of this story is that you are back on track!!!  I know I have my
    days or weeks - last week I gained 2 lbs, but I've just got to shrug
    my shoulder's and say, "oh, well, I'll do better next week" and
    do it.  
    
    Good luck!!
    
    Virginia

Didn't check in last week 'cause I was on vacation.

Last week, up 1.5 (very happy about that considering all the homemade
ice-cream I ate (with Snickers in one batch and Hershy w/almonds in the other))

Last night, down 2.  Now at 151, with 14 to GOAL!

Did a few things these past couple days that are really "new" to me.
Walked a total of 20 miles, tried on 2-piece bathing suits, and wore
a couple sleeveless tops.

See ya next week!	

Liz

    Yes, progress is being made, and I wanted to tell you guys about
    it!  Here's the specifics - my husband, 6'4", 310 lbs, got his
    cholesterol numbers a month ago: 376!! So I had mine checked because
    I thought my eating habits were worse, but it was 211, which is
    OK, but I am 5'5" and 188 lbs. (but people tell me I carry it
    well!).  I should say we *used* to weigh that - in a little over a
    month the old man has taken off 28, me 18!
    
    Anyway, his doctor recommended the book "Eaters Choice" by a Dr.
    Ron Goor.  The theory of this book is that the key is the % of fat
    in your caloric intake.  It has detailed explanations of the types
    of fats (sat, unsat, mono, etc), recipes, indices that give calories
    and # of saturated fat calories.
    
    Using this book and reading labels in the supermarket has turned
    this whole thing into an adventure - seeing how I can modify a recipe
    to achieve the best ratio of fat calories to total, etc.  I've sat
    down with my usual recipes and actually figured out the content
    of them, so I can look at a skillet full of stuff and instead of
    thinking in terms of "one little bite" I know just how many calories
    are in a wooden spoonful of it and how many of them are fat.
    
    And we've started walking at night.  We usually don't get to go
    until after dark, but that's good, because then no one looks at
    you like you're weird when you race walk.  Most everyone else is
    indoors by then, so you also don't feel like the typical suburban
    yuppie walker lemming, either (can you tell I'm still working on
    my self image??).  One thing I've read about walking is that slow
    continuous effort burns fat, whereas running or aerobics burns energy
    your body has stored as glucose.  I don't know if this is true,
    but something is working!
    
    I'm curious whether we will hit a plateau as we aren't counting
    calories per se, but I am so psyched by what we've accomplished
    already that it might not be as discouraging if/when we do.
    
    It feels good to finally be able to say: go for it, keep at it,
    you can do it, it does work, it's worth it!! And thank goodness
    for sugarfree Jello instant pudding (which tastes just fine made
    with skim milk)!
    
    Terry

    
    Week 7	+1.75 
    Week 6	+2.00
    Week 5	-3.00
    Week 4	-1.75
    Week 3	+1.50
    Week 2	-1.25
    Week 1	-6.25
    
    Total	-7.00
    
    I'm determined that I'm going to do better this week.  I've already
    started by drinking 4 glasses of water so far this morning and I'm
    planning on exercising tonight.
    
    Virginia

                     <<< Note 15.561 by MSDOA::MCMULLIN >>>
                                  -< Week 7 >-

>>    I've already
>>    started by drinking 4 glasses of water so far this morning and I'm
>>    planning on exercising tonight.
    
>>    Virginia

Bet you've already started exercising by walking to the bathroom!

Liz :-).

    
    Week 8	-1.25
    Week 7	+1.75
    Week 6	+2.00
    Week 5	-3.00
    Week 4	-1.75
    Week 3	+1.50
    Week 2	-1.25
    Week 1	-6.25
    
    Total	-8.25

Last week I was up 1.25, this week down 2.25.  I'm ONLY 13 POUNDS from GOAL!
It's also exciting to be at 150 because that means next week I'll be in the
140s!

Liz

    great news, Liz,  we'll all be listening for the scream of delight
    when you dip below 150.
    ed
    

    Week 9	-1.75
    Week 8	-1.25
    Week 7	+1.75
    Week 6	+2.00
    Week 5	-3.00	
    Week 4	-1.75
    Week 3	+1.50
    Week 2	-1.25
    Week 1	-6.25
    
    Total      -10.00

HOORAY, I'm in the 140s!!!  Down .5 to 149.5, I'M REALLY ON MY WAY
TO GOAL!

I've been trying new recipies so have some of the initial motivation
back.

See you next week!

Liz

    Haven't entered my progress here for a while, but my last entry
    dating back to may, I just want to let you know that I am still
    on my way down...
    
    Start	16/03/89	157.1
    
    Status	04/08/89	130.5
    
    Total loss 			 26.6
    
    I had actually reached that weight about a month ago and have
    maintained it since, which is pretty god for me. I sould lose about
    an extra 10 pounds, but seem to have lost the drive. 
    
    Joana		

    	Its been a rough road, but I finally broke the 220 barrier!
    
    	Current weight 216!!!!
    	Total loss ..88 lbs
    							Paul S.

    Hi 
    
    I have been on WW for 4 weeks and have lost a total of 9 3/4 lbs.
    My leader gave me my 10lb ribbon last night - I was psyched!!!!
    
    My losses so far:
    
    Wk 1   -4 3/4  
    Wk 2   stayed even
    WK 3   - 2 1/2
    WK 4   - 2 3/4
    
    I have 20 more to go for my goal weight of 115!!
    
    Cheers,
    
    Christine

    Paul,
    
    This is great!!!  I really admire people like you with the attitude
    of I CAN, I WILL, AND I DID.  Hooray for you.  Keep up the good
    work.  
    
    from a friend 
    
    lots of luck and keep up the terrific work.
    
    Ana
    

    Well, due to my inability to be on the net much for about 2 months,
    I can report a weight loss but not without a confession of gain.
    
    I have been on the road for the better part of 2 months and am finally
    home for awhile.
    
    6/30 in 15.553, I was down to 205 at that time for a total loss
    of 45 pounds.  I actually made it all the way to 192 (58 pounds
    down) but gained some back.  So, today I am at 195.5.  This is a
    total of 54.5 pounds lost.
    
    I am really anxious to get the ball rolling again as  the 75 pound
    mark is half way and I really want to get there soon.
    
    Denise
    

    Denise,
    
    That's wonderful that you were still able to lose while you were
    on the road for that long of a time.  I feel that the gain should
    be expected, but you did extremely well even though you had a gain.
    I've gained recently and I've not really had any deviations of my
    normal schedule.
    
    Best of luck,
    
    Virginia