Conference rocks::weight_control

    SEE NOTE 631.1 RE NEW WW PROGRAM
    

    Hi Myrna
    
    I just joined WW (my first time) and today is day 1.  I am 50 lbs
    overweight (my god, how did I ever let it get so out of hand?!) and I'm
    sick of it.  
    
    I have succesfully lost weight in the past (35 lbs) doing it
    "on my own" by just eating right, but I always eventually gain it
    all back.  People start telling me how great I look and I think
    to myself "I can have that pizza if I want".  Well, that 1 piece
    of pizza becomes a bag of chips, a muffin, candy, etc. etc. and
    before I know it, I've gained back all the weight I lost.
    
    But not this time!!  The new WW program looks great.  As an example
    here is my menu for today (Day 1):
    
    Breakfast:  1 WW Yogurt, 2 diet breads (dry), 1/2 skim milk
    
    Lunch:  Large Salad, 3 tps salad dressing, pita bread, 1 apple
    
    Dinner: 4 oz stir fry chicken w/peppers & onions, 1 cup carrots,
            3 oz potatoe, 1 slice diet bread
    
    Snack:  1 orange
    
    Now when I look at that I have to say, that's a pretty good amount
    of food!!!  This is how I SHOULD be eating all the time!!
    
    As for Jenny Craig, I've never done it, but my friend did it and
    lost 40 lbs and she looks great.  The only thing about Jenny Craig
    is that it is too expensive for me ($80 to join, then an average
    of $65 a week for food).  I just can't afford that.
    
    Well Myrna, I wish you luck in losing the weight - I KNOW we can
    BOTH do it!!
    
    Linda W.

    70lbs in 6 months is entirely possible - I lost 110 in 6 months.
    
    Hard but worth it...
    
    	- andy

    I resently needed to lose 50 lbs and had a hard time deciding what was
    the right diet for me.  I checked out a lot of different plans and had
    also been sucessful on WW before.  I choose to join Nutra System. This
    diet is a bit more expensive then WW because you have to pay for your
    weekly meeting all up front. I know that some centers are offering a
    great price of $189.00 to join right now and that is the cheapest you
    will get it.  Depending on how many calories you are put on will depend
    on your weekly cost and some centers are cheaper then others. You also
    see a nutritionist every week and attend a behavior class for 1/2 hour.
    In about 16 weeks I took off 36 lbs and then decided to quit smoking
    too, so my weight losses since that time have slow down but I
    expected that. When you have reached you goal you them attend different
    classes that teach you how to maintain you weight loss.  I haven't
    reached that part of the program yet but I'm not far away from it. 
    What I like about the program at least at the center that I go to is
    how they really care and help you stick to the diet every week.  I you
    have a bad week as I did over the holidays they will call you and see
    how your doing and ask you need any help getting through the week.  I
    think support like that will help anyone become sucessful.  I hope you
    find the right diet that will work for you whatever the diet may be.  I
    you need some extra support just drop me a note on wmois: bardsley. 
    
    GOOD LUCK
    
    Sandi :)
     

    
    
    I cannot believe the quick response that I have gotten to my note. 
    Sometimes I feel that I am the only one with this problem (even though
    I do know that this is not the case.)  I am to new to this notes file
    having just recently found it, and I am sure that I will read it very
    carefully.  
    
    Thanks to all of you for your interest.
    
    Myrna
                

    
    
    Myrna,
    
    First Congrats on your daughter's wedding.  Second, you sound alot like
    me with our red light foods being similar.  I just can not get away
    from the chips.  However, I have lost 12 lbs on WW over the last 12
    weeks and have been able to have my chips.  WW really helped me gain
    and maintain the motivation I needed to keep it up.  
    
    Just a few hints with your food choices.  One thing you really should
    do is try to cut out as much fat as possible. I am sure you have heard
    this a thousand times, but I was really amazed at how much better
    I felt once I started eating a low-fat diet.  
    
    Best of luck in whatever method you choose!!
    Michele

    ANDY,
    
    CAN YOU SHARE WHAT TYPE OF DIET YOU WENT ON?
    
    THANKS,
    
    

    See 461.*