MY WEIGHT LOSS STORY - HOW I CAME TO LOVE WW

One day I woke up from one of my various food comas and realized that I weighed 339 pounds!  I don’t know how I let that happen, other than the fact that food had always been my buffer between myself and my emotions, and somehow I even managed to find a way to make feeling very fat and unhappy into a reason to binge.  I knew that I had to do something but had no idea what.  At the time, I was a miserable person – always cranky, upset, or I just wanted to sleep the day away.  We lived a block from the grocery store and if I had to walk over for any reason, I would cry because it would hurt my back so badly due to being so out of shape.

This one time, at band camp, a good friend of mine on WW “accidentally” left behind her week one booklet and points slider.  For some reason, it was perfect timing, because that day, I had just about come to the conclusion that I was doomed to be overweight forever and one day Jerry Springer would have to bring his crew and airlift me out of my room or something!  So, I started on the program all alone, not really knowing if I was doing it completely correctly, and didn’t really stay completely OP the first month, but ate a ton less than before.  Eventually, I started noticing that my pants were smaller and after a month weighed myself and realized that I had lost 22.5 pounds!

Slowly but surely, I started exercising 5 minutes a day, then 10, then 15 until I was finally able to get in a full workout without it hurting so much that I had to cry.  Everything changed – I felt better, happier, healthier, and liked myself for the first time in years.

I have been OP since February of 2003 (with a 4 month hiatus at the beginning of this year) and have lost over 100 pounds that I know will never come back on this body of mine!  I have no real secrets except the tools that were given to my by WW, the support of the gals on the 50+ board and the Tall Girls thread, as well as the drive to never give up no matter what happens.

I've kicked it up a notch - as of November 2004, I quit smoking and gained a whopping 15 pounds, sheesh.  But I'm actually doing very well these days, have taken that back off and hope to accomplish my goal by next spring.

After all, it really is a journey, not a race.  Might as well take forever to do it right the first time than hurry through it and have to do it over and over again, right?

Comments

[Eve]

Good for you!!!! WW (along with exercise) helped me like no other diet could. Whenever I gain a few pounds, I go right back on and it does the trick.