WW

[dancerjodi]

I weighed in this morning at 131. Wow! That's a 5 lb loss since last week. My initial goal was a 10 lb loss (down to around 137), WW suggested a 10 % loss (133). I've surpassed them both.

The WW site tells me I've earned a gold star, and I should now maintain. It makes sense . . . the range for my height based on BMI is 130-150. Maintaining means I get a whopping 24 points a day (up from the 20 I've been at) plus the 35 flex points. If I continue with normal eating with a few splurges here and there, I'm sure I'll be fine.

This has been a really interesting experiment, and it has taught me just how much I was eating that I didn't need to eat (in terms of portion size), and where hidden calories can lie. I'm going to use the WW tools through the end of my 3 months since I've paid for them, but will cancel the membership so I don't get charged anymore. Its too bad that online members don't seem to get free support as the meeting folks do once meeting their goal and maintaining for a while, because the recipe lists and nutritional tools have been very cool to use. Yay!

Comments

AWESOME!!!

[dawntreader]

that's good that you intend to continue for the three months. otherwise, habits creep back in VERY fast and so will the pounds. the longer you stick to the habits, the better off you will be.

do you think you will plateau naturally if you continue to eat the way you have been? or are you supposed to increase your food intake a little bit to maintain and not lose? just curious how they handled that.

me, OTOH, i'm plateaued. stuck. going nowhere. but at least not gaining, so there's a plus there. ;)

Re: AWESOME!!!

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"do you think you will plateau naturally if you continue to eat the way you have been? or are you supposed to increase your food intake a little bit to maintain and not lose? just curious how they handled that."

I need to increase food to maintain (the target points before were less than I'd need to maintain, hence the loss).