Diary of A Canadian First Time Dieter

ShawnaB

ShawnaB

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Today is my first Weight Watchers meeting, I'm excited and nervous! I know that because I live alone, and no one buys groceries but me, I have no one to blame but myself if I don't make it! My starting weight today is between 150-155lbs. I would like to lose 20 lbs by July, I know that is entirely possible....but I can't believe it! I weighed 135lbs when I graduated high school 7 years ago, and I was a size 5 back then....Now I'm a size 10 and I never, ever thought that I would look like that ever again. I'm now allowing myself to make it a possibility, and I am so excited! I know its going to be tough, but I am committed to give it a real effort, and who knows, maybe I'll suprise myself!
 
So, after the first meeting...

Phew, got the first step over with!! It seems a little complicated, but I'm committed, so I know I will have SOME success. I weighed 152.4 tonight at my first meeting, and I need to lose 10% of my weight before they will set another goal for me, so....I hope I can lose 15 lbs in 6 weeks. That's my goal, can I do it? Time will tell!!!!
 
I was thinking about going to weight watchers...how did you like the meeting?

Trust me all eating changes get easier with time. In the beginning all of the counting will seem so tough, but it will get easier!

Good Luck...and don't forget we all have bad days, so don't get discouraged over one day!
 
Day #1

So far, it's been great!! I really think that getting started is the worst part. It's almost 1 o'clock, and I've used 8 of my 22 points for the day, without really going out of my way. The only tough part, was this morning, I had to measure the fat free flavored cream that I put in my coffee! But for breakfast I had 2 cups of coffee and a package of instant oatmeal, I had an orange for a snack at 11am, and I just had 1 cup of noodles for lunch :) With all the water they have me drinking, I feel totally stuffed!! I don't know what I'll have for a snack this afternoon, but tonight I'm going out for supper with a friend....My goal is to find something I like, that I can afford with the rest of the points I have for today. I'm thinking maybe some Caesar salad with grilled chicken....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Plus, I find that now, since I eat less at each sitting, I won't have to cook as much!!! Hoooorayyyyy!
 
Hi Shawna

Sounds like you have a lot of 'want to!" Your frame of mind is perfect! I think you will reach your goal with nary a problem! We seem to have similiar weights and goals, and I KNOW we can do this!

Heres to looking and feeling like a million bucks, from here on out!
 
ShawnaB said:
With all the water they have me drinking, I feel totally stuffed!!
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How much water have you been drinking? I have been trying to drink at least 2 Liters and sometimes it is really tough and I hate going to the bathroom a million times!
 
Day Four, still going strong

Well, today is day four, and I really think that this must be the right diet for me. I have yet to feel hungry. I think that before, I was eating because I WANTED to eat, not because I needed to! Last night I was curled up on the couch watching TV, and I was thinking about food.....What should I eat what should I eat......then I said to myself....you don't need to EAT anything. So....I made a pot of tea, and drank that! It was perfect, because I don't like sugar in my tea anyway :)

Yesterday I had two cups of coffee, oatmeal for breakfast, a Bluewater Shrimp Bowl for lunch, an orange for a snack, a small sirloin steak for supper with a baked potato with 1 tsp of margarine ( which I found out was more than enough! At first, I thought...ewwwww one teaspoon? yuck) But, my potato tasted great! I also had some airpopped popcorn and yes....a piece of Lemon Merangue pie :) That's what I think I'll love about WW, the fact that you can really eat whatever you'd like to, as long as you don't go over your daily/weekly points. Love it!

So....my meetings are usually on Tuesdays, but this week I will have to go Monday night, b/c I've got other stuff going on Tuesday night, so we will HOPEFULLY have a new weight one day early!! I'll keep you all posted.

As for the water, WW suggests you drink 7 glasses a day, and you actually have to keep track, so you know how much you are drinking. My trouble is....what is a glass to them? I drink my water out of a water bottle, which holds about 750ml. I drink about 5 of those a day, plus other free beverages, like coffee and tea. So, I am confident I am drinking enough, but that is one thing about WW, I wish their expectations were a bit clearer. I'll have to check at the meeting on Monday!
 
Day #5 and going strong

Well, I seem to have made it through the weekend without any shortcomings....YAY ME! I was worried that since I would pretty much be home all weekend without alot to do that I would be tempted to eat and eat and eat..but nope! I was a good girl!

I really wish my life allowed time to go to the Gym. I live in Saskatchewan, so in the winter, its too cold and icy out to go for a walk or a run outside, and I'm afraid to buy a gym membership....because I work two jobs and attend University part time. Even though I really want to go, I will be super mad at myself if I buy a membership and don't make it there very often. But, my best friend goes to the gym...we joined WW together, she has been going to the gym for 6 months without much success...anyway..her gym has a free trial, so I went with her, because I really didn't want to just laze around the house all day! So, we worked out for about an hour and a half, and I felt so good after! On our way out....we saw it!!!! :eek: THE SCALE :eek:

We asked eachother....should we do it? or should we wait until the meeting on Monday. Of course, neither of us could resist....so we did it! We weighed ourselves.........We are SO bad :p lol

We zeroed the scale, and it said that I weighed 148.5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a loss of almost 4lbs...in 4 days? I am a total non-beleiver that I lost 4 lbs....I feel better, healthier...but 4 lbs? If I've been overweight all this time, and this is all I had to do to lose weight, I will be so mad at myself for not doing it sooner.

Anyhow, the meeting we are going to is tomorrow, so I'll know better then. Until then, I'll keep plugging away at this diet, knowing that I'm doing the best I can do for myself!!!!!!!
 
Tomorrow's the big day!

Well Folks,

Tomorrow is the big day! Time to find out if all this measuring and water drinking has done me any good! I truly am excited, and looking forward to setting up a new ticker to show my progress...I better have some progress. The way I see it...even if the scale at that gym was out....could it really have been out by that much? We zeroed it first, so it seemed accurate enough.....who knows. When I started WW, I told my best friend that if I lost half a pound the first week, I would be satisfied. I can't wait to tell you all how it goes!!!


Shawna
 
Wooo hooo week one is a success!!!!

2.8 lbs!!!!!!

Weigh in was tonight, my best friend lost 4.4lbs!!!! and I lost 2.8lbs!!!!
 
Heck yeah!! 2.8 is awesome!! And the feeling you get after losing even a few pounds is amazzzzzinnnnggg. Good job~ and keep up with the great work!!!
 
I'm not "obese" anymore!

haha I still think it is total BS that at 152lbs I was considered obese. But, I'm really happy to see that I'm not obese anymore. I truly am so so so happy that I joined weight watchers! It has opened my eyes to so many things that I didn't even consider before, and I have realized something very significant. I have absolutely no excuse to be overweight! Being on this diet, I have not deprived myself, or really missed any of my favorite foods. I have simply learned to be smarter about it, and that's all it took. I am going to stick with this, until I get to my goal weight, because there is no reason why I can't.


AND....for those who say WW is too expensive??? Guess again! I paid $22 to join, and $15/week. NOW...realistically, you are paying for more than you get at the meeting...but lets get serious for a second. When you are on WW, you EAT WAY LESS! I easily spent $15/week on fast food or pop or chocolate!! So, the way I look at it is: If I can lose 2lbs a week, and all it costs me is $15 and a bit of effort?? I'd be crazy to turn it down!!!
 
So how are you doing this week so far?

Oh yea by the way check and see if your college has a gym...many universities have gyms that the membership is included in tuition. I am looking forward to transferring from community college to university so I can go to the gym!
 
Phew, been slackin' on the diary, but not the diet!!

Wow, I've really missed my diary! I've been running from place to place for over a week now, and it sure felt good to update my ticker with my new total. Literally every morning, I look in the mirror, and think wow....I'm really doing this, and its really really working! This weekend has been really tough, its my boyfriends birthday, so in being a good girlfriend, I made him a chocolate birthday cake....Only had two small pieces so far though, which is good. This morning I made him his favorite breakfast of eggs, toast and maple flavored breakfast sausage......I had a cup of black coffee and shredded wheat :) To be honest, it doesn't even bother me. It's almost like cooking that tasty food is enough of a vice for me, that I don't need to eat it :)

Also....I discovered something really really strange about myself lol and I want to know if anyone else has ever done this, or found that it helps.....

The other night, I was craving rich, creamy, salty foods.....I pulled out my cookbook, to see if there was anything in there that I could actually make that wouldn't be too bad for me. Anyway, I spent about an hour flipping through my cookbooks, looking at all the high calorie and fat meals.....and it satisfied my craving!!!!! It was almost as though I had been eating those recipes, I was satified just from looking at the pictures and reading the ingredients!!!! I'm losing it!! lol I'm starting to think that since I'm not giving my body enough calories, it's starting to burn the fat off my brain lol

Anyway, someone else please try that and see if it works for you!

I'm going to my next WW meeting on Monday, so we'll see if I have any results for you all afterwards!!
 
Tough Morning

:( Well, this morning was tough. My bf has been here all weekend, which I am very happy about...but this AM he had sausage and eggs again....I had a toasted english muffin with a teaspoon of cheezwhiz and a black coffee :( I don't find this dieting business hard when I'm alone, but watching him eat all that food does two things to me: a) it makes me want to eat them really bad and b) it grosses me out, because all I do is think about how many points that is and it makes me really not want to eat it!

Either way, its tough. b/c when I'm alone, I just do my thing, and I don't even consider any other foods. I love him very much, and I don't want him to have to change his lifestyle just b/c I have, its a personal choice, and no amount of bossing him around is going to change his way of thinking. I just need to stay focused, and even if I have to come write in my diary every time he starts eating.....that's what I'm going to do :)

Have a great day all!
 
Hi Shawna :) I know exactly what you mean about it being hard to watch him eat the things he does. My DH eats WHATEVER he wants (and a lot of it at a time) and is still stick thin.... Yours truly, on the other hand, cooks all the meals, SEES what the rest of the family is eating and has to settle for fish and green beans..... It was really hard for me at first, but I got to thinking. I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT MORE than I want all that grease and all those hefty calories.

I tried WW but had a hard time eating the points! LOL I was supposed to eat around 26 points and most days only ate 19 to 21. Also, there isn't a meeting area in my neck of the woods. I had to travel an hour one way for meetings so I did the online version. I really felt like it was lacking something. Now, I eat 1300 calories a day, work with a local doc, and exercise my fanny off when I can. The best part about doing it "my way" is, like ww, I don't have to beat myself up over every little thing I put in my mouth! LOL

You seem to have a good attitude and that is half of the battle. If you need to write in your diary when he eats GO FOR IT. :D Hang in there and you'll get to where you want to be :D
 
One more pound down!

Well Everyone, it's hard to believe that it's been almost a month now, and look at me go.....10 lbs gone. I know it will slow down some now, but even still, I'm absolutely shocked at the weight I've dropped, as I completely wasn't a believer in dieting!!! lol I don't know how many fitness programs I started, and completed for 4 months or so, with ZERO results. I was afraid to try a diet, because I was sure that it would be too hard!! NOW, I just wish I would have started dieting 3 years ago! I truly am suprised everyday how well this has worked for me. I know that once things unthaw a little in my part of the world, and I can do more physical activity, that I will see even more changes in my body!!! When you're only my height, that 10 pounds makes a big difference in appearance!!

:) Keep up the good work everyone!!!
 
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