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I've learnt how the food choices I was making was such a bad combination for my body and was actually making me sick. I knew I had to make healthier choices but just didn't realise that my diet was so unbalanced. Those 'sometimes' foods were unfortunately 'too often' foods. I've learnt how to make good choices and treat myself by using my 49 extra points in a balanced and sensible way and most of all I believing that I could make it to goal.
Before
After
Your Journey
I changed my lifestyle in the following ways:
- Food
- Exercise
- Behaviour
- Supportive environment
Here's what I did:
We now plan our weekly menu so we're prepared - we ate way too much takeaway before because we both work and would be too tired at the end of the day. I call us the king and queen of the Weight Watchers recipe books. We find them so easy, quick to prepare and yummy filling meals. My pedometer is my best friend. I wear it every day so I know exactly where I'm at during the day and if I need to make up steps by going for a walk. Often my day is so busy I walk up an extra 2 points easily.
Weight loss isn't just about me, it also impacted the people around me.
I decided that I would tell everyone this time that I was doing it. I am a teacher and even my class knows about it. One day it might even help one of them to know how Weight Watchers helped me - it also helps that they see me eating healthily, drinking plenty of water and asking how many steps I've done. I feel proud that I've inspired several colleagues. One friend stopped me to say "Guess what. after seeing you and David and how great you look, I've returned to Weight Watchers!"
Your Achievements
Motivation kept me going!
I loved using the ipad/iphone app to track my progress online. I love the little messages that tell me I'm doing well and watching that line trend downwards on the graph as my weight went downwards too. Using the Weight Watchers strategy where you get rewarded at 5% I kept recalculating this and everytime I reached that next milestone I had something planned to reward myself - never a food treat though, that's how I got here in the first place :) - it was usually a shopping treat!
There are things I can do now that I could never do before
It would have to be indulging my love of fashion. clothes and wearing heels again. I was so frumpy, wearing big clothes and flat shoes because my knees couldn't cope with the stress of my weight. I have bought so many clothes and love all the compliments I keep getting from everyone about how wonderful I look. I tried on a dress and when I looked in the mirror I couldn't believe it was me. It was so wonderful shopping for clothes and asking for a small size because the medium was too big!
Losing weight is not always a serious business
I had shorts on that I had had for some time - let's call them my 'fat' shorts. I had to run because the phone was ringing. I had things in my hands that in the rush for the phone I hadn't put down. As I ran down my hallway I left my shorts behind because I had lost so much weight they actually fell off me and I couldn't hold on to them! Thank goodness it wasn't a video phone call!
