My first 5 lbs!! Yay me!! :o) But this was a MORNING weigh-in...my normal meetings are on Monday night...so I know this loss isn't totally accurate.
Weeks OP: 3
Weight: 259.2
Loss/Gain: -1.8
WW Total Loss: 5.8
*TOTAL Loss: 15.8*
Pounds to Goal: 114.2
*includes the 10lb lost before WW.
Monday, February 10, 2003
Monday, February 3, 2003
WEIGH-IN: 2 WEEKS OP
Great week!!
Weeks OP: 2
Weight: 261
Loss/Gain: -2.8
WW Total Loss: 4
*TOTAL Loss: 14*
Pounds to Goal: 116
*Includes the 10 lbs lost before WW.
Saturday, February 1, 2003
HELLO! ......YOU FOUND ME!
So...you wanted to get a little glimpse into the life of ME?
r e m o d e l i n g _ m e
(aka Julie)
…I hope you do cuz this is kinda long
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Like I said before...my name is Julie
I'm married (1989) to a FABULOUS man named Brad & have two boys...Brayden ('98) & Sam ('95).
...AND THIS IS MY PRE-JOURNEY STORY...
I was a fairly normal sized kid growing up...never really had a weight problem until I started working at DAIRY QUEEN when I was 16. A year later & 20 lbs heavier, I joined Weight Watchers with my mother for the first time! (if I only knew then what I know now!)
I was a size 7 when I graduated from high school (Columbine, Littleton Colorado - 1984) & met my future husband, Brad, a few months later. Gradually gaining back those 20 lbs & then some over the next year, I joined Weight Watchers for the 2nd time as a size 13 in 1986 before starting design school @ Colorado Institute of Art. I was as a size 9 when school started! Gaining back that weight & then some by graduation in early 1989, I joined WW again for the 3rd time to get skinny for my June wedding. Wedding plans & a new job kept me from getting serious about losing this weight & I ended up actually gaining a few more pounds (had to let my wedding dress out!) & was around 170 lbs when the wedding came around.
Moving to Minnesota a year after being married left me depressed & lonely...I ballooned up to 200lbs in no time. I tried WW one last time in 1991 & as always, got that first 10 lbs off & blew it.
I finally gave up “dieting” that year, because I was just getting heavier after each “failure”…I wasn’t going to go on any fad diet, use any diet pills, etc… I knew they wouldn’t work if I couldn’t do it for life… so until I had my head together enough to do it right, I wasn’t going to do it at all. [ although I did manage to get down into the 190s the summer before getting pregnant with my youngest, thanks to a medication that had nothing to do w/ weight loss & that I had to go off of to get pregnant! :o( Never forming any new healthy habits, I gained every bit of it back, & then some! I don't count this phase as part of my weightloss history. ]
Two kids & 10 years later...I found myself at what WAS my heaviest...267 lbs!
I was always so overwhelmed at the thought of trying to lose all of this weight, I remember saying how easy 20 lbs was to lose way back when I only had those 20 lbs to lose, but THIS had always been so overwhelming to me. But then sometime in mid 2001, I realized that if I had changed even just ONE thing in 1991 (when I gave up "dieting") in how I did things, whether it was incorporating a walking routine or portion control or even just giving up my 3-a-day Coke/Mtn Dew habit, I probably would have slowly dropped weight instead of gaining. All of these years had passed & I could've been thinner by now, but I wasn't. I don't want to look back 10 years from now & be disappointed that I didn't at least do something to set me in the right direction.
Finally, a friend asked me to join WW w/ her in September 2001 & at first I panicked, cuz I WASN’T GOING TO DIET! …but I knew I was finally “ready” & knew the new changes to WW were worth checking out…so I joined (meetings & e-Tools) …lost 20 lbs & then got too caught up in other things to keep the ball rolling... so I took a LONG break...but NOT ONCE did I decide to quit …I knew I’d be back. NOT ONCE have I been overwhelmed @ the amount of weight I needed to lose .... I am in this for my life, not just till I lost the weight...I know I will never be able to put the blinders back on ... I know that no matter what, time is going to pass & if I lose 100 lbs or 10 lbs this year, at least I am going in the right direction!
In December 2002, I weighed in at my doctor's @ 275 lbs... my HEAVIEST EVER!! Yeah... time to do SOMETHING!!
So...I re-joined WW in late January (2003) with a starting weight of 265lbs & go to Saturday morning meetings where they have an awesome "lively leader" Michelle. I found a FABULOUS board on WeightWatchers.com that is here to support me & it feels so great to be able to offer the same support to others! (THANK YOU!)
Yeah, I would like to take it ALL off in the next year or so, but it's not a race for me... it's just a future destination... & I know I'll be learning so much in the process.
So…yes, I can be long winded… but I’m also sincere & like I say in my public profile, I have a BIG warm heart, I'm a total smart-aleck & I'm an awesome friend! :o) (TRY ME!)
r e m o d e l i n g _ m e
(aka Julie)
…I hope you do cuz this is kinda long
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Like I said before...my name is Julie
I'm married (1989) to a FABULOUS man named Brad & have two boys...Brayden ('98) & Sam ('95).
...AND THIS IS MY PRE-JOURNEY STORY...
I was a fairly normal sized kid growing up...never really had a weight problem until I started working at DAIRY QUEEN when I was 16. A year later & 20 lbs heavier, I joined Weight Watchers with my mother for the first time! (if I only knew then what I know now!)
I was a size 7 when I graduated from high school (Columbine, Littleton Colorado - 1984) & met my future husband, Brad, a few months later. Gradually gaining back those 20 lbs & then some over the next year, I joined Weight Watchers for the 2nd time as a size 13 in 1986 before starting design school @ Colorado Institute of Art. I was as a size 9 when school started! Gaining back that weight & then some by graduation in early 1989, I joined WW again for the 3rd time to get skinny for my June wedding. Wedding plans & a new job kept me from getting serious about losing this weight & I ended up actually gaining a few more pounds (had to let my wedding dress out!) & was around 170 lbs when the wedding came around.
Moving to Minnesota a year after being married left me depressed & lonely...I ballooned up to 200lbs in no time. I tried WW one last time in 1991 & as always, got that first 10 lbs off & blew it.
I finally gave up “dieting” that year, because I was just getting heavier after each “failure”…I wasn’t going to go on any fad diet, use any diet pills, etc… I knew they wouldn’t work if I couldn’t do it for life… so until I had my head together enough to do it right, I wasn’t going to do it at all. [ although I did manage to get down into the 190s the summer before getting pregnant with my youngest, thanks to a medication that had nothing to do w/ weight loss & that I had to go off of to get pregnant! :o( Never forming any new healthy habits, I gained every bit of it back, & then some! I don't count this phase as part of my weightloss history. ]
Two kids & 10 years later...I found myself at what WAS my heaviest...267 lbs!
I was always so overwhelmed at the thought of trying to lose all of this weight, I remember saying how easy 20 lbs was to lose way back when I only had those 20 lbs to lose, but THIS had always been so overwhelming to me. But then sometime in mid 2001, I realized that if I had changed even just ONE thing in 1991 (when I gave up "dieting") in how I did things, whether it was incorporating a walking routine or portion control or even just giving up my 3-a-day Coke/Mtn Dew habit, I probably would have slowly dropped weight instead of gaining. All of these years had passed & I could've been thinner by now, but I wasn't. I don't want to look back 10 years from now & be disappointed that I didn't at least do something to set me in the right direction.
Finally, a friend asked me to join WW w/ her in September 2001 & at first I panicked, cuz I WASN’T GOING TO DIET! …but I knew I was finally “ready” & knew the new changes to WW were worth checking out…so I joined (meetings & e-Tools) …lost 20 lbs & then got too caught up in other things to keep the ball rolling... so I took a LONG break...but NOT ONCE did I decide to quit …I knew I’d be back. NOT ONCE have I been overwhelmed @ the amount of weight I needed to lose .... I am in this for my life, not just till I lost the weight...I know I will never be able to put the blinders back on ... I know that no matter what, time is going to pass & if I lose 100 lbs or 10 lbs this year, at least I am going in the right direction!
In December 2002, I weighed in at my doctor's @ 275 lbs... my HEAVIEST EVER!! Yeah... time to do SOMETHING!!
So...I re-joined WW in late January (2003) with a starting weight of 265lbs & go to Saturday morning meetings where they have an awesome "lively leader" Michelle. I found a FABULOUS board on WeightWatchers.com that is here to support me & it feels so great to be able to offer the same support to others! (THANK YOU!)
Yeah, I would like to take it ALL off in the next year or so, but it's not a race for me... it's just a future destination... & I know I'll be learning so much in the process.
So…yes, I can be long winded… but I’m also sincere & like I say in my public profile, I have a BIG warm heart, I'm a total smart-aleck & I'm an awesome friend! :o) (TRY ME!)
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