Please allow me to introduce myself...
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Welcome back @markryan18400700 ! Jump in; the water's fine!0
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Welcome back Mark.0
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hi, I was reeser8 on the old board. In 2007/2008, I lost 25 pounds on WW Online, with the help of GoaDies. I was one of the gal-guys on board. I was maintaining, even after my first and second children were born, but I ran into the big C and needed chemo, radiation, then surgery. The anti-nausea meds are so good now, people often gain weight on chemo and while in treatment. I think a lot of it is thinking f-this, I'm going to eat what tastes good, and part of it is eating to fight off fatigue. Anyway, I'm up 20 pounds from my 2008 low weight, and would love to get back into some clothes. I was fretting a bit when I discovered the WW site had closed own, but here you all are! Is there also a Facebook Group? Where is the link to that?0
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Hi guys im Adam from Canada
Im 48 and 188 lbs i gained more than 35 lbs, last year i Lost 15 lbs and gained them back. But this time il back for Real.
My Goal is 155 lbs
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51 y/o mountain hiker and outdoor adventurer; gained weight over past ten years and now my knees are feeling it - time to lose the weight and focus on fitness. Feel free to add me, looking for serious motivation... into intermittent fasting; Sworkit; long walks and ConceptII rowing; Starting a whole foods focused diet.1
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Welcome FCG. Quiet on this board over the weekend but sign the roll call each morning and join in.1
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Welcome aboard to our cast of crazies.1
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Great to have you join us, @FatCrankyGoat ! Don't be bashful...1
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Old time GoaDie here. Originally in the group on WW back in 2008/2009. I originally reached goal in April 2009. Then a couple months later I underwent a triple bypass, job loss, bankruptcy, etc and had to stop WW. It's been a long journey back to health for me. I restarted WW in April and got back to my goal weight about a month ago.
I don't remember what my forum login name was. Either Karl Johnson or Acoustikarl. When I restarted WW I wondered what had happened to the old forum groups. I was digging through my old bookmarks today and came across one for the GoaD site and saw that this group was still kicking around on FB and MFP. I mostly use MapMyRun but these pages are all connected/related so I have access to them both.
I'm not sure how active I will be here, but it is nice to know the group still exists. I really enjoyed it years back. I will try to check in regularly.0 -
Welcome back Acoustikarl! This Goad board is not as active as the old WW one was years ago but is still a good place to connect and discuss weight management. Look forward to your input.
So you are a runner? It was a long hot summer with me mostly on the treadmill but the heat finally broke and I'm getting outside again. Feels good.1 -
Yes, I do run. Not as fast as I was but I try to get out a few times a week. Wildfire smoke interrupted it for a week but I'm back at it. I use MapMyRun and Zombies, Run! to track my runs.
It is good to find this group again. It helped quite a bit last time.0 -
Welcome home Karl!
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Hey @acoustikarl , welcome back! Good job overcoming those many challenges and getting back to goal! Hope you join us in our now cozy little group.1
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Good morning Karl. You were around before I joined up with GOAD. Welcome back and I hope you find encouragement and community here.1
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Karl welcome back. Still a great place to be.1
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Hi GOADies, it's been a long time. I was active on the WW GOAD board from 2007-2009ish (?). I lost 105 from 2007-2009, got down to goal, lost a good 15 pounds more (to the point that my now ex-wife told me I was "manorexic" -- looking at pictures from that time period, she wasn't wrong), then found that I could not maintain that weight, especially as feet and hip troubles made it impossible to run any longer and at the risk of souding cliché, I was treating it as a diet and not a lifestyle. Managed to maintain around 20 pounds above goal for another 3 years, then I had a number of life changes -- marriage started falling apart, family drama, my mom died, divorce, a couple of moves -- and I honestly just stopped caring about maintaining my weight and wanted all the Ben and Jerry's, pizza, and beer. I found myself last spring at 20 pounds above my original WW starting weight in 2007, on meds for high blood pressure, and having used a CPAP for three years due to sleep apnea.
I've had horrible sinus problems for years, and ended up having surgery back in May. I also saw an allergist who confirmed that I had non-allergic (aka vasomotor) rhinitis, which means that many things either breathed in or eaten or drunk cause congestion and allergy-like symptoms. Alcohol was one of the things on the list, as was dairy. While I didn't become a teetotaler, I did start cutting back on alcohol intake quite a bit, especially beer (and especially hoppy beers), and then also cut way back on dairy, replacing it with soy. I also started on a new med that has an appetite suppressant side effect. It also seemed to have some effect on sugar cravings. Lo and behold, I had lost 15 pounds within a month by... doing nothing other than not eating mindlessly and not drinking much at all.
But I realized that it was time to make a change, because I'm a couple of years shy of 50 and really need to not die at 70 like my mom. I need to lower my dosage of BP meds and lower the pressure on my CPAP (my ENT said I'd probably even have apnea at a normal BMI because of my throat anatomy). I need my feet and knees to stop hurting. I need to stop being a sweaty big dude. I don't care about getting to "normal" or a pre-set goal at this point. I just need to be healthier.
I rejoined WW Online this past weekend and made a 6-month commitment (if I stop my membership before the end of the six months, they'll charge me $40). Let's see what happens.0 -
Welcome Michael. You will get great support here.1
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michael_atx wrote: »Hi GOADies, it's been a long time. I was active on the WW GOAD board from 2007-2009ish (?). I lost 105 from 2007-2009, got down to goal, lost a good 15 pounds more (to the point that my now ex-wife told me I was "manorexic" -- looking at pictures from that time period, she wasn't wrong), then found that I could not maintain that weight, especially as feet and hip troubles made it impossible to run any longer and at the risk of souding cliché, I was treating it as a diet and not a lifestyle. Managed to maintain around 20 pounds above goal for another 3 years, then I had a number of life changes -- marriage started falling apart, family drama, my mom died, divorce, a couple of moves -- and I honestly just stopped caring about maintaining my weight and wanted all the Ben and Jerry's, pizza, and beer. I found myself last spring at 20 pounds above my original WW starting weight in 2007, on meds for high blood pressure, and having used a CPAP for three years due to sleep apnea.
I've had horrible sinus problems for years, and ended up having surgery back in May. I also saw an allergist who confirmed that I had non-allergic (aka vasomotor) rhinitis, which means that many things either breathed in or eaten or drunk cause congestion and allergy-like symptoms. Alcohol was one of the things on the list, as was dairy. While I didn't become a teetotaler, I did start cutting back on alcohol intake quite a bit, especially beer (and especially hoppy beers), and then also cut way back on dairy, replacing it with soy. I also started on a new med that has an appetite suppressant side effect. It also seemed to have some effect on sugar cravings. Lo and behold, I had lost 15 pounds within a month by... doing nothing other than not eating mindlessly and not drinking much at all.
But I realized that it was time to make a change, because I'm a couple of years shy of 50 and really need to not die at 70 like my mom. I need to lower my dosage of BP meds and lower the pressure on my CPAP (my ENT said I'd probably even have apnea at a normal BMI because of my throat anatomy). I need my feet and knees to stop hurting. I need to stop being a sweaty big dude. I don't care about getting to "normal" or a pre-set goal at this point. I just need to be healthier.
I rejoined WW Online this past weekend and made a 6-month commitment (if I stop my membership before the end of the six months, they'll charge me $40). Let's see what happens.
Welcome!
I have been on WW since 2013, Made Lifetime May 2018 at age 70.
(376 to 180)
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michael_atx wrote: »Hi GOADies, it's been a long time. I was active on the WW GOAD board from 2007-2009ish (?). I lost 105 from 2007-2009, got down to goal, lost a good 15 pounds more (to the point that my now ex-wife told me I was "manorexic" -- looking at pictures from that time period, she wasn't wrong), then found that I could not maintain that weight, especially as feet and hip troubles made it impossible to run any longer and at the risk of souding cliché, I was treating it as a diet and not a lifestyle. Managed to maintain around 20 pounds above goal for another 3 years, then I had a number of life changes -- marriage started falling apart, family drama, my mom died, divorce, a couple of moves -- and I honestly just stopped caring about maintaining my weight and wanted all the Ben and Jerry's, pizza, and beer. I found myself last spring at 20 pounds above my original WW starting weight in 2007, on meds for high blood pressure, and having used a CPAP for three years due to sleep apnea.
I've had horrible sinus problems for years, and ended up having surgery back in May. I also saw an allergist who confirmed that I had non-allergic (aka vasomotor) rhinitis, which means that many things either breathed in or eaten or drunk cause congestion and allergy-like symptoms. Alcohol was one of the things on the list, as was dairy. While I didn't become a teetotaler, I did start cutting back on alcohol intake quite a bit, especially beer (and especially hoppy beers), and then also cut way back on dairy, replacing it with soy. I also started on a new med that has an appetite suppressant side effect. It also seemed to have some effect on sugar cravings. Lo and behold, I had lost 15 pounds within a month by... doing nothing other than not eating mindlessly and not drinking much at all.
But I realized that it was time to make a change, because I'm a couple of years shy of 50 and really need to not die at 70 like my mom. I need to lower my dosage of BP meds and lower the pressure on my CPAP (my ENT said I'd probably even have apnea at a normal BMI because of my throat anatomy). I need my feet and knees to stop hurting. I need to stop being a sweaty big dude. I don't care about getting to "normal" or a pre-set goal at this point. I just need to be healthier.
I rejoined WW Online this past weekend and made a 6-month commitment (if I stop my membership before the end of the six months, they'll charge me $40). Let's see what happens.
Michael,
Welcome back. Sounds like you've been on quite an adventure. I remember you from the original days of GOAD. There are a few of us oldtimers left here, but not many.1 -
Thanks for the welcome (back), guys!
@countcurt yeah, it's been quite a ride. Hasn't been all bad, though.0 -
@michael_atx Another "oldie" who remembers you well from the days of the WW GOAD board.2
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Welcome to all of our newbies (and returning olbies
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Hey, @michael_atx , welcome back. Sorry for the tough ride to you took to get here but you're here now. The road behind you provides perspective but the one that really counts is the one ahead of you. Stick with it--as you know, losing weight doesn't solve all of life's problems but I'm convinced life's better in a smaller body, even on my worst day.
Looking forward to your participation here--GOAD isn't a spectator sport...1 -
Apparently I need to read the announcements and put things in the right place. I posted this as it's own thread. My bad, please forgive.
Hi all. MANY years ago I followed and contributed to GOAD on the WW forum. So much has happened since then, including WLS which was very successful. WLS is a tool and that tool needs to be used right. I have gained some back due to not using it properly, just some, but am working at stopping the backslide. Community helps.
Apparently I have been part of this group for many years! Wow, I found it, then I lost it (my mind I am thinking). I am looking for a new or in this case a previous community, so here I am. Let's see if I can jump start not only my lifestyle but my participation in this community.2 -
I too was a WW GOAD several years ago and loved the support I received over the years. I was very successful on WW but slipped a little backwards when I stepped away. Well, I’m back and motivated to continue my journey but this time with MyFitnessPal and my pals at GOAD.2
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this looks all too familiar around here .. I've been here before, but then life got in the way, and it hit me hard. Time to put the rest of it all aside, and focus on me for a bit now. see you around the salad bar ..
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My name is Will. You may have seen me as patioman about 10 years ago on the old GOAD. (Apparently that username is already taken at MFP). I lost about 30 pounds on the old PointsPlus program, then plateaued, and then slowly drifted back to my original weight. Eating for entertainment and stress relief during the Covid isolation made the last 10 lbs, and once again the waistbands are just too tight.
I am still doing WW, but the current program has been challenging for me to stick with. I feel that the more satisfying foods cost too many points. So I've used the web to reconstruct some PointsPlus information and I plan to do a hybrid for this year, then probably leave WW whether successful or not.
It was great to stumble across this site and see so many familiar usernames. Success to all in 2023.0 -
Welcome, Will! Yes, I remember you; glad you found your way here. You may find we’re a bit mellower than we used to be.0
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Hello, i am a long term dieter, ive been reported nored in journals for my eight liss accomplishments , join several 100 pounds loss clubs and nearly died from obesity. Sorta in the middle of my yoyo now, help needed. Thanks for any communicationsand supoort.0
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Welcome to GoaD! We’re always happy to answer questions, and we’ve always got opinions. Most of us have occasionally wandered off the beaten track; you’re not alone. Jump right in!0
