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I made a better choice on Friday, we rarely go out to eat, this Friday we celebrated my husbands birthday in our Little Italy...I had a plan going in but I also decided I would be littel more liberal in my consumption since we rarely go out. I was over my daily and used most of my WP but I made that choice consciously,…

Long term problem: staying focused on muscle building/toning workouts. I walk and run regularly but for some reason I am inconsistent on toning my muscles and stretching. What am I doing about it: I recently decided to only look to do "workouts" 3 times a week, one day focusing on legs and abs; second day on arms and abs;…

It is not critical but nice for me to have someone to share my woes (emotions) with weight gain/loss/maintenance. I started a new job a couple of years ago and gained about 12 pounds over the course of a year and my boss at the time was a WW loser and she was gaining too so we commiserated about the issues of not having…

Down .3 but saw a new low mid week -- I'm heading in the right direction. You can get back on track @imastar2

With you! This year (since my family has shrunk significantly) we are going to a nice restaurant, meaning no leftovers. So it literally will be one meal. The only potential re-visit of food is a small Thanksgiving like meal on Sunday with just my husband and I -- but very manageable from a overeating perspective because I…

Thankfully, I do not get colds very often anymore...I can't recall the last one I had...hoping I won't get one now ;)

:) Or just throw the belt away...

If you don't track in the WW app, this may not make sense to you...but WW recently has provided a "healthy range" of points by day, if you fall within that range there is a calendar in the app that covers the date with a blue dot. This blue dot/healthy range concept has worked for me from both NSV (getting the entire month…

Not really...there may have been in the past prior to WW (the last time when I got to goal) but not now. I will say I consciously decided to run a positive script/story in my mind when I started WW and it seemed to work that time and I hit goal.

1) What's your biggest short term problem? Fatigue/boredom with my menu of daily meals. 2) What are you going to do about it? Just started pulling recipes from various sources. Plan to Google the ingredients I have in the fridge and pantry for some recipes. This is a fairly rare event for me...but for some reason I am…

No real change. Generally speaking never made a big deal out of my birthday besides trying to take the day for myself. Often it is spent doing something I like to do by myself. Particularly when it falls on the week day and most friends/family are not available. If we do a formal celebration (hubs and I) we do some sort of…

Seedless grapes are one of my magic solutions. Although still food but much better choice than the chocolate I used to consume. The other stress/emotion reducer is getting a walk or run in every day...best done in the morning. My day is always better if it starts off with a walk or run. Lastly, a new thing for me is to…

Why bother with weight loss? Because life at a normal weight is way too awesome to not do it. Why GOAD? A certain something just make it appealing, but no sure what it is...sometimes referred to as "je ne sais quoi"

I am a WW lifetime member, but working on losing below my WW goal for a cushion and thinking it's the real number I should be at, since I spent most of my adult life around it. So with that said, when losing I look at the numbers more for trending down. Sometimes, but not often I look at it a little deeper, consulting the…

Had I just fallen versus trying to out run it, I would have done better...rookie mistake.

Yes, I've been there...tripped on an elevation in the sidewalk on a short neighborhood run...fractured my wrist and elbow...fun times.

Early on in joining WW I read on one of the boards that when you start WW you should not look at what you are eliminating from eating/your life but look at things to add. I thought that was great advice and have followed that long term. It's an overarching "trick of the trade" -- examples of how I apply it: Add zoodles…

I'd say the two go hand in hand for me. In order to do the right thing for my weight management I have to time manage to allow for those tasks. Time for cooking, buying grocery etc. on the fly decisions tend to lean to the less healthy choices.

Lack of sleep is one driver and most difficult to overcome for me. Anxiety is another but easier to overcome. Love of food or food as entertainment is another one but I have more or less overcome it.

Thanks everyone! For keeping the thread going. Hopefully soon I can be a volunteer.

We live in a relatively "young" neighborhood thus plan to pass out candy - we get tons of kids. Our kids are grown and we have grandkids but they live far away so we don't personally participate beyond passing out to the little kids in the neighborhood. I like to do it, this is my way of paying back for all the years I got…

down 1.5 and at a new low.

My slips are small and cumulative. A slow migration away from the plan, accompanied by thinking "oh that 1 point of coffee cream won't matter" or "gee the oil in that recipe spread across all the serving can't add up to anything, even though I did not measure it." or "I have so many weeklies and my activity has been high"…

Were you a member of the WW GOAD board? Yes, but only discovered it about 1-1.5 years before it went away. Have you followed WW in the past? Yes Are you following any of the WW programs now? Yes, Beyond the Scale/SmartPoints.

Good article, I agree with pretty much everything he says. Controlling hunger is key, the caloric density point he makes is the focus I usually have on "what to eat." I do periodically go to bed hungry...I still track points and if I have had what appears to be enough food/calories I won't indulge prior to going to bed.…

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I think I have the willpower. I rarely say I lost it, as in forever. I usually do a slow migration off the program/my good habits. Once I hit a certain level of not doing what I normally do, I typically have the willpower to get back on track, once I recognize what is going on. I'm sure there is something out there that…

I operate more on habit & routine than motivation. I maintain the habits because I eat what I like, normally food I prepare myself, but I'm confident in restaurant situations, I don't focus on the scale too much and I'm always tweaking my choices so I stay satisfied and avoid feeling deprived or restricted from any food.…

I believe words (spoken or in our minds) can have an impact. I'm pretty good with that part of the process. I tend to be positive and not highly emotional and I preach that to friends/spouse/co workers. My issue at this time of year is more physical/weather related. I already put a plan in place to overcome falling into…

It influenced it in that I don't eat as much. But on the same note, if I eat cake for 23 points in my mind I think of it more as a "anti sweet" point value and to feel less "sinful" I look at the calorie value to decide how bad was it really. But overall I have really cut back on sugar but still eat tons of fruit and…