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Sageleaf

Got my 25 Pound Star Today!

I'm bragging. This is totally conceited of me, so please feel free to skip this whole post, but I'm dieting in secret, only my husband and child know I'm doing the WW program. And my doctor. Keeping it secret from others though.

26.4 pounds lost, to be exact. It took just under 3 months. It wasn't as hard as I had built up in my head that going on a diet would be, mostly due to doing it online and having the phone app. LOVE the brave new world of high tech weight loss. LOVE. Love being able to calculate and save my own recipes, because I'm a chef in real life. If I take a bite of something, but only one bite, I still need to track it.

I have had setbacks and issues with my stupid bad knee come up multiple times (now I'm doing PT and taking steroids for it... ugh.) so I am nowhere near as active as I'd hoped to be, and honestly it took about 2 weeks longer than I'd projected as the pessimistic rate of loss to hit this first goal, so now I'm readjusting my thinking a bit on how long it will take to get to my final goal weight. I am hoping to get more active, and my docs have told me that the more weight I lose, the better the knee will be - the whole reason I started this program is to put off surgery for as long as possible... but I already know it won't be forever, I'm just borrowing time and trying to get the best interest rate on the loan that I can!

I still haven't set that final yet... it's still too scary. It will be somewhere in their stated range for my height, which would be more than 125 pounds lost from the starting weight. I did, however, set my next mini-goal out to be a little more than 25 pounds away, kind of rounded it so that my next goal ends in a 0 instead of a 2. I know, it's a little weird of me, I just like goals in nice round 5-pound increments that neatly match up. Less to have to think about.

Tracking has been the biggest thing for making this work, it's really modified my behavior.

However, for days where there's something out of my normal routine - dinner out, going with friends, a party.... planning has been key. I don't just plan that meal or that day anymore, I plan the days around it too. That's how I hit my first goal this week, even though there was a wonderful gourmet feast-laden party this past weekend for a family christening that I went to. Virtue and planning pays off.

Thanks all for reading.

Posted Jun 11, 2015, 11:47 AM UTC

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Irondog1970•

You have every reason to be proud of your accomplishments. I too tried to keep my program under the wraps, but after 40 pounds, people are noticing. Depending on the relationship I have with the person asking, I'll answer either with "weight watchers" or "watching what I eat and getting in more activity." Both are honest answers, but not everyone needs to know how.

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SageleafOP•

Nobody's really started to notice yet, except my husband. He loved me even when I was my heaviest, though, so he hasn't been acting any differently. It's become kind of interesting to go to events this summer and wonder when it will become visible to people who don't know.

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CindyCCC•

Congratulations! You are doing great! Very inspiring to read how much progress someone can make if you stick to it and track every bite as you said. I am super happy for you and wish you continued success!

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SageleafOP•

Thank you very much!

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ColindaDrainer•

Congrats !! Great job ! X

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SageleafOP•

Thanks :)

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starbowline•

Congratulations! You should be bragging! That's what WW is all about!

I totally get the whole keeping it a secret thing. I did that for a while too. Now, I will share with someone if I feel like it's appropriate--like a friend who is also concerned about their weight, if they ask me what I'm doing, etc. If it's someone I know more casually, like a coworker, it's not a "secret" but, you know, it's none of their beezwax. (P.S. I would encourage you to think of it as private or selectively shared info, rather than something you have to hide! :)

By the way, 26.4 lbs in 3 months is a pretty big accomplishment! It's taken me 5 months to lose just one more pound than you!

AWESOME JOB!!

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SageleafOP•

Thank you so much. I think I am doing so well on this because my docs kinda scared the hell out of me this spring, and it's been highly motivating: I do not want to have knee replacement or stomach surgery due to being overweight, and at 47, I'm too old to kid myself anymore that I'll "get around to it" "someday". So today (and this whole next year) is now that "someday".

I also know ti gets way harder as you get closer and closer to goal weight than taking it off when being really heavy, so we'll see. I might be looking back on these 3 months a year from now with a sniffle about how "easy" they were in hindsight! (not to my future self: no they were not!)

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