Sageleaf

I have been dieting since MArch of last year, and I had gotten to 65 pounds down, but then I hit a plateau over October, November and December and only lost 3 pounds in those whole 3 months. UGH! So I wasn't expecting any loss over the Holidays, my focus was just not to get discouraged and pig out and undo the progress too bad. In our family this past month included 2 family birthdays wedged between Thanksgiving and Christmas and multiple parties and get-togethers, so all I was really trying to do is enjoy myself, but keep it in moderation.

And I went back up, of course - my "comeuppance of the scale" on New Year's Eve morning sucked, but Thursday's my normal WI day so I still kept it, and

The pictures of food are inescapable and cruel - I'm on a diet! I don't want to be forced to look at food porn when I'm just tracking taking my vitamins or drinking a diet coke or glass of water!

The layout is a nightmare. Seriously. I went to culinary school, there are whole scientific studies devoted to how people's eyes move comfortably across a page, say, a menu for the restaurant industry - because some areas are dead zones and some are where you put your "menu stars". This works for computer screens, and page layout as well. The way the new site appears on my screen, there are miles and miles of white all around, the text is so spaced out and you have to scroll down after only seeing

Hey all! I'm a 47 year old mom with a very tight household budget, so I don't really have access to a gym or personal trainers, and money is a huge issue for our family. But this year, on WW, I've lost 60 pounds so far just by dieting, and I was wondering if a Fitbit or other fitness tracker actually would be a good present for Santa to bring for Christmas this year (as I have been such a Good Girl and all, LOL) ... I have bad joints, all my motion needs to be low impact, and there's nowhere to put weights around here... My exercise is basically an under-the-desk pedal bike and, only on REALLY "good" knee days, which are few, a treadmill for walking. ONLY walking, not even a light jog. Is

Last week I was in the hospital and on on IV (unrealated to the WW program), so even though the nice nurses let me weigh in and my husband put in my weight from my home PC, I was loaded up with IV fluid....

This week, TA DA! I finally, officially, sailed past the 50-pounds-lost mark (51.6). I'm finally within 100 pounds of goal weight! YAY!

(...And she danced like a bowlful of jelly...)

The Things I'll Do For Diabolical Sabotage Part 3

So now, here's the good part: I was completely oblivious about the "feelers" that were being sent my way on the subject of gastric bypass surgery. I actually had good grades in school, but I can be a walking blonde joke sometimes.

My aunt brought the topic up, and somehow, (I wasn't really paying much attention, I was making sure to enjoy my BBQ ribs since there was no escaping them and I was going to count the points anyways) my mom chimed up that her friend Mrs. P had it and then gained all the weight back, blah, blah, blah. My aunt looked at me and asked if I knew anyone else who'd had it - and I do! My best friend! (Who we're going out

The Things I'll Do For Diabolical Sabotage Part 2

So let me explain the significance of there not being salad at a 4th of July party at my parents' shore house: it's never happened before. Not in 47 years of my life.

My mother has an iron-clad control over the food she eats, and has maintained a size 2 for decades. I have watched hwo she does it for years. When they entertain, which is often, there are ALWAYS diet-friendly options built subtly into the menu. 4th of July always, always, always means ears of corn, at least 2 different kinds of salads ( a green salad and a pasta salad or a grain/legume salad), and baked beans as well as a grilled chicken option (not BBQ - grilled) plus whatev

This was originally written for my Weight Watchers online blog after 4th of July weekend. They have very strict formatting and character length there and delete out bad words, so you might not recognize me with my Philly mouth all cleaned up.

The Things I'll Do For Diabolical Sabotage Part 1

Just ask Bugs Bunny.

Dear Readers, I've got gremlins. I've got gremlins out the wazoo. But you can't call the Orkin Man on relatives, now can you? Nope. Relatives: can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em. Whaddaya gonna do? Sheesh.

Let's talk about Diabolical Sabotage.

Last weekend I was down the shore at my parents' shore house. These are people who've raised personal beauty and fashion style into a

I have been using the WW blog as a way to vent things out lately, and, well, a lot has happened in the last month that's totally N-centric, but since I wrote it there, I didn't cross-post it here. Judges ruling?

This is the original post.

Just wanted to thank everyone for chiming up and the words of encouragement - I kicked ass this week (my OWN, I mean) - I knuckled down on the activity points like never before, worked out every day, and crammed extra activity points in, I cut my food points down, I filled up on zero-points everything. I had exactly ONE cup of pasta for carbs all week, no booze, nothing processed or salty or chips of any kind...

Dudes, I overcompensated for my bad weekend so much, I dropped 4 pounds from last week when I weighed in this morning. (Part of that is likely time of month being

I won't get into it all, but I've used up my weekly points allowance, plus I'm now in the "negative" budget for them by 13.

The good news is I have until my weigh in on Thursday to make this right. I'm a desk-bike pedalin' fool as I type this right now! I have a crockpot already working away on a giant batch of French Onion Soup which is my go-to 1-point meal when I've been especially naughty... this is the worst I've broken the program in 4 months.

So.... emergency help, please?

Is there any way to earn back those points with activity? Is there anything I can do to keep the week from being a complete washout? I have 4 days of virtue to make up for 3 of sin.

So the backstory is my crazy Nmom is a size 2, and over my entire life MY weight has been one of the biggest hotbuttons for her in life. Incredibly toxic and abusive for years, she's pulled EVERY trick in the book when it comes to try to manipulate, control, berate and abuse me over this.

About 2 years ago, I pretty much had it with my FOO's multiple-N-dynamic and the overall shenanigans, and I threw up major walls and barriers - metaphorically, my own Fortress of Solitude. But instead of the old pattern of drama and trying to change them, I disengaged. I might swoop into "Metropolis" for events and to inquire solicitously about someone's health, but like Superman, where I live is thousands

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

If so, can you check my brainstorm and offer some suggestions? I'd love to hear ideas on camping, there was one article on the WW online website but it was not particularly instructive or well-researched. It seemed like it was written by someone who either doesn't like food that much or doesn't actually GO camping.

Every July we spend 5 days with my husband's family on a big family camping trip (includes 3 generations). We stay at campgrounds where we have water and power hook ups and our cars are parked by our tents, so it's not really "roughing it".... just a nice vacation. However, I never, ever tried to diet on one of these shindigs before, and gotta say, I know at least SOME points are

I get McSweeny's in my Facebook feed. This popped up this morning and it tickled me, and I just had to share. It's snark, of course, but yet, it's only snark to normal people, for N's this is just a way of life!

Classic Wisdom for Your Early 20s. BY JEWEL GALBRAITH

Surround yourself with positive people

Positive people will lift you up, inspire you, and bring joy into your life. Surround yourself with them. Learn from them. Drink of their endless wells of positivity. Drain them of their power — drain them until you’ve sucked them dry. Leave their desiccated shells behind. You don’t need them anymore. It is you who now has a positive attitude.

Basically, I'm a 47 year old wife and mother, and I've lost 23 pounds so far on Weight Watchers over the past 9 weeks. I'm happy with the program, but I have a lot more to lose - at least 100 more to go - and to do it safely and sanely, it's gonna be a year or so. The loss isn't all that noticeable yet (going from 291 to 268, I'm still in 2x size clothes).

But here's the thing, I barely ever see my parents, and have been using this avoidance to keep them in the dark about my diet. And unfortunately, I'm about to have to spend part of the weekend at their beach house because we're all going to a Memorial Day weekend/80th birthday party for an uncle of mine. I really do not want my diet to