What is a Virtual Weight Watchers Leader

So I am never going to be a leader in the eyes of Weight Watchers because I will never weigh 159lbs again. As you can imagine over 10 years I have learned every trick in the book. I have also shared, and taught many people how to make this program work. I am that member at every meeting offering suggestions but I sometimes feel that the leader would prefer that I didn't as some of my suggestions don't fit with the WW ideals.

So since I will never get the opportunity to be a leader and support members in the meeting room I am going to support y out here in our cyber meeting room. I am here to share my journey with those of you who need support and maybe a few good ideas to help you be successful.



My Weight Loss Journey

I am a Weight Watcher. I have been since 2000. In March 2000 I joined with a starting weigt of 198lbs and it took me 43 weeks to lose 33.2lbs. At that point I lost momentum and stopped going. In August of 2001, although I had only gained 2.2lbs, I joined again. Over the next 9 weeks I made my goal weight and maintained it for 6 weeks. Although I would never see that weight again, in 2001 this made me a lifetime member, FOREVER! I stopped going to the meetings and slowly started to gain and by the end of 2003 I had gained 20lbs, yuck. I joined again and lost 10lbs before getting pregnant with my first child. By the time I returned to WW in June 2005 I had a starting weight of 203lbs. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! 43wks later I had lost 31lbs before I was pregnant again. Then I returned weighing 192lbs, argh, in February 2008. Over the next 23wks I lost 17lbs almost returning to my pre-pregnant weight before getting pregnant with my third and final baby. It was October 29, 2009 before I returned with a grand weight of 203.8lbs and now I am on my final journey to maybe not a ultimate goal weight but a good maintainable weight for me of 165lbs.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Breakfast, the meal most forgotten

A lot of people who have weight issues are usually prone to forgetting to eat breakfast. I have to be honest I don't use many of my daily points on breakfast but I always eat breakfast. If you don't eat breakfast to risk the chance of eating in excess because you are so hungry you aren't thinking straight and you will thoughtlessly stuff anything in your mouth.


As you will read repeatedly about my addiction to carbs, so that is my go to meal when I am not dieting, cereal, bagels, etc but if you want your breakfast to hold your hunger at bay till your first snack, go protein. This transition was not easy for me but I changed to a 4 point breakfast consisting of 1 egg, 2 tbsp egg whites, 2 pieces of WW bread and a tsp of light strawberry cream cheese and a cup of green tea.

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