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.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Working out = Plateauing Blues

In previous posts I have mentioned that I have joined a new gym and it has been about 5 weeks and I am still really enjoying it.  I go 4 days a week and have been slowly tweeking my routine trying to make my body burn as many calories as possible and I thought this would make me lose the most weight.

So this is where it gets tough for me.  I have plateaued and I have for weeks.  It has been particularily bad due to the fact that I have been working out at the gym 4 days a week starting around when I started this plateau.  What makes it worse it that I was only 3lbs away from my 10% when it started and now in 5 weeks I am .4lbs away. 

I hear that when you start exercising this can happen because fat is transforming to muscle.  I have been told to monitor my measurements instead of my weight but that is impossible if you are a weight watcher and have to weigh in every week.  I am going to give it 3 more weeks and if I see no results I might consider getting a trainer.

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