On the Weight Watchers Wagon...Again: Recommittingby Susan Ridgeway | More from this Blogger 01 Feb 2007 10:00 PM I know there are a lot of women out there in the same position as me: they are active; exercising daily, but still can't seem to lose those last few pounds. I have always been a very active person but I've also always struggled with my weight. My friends are amazed when I reveal any kind of weight issue with them because they all know me as the "super-fit, super active Sue." They just assume, you do a little exercise and the weight will come off, but not so for me. It doesn't matter how much activity I do, it's my eating that affects my weight: I could run five marathons a week and I'd still struggle with my weight! Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not obese or even 15lbs overweight, but I'm in a constant state of needing to lose between 5-7lbs. For as long as I can remember I've always wanted to lose "those last five pounds." My dream is for someone to say to me, "Congratulations, you've just won an all-expense-paid trip to Hawaii!" And my reaction would be "Yippee!" Not, "Hmm...how can I lose 5lbs before I leave?" I'm not a compulsive overeater or closet binger, but I do tend to overdo it more frequently than I'd like to admit. To control those indulgences, I've tried a myriad of diets, tricks, pills (yuck!), incantations, but to no avail. The only thing that has ever worked for me is Weight Watchers. I was a WW warrior after my second and third daughters with great success. But, since I've stopped having babies, and no longer have large amounts of weight to lose, I've been struggling to stay on the program. I'll have one or two good days, but just can't seem to string together a whole week. So once again, I've recommitted myself to this program. I know it works if I work it! sueridge is a Jewish Families Blogger. Read more of her blogs here. Learn more about Susan Ridgeway  Some call her crazy, some call her an inspiration and some just call her Mom. Sue is a writer, fitness instructor, community volunteer, wife and mother of three girls under the age of 6. Relevantweight loss tags holidays | baby | Kids | Coupons | children | Scrapbooking | pregnancy | weight loss | christmas | Food User Comments rents25 (105) 05 Feb 2007 09:24 AMSue... WW is a great plan. My dad lost 85 lb and has kept most of it off. As with any diet, the secret is habit. We must change our tendencies. If we don't change our thinking, we won't change our actions. WW tries to educate you as you eat. Great idea!! We've found a great site online that is very educational and allows us to make educated decisions when we're eating. Often, we were eating not knowing the consequences. Now, as we've gotten more educated on the calories, fat, cholesterol, carbs, we've started to change. What we found was that we weren't taking in enough protein and too much fat/carbs. We started to address this by shifting the percentages of foods on our plate more to protein (not radically, that's not realistic!!) and away from carbs/fat. Also we use an exercise bar that's patented to help you burn fat when you exercise -- giving you more energy, less lactic acid build up, less post-exercise muscle soreness and fatigue -- AND YOU BURN FAT!! -- instead of glucose when you exercise. We love it! As much as you exercise, you'd love it too!! And there's no hanky panky, wierd, metabolic-heart racing-death causing drugs in them. Just natural food ingredients that, when combined in a certain way, have been proven to help the body burn fat instead of sugar. Awesome!!  Susan Ridgeway (80) 05 Feb 2007 02:25 PMCongrats to your Dad, that's incredible! Yeah, it is all about changing habits, for good! I seem to be able to change them for a short period of time but I need to make the transition to a permanent change! rents25 (105) 06 Feb 2007 09:32 AMSusan... Here's some advice (not that you asked for it...so, for whatever it's worth!) we often give to our business partners. In regards to permanent desired change (growth)...there is always one principle in play...The gain has got to outweigh the pain. Desired change (which is personal growth) is not easy. It takes work. Couple that with the fact that we always react and make decisions according to this principle of gain and pain. So, if you want desired change to happen, the recipe is always the same...you've got to make where you're at more uncomfortable/irritating and/or make where you want to get to more comfortable/beneficial so you're internally driven to move in that direction. Remember, it's the starting that stops most people. From your bio I can see you're internally driven for excellence in many parts of your life. Ask yourself why you do the things you do wiht your exercise, Pilates, spinning (cause, that's hard!!). Turn that same thinking to your weightloss. Make your weightloss destination more vivid, believable...more in focus. Change the way you're thinking to change the actions to change the results. Your thinking has you where you are today. To produce different results, you need different thinking. Otherwise, even if you get to that point, it will always be more comfortable being where you were!! You'll regress back to that state. Hope that's helpful! Just toss it if it isn't. Wishing you well in your journey. Levi rents25 (105) 14 Feb 2007 12:58 PMpretty effective too...if you're interested in success!! ;o) Discuss this article
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