Apr092009
A Very Special Guest
Filed under Journal,Molly's Thoughts by kristen at 5:55 am on Apr 09 2009
A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I had a special friend that I had invited to share occasionally. I met Molly through Weight Watchers. We have become good friends and try to help each other stay on track, lament to each other our daily struggles, and cheer each other on. I am happy to introduce, Molly…..
Hello everyone! Kristen asked me to write a guest blog here from time to time but wanted me to introduce myself first. I could make it really short and say “My name is Molly and I am tired of being fat…..the end” but I suppose I should include a little more than that. I grew up one of those people that I hate now, you know, the kind that can eat anything and not gain a pound. Yep…that was me *raises hand timidly* I was relatively active and I participated in a lot of activities in high school but I didn’t exercise just to be exercising or ever think about my weight at all. I had one friend who was always complaining about her weight and struggling with her weight and I had no idea how lucky I was.
Around the time I got my driver’s licence and was able to go get whatever food I wanted whenever I wanted, I began to develop some really horrible eating habits. But, I still didn’t gain any weight. (I know, I know….I hate me too) I graduated high school at around 120 pounds. It wasn’t until my freshman year of college that I began working on my obligatory freshman 15. Really, I blame society for telling me I had to do that. Can I sue society for making me fat? Anyway, by the time I got married 4 years later, I was around 155 pounds. We moved out of state where I was depressed and miserable (in spite of my fabulous husband…hi honey!!) I joined Weight Watchers for the first time in 1998 at about 180 pounds. I lost about 20 pounds and then quit. We moved back to Indiana and settled into new jobs. My weight began to creep right back up until I talked my husband into joining Weight Watchers with me when I was back up to about 185 pounds. I, once again, started off with a bang and lost about 25 pounds fairly quickly and then leveled off. Sense a pattern? We moved back to Muncie and were ready to start a family (translation: ready to eat anything I wanted). By the time my daughter was born, I weighed a little over 240 pounds. About 40 pounds of that came off pretty quickly and without too much work. I joined Weight Watchers again and got down to around 170 before getting pregnant with my second daughter. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes with her, and as a result, only got up to about 215 pounds. Again, the first 20 or 30 pounds came off pretty easy after pregnancy and then….you guessed it, I joined Weight Watchers again. This time it didn’t work at all. I was just not into it. I think I maybe lost about 10 pounds and the lowest I ever got was about 169 pounds before I shot right back up to 200 pounds. I weighed about 205 when I got pregnant for my son and tried not to go as crazy as I did during my first pregnancy even though I didn’t have gestational diabetes this time.
When my son was born in November of 2007, I weighed about 240. For Christmas that year, I asked my husband to join Weight Watchers with me one more time. I joined on January 4, 2008 weighing in at 221.4. The first few months went great and I lost very quickly. I was a dedicated point counter! However, because of difficult financial times, I stopped paying to attend the meetings in October of 2008 at 171.4….exactly 50 pounds less than I had started. My intent was to continue to follow the plan but I was rather burn out by then. While I am proud of the 50 pounds I lost and kept off on Weight Watchers, I am so frustrated to have remained at that same weight since last October. My ultimate goal is to lose a little over 30 more pounds (so I can weigh 139.9!) and today is day 1 of my newly affirmed Weight Watcher journey. Join me won’t you?
1 Bethon 09 Apr 2009 at 7:43 am
Thank you Molly for sharing your story. A lot of your story mirrors my WW journey too. I am determined to keep going this time. I joined Oct. 2008 for my second try. Have almost lost 10% but am up and down with the same two pounds. Struggling to push past. Thanks again and I know we can do this!
2 christineon 10 Apr 2009 at 7:33 am
I hear you. I am a lifetime member but gained it all back slowly, so I know it is going to come off just as slowly. I am on WW again and have lost 35 pounds but still struggle every day. I need a another 10 lbs. off to be back where I was. Thanks for your story. I am with you we can do this.
3 Cindyon 11 Apr 2009 at 7:41 am
Nice to meet you! I get where you’re coming from. I have lost about 13 pounds in the last month but more because of the “divorce diet” than weight watchers. I am motivated to keep off this weight and eat the healthy way of weight watchers. I still have about 10 pounds I’d like to lose. Look forward to hearing more from you.
4 mimiseyon 27 Apr 2009 at 9:51 pm
it is great to know that others are struggling with the same number of pounds AGAIN. I have been at goal, gained 30 lbs, but I too am determined to get it back off. Hang in there. We know that WW works when we work.