points to ponder

[lilly]

i thought it would be fun to have a thread that would help us and make us think and focus of what we are doing and why and what rewards we have gained etc..... something to ponder :D

well my first point to ponder would be... WHAT WAS YOUR MOMENT OF TRUTH? what made you take that first step on your journey? has your moment of truth changed on your journey? where are you now?

:D
wel i will ponder that while i am round the market and i will post my reply when i get back

[ashlee]

After I early retired from my very stressful, full time job, I just took quite a bit of time to look after "me". One my "me projects" was to see about losing weight. I had done WW. many, many yrs. before and had success.

I pondered whether I should "spend the money" and join or not. I worked on it about 6 mos. before I actually did join on Feb. 19,2003. I decided I was worth it and joining was a good thing!!!

I've lost 51.2 lbs. in 6 mos. and had weigh in yesterday - down another 1.4 lbs. I've never had a gain or maintain since I've started so I'm doing something right, and it's soooooooo all about what's great for me!!!

I'm working on other things in life too, such as not being afraid to say "no" and I've said it a few times. Not just "no" to food, but "no" to certain people who think you are a "doormat". Dr. Phil's show yesterday was all about "doormat" people.

I'm very,very determined to be a success on this journey too. I've had to "fight" a few times mentally with people who tried to make me go off my program, but it didn't work "FOR THEM". ;) :cool:

Going to meetings helps, but I don't depend on meetings or other people the way I used to. The best person to depend on is yourself because only 'you' have control of 'you'.

I don't let "negative" people bring me down either. They just make me more determined to succeed.

Let's all keep the motivation up and moving on downward. graemlins/thumbup.gif

Ashlee

[lilly]

well as for me, i would have to say there was not DEFINING moment of truth, in all honesty i did not think realy i had a problem, for me it was all about i have to have a goal or something to focus on.

I had bought a house, I had planned and had the first wedding graemlins/ugh.gif lol i had stopped smoking, i had cut my hair short, I was doing ok with everything in life and for me it was a question of, ok what can I do next? and just then an advertisment for WW came on the tv, and i thought well why not try it, i suppose it would not do me any harm if i lost a bit.

so that was my reason nothing really defining! adn at first i never told anyone, i just decided and i went, only after i joined and i got into the program did I realy see myself as a BIG person, before it really never entered my head that i was overweight! :confused: for me it was just a challenge to see if i could do it.

but then it is like a drug, and i found i was on the diet cycle somewhere i have never been :rolleyes: when i got confident i thought i could do it on my own! BOY I tell you i never did that again, after 2 months i went back heavier than i was the first time and i had seen a photograph OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH, :eek:

then i realised that i had no photos of me! so i never really saw how big i was!, so my defining moment when i knew it was not a challenge it was something I HAD TO DO.

it has been slow I have changed jobs and maintained for maybe a total of 1.5 yeard if i added it up, but for me it was soo important to keep going, as the greatest tradgedy for me would have been to stop.

Having lost some I WANT MORE,

just now in my journey I am moving again, I view my weight loss as a program for life, but sometimes i find you have to adapt it FOR life, sometimes there are more important things than loosing weight, (but never go off Plan) if when things are up and down and a little crazy, if i can stay the same and maintain then i have still leared a life skill :D as i will need to know how to do that when i reach my goal.

now i feel I am ready for it to move again, i see more positive differences in myself, i go to the gym 3 sometime 4 times a week (before i would have stayed at home and done nothing) so I am more active, I have always relyed on my bike, I am far more aware of my body but that too is also positive as you need to accept what is wrong before you can change it.

I have always lived my life like that, If i am unhappy about something I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN CHANGE IT, i apply that to all aspect of my life so why should my weight loss be any different :D

just now i knoew i have a long journey, but i have all the tools i need to complete it, and the best online buddys every to celebrate with when i get there graemlins/bcbsalute.gif