Success Story: Michele
After all that noise yesterday, look what showed up in my email this morning: a “success story” from Weight Watchers that involves a 175-lb weight loss. I must say, Michele really called my bluff. Details here. Michele’s best tip: Mini goals are critical to those of us with a lot to lose. Those can be scale goals such as losing 20 or 30 pounds1, or process goals, such as journaling successfully for three weeks in a row. And remember to reward yourself. I love how she says “20 or 30 pounds” like it’s nothing. Like the 10 pound range there is so small as to...
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So, why the term-paper-esque report on another diet blogger posted yesterday? Because, simply put, it’s difficult to find support and information for people who have as much weight to lose as I do. It’s hard to find success stories of people who are still up and at ‘em. The amount of weight I have to lose, in total, rightfully belongs squeezed into the uniform of a chubby cheerleader. This isn’t the kind of sneeze-and-it’s-gone, overnight journey that seems to grace the pages of Weight Watcher’s Magazine (where even the 20-pound losses are marked with an...
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Read MoreWeigh-in 10
Starting weight: 326.8 Last week: 322.6 This week: 323.8 Change this week: +1.8 Overall change: -3.0
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