I joined Weight Watchers online 2 weeks ago.

[Coventina]

My story:

I gained a lot of weight during grad school - stress eating. I joined WW almost immediately after and lost 30 lbs on their program.

Then I got pregnant. Then I miscarried.
Then, I tried to get pregnant for the next three years, all the while emotionally eating like crazy.

Finally, had to accept that I was never going to have a child. Still continued to eat emotionally.
Rejoined WW, but just couldn't stick with the program. "Cheated" constantly.

Went to the doctor a few weeks ago and was shocked by my weight.

190 lbs! (I was 130 when I got pregnant).

I felt "ready" so I joined WW again.

I just had my week 2 weigh in and so far I've lost 8.8 lbs. I'm at 181.2 and I already feel a little different.
I know the loss is going to slow down, I had big losses the first few weeks when I joined the first time.
Then is slows down to about a pound a week, or even less.

But, I just thought I'd introduce myself here, as a way of keeping accountable.
I'm going to read through the other threads here and get to know all of you!

[newcriminal]

1. Good luck to you and keep us posted.

[liberal_at_heart]

2. Good luck. Yeah, it can be discouraging when the weight loss is slow.

In September I started eating more vegetables and limiting processed sugar and flour intake. It took me 5 months to lose 25 lbs. It was frustrating. I started exercising and started to lose weight faster. Now, I am down a total of 44 lbs and am about 10 lbs away from my high school weight. Remember to celebrate what you have accomplished instead of being discouraged by not getting there as fast as you hoped you would. Good luck.

[Coventina]

3. Yesterday was my weigh-in. Down another .7 lbs.

And, I hit my first WW goal of 5%.

Now, WW wants me to aim for 10%.

Even though I lost less than a pound this week, I'm pretty happy.

After all, it was the week before my period, (TMI?) and the end of the semester on top of that.

Plus, I had some family "unpleasantness".

So, all in all, losing ANYTHING in a week full of personal and professional stress, and with my monthly cycle "against" me, is pretty good.

ONWARD!