Weight watchers

[Daydra 345]

My Mother took me to my first WW meeting when I was 11 years old. She dragged me up the stairs to a meeting room on Kings Highway in Brooklyn, NY. The Leader was Jean Neitche, the founder of WW. I think I rejoined at least 50 times in the next 50 years (I'll be 61 in September). I could open a WW Museum if I had kept all the Menu's and Diet information as they change their program at least every 2 years. I had lost over 100 pounds 3 different times on WW, only to go off and back to my bingeing behavior. Before deciding to have the gastric sleeve done, I'd been on WW for a year... all I lost was 52 weeks. It was up 2 down 3, down 5 up 7.....yada yada yada. Weight Watchers is a great program, unless you are a food addict. My whole life I've either dieted or binged. I've never eaten like a "normal" person. My Mother used to say I looked emaciated until I was 5 years old. I had my tonsils out and she said I could eat all the ice cream I wanted.... well, I never stopped, and that's how my story began. My highest weight was 272, and I'm only 5 feet tall. I've lost and regained hundreds of pounds throughout my lifetime. I just got tired of the rollercoaster and decided this time I'm not going to continue to gain. The tools of Weight Watchers are "right on", but I need a new tool in my toolbox.

I can totally relate to your story. I was 11 years old as well, the first time my mom took me to Weight Watchers. I've done it maybe 7 times, and done tons of other diets and strategies in between. I'm 5'8" and my highest was 349. I would always lose some weight, but would eventually lose my motivation and obsession with doing everything right and quit. It never gained it back really fast, but I always gained it back. I was down to 230 this last time (115 lb loss from where I started that time), but eventually couldn't pull it back together after making a couple weeks of bad choices during a family medical crisis. I gained about 50 pounds back, and that's when I started looking into weight loss surgery again and was really glad that the sleeve had become an option since the last time I had begun the process to have bypass. Best of luck to you, I know you will be successful. You have already proven that you can!