Dear WW 1nternational,
This is so hard for me to say.
You've helped me a lot over the past couple years, and don't think I don't appreciate that. However, it hasn't felt right for a while now, and I think we both know that. I'll always hold a special place in my heart for you, but I think it's best we part ways now, before things just get ugly and strained. I just need some space, to get my head sorted out, you know? It might not be forever, but I think it's best if we start to see other people plans. And, to be completely honest, I already have.
I've been seeing fitday for 2 weeks now, and it has been the happiest two weeks I've had since you've known me. You've probably noticed that I haven't checked in with you at all in those two weeks. Things are going so well that there's no reason to keep making the monthly investment to keep my relationship with you alive.
I'm sure you'll make a great plan for someone else...for plenty of others, actually. You're going to make someone millions of others very, very happy someday. We're just not right, and I think we both realized that a long time ago. At this point in my weight loss, I want to concentrate more on the details of what's in my food. You do that for me to some degree, but knowing how many points something is doesn't always give me the information I want. Fitday gives the information up for free. I like free.
I hope there are no hard feelings, and that we can cherish the memories we've made together. It's just time for me to be moving on.
I'll always remember you,
Joy
Posted by Joy at March 16, 2005 01:25 PMJoy,
I was wondering how long you did ww and when it seemed to stop working. Like I said before, I've lost about 20 lbs on the program but still have about 40 more to go. I guess I'm wondering if it's that the program doesn't fit your life anymore or if it was that the program just stopped working.
Posted by: Melani on March 17, 2005 09:11 AM
sorry it took me a day to respond...I started to, and then it got long so I thought I would write a post about it. Then I couldn't get the words to come out right, so I'm just going to respond here. :)
The short version is that I was with WW for 2 years, off and on. It worked well for me when I was sticking to it, or even when I was slightly over it. I'm sure it would still work for me, but it doesn't feel right anymore. I'm fickle and easily bored, and after a couple years, WW was getting a little stale. It was time for a change just to renew my interest.
When I started WW, I wanted a way to force myself to eat better without making it any harder than the calorie counting I was already doing. I could have done that with fitday, but with all the calculations, it was sort of information overload at that point. The Points calculation factored in fat and fiber, which seemed to be a good place to start, without burning me out on all the nutrition tracking when I was just starting out (I had lost 15 lbs in the 4 months before I joined WW, too).
In the beginning, all I cared about was what size I would be when I reached my goal number on the scale. Now, my goals have shifted more toward what I want to be able to do with my body now that it's getting more fit. I'm ready to start paying attention to the details about what I eat, so that I can better fuel my body to do the things I want to do. Weight watchers wasn't terribly useful in that regard, so it didn't seem worth the $15/mo to me anymore.
I still think it's a great program, and most of what I learned about portion sizes and smart substitutions I've learned from them. I was just interested in taking a different approach.
My philosophy in this weight loss thingie is to stick with what works until it doesn't, and then move to something else. In this case, though, WW wasn't working for me because I didn't have any desire to follow it anymore. It was time to move on. :)
Posted by: joy on March 18, 2005 10:29 AM
Thanks for replying to my comment; this is the first time I've stuck to a diet for more than 3 days so I guess I was just worried that I would finally find something I can manage only to have it not work. I think you're right, it's all about finding what works for you where you're at right now.
Posted by: Melani on March 18, 2005 12:23 PM