| I can still remember the day that I said to my | | | | could lose the weight, on my own terms. |
| myself that "I need help losing weight." I had | | | | The program was great because they did not |
| already gone up 2 sizes. I refused to allow my | | | | advocate deprivation at all. In fact, because I've |
| weight to keep climbing and spiraling out of | | | | always had a sweet tooth, I would get their |
| control. | | | | Weight Watchers brand treats. These helped me |
| While everyone reassured me that I "looked | | | | with portion control. I learned portion control, the |
| good", I was not satisfied with myself, which | | | | value of drinking water, and other nutritional tricks |
| meant that I was not happy. In fact, I was | | | | that helped to curb hunger or simply satisfy a |
| miserable. Because I was miserable, I used food | | | | snacking need. |
| to make me feel better. This was an enormous | | | | Exercise is important and I learned that I could |
| mistake that would ultimately lead me to the | | | | incorporate it into my life, a little at a time. I didn't |
| brink. | | | | have to just dive in and try to be a "fitness |
| I decided that I wanted to feel better. I wanted | | | | prodigy". I could work at my own pace and |
| to look better. So, that meant that I was right on | | | | increase incrementally. |
| target when I said to myself, "I need help losing | | | | One important aspect of losing weight, that I |
| weight". I couldn't do it alone. | | | | learned, is that it is a lifetime decision. It will affect |
| So, I turned to Weight Watchers. With a proven | | | | the way that you perceive food and its role in |
| track record of success, I felt like their weight | | | | your life. If you have a lot of weight to lose or |
| loss program was just what I needed. I was | | | | are having a hard time, doing too much, too soon |
| honest with the program manager. I said, "I need | | | | can make you burn out. |
| help losing weight", and I meant it. She told me | | | | Throughout the weight loss process, be true to |
| that they would do all that they could to help me. | | | | yourself. Keep your goals and your self-image in |
| That would mean learning how to think of food in | | | | the forefront. Don't let others dictate what you |
| a different way. | | | | should or shouldn't do ,or, how you should or |
| Up to that point, food had been there for me | | | | shouldn't think. It's your life. |
| when no one else was. That mindset would never | | | | So, if you are saying to yourself, as I did, "I need |
| work. Thinking like that I was doomed to stay | | | | help losing weight.", then do something about it. |
| larger than I wanted to be. With the help of the | | | | The results could give you a lifetime of happiness |
| staff and other attendees, I was convinced that I | | | | knowing that you look and feel your best. |