Hello All!
I have been lucky enough to get the chance to continue the wonderful work that Debbie has been doing here on the MWL forum with the monthly weigh ins. Thank you so much Debbie! I look forward to going through some of your many, many threads to figure out all that I need to know to help keep everyone as motivated and inspired as you have.
My name is Amy and I have been following the McDougall Plan, on and off for many years. The past couple of years have been much more on than off, and I have lost many many pounds and improved my health.This was thanks to getting the opportunity to go to the 10-day program in Santa Rosa. It inspired me to continue to try harder to adhere to the program guidelines and accept that this is how I will eat for the rest of my life. My body has been thanking me for making this decision every day since then!
I am at a point where my weight loss has come to a full halt and I must lower my calorie density for it to continue. The next natural step for me is to follow the MWL program full-time. I'm hoping for a whole bunch of support and inspiration from everyone who participates here, that I will (of course) reciprocate
. I have found that surrounding oneself with people doing the same thing, at the same time has been one of the many keys to continued success.
I am going to start off each week telling you something that I am grateful for. A podcast that I listen to, called The Plant Trainers, does this and I find it always makes me stop and reflect on the good things in my life (even when I'm struggling through an otherwise hard week).
This week I am grateful for the extra hour of sleep I will be getting tonight!
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO POST YOUR FRI/SAT WEIGH IN SOMETIME BEFORE TOMORROW EVENING (SUNDAY) AT 5PM, I WILL INCLUDE IT IN THIS WEEK'S TOTAL. If no one posts, we will just have to have a 0 weight lost for this week, but then we can continue from there)
Here is a look at my progress so far:
I'm looking forward to chatting with everyone and wish you all a wonderful November 2016!
Amy
Here are the standard monthly instructions for participating in this thread:
1) Please make sure you make a new post every week when you post your weigh ins. If you only edit your very first post in the thread, I will never find it. Thanks.
2) A note from Jeff Novick RD
FYI
For the newcomer, I collated this from some earlier threads....
Here is a refresher on some guidelines for posting here and participating in our monthly weigh-in thread.
Our weigh in's are on Fridays and you have until 12 PM PST on Saturday to report.
Anyone is welcome to join the weekly weigh in group as long as they follow the McDougall principles. We recommend following the Maximum Weight Loss (MWL) plan or the Mary's Mini's Plan.
There is a sticky at the top of this forum on the guidelines for the MWL program.
In order to tally the results please submit your results by posting the total pounds you have lost or gained that week. You don't have to share your total weight if you'd rather keep that to yourself. This is an honor system so we take the gain, loss or maintain you give us in order to tally.
If you are a new member and would like to join but don't have a weight to be counted for the week then you will be counted either as a body with a zero starting weight, or when you check in for the weekly weigh in the following week. Large amounts of weight lost over a period of months or weeks, prior to joining the weekly weigh in group, will not be counted towards the weekly total.
If you measure your weight in something other than pounds please convert the measurement to pounds.
All gains will be counted towards the total to encourage weekly participation. Posting is encouraged whether it's a gain, a loss, or a maintain.
You are welcome to share as little or as much as you want on your weight loss journey here in this thread. We encourage members of the group to talk to each other, cheer each other on and set goals together.
This thread is for the mutual support of all who wish to participate.
See you all this Friday and Saturday!"