Everyday Systems

I know what you mean about the remarks people make...and your dear granddaughter was just being so innocent with her remark but that still doesn't take away the pain. My mother "offered" to pay for my ww enrollment the year that I joined as my birthday present. Talk about being upset! I got so upset...

Jazzys mom....but wasn't it fun to be able to order and eat your french toast and know the "diet police" weren't going to pounce on you? :) Glad to know that someone else felt the same way about dear old ww! just read on another forum that our 24 points a day could have been used over 2 thousand plu...

Work hard and play hard.....two of the best things about being raised in the days of 3 meals and no snacks! And it is still the best way to go. Just got home from my first walk in I don't know how long and feeling good...tired but good. Definitely out of condition!! :( I also remember the gums....th...

Bumpkyns: YOU are SPECIAL!!!! You go girl!!! Yes, when you get something like you have been through, you do start to wonder just how much of the "crap" we put into our bodies in search of the "so-called perfect" body causes the problems we have. Back to the basics is definitely what is called for he...

lilly, neither was I! :lol: (play dates) do you remember hop scotch and jacks? And when we did play outside, we used our imagination as we didn't have all the wonderful play houses that they have today! But we were outside!!!! and in the sun and didn't matter how hot it was we were out there playing...

Lilly, I joined in 82 so they must have decided that carrots could go back to being veggies. Corn was definitely a bread item and heaven forbid if you wanted potatoes too often! Yeah, when I went back to doing ww in the 2000's carrots were points...and then when I did core, they were free. Too bad t...

when I joined, carrots were a freebie....couldn't have made it through the "program" without them. And I faithfully turned in my "weekly diet sheet" each week and was never told they were bread!! WOW! The good old days, right?

Rheba

Lilly....how about all the carrots you could eat??? Any time and any where and any place!!! Oh the insanity of it all. And that we fell for it!

Rheba

Oh my, what memories you have all brought back to me! :D I was born in 42 so I was also raised with the 3 meals a day...besides which I had a single mom supporting me and my sis...so money was tight. We had no frills for most of the time. I do remember when mom had extra money our big treat was to b...

Imt2pt, you have hit the nail on the head! You are so right in what you have said about all the other diet plans and their "wonderful" promises with that disclaimer (in very small print, naturally). And yes, we have all fallen for them at one time or another. After all, I have a weight problem and i...

I too have a problem with my blood sugar...especially if I get too hungry. I get the shakes so bad that it is hard to read my handwriting. So I was a little bit concerned about the 3 meals a day but have to tell you that I left food on my plate two of the three meals yesterday and was not really hun...

You are sooooooooo right on about it being all about the points! I just had lunch with a friend who made her goal weight and to watch her go directly to the weight watcher section of the menu (the restaurant really does have ww items with the points already calculated for you) is really sad....her l...

I just read an article in the local paper today that encourages the "eat every two hours" mode of thinking! And we wonder where we get the idea. :) So no wonder we graze all day! And feel stuffed and never really satisfied. And I'm so glad to hear that someone else ordered what they thought they sho...

don't you just absolutely LOVE people who think they know it all when it comes to YOUR weight?!? :shock: Have yet to figure them out but don't know that it is worth the effort. I also don't think spring is ever going to get to South Dakota and it has to get to Nebraska first! FFL...hang in there! We...

Dory, thanks for the suggestion. I do know that one of the times that I hosted the group I made a chicken salad and fresh fruit for the lunch...yes, I did make sure that there was something sweet for those who wanted it, and I know that one member said "Great" when I told them what I had done. Unfor...

Good morning one and all! Thank you for your input! Went back and re-read the pages and wish it could be as simple as the office food situation but unfortunately, usually the hostess is busy out in the kitchen and by the time she announces coffee, the food is on the table in front of each seat. Gues...

Have a question for you to help me out with....have just read the book and know that I will definitely be re-reading it as the days go by. But I have a situation that comes up twice a month....I belong to a small quilting group and of course the lunch is ALWAYS something sweet. How do I handle a sit...

Just picked up my copy of WW last night at the grocery store and went to B&N this a.m. and found their last copy and sat down and read some of it while enjoying my coffee (had to make sure that I wanted to buy it!) and just got home and know that I will be reading this book all day instead of doing ...