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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Hi, Cecelia! Welcome to the group! Wow! Those are amazing numbers!

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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Hi Cecelia! Welcome to the group, you'll enjoy it here. Lots of good conversation, ideas and most of
all the support is wonderful!

Congratulations on your losses, you're doing so well. Good luck getting rid of that other 20 lbs.
Hope to hear more from you soon.

--
Brenda
209/173/150 NYNY goal 160

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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melissa in NJ🙂

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"Cecelia Medbery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to
confess, I did not read all the previous posts (there were over 4,000). I
have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW member since
January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another
20#s. I am 38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a stay-at-home
mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Hi Cecelia! Welcome aboard! Congratulations for the previous 60 that you've lost and for deciding to
get some more off. I look forward to reading about your successful future losses. Elaine K
331.4/201.2/179

Cecelia Medbery said:

Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all
the previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been
a WW member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s.
I am 38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a stay-at-home mom and hope to be a WW
leader one day.

Cecelia

Cecelia Medbery said:

Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself.

Hi Cecilia, welcome to the group. Best of luck with your goal of being a leader one day :-)
--
Erin in NZ
125/88/75 kgs
125.88/1.1/165 lbs

NYNY goal 180.6lbs (82 kilos)

"It is not the mountain we conquer, it is ourselves" Sir Edmund Hilary

Welcome to the group. Impressive numbers, btw.

"Cecelia Medbery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Qnpsb.966$6p6.474@okepread03...

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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Welcome to the group Cecelia!!!

--
Janice
263/258.5/150 (maybe 130)

"Cecelia Medbery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Qnpsb.966$6p6.474@okepread03...

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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

welcome you will love it here, Lee
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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Hi Cecelia,

Welcome! I have problems enough keeping up with the posts - and I check in here daily - well, I try
to 🙂 Good luck with that 20lbs - though it sure sounds like you know what you're doing already -
well done you!

--
krys

UK 157/136.4/126 Started March 1st 2001 GOAL August 16th 2001 struggling now.......

"Cecelia Medbery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Qnpsb.966$6p6.474@okepread03...

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Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Thanks to all for the wonderful welcome. Yes, it's taken me almost 2 years to lose 60#s, BUT I had
lost 50#s just over a year after joining then "kinda" went on maintenance (still paid every week,
but wanted my body to get used to this without committing to an actual goal weight). I managed to
lose 10# more of the next 7 or 8 months, then finally came up with an actual goal. I am 5'11" and
started at 228.6. I want my final goal to be 155. I have been within acceptable range according to
WW since January of this year. I continued paying every week because I didn't want to get too
comfortable and go back to old habits. One of my friends started WW 2 1/2 months before I did and
inspired me. She had way less to lose (26#s) and made goal about 7 months after I started. She quit
going to meetings and gained 23#s back. She is now "taking a break until the beginning of the year".
I changed meetings when I found out that the people I was sitting with were lifetime 3 and 4 times
each. I am NOT judging these people or any of you who might be in that situation. I was just
acknowledging MY personality and how this wasn't good for me to be around. So, now I have my goal
and hope to hit it by my birthday (March 23rd).

Cecelia

Hiya Cecelia! I think I know you from the SWW list that I was once a member, am I right??? Anyway,
welcome and I hope you enjoy it here! Here's the official newbie welcome! 😉

Welcome to this great newsgroup where you'll receive lots of support, advice, and encouragement.
Once a week on Sundays, I post a list of links that newcomers to asdww might find useful. You may
want to look for that later in the week, or do a backwards search for last Sunday's post.

In the meantime, here's our FAQ: didian.comasdwwOpen ↗ our welcome notice:
geocities.comindex.htmlOpen ↗

Frequently seen acronyms on this NG: NSV = Non-Scale Victory WOE = Way of Eating WOL = Way of Life
(Living) OP = on Points or On Program DH = Dear or Darling Husband
DS/DD/DGD/etc = Dear or Darling Son, Daughter, Granddaughter, etc WI = Weigh-in

HHH = Happy Healthy Holidays Exercise Challenge. Our current exercise challenge hosted by Amberle.
Currently in progress, new signups are welcome. angelfire.comhhh.htmOpen ↗

NYNY= New Year, New You Weight Loss Challenge. Our current weight loss challenge again hosted by
Amberle. Currently in progress, new signups are welcome.
angelfire.comnyny.htmOpen ↗

Other acronyms: wwlissa.com100+acronyms.htmOpen ↗

Here's a short synopsis by Joyce -

How many points you can eat is only based on your current weight, as you lose weight those points
allowed will decrease (logic is that your body will need less to operate). At 183 pounds and based
on the new US flexpoints system, you will have a set point target of 24. In addition to this you are
allowed 35 flexpoints to be used throughout the week ... as well as any activity points you earn on
a particular day. When your weight drops to 175, your target drops to 22 points ... weight reaches
150, target once again drop to 20 points. 3 servings of dairy of recommended per day, 5 servings of
fruit and veggies, minimum of 6 glasses of water.

To calculate food and activity points, I love this computer desktop calculator ...
xmission.compoints.exeOpen ↗

WW suggests your ideal weight should be somewhere between 116 and 145 depending on your age.

The basic plan is easy. Eat at least your minimum daily number of points. Points do not carry over
from day to day. You are allotted 35 weekly flexpoints to be used at your discretion ... can divide
them up and use daily (would be an additional 5 points per day) or save them and use them for a
special occassion during the week. Activity points are earned based when exercising, but can ONLY be
used on the day they are earned.

If you can afford $15/month, the online ww program might be a great thing for you to look into.
There is lots of information available, as well as the food point database and journaling system.

Joyce WW starting weight: 228.8 - 2/5/02 current weight: 133.3 Lifetime: 4/4/03

Disclaimer: As an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, asdww is unusual in that most of the people who
participate are respectful, considerate folks who freely share their experience with and knowledge
of WW, weight loss, and maintenance. Yet occasionally, spammers, trolls, and flamers show up to post
advertising, false information, insults, and the like. Nearly all of the time, people like this are
just trying to yank someone's chain. Most of the regulars on this newsgroup offer their experience
as a suggestion to try if you're stuck, but are quick to advise that each person has to find what
works for him/herself. If someone posts something that doesn't sound right to you, ask the
newsgroup, ask your WW leader, or ask your health professional.

Much success on your weight loss journey! WW works!

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~Kristin O~
272/239.2/172

Here's our FAQ: didian.comasdwwOpen ↗ and welcome notice:
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"Cecelia Medbery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Qnpsb.966$6p6.474@okepread03...

Quoted message said:

Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all the
previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW
member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s. I am
38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

welcom!

Cecelia Medbery said:

Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all
the previous posts (there were over 4,000). I have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been
a WW member since January 7, 2002. I've lost 60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for another 20#s.
I am 38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a stay-at-home mom and hope to be a WW
leader one day.

Cecelia

Good work Cecelia!

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welcom!

Cecelia Medbery said:

Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all
the previous posts (there were over 4,000).

I

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have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW member since January 7, 2002. I've lost
60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for

another

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20#s. I am 38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

[email hidden] Welcome to the group, looking forward to getting to
know you, you are just going to love it here, and feel free to practice
being a leader here, every little help counts, welcome aboard.
Sara.
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welcom!

Cecelia Medbery said:

Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all
the previous posts (there were over 4,000).

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW member since January 7, 2002. I've lost
60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for

another

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

20#s. I am 38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

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mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia

Hi, Cecelia, Congratulations on the great loss and finding this wonderful group.
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Take Care Catherine
154/133.6/136 Lifetime 6/99 Next personal goal 133.2

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welcom!

Cecelia Medbery said:

Hi. I just found this ng and wanted to introduce myself. I have to confess, I did not read all
the previous posts (there were over 4,000).

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

have read many and enjoyed what I saw. I have been a WW member since January 7, 2002. I've lost
60#s and 3 weeks ago decided to go for

another

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

20#s. I am 38, married and have 3 sons (16, 12 and 10). I'm a

stay-at-home

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

mom and hope to be a WW leader one day.

Cecelia