After a summer of enjoying travel, backyard barbecues, meals out, and not tracking my points, I am now dealing with weight gain. I will admit it is a bit disheartening. One thing that I have learned on my weight loss journey is that I need to be committed to a healthier lifestyle day in and […]
Weight-Loss Journey
Adding Protein to Your Meals for Weight Loss
Trying to lose weight is tough. Anyone that is on a weight loss journey knows that truth. One action that has helps is adding protein to your meals for weight loss. Protein has many health benefits, and for me – it truly helps stave off hunger. That’s a good thing for weight loss. Adding Protein […]
What I’ve Learned Spending A Year On Weight Watchers
I have spent the last year focusing on losing weight and then maintaining my weight loss. From the time that I joined Weight Watchers (now called WW) I have lost 24 pounds. It hasn’t always been easy. Losing weight never is! But I have learned some key points along the way. Here is what I’ve […]
The Connection Between Excess Weight and Heart Health
February is American Heart Month, and today I have an interview with Leonardo Rodriguez, MD, a staff cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic for you. Dr. Rodriguez is here today to talk about the connection between excess weight and heart health. People seem to understand that being overweight or obese is harmful to our health. According to the Cleveland […]
Five Days of 23 WW Freestyle Point Menus
Planning for weight loss means planning! Planning meals, planning grocery lists, and planning the cooking. Yes, it does take work, but we are worth the extra time and the investment into our health. So to help me and to also help you, I sat down and devised five days of 23 WW Freestyle point menus. […]
How to Maintain Not Gain During the Holidays
Now that I have reached my WW goal weight, I am focusing on maintaining my weight loss. In many ways, maintaining is a lot harder than losing – especially if you are like me, someone whose weight has yo-yoed for years. But this time my weight loss is different (it was much slower), and I […]
Being a Patient Dieter
I am thrilled to say that I have achieved Lifetime status with WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers and now going as WW for Wellness Wins). As someone that has tried every diet out there – I really cannot believe that I have reached my WW goal and have sustained it for the six weeks […]
Stocking your Kitchen for Successful Weight Loss
I’ve done it! Yesterday I reached my goal weight! It’s been seven months in the coming – seven months of making better food choices and learning a healthier way of eating with Weight Watchers Freestyle Program. While it has been slow, I averaged a weight loss of three pounds a month, it has not been […]
It is time to Freestyle with Weight Watchers
I did it, I joined Weight Watchers! I hadn’t really planned on it – it just sort of happened. Flash back to last Friday when I met up with some girlfriends for happy hour. I am sitting on a couch between one friend that is complaining about her weight gain and another friend that is […]
