WEBVTT 00:00:02.410 --> 00:00:05.030 If you couldn't lose another pound for the rest 00:00:05.030 --> 00:00:07.070 of your life and you had to stay right where 00:00:07.070 --> 00:00:09.830 you are right now, would that be okay with you? 00:00:10.050 --> 00:00:11.970 Yeah, I actually thought about it this past week. 00:00:12.070 --> 00:00:15.830 I actually said to my husband, you know, like 00:00:15.830 --> 00:00:18.010 I'm so close now, it's like I can almost taste 00:00:18.010 --> 00:00:21.649 that goal that my doctor and I set for myself. 00:00:22.230 --> 00:00:25.530 I said, but you know what? If I didn't lose another 00:00:25.530 --> 00:00:29.160 pound, I said... I would just look. I said, I'm 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:31.260 so proud of how far I've come. And he said he 00:00:31.260 --> 00:00:34.219 was also so proud of me. But I said, I'm so proud 00:00:34.219 --> 00:00:36.859 of how far I've come. I've never done something 00:00:36.859 --> 00:00:39.600 that big in my whole life for like myself. Right. 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.100 I've done things at work or for other people. 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:45.840 But like this was this was a very personal thing. 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:50.539 This was a great journey. I'd be OK with it. 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.479 And I think that would be appropriate. Welcome 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:04.159 back to Weighing In with Patrick. I am Patrick 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:07.859 Hall. You're about to listen to the third installment 00:01:07.859 --> 00:01:11.000 of our conversation with Amy. We talk a lot about 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:13.799 balance. Some really good stuff from our friend 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:17.379 Amy. I really enjoyed our discussion, and I hope 00:01:17.379 --> 00:01:21.200 you've enjoyed it so far. 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Welcome back to the only podcast 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.259 dedicated to a local community of Weight Watchers 00:02:46.259 --> 00:02:50.060 devotees. And now here's the podcast sherpa himself, 00:02:50.500 --> 00:03:21.030 Mr. Fantastic Patrick Hull. Introduced to WW. 00:03:21.409 --> 00:03:23.810 This is my third time. Third time. What do you 00:03:23.810 --> 00:03:26.030 remember about the first time you walked into 00:03:26.030 --> 00:03:31.409 a Weight Watchers meeting? I remember probably 00:03:31.409 --> 00:03:33.969 underestimating the change I needed to make in 00:03:33.969 --> 00:03:38.189 myself. I definitely said, I listened to some 00:03:38.189 --> 00:03:40.610 people's stories and there were some people that 00:03:40.610 --> 00:03:43.210 were being very vocal. This was back in like 00:03:43.210 --> 00:03:46.789 Florida, but they're very vocal about. I can't 00:03:46.789 --> 00:03:48.650 have this. I can't have that. But the program 00:03:48.650 --> 00:03:53.110 works. So I was like, OK, I love ice cream. I 00:03:53.110 --> 00:03:57.069 like sweets sometimes. I do like carbs. So I 00:03:57.069 --> 00:04:00.090 was like, oh, well, this person's lost X amount 00:04:00.090 --> 00:04:02.669 of weight. That's tremendous. That's what I'm 00:04:02.669 --> 00:04:05.750 going to do. And while I still looked at points 00:04:05.750 --> 00:04:08.150 and, you know, made a whole bunch of Weight Watcher 00:04:08.150 --> 00:04:11.409 meals and stuff, I'd be like. oh but i don't 00:04:11.409 --> 00:04:14.449 need the carbs in that meal that recipe they 00:04:14.449 --> 00:04:17.610 had i'll just put all the stuff in a bowl now 00:04:17.610 --> 00:04:20.930 i still do that today i do i make like i'll do 00:04:20.930 --> 00:04:23.110 cook our own fajitas at home or whatever and 00:04:23.110 --> 00:04:25.550 i'll put it in a bowl and i'll just be like it 00:04:25.550 --> 00:04:28.209 starts with lettuce and then i pile stuff on 00:04:28.209 --> 00:04:32.769 top but that's not how i eat every day and i 00:04:32.769 --> 00:04:36.550 usually have just made sure like you know um 00:04:37.389 --> 00:04:39.410 that that's just what I wanted to eat that day. 00:04:39.550 --> 00:04:43.149 So when I first started, I said, I said no to 00:04:43.149 --> 00:04:46.569 ice cream. I said no to, you know, a lot of stuff. 00:04:46.949 --> 00:04:50.470 I lost some weight and then I hit a plateau probably 00:04:50.470 --> 00:04:53.029 because I was depriving my body of too much. 00:04:53.029 --> 00:04:55.230 So my body was like, hold on. Now we got to, 00:04:55.230 --> 00:04:59.250 you know, like preserve what we have. And I got 00:04:59.250 --> 00:05:02.370 frustrated and I stopped. And the second time 00:05:02.370 --> 00:05:06.660 I came back, I. once again got into that habit 00:05:06.660 --> 00:05:10.139 and I think some of it may harken back to and 00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:13.079 I think I mentioned this a couple weeks ago when 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:15.180 you've had some type of eating disorder it can 00:05:15.180 --> 00:05:17.839 be too easy sometimes to just be like none of 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.339 this none of that like it's just too easy to 00:05:20.339 --> 00:05:23.819 just like slash out and that's what I I so the 00:05:23.819 --> 00:05:26.319 second time around I was better I stayed in longer 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:30.939 but when I hit a plateau I still didn't go through 00:05:30.939 --> 00:05:35.040 it I just I I you know all of a sudden I would 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:37.040 miss a week and then it would be like two weeks 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.379 and then all of a sudden I was done um and you 00:05:40.379 --> 00:05:41.819 know mainly because my husband be like are you 00:05:41.819 --> 00:05:44.660 gonna go because we're paying for it and I was 00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:47.240 like uh you know I think I can do it on my own 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.899 like that would be my answer no I couldn't so 00:05:49.899 --> 00:05:52.360 this time I was like a I'm not gonna say no to 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:58.220 anything I I will find different ways to eat 00:05:58.220 --> 00:06:00.379 the things like I have ice cream once a week 00:06:00.379 --> 00:06:05.980 but I still only have i i do the spoon out of 00:06:05.980 --> 00:06:08.660 the container which i know everyone cannot do 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:12.000 but i that has worked for me because if i dish 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:13.720 it up i'll probably dish it up more with what 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.240 my eyes want not what i get full so i would rather 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:22.339 eat and i and everybody in the house knows okay 00:06:22.339 --> 00:06:25.519 yep oh mom's having ice cream and they know that 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:27.899 i shouldn't have too much so it's like i know 00:06:27.899 --> 00:06:33.139 i've got people watching me like um but i I decided 00:06:33.139 --> 00:06:35.139 this time, like, I'm going to have the bagel. 00:06:35.139 --> 00:06:37.680 Like, Sundays we go and we get the bagel sandwiches. 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:40.560 But I was like, I'm more intentional. I'm like, 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.240 nope, the cheese isn't worth it. I actually would 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:45.100 like the two slices of bacon, but I don't want 00:06:45.100 --> 00:06:47.019 the cheese. The cheese, I could care less for 00:06:47.019 --> 00:06:48.699 it anyway, so I'm not going to do the cheese. 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:52.480 And then I come home and I take half of it out 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:55.480 of the foil. So it's bacon, egg. plain bagel 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:57.740 take half of it out of the foil that's what I 00:06:57.740 --> 00:06:59.819 eat with some black coffee and I put the other 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:02.379 half in the fridge and then I toast the bagel 00:07:02.379 --> 00:07:05.040 and like nuke the ingredients the next breakfast 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:08.680 day and I've been doing that for literally this 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:11.699 entire time so I actually saw a member there 00:07:11.699 --> 00:07:14.120 one time and she was like oh she's like so have 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:16.259 you figured out how to get this on the plan or 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:18.319 are you just like having a cheat day and I was 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:20.720 like well I guess if you call two and a half 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:23.430 years cheating I'm like I said, they need to 00:07:23.430 --> 00:07:25.750 have a sign. I said, but, but January is always 00:07:25.750 --> 00:07:27.970 the best month there because everyone's like, 00:07:28.029 --> 00:07:30.329 I gotta be healthy. So I can just like walk right 00:07:30.329 --> 00:07:32.490 up and order. I love January. Cause like they 00:07:32.490 --> 00:07:36.069 have to have like a reduction in sales in January 00:07:36.069 --> 00:07:38.490 because there's literally like I'm out the door 00:07:38.490 --> 00:07:42.050 usually in the summer. And then right now I'm 00:07:42.050 --> 00:07:44.410 starting to get like where I'm just in the door. 00:07:44.449 --> 00:07:47.269 And like, cause I wake up early just to go and 00:07:47.269 --> 00:07:48.769 get it for everyone in the house and I bring 00:07:48.769 --> 00:07:51.149 it back. Because nobody else, they all love it, 00:07:51.170 --> 00:07:52.689 but they don't think it's worth waiting in line 00:07:52.689 --> 00:07:56.430 for. But like that to me is. So I was like, okay, 00:07:56.509 --> 00:07:58.310 we'll do it. But I know how many points and I 00:07:58.310 --> 00:08:01.759 put it in. So that second attempt with. with 00:08:01.759 --> 00:08:04.860 ww what was going on that you were like i'm gonna 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:07.220 try that again it was one of my co -workers we 00:08:07.220 --> 00:08:10.420 kept going up to toronto for work together and 00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:13.220 she had started she had rejoined weight watchers 00:08:13.220 --> 00:08:15.439 and she was like just do it amy you know you 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:17.639 need to do it she's like i'm gonna harass you 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.220 until you sign up and it worked because i was 00:08:20.220 --> 00:08:23.100 like okay you're right and she's like I know 00:08:23.100 --> 00:08:25.439 you can afford it just do it and I was just like 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:27.259 because you know that's often my excuse will 00:08:27.259 --> 00:08:29.040 be like oh I don't want to buy all that stuff 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:30.819 because that's a lot of money if I'm not going 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:32.700 to wear it you know there's always and she was 00:08:32.700 --> 00:08:34.259 just like I know you can afford it they have 00:08:34.259 --> 00:08:36.220 plans like you're going to do it and I was like 00:08:36.220 --> 00:08:38.899 okay so I did it because I was sort of intimidated 00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:43.059 I guess but like knew I needed to and then this 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:47.200 last time around I had all of us I would well 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:50.440 not Katie but all of us My husband and I had 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:53.399 definitely got into some probably comfort food 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.240 and bad habits during COVID because I just had 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.100 the kidney removal. We were being even more cautious 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:02.240 than probably a lot of people were because we 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:05.700 had to for my own kind of benefit because I was 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:12.029 still trying to be careful personally. I had 00:09:12.029 --> 00:09:14.649 snuck into the whole comfort food thing. I was 00:09:14.649 --> 00:09:17.450 like, I'm going to try making bread. I'm going 00:09:17.450 --> 00:09:19.649 to, and you don't just make like half a loaf. 00:09:19.750 --> 00:09:22.289 No, you make a, and I was like, I'm going to 00:09:22.289 --> 00:09:24.149 start. I was like, you know what? If we have 00:09:24.149 --> 00:09:25.769 shortage of things, I'm going to learn how to 00:09:25.769 --> 00:09:28.509 make our own buns. So I started making our hamburger 00:09:28.509 --> 00:09:31.149 buns. I was going to try to make bread. I was 00:09:31.149 --> 00:09:33.409 doing everything. I was like, while I was working, 00:09:33.470 --> 00:09:35.370 I was like, Susie will make her here. And like, 00:09:35.529 --> 00:09:37.950 while I did always cook from scratch, there were 00:09:37.950 --> 00:09:39.750 definitely things I would, you know, buy it, 00:09:39.769 --> 00:09:42.259 you know? And I was like, I'm going to make stuff. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:45.559 And then we'd all look forward to sweets and 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:48.799 dessert. So I ended up by gaining like 40 pounds 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.620 from when COVID started. Because I knew my weight 00:09:52.620 --> 00:09:54.440 because of the surgeries and stuff. And I've 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:56.080 been going to see the doctor. So from when COVID 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:59.940 started to 2022, when I joined in May, I had 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:02.779 gained 40 pounds. What did you tell yourself 00:10:02.779 --> 00:10:05.980 as far as how that weight came on? Do you recall? 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:10.779 And by that question, I mean like... If it's 00:10:10.779 --> 00:10:18.220 me, I'm doing backflips to not actually acknowledge 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:21.419 what I was doing. put it onto something else. 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:24.419 Yeah, I was, I think, um, so there was probably 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:27.340 anxiety around COVID, not like you would see 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:30.519 people. I had coworkers that lost parents, um, 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:34.340 in COVID. So some of it was just kind of anxiety. 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:37.679 So I would feed the anxiety. Um, some of it was, 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:40.799 well, of all the times to have like a organ removed 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:43.960 and this virus is going after people's organs, 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:46.379 like this is not good. So I think I was honestly 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:50.970 kind of anxious myself. Um, I think there was, 00:10:50.990 --> 00:10:54.549 there was just a lot of stress. I also remember 00:10:54.549 --> 00:10:57.289 being berated in public because I would wear 00:10:57.289 --> 00:11:00.389 a mask and I was yelled at at a gas station and 00:11:00.389 --> 00:11:03.169 somewhere else. And that kind of gets into your 00:11:03.169 --> 00:11:05.490 psyche too, where you like go back home and be 00:11:05.490 --> 00:11:08.129 like, okay, yeah, I'm going to just shelter in 00:11:08.129 --> 00:11:10.389 place for a little bit. That wasn't fun. And 00:11:10.389 --> 00:11:13.250 people didn't see me. I was doing grocery pickups. 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:16.879 Like a lot of people didn't see me for quite 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.440 a bit because I was doing a lot more virtual 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:25.679 situations of things. So that meant that I could, 00:11:25.820 --> 00:11:28.019 you know, you're not wearing the tighter pants, 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:29.799 right? Everything's elastic waisted and all that. 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.039 And people aren't seeing you. So you don't notice. 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:34.600 Like I didn't notice some of it. Yeah. Yeah. 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:37.909 That was a weird time. It was. It definitely 00:11:37.909 --> 00:11:43.230 was. But I think what I've learned is from that 00:11:43.230 --> 00:11:44.990 and just in general, because we've definitely 00:11:44.990 --> 00:11:49.490 had weird times since then, is it's okay when 00:11:49.490 --> 00:11:52.330 you've had moments, because I did a few weeks 00:11:52.330 --> 00:11:54.730 ago, where you're just like, it's a crappy week, 00:11:54.830 --> 00:11:56.750 and I'm going to cry about it, and I'm going 00:11:56.750 --> 00:12:01.570 to be angry, and I might have ice cream three 00:12:01.570 --> 00:12:04.759 times in a week, and you know what? Okay. It 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:06.720 is what it is. But you know what? I didn't have 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:08.259 a whole bowl of ice cream. I didn't have a whole 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:11.419 pint. I still had my serving. I would have. But 00:12:11.419 --> 00:12:15.360 I was like, it's okay. What's not okay is that 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:19.379 that turns into a trend. But it's okay to isolate 00:12:19.379 --> 00:12:24.480 those situations. It's okay. I get obsessed with 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:29.340 this food or that food. Unhealthy stuff. That's 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:32.340 the only thing I can think of and think about. 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:36.029 And I'm constantly pursuing so if it's ice cream 00:12:36.029 --> 00:12:40.750 yeah we we bypass the bowl and it's not one spoonful 00:12:40.750 --> 00:12:46.409 it's all of them you know um breakfast cereal 00:12:46.409 --> 00:12:51.149 sugary sweet savory you know you know all of 00:12:51.149 --> 00:12:55.360 it it sounds like sometimes the emotional eating 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:59.220 can rub shoulders with you. Absolutely. I don't 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:00.779 know if that's ever going to go away because 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:04.039 I'm an emotional person and I don't always like 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:09.080 to show the emotion. So I will, I'll try not 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:15.090 to as much, but I think at least. anytime i do 00:13:15.090 --> 00:13:18.450 dive into oh well that's something i just ate 00:13:18.450 --> 00:13:21.850 or extra that i ate um i had that piece of garlic 00:13:21.850 --> 00:13:25.429 bread that maybe put me over into my weekly points 00:13:25.429 --> 00:13:29.190 you know my deal i i go but that's okay because 00:13:29.190 --> 00:13:31.850 i didn't eat like an entire loaf of garlic bread 00:13:31.850 --> 00:13:36.090 i i and i also remind myself that you know i 00:13:36.090 --> 00:13:41.210 did slip into having more alcohol like like probably 00:13:41.210 --> 00:13:44.669 four glasses or four drinks a week during covid 00:13:44.669 --> 00:13:47.750 like when we're all and i go hey but you know 00:13:47.750 --> 00:13:50.070 what i know people that would probably just turn 00:13:50.070 --> 00:13:53.789 to a bottle yeah and i not so i would rather 00:13:53.789 --> 00:13:58.409 know that what i do turn to on occasion i can 00:13:58.409 --> 00:14:01.470 recognize but i can give myself the grace because 00:14:01.470 --> 00:14:06.149 it's not a habit yeah say i've dipped into it 00:14:06.149 --> 00:14:09.820 and i'll get out like if it ever becomes more 00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:11.600 and i think i've told my husband that if he ever 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.200 sees something become a trend to be like oh honey 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:15.919 i see you're eating like ice cream every night 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:18.240 or i see you doing this and you want like i said 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:20.799 you can call me out for it now i'm not going 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:23.139 to pretend that i'm going to be like okay that 00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:25.120 i'm not going to get mad or whatever but like 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.639 i need that and he said the same thing he's like 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:29.720 if you ever see me like he's looked back at old 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.519 pictures and he's like how could how could you 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:34.000 let me get like that and i'm like Yeah, I guess 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.559 I kind of just overlooked it because I don't 00:14:36.559 --> 00:14:38.700 necessarily see somebody's weight as defining 00:14:38.700 --> 00:14:42.340 them. So I do have to like, you know, I try to 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:45.720 be good there too. Not because I think it happened, 00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:49.159 but, you know, I know that Courtney and I at 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:52.320 different times had struggled with, I need an 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:55.120 eating partner right now. And you're not really, 00:14:55.259 --> 00:14:58.879 you're like working a healthy program, but I'm 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.539 going to see if I can kind of throw a monkey 00:15:00.539 --> 00:15:03.259 wrench into that. Did any of that stuff? ever 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:06.879 come up between you and your your husband my 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:08.940 husband's done a lot of different he's done a 00:15:08.940 --> 00:15:11.220 lot of different programs because he he's um 00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:14.299 cycled off and on where with road bike cycling 00:15:14.299 --> 00:15:16.740 you really need to be in like things so he'll 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:19.820 he'll not just go through a program to get him 00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:22.299 to peak physical fitness it'll also have like 00:15:22.299 --> 00:15:26.139 a food program with it um but a lot of those 00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:28.120 where you you would think like oh good that could 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:31.379 rub off well no because He makes this weird like 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:33.720 smoothie thing that's got cottage cheese in it. 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:36.720 So, you know, I have an issue with that. Pray 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:42.379 for him. But yeah, so he we've had off cycles 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:46.600 where he was going hardcore. Yeah. But I also 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:49.460 try to remind myself, well, that's great because 00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:52.220 he's going to do that. And, you know, he knows 00:15:52.220 --> 00:15:54.320 kind of how his body adjusts to it. And he's 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:56.240 trying to get to a certain poundage because that's 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.220 how he wants to be in his. cycling gear but i 00:16:00.220 --> 00:16:02.539 have a i have a daughter a teenage daughter and 00:16:02.539 --> 00:16:05.620 i don't want her to look and be like my mom dieted 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:08.220 her whole life now i don't know how she feels 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:10.899 i always tell her like weight watchers is not 00:16:10.899 --> 00:16:14.220 a diet but you know she very well could try to 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:17.940 see it that way um because you know there are 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:21.059 things that i'll say no to or yeah this isn't 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:23.320 good timing because i've already planned out 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:28.039 my day and but um I was just like, no, I don't 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:30.879 I don't ever want to be like hardcore or whatever, 00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:33.700 because and I would try to bring it up sometimes 00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:36.279 to be like, hey, I'm doing this. And here's why. 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:39.840 Just so she could understand. But then I realized 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:42.379 that was rubbing off. She was great to tell me 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:45.100 that it was rubbing off that she was like, it's 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:47.299 great that you told me, hey, I'm counting out 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:49.279 these things. Did you know they're only like 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.480 two points if I count out this many goldfish? 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:53.759 She's like, but mom, did you realize that like 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:56.639 if I just wanted to eat? goldfish on my own i 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:58.840 don't want to have in the back of my head oh 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:01.500 but like 14 of these i don't know how many but 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:04.240 like whatever is two points and i was like oh 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:06.920 so here i thought i was doing something good 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.380 i didn't realize that that was making her like 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:13.640 over think food where she wouldn't because she 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:17.160 knew you know what to eat and when to eat it 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:19.819 and all that like she's been very sensible right 00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:23.289 about it And it's not a question of somebody's 00:17:23.289 --> 00:17:27.490 worth or it's not a moral decision necessarily, 00:17:27.869 --> 00:17:30.950 right? Like sometimes we just, I just want to 00:17:30.950 --> 00:17:34.450 eat this. There's no morality in it. It's just, 00:17:34.490 --> 00:17:36.750 hey, I got a sweet tooth or whatever, right? 00:17:36.930 --> 00:17:40.069 Yep. Actually, I got the little nerd clusters 00:17:40.069 --> 00:17:43.130 today at the grocery store. Re -sealable bag. 00:17:43.529 --> 00:17:47.609 But I know that if I have a sweet tooth, I would 00:17:47.609 --> 00:17:51.500 rather eat one or two of those. Yeah. It will 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:56.500 hopefully help with the sweet tooth. And I won't 00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:59.279 let myself. And if for some reason I was like, 00:17:59.319 --> 00:18:02.000 oh, man, that bag got finished way too soon. 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:04.140 And I don't think I tracked all of those. Either 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:06.119 A, I would notice it when I go to weigh in next 00:18:06.119 --> 00:18:08.599 time. Or B, if I didn't, that will be. And I 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:11.039 literally told my husband, hey, open that bag. 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:13.730 I bought that bag. And he was like, okay. And 00:18:13.730 --> 00:18:15.910 I do that for a reason. Yeah. Because if he's 00:18:15.910 --> 00:18:18.089 like, wait, are you opening a new bag? Like, 00:18:18.130 --> 00:18:20.470 I want to have that. Like, I thought you just 00:18:20.470 --> 00:18:23.130 bought one. I want that to play in the back of 00:18:23.130 --> 00:18:26.069 my head. You know, as you were saying that, it 00:18:26.069 --> 00:18:29.390 struck me that you are an anomaly in the following 00:18:29.390 --> 00:18:32.130 way. You are the only person I have ever met 00:18:32.130 --> 00:18:35.210 to this point in my life that I can recall who 00:18:35.210 --> 00:18:38.529 has made the transition from a stainer. to moderate 00:18:38.529 --> 00:18:40.990 her I'd rather moderate than have to abstain 00:18:40.990 --> 00:18:43.329 like if somebody said you could never eat ice 00:18:43.329 --> 00:18:46.569 cream again or you could never now maybe it's 00:18:46.569 --> 00:18:50.630 because of some composition where I can but I 00:18:50.630 --> 00:18:53.450 think it's I can be a very anal person. I can 00:18:53.450 --> 00:18:56.490 be very detailed. So I try to put that part of 00:18:56.490 --> 00:19:00.109 my brain in charge of those things to say, okay, 00:19:00.170 --> 00:19:03.529 how many clusters come in a bag? Okay, if I divide 00:19:03.529 --> 00:19:06.849 that up and I allow myself to have one or two 00:19:06.849 --> 00:19:10.970 a day or when I need it, that bag better last 00:19:10.970 --> 00:19:13.630 me this long. And if it doesn't, I can't buy 00:19:13.630 --> 00:19:16.369 another bag until this date. Well, I mean, you 00:19:16.369 --> 00:19:19.220 had to teach yourself that. We were talking about, 00:19:19.319 --> 00:19:21.440 was it last week we were talking or the week 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:23.799 before we were talking about neuroplasticity. 00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:26.579 That's the definition right there, right? If 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:30.279 you can unlearn something and learn something 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:33.980 new to replace it, that is neuroplasticity. Wow, 00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:36.200 that's really something. And I'm not saying it's 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:38.900 always perfect. Like we do keep some stuff in 00:19:38.900 --> 00:19:42.200 the house. Oh, yeah. But I allow myself to then. 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:46.180 I usually like for, for sweets, I can't have 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:48.859 anything after dinner. Cause I somehow get heartburn 00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:50.799 now. So it's like, I can't, so like, that's a 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:53.000 good thing. I can't eat in front of the TV at 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:55.079 night because I literally will be like having 00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:57.740 a down a whole bottle of Tums. So, I mean, there 00:19:57.740 --> 00:20:00.079 are things like that that help with that, but 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:02.660 yeah, I think, and I don't know if this is good, 00:20:02.740 --> 00:20:06.440 but if I were to like overindulge because of 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:10.579 a weakness or whatever, I would likely internally 00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:13.380 sort of beat myself up over like, Cause I'll 00:20:13.380 --> 00:20:15.539 regret it like an hour later, like, Oh, my stomach 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:18.180 hurts or whatever. And then I'll just be like, 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:21.799 why did I do that? But I then try to change that. 00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:25.220 Why did I do that into a, come on, you're better 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:28.299 than this. Like get on the treadmill. Do you 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:30.359 ever answer that question in your head? Like, 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:32.680 this is why I know exactly why I did it. This 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:34.940 is what was going on. I don't, I don't think 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:38.259 I answer it, but I do think that I always say 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:40.569 to myself. OK, well, if you ate four instead 00:20:40.569 --> 00:20:44.009 of two, well, then you better not be having some 00:20:44.009 --> 00:20:46.109 for a couple of days. Right. You're talking about 00:20:46.109 --> 00:20:48.309 balance. You've used that word. We're always 00:20:48.309 --> 00:20:50.829 going to have those negative thoughts. And the 00:20:50.829 --> 00:20:53.450 trick isn't to not have the thought. The trick 00:20:53.450 --> 00:20:56.210 is to balance the thought with something that 00:20:56.210 --> 00:21:01.089 is true. Yep. And also meaningful. Yep. Right. 00:21:01.609 --> 00:21:06.130 Helpful. We were talking earlier about plateaus 00:21:06.130 --> 00:21:09.500 and what were. kind of go through our heads and 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:12.160 if you couldn't lose another pound for the rest 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:14.200 of your life and you had to stay right where 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:16.980 you are right now, would that be okay with you? 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:19.099 Yeah. I actually thought about it this past week. 00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:22.960 I actually said to my husband, you know, like 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:25.119 I'm so close now. It's like, I can almost taste 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:28.460 that, that goal that my doctor and I set for 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:32.160 myself. I said, but you know what? If I didn't 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:35.619 lose another pound, I said, I would just look. 00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:37.940 I said, I'm so proud of how far I've come. And 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:40.380 he said he was also so proud of me. But I said, 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:43.400 I'm so proud of how far I've come. I've never 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:45.700 done something that big in my whole life for 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:48.519 like myself. Right. I've done things at work 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:51.200 or for other people. But like this was this was 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:54.420 a very personal thing. This was a great journey. 00:21:56.279 --> 00:22:02.140 I'd be OK with it. Yeah. That that idea has served 00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:06.779 me very well. Right. It almost kind of takes 00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:10.240 away the pressure. And so it's not a, I have 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:13.819 to do it. I got to lose more weight. It's, you 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:15.720 know what, I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. 00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:18.700 And if the weight comes off, wonderful, fantastic. 00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:24.720 If you're in a spot where you're feeling good, 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:26.559 you're feeling healthy, like you said earlier, 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:31.240 I've only been, you've only went down to clothing 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:34.769 sizes. The first thing that I thought to myself, 00:22:35.069 --> 00:22:39.690 and I'm relatively confident, anybody who hears 00:22:39.690 --> 00:22:43.150 this and has seen you, they'd be like, that cannot 00:22:43.150 --> 00:22:48.150 be true. You don't seem like it's only been two 00:22:48.150 --> 00:22:51.390 clothing sizes. I mean, you just seem so much 00:22:51.390 --> 00:22:57.940 more fit and healthy. Right. And I don't, I hope 00:22:57.940 --> 00:23:00.619 that doesn't come across as. No, I call it my 00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:02.819 cheerleaders. Like I'll come in sometimes and 00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:04.819 be like, you know, maybe I've had a stressful 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:08.059 week or whatnot. And I just love having people 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:10.660 be like, Oh, Amy, you look so great. Oh, Amy. 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:12.740 Wow. You just keep losing. And I'm just like, 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:14.839 thanks. Cause I don't always see it in myself. 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:17.240 And sometimes it is just that clothing size where 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.880 you're like, but it's only been two, but then 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:20.700 you're like, Oh, but it's been a lot of pounds. 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:24.660 So I don't always see it. in myself and so to 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:26.839 have other people comment especially since i 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:30.339 work at home i don't see people a lot so like 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:31.819 weight watchers is the only time i see people 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:34.119 i know otherwise it's like you know grocery store 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:35.920 whatever it's like random people and nobody's 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:39.579 coming up to you so it is kind of like i i like 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:43.339 to hear it because it i think it excites me to 00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:47.140 be like yeah this is working this is good what 00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:51.250 do you think has been the biggest single barrier 00:23:51.250 --> 00:23:53.769 maybe not just now but over the course of your 00:23:53.769 --> 00:23:58.569 life uh biggest single barrier to you feeling 00:23:58.569 --> 00:24:02.329 like you're in a state of wellness my brain not 00:24:02.329 --> 00:24:05.150 feeling like i'm worthy what you're thinking 00:24:05.150 --> 00:24:09.349 yeah i have to have i have to feel my worth i 00:24:09.349 --> 00:24:11.549 have to know my worth and then feel the worth 00:24:11.549 --> 00:24:15.230 because for many years i knew the worth but i 00:24:15.230 --> 00:24:18.029 didn't feel it and i feel like those those aren't 00:24:18.029 --> 00:24:21.799 always connected So like a willingness to believe 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:23.359 something about yourself. Yeah, believe in myself. 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:26.519 Just really just to believe in myself. You can 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:29.759 get lost in what you're accomplishing at work. 00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:32.579 You can get lost in how you support your family. 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:36.640 It's, you know, because you're like, oh, those 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:38.799 are all things and people recognize and all that. 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:42.500 But you can so easily forget yourself. And I'm, 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.000 I'm really good at doing that. I'm, I'm, or bad, 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:50.359 but it's, I, uh, where I just, I'm a people pleaser, 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:54.259 but I have to remember I'm also a person. You're 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:57.740 not nice, but you're kind. From Boston. Okay. 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:04.099 We eat a chatter the right way. So outside of 00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:07.420 WW, if there was one of the, one of the diets 00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:11.099 that you. tried over the years that wasn't necessarily 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:14.660 sustainable but you're you kind of enjoyed it 00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:18.700 is there one that stands out like if only i could 00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:21.119 do that long term i'd probably go back to it 00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:23.200 but i know it's mediterranean i don't even have 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:25.819 to think about it if honestly because it was 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:30.730 balanced yeah um It, I, I think that the Mediterranean 00:25:30.730 --> 00:25:35.369 had, it was like lean protein. You still could 00:25:35.369 --> 00:25:38.069 have some pasta. It focused on certain types 00:25:38.069 --> 00:25:40.470 of vegetables. It was probably the most well 00:25:40.470 --> 00:25:44.349 -rounded of anything I did. And it, I mean, there's 00:25:44.349 --> 00:25:47.430 a reason some people have found success because 00:25:47.430 --> 00:25:49.190 there's literally a group of people that eat 00:25:49.190 --> 00:25:51.910 that way. It's harder for us to eat though. I 00:25:51.910 --> 00:25:55.259 think the Mediterranean, because we. You can't 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:57.319 say like, oh, we'll just eat this pasta because 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:59.440 they do it over in Italy. Well, because our things 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:01.500 have so many more preservatives and everything 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:06.160 else in them. But if you could isolate that, 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:11.740 yeah, I would. That made me feel whole, I guess. 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:16.519 Yeah. What is the secret sauce in your weight 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:19.140 loss success to this point? What's the one thing 00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:22.180 that you're like, that part has been just. If 00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:25.339 that goes away, I don't know where I'd be. I 00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:30.579 guess finding balance. This time around, I didn't 00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:32.920 gain 40 pounds overnight. I wasn't going to lose 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:37.079 40 pounds overnight. So it was not just finding 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:39.640 the balance in it's a journey. Let it be a journey. 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:43.039 Be okay in that journey. And also just the balance 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:47.569 in the food. So if all of a sudden there were 00:26:47.569 --> 00:26:50.369 no point system tomorrow, like the whole app 00:26:50.369 --> 00:26:53.230 crashed, everything was gone, what I could still 00:26:53.230 --> 00:26:56.029 take away from this is you can have everything, 00:26:56.130 --> 00:27:02.630 but be mindful, moderate what you do, and give 00:27:02.630 --> 00:27:06.890 yourself grace. I've noticed that when there's 00:27:06.890 --> 00:27:11.029 an issue with the app, lots of folks, for lack 00:27:11.029 --> 00:27:14.980 of a better word, kind of freak out. yeah i mean 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.579 i did just because of like all of a sudden i 00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:18.579 lost a streak i can literally couldn't put anything 00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:20.539 in the app and it's like i like those little 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:22.579 like you know here's a little gold star today 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:26.839 sure um but i yeah i already to me it didn't 00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:29.240 I actually got off tracking the whole rest of 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:32.059 the week because I tried again later that night. 00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:34.339 I still couldn't track. And I'll be honest, I 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:37.299 wasn't great at tracking that week because of 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:40.200 that little hiccup. Really? But it didn't influence 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:43.539 anything because I am a planner. So I grocery 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:45.400 shop on Saturday mornings. I know what I'm going 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:47.720 to eat or the whole family will eat every single 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:50.519 day. We already have it. Yes, there's times where 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:52.480 my husband will be like, forget it. Let's just 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:55.430 go out. And I'm like. okay i think i can do that 00:27:55.430 --> 00:27:59.309 but i i try not to dip into the weeklies so that 00:27:59.309 --> 00:28:01.190 if we have that moment i know i have my weekly 00:28:01.190 --> 00:28:06.769 to dip into um but um yeah i it didn't bother 00:28:06.769 --> 00:28:09.430 me i will say it like it probably set me back 00:28:09.430 --> 00:28:12.789 just from a routine but i already i already had 00:28:12.789 --> 00:28:15.309 in my notes app all the food i was going to make 00:28:15.309 --> 00:28:17.930 right for breakfast lunch and dinner because 00:28:17.930 --> 00:28:22.089 i'm a creature of habit there's The streak that 00:28:22.089 --> 00:28:27.089 is cataloged on the app, but it sounds like in 00:28:27.089 --> 00:28:29.549 your head you're still tracking. Oh, yeah. I 00:28:29.549 --> 00:28:33.069 can literally pull up. I don't ever delete them. 00:28:33.210 --> 00:28:40.029 So I can pull up on my phone. I have probably 00:28:40.029 --> 00:28:44.430 years now. This is, it goes all the way back. 00:28:44.450 --> 00:28:48.170 Every single week, all the meals, it literally 00:28:48.170 --> 00:28:53.289 goes, even holidays. Wow. So there's probably 00:28:53.289 --> 00:28:56.950 embarrassed here. There's probably years. How 00:28:56.950 --> 00:28:59.269 much data is that using on your phone, I wonder? 00:28:59.470 --> 00:29:02.650 I have no idea. I just put Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 00:29:02.849 --> 00:29:06.230 Thursday. Friday is always leftover for me, so 00:29:06.230 --> 00:29:07.569 I don't have to do that. I just know I'm going 00:29:07.569 --> 00:29:10.339 to eat one of the leftovers. And I have like 00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:12.420 I have cheeseburgers on there because I'm going 00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:14.759 to make my own and I won't probably have the 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:18.200 bun, but I want the meat. Yeah. And I'll question, 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:20.420 do I want the cheese? What type of cheese? I 00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:22.559 do have some fat free feta. Like, do I just mix 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:24.319 it in my burger so I get it that way? Because 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:26.859 then it's only one point. Like, so I'll have 00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.720 that on there and I'll have a salad with it. 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:31.220 So like if you were to look at it, you might 00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:33.339 not easily be able to be like, oh man, yeah, 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:35.500 I could tell she's on Weight Watchers. No, because 00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:38.960 I made sure, but my lunch that day would be leaner 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:41.420 because I know I'm going to have, you know, some 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:44.440 ground beef that's like 90%, you know, fat free. 00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:47.880 Weight Watchers, we both agree for each of us 00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:51.940 has had tremendous value. However, we both, I 00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:54.420 think, can acknowledge that it's not for everybody. 00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:57.769 Yeah. Right. Can be, I think, but it's maybe 00:29:57.769 --> 00:30:01.250 not for everybody. If somebody wants to know, 00:30:01.369 --> 00:30:04.809 like, what are the three best parts of WW? If 00:30:04.809 --> 00:30:06.950 there are three right at the top of the list, 00:30:07.049 --> 00:30:10.809 what are they? WW is great because. So first 00:30:10.809 --> 00:30:12.650 thing I'm going to say is community. That's why 00:30:12.650 --> 00:30:14.910 I didn't like the virtual meetings. Like I'll 00:30:14.910 --> 00:30:17.130 go to them when I miss a meeting and I need to 00:30:17.130 --> 00:30:20.789 have a meeting. For me, it's community. I don't 00:30:20.789 --> 00:30:23.890 know that all the members realize when they greet 00:30:23.890 --> 00:30:27.720 me or they. they just say like wow like you look 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:30.500 like this or oh my gosh amy like you know if 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:33.019 i take off my jacket or whatever that literally 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:34.960 has made my day sometimes that's like the best 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.380 thing that's happened that day or that week and 00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.900 they don't know it and that's fine like they 00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:42.279 don't need to know it but so community it sometimes 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:44.859 the self -esteem boost i get from walking in 00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:49.650 there is just amazing um so that's probably like 00:30:49.650 --> 00:30:51.829 the number one thing the number two thing is 00:30:51.829 --> 00:30:55.490 Weight Watchers it's a lifestyle I mean you make 00:30:55.490 --> 00:30:57.750 it what you want to make it and there's people 00:30:57.750 --> 00:30:59.710 like I know you've said there's certain things 00:30:59.710 --> 00:31:03.069 you don't want to have right and then like but 00:31:03.069 --> 00:31:05.710 for me I knew this time around I wanted to be 00:31:05.710 --> 00:31:08.369 able to enjoy everything I want that piece of 00:31:08.369 --> 00:31:11.009 cake when I want it I'm going to plan for it 00:31:11.009 --> 00:31:13.930 and I'm a planner so it allows me to combine 00:31:13.930 --> 00:31:18.430 my planning with their technology so yeah I like 00:31:18.430 --> 00:31:21.029 that kind of the flexibility but the rigidness 00:31:21.029 --> 00:31:23.559 at the same time I guess You like the flexibility. 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:26.259 You like the structure, though. Yeah, yeah. I 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.619 mean, those are almost two separate things. I 00:31:27.619 --> 00:31:29.440 like the flexibility of being able to have what 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.619 you eat, but knowing that there's structure there 00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:35.839 that you have to fit within that type of mold, 00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:38.619 like your points or whatever, to make it work. 00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:43.130 Flexibility, structure, community. Folks who 00:31:43.130 --> 00:31:45.529 aren't part of and never have been a part of 00:31:45.529 --> 00:31:49.849 a WW community, what have been some of the misconceptions 00:31:49.849 --> 00:31:54.180 out there that you've heard people mention? Well, 00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:56.799 I've definitely, I've heard before I even joined, 00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:59.680 I remember some coworkers being like, well, how's 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.380 that different from like Overeaters Anonymous? 00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:03.819 Isn't it just a bunch of like fat or overweight 00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:06.319 people sitting in a room, basically telling you 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.779 how to cheat at your diet? And I was like, I 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.980 don't know, I guess I'll have to figure that 00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:13.039 out. And I go to the meeting and I'm just like, 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:16.819 wow, there's people of all different sizes and 00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:20.279 shapes and ages that have different backgrounds 00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:23.480 and where they are in their journey. That's what's 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:26.180 great because, you know, you can learn something, 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:29.420 some recipe or whatever from somebody that you 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:33.740 never thought you would. I know that one of the 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:37.119 things that caused me to want to do this podcast 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:41.599 thing is that I really do enjoy talking about 00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:44.920 process of how somebody loses weight and then 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:47.599 the process of how somebody figures out how to 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.920 maintain that weight loss. And even all the stuff 00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:52.240 that happens before it, right? The roller coaster 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:56.019 ride. I like to talk about very particular aspects 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:59.099 of that stuff. Is there anything about that, 00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:02.039 would you use the broad topic of weight loss, 00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:05.259 that if given the opportunity to talk about it, 00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:08.720 you will definitely talk about it? Well, I mean, 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:11.000 I definitely, I've mentioned in meetings, I am 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:14.079 pretty open about being on a weight loss journey 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:17.599 and that I do Weight Watchers and that it is 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:20.460 a journey. It is not like, oh yeah, I joined 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:22.039 Weight Watchers and I lost all this weight so 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:26.269 quickly. When I used to have to travel for hockey, 00:33:26.430 --> 00:33:29.789 I would tell the people around me that I was, 00:33:30.069 --> 00:33:32.589 hey, yeah, I'm going to be I need to try to find 00:33:32.589 --> 00:33:34.769 something that's in my points or whatever. And 00:33:34.769 --> 00:33:36.609 people would be like, oh, I did that for two 00:33:36.609 --> 00:33:39.609 reasons. One, because I knew that a lot of the 00:33:39.609 --> 00:33:41.430 there were other people that were like, I need 00:33:41.430 --> 00:33:43.190 to eat healthier. So maybe they could have learned 00:33:43.190 --> 00:33:45.869 something from what I chose. And two, because 00:33:45.869 --> 00:33:49.740 then they're going to be like, oh. you know like 00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:52.319 i couldn't just go if i was like i just want 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:55.460 those fries and that greasy burger with the bun 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:57.839 and a milkshake and bubble like i couldn't have 00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:59.460 done that because now i've just admitted to all 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:02.339 these people that like so there was like that 00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:04.359 helped me honestly because people would be like 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:08.019 oh amy what are you gonna get so you know but 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:10.539 i also wanted to prove to them Because sometimes 00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:12.659 they'd be like the salad, right? And I'd be like, 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:14.860 actually, no, because there's way more points. 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.760 I think that that salad is going to give me. 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.539 I think I'm actually going to do the grilled 00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:20.659 chicken sandwich and ask for them to like hold 00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:24.769 the bun back. And they were like. oh and then 00:34:24.769 --> 00:34:26.190 they and they'd be like oh but you're gonna do 00:34:26.190 --> 00:34:28.190 like a salad on the side right and i'm like you 00:34:28.190 --> 00:34:31.309 know it's been like a really busy day i'm tired 00:34:31.309 --> 00:34:35.289 i'm actually gonna do the fries but i am going 00:34:35.289 --> 00:34:38.449 to only put like 10 fries on the plate and i'm 00:34:38.449 --> 00:34:40.650 gonna put the rest on like a communal plate if 00:34:40.650 --> 00:34:43.250 anyone else wants any so they could see that 00:34:43.250 --> 00:34:46.190 like i was being honest you know what is it that 00:34:46.190 --> 00:34:48.710 i wanted when i wanted it but it helped having 00:34:48.710 --> 00:34:54.940 people aware around me what What does that WW 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:59.980 idea of lifetime mean to you? It means never 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:02.599 giving up on being mindful and never giving up 00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:06.239 on yourself. Great. That's wonderful. That's 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:10.780 really beautiful. Do you notice anything that 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:15.059 people who have hit lifetime, what seems to be 00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:18.219 common amongst the folks who have hit lifetime, 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:20.730 if you've noticed anything about that? Yeah. 00:35:20.789 --> 00:35:22.809 I mean, cause you're an example for me there 00:35:22.809 --> 00:35:25.960 too, with, I would say that. It doesn't mean 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.900 it's just a cakewalk the second you hit lifetime, 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:31.719 that it's still the journey, right? I think that's 00:35:31.719 --> 00:35:34.239 been the biggest thing. I think I thought years 00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:37.460 ago that, oh, I just need to hit lifetime. And 00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:39.119 it's some like magic little ribbon. You like 00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:41.260 jump over and you're like, I'm here. And it's 00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:43.679 like sunshine and roses. And while that may be 00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:45.940 the case, because maybe you found an easier, 00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:49.719 more solid path in life that just second nature 00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:54.360 now. So maybe. There are so many blessings from 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:56.500 hitting lifetimes, so many things you've learned. 00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:59.179 It doesn't mean that the learning is over. Yeah. 00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:03.940 If I've learned anything throughout the many, 00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:07.460 many times I've tried to lose weight, you touched 00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:12.400 on it. It's that once you hit that particular 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:17.860 goal weight, if you turn off the machine, all 00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:21.219 of it. You shut the whole thing down. You can't 00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:24.960 be surprised when you get that same result. And 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:28.099 so I remember talking to myself very kind of 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:31.239 early when I felt like I was getting. That moment, 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:33.340 you know, the momentum, like when you feel it, 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:35.099 right? Like there's something different about 00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:37.320 this. I was starting to think about, I'm going 00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.940 to have that moment where I get on the scale 00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:42.539 and I'm going to hit the number that represents. 00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:46.840 Now I go into that, you know, several week maintenance 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:52.280 phase, right? And what is going to be my headspace 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:55.860 there? What am I going to tell myself? And I 00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:59.619 had to start thinking about that's just another 00:36:59.619 --> 00:37:03.940 way in. Just another way in. And I got to make 00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:09.300 sure that as one of our members, who we haven't 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:12.860 seen in a long time, said, you know, you got 00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:15.840 to get your rear end in the seat. You got to 00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:20.059 get in the seat and stay in the seat. That support 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:23.780 element. Every time I hear from somebody who's 00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:26.659 brand new, I'm like, yeah, I remember that. That's 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:30.500 really helpful for me to remember. Right. And 00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:32.460 keep coming. Because that's one thing. Since 00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:35.940 I am close, I hope by summer maybe I'm there. 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:41.280 But I will definitely keep coming. Because to 00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:45.119 me, the sense of community and continuing to 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:48.000 learn is so important. You're going to be the 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:51.820 very first guest on the Weighing In podcast who 00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:55.500 is going to be subjected to the lightning round 00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:59.019 of questions. Don't put too much thought into 00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:01.500 these answers, whatever comes to mind. Do we 00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:06.159 have sound effects like... Okay. Favorite meal 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:09.440 regardless of points? Mac and cheese, homemade 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:13.039 mac and cheese. Favorite zero -point food? Oh, 00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:17.880 gosh. Crab legs. Favorite point -friendly snack? 00:38:19.300 --> 00:38:23.960 Goldfish. Most helpful cooking or food prep hack? 00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:27.369 Planning and measuring. Stainer or moderator? 00:38:27.829 --> 00:38:32.929 Moderator. Most memorable words you've heard 00:38:32.929 --> 00:38:38.230 while in a WW meeting? When you told me that 00:38:38.230 --> 00:38:42.989 I, when I had a plateau that that meant I could 00:38:42.989 --> 00:38:44.849 maintain. That was probably some of the most 00:38:44.849 --> 00:38:47.630 powerful that I had heard. Wonderful. Thank you 00:38:47.630 --> 00:38:51.409 for that. Favorite form of exercise? Walking. 00:38:52.809 --> 00:38:57.940 Scale or non -scale victories? That's a good 00:38:57.940 --> 00:39:02.239 one. That's almost like a 50 -50. My brain needs 00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:06.139 a scale victory, but my happiness probably needs 00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:08.900 a non -scale victory. Like you fit into those 00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:11.579 genes you hadn't fit into. The happiness that 00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:16.219 that brings. Gotcha. Best compliment you've ever 00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:21.639 received? You look amazing. Who inspires you 00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:27.130 the most? Wow. I think it depends on the day. 00:39:27.469 --> 00:39:30.730 Sometimes it's somebody in Weight Watchers that 00:39:30.730 --> 00:39:34.150 just says something that's so inspiring. And 00:39:34.150 --> 00:39:36.409 it's like a word or phrase and I just take with 00:39:36.409 --> 00:39:39.070 me the rest of the week. Sometimes it's my daughter 00:39:39.070 --> 00:39:43.630 for just kind of all the stuff that's going on 00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:45.869 and the courage that she has to kind of like 00:39:45.869 --> 00:39:48.309 figure out what her path is in life. And sometimes 00:39:48.309 --> 00:39:51.860 it's my husband for just. Always just being there 00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:53.840 and kind of having that best friend to walk through 00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:58.320 in life. It's different. If both were available 00:39:58.320 --> 00:40:05.199 and you knew you would like both equally, would 00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:11.119 you prefer on Saturdays a 7 .30 or a 9 .30 meeting? 00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:18.210 Oh, 9 .30 is way too late. Someone is thinking 00:40:18.210 --> 00:40:20.969 about starting WW, and they ask you what you 00:40:20.969 --> 00:40:23.389 think about being a member. What do you tell 00:40:23.389 --> 00:40:28.070 them? Do it. Take the chance on yourself. I'm 00:40:28.070 --> 00:40:32.170 thinking of allowing the current person in that 00:40:32.170 --> 00:40:37.309 chair to suggest or put a name forward for the 00:40:37.309 --> 00:40:40.929 next person who should sit in that chair. And 00:40:40.929 --> 00:40:45.710 without using surnames, who would you love to 00:40:45.710 --> 00:40:49.369 hear from? I would love to hear from one of the 00:40:49.369 --> 00:40:51.809 ladies that sits with their back against the 00:40:51.809 --> 00:40:54.469 wall. Yes, and just so you know, I'm trying. 00:40:54.849 --> 00:40:58.130 I'm trying to convince them I might even have 00:40:58.130 --> 00:41:01.289 a panel podcast if I can get all of them back 00:41:01.289 --> 00:41:03.309 here. I call them my cheerleaders. They don't 00:41:03.309 --> 00:41:06.849 realize that, but when I go home, I say, my cheerleaders 00:41:06.849 --> 00:41:11.820 said something so sweet to me today. Yeah. Nancy. 00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:14.679 And I think we were talking about Nancy and Doro 00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:16.900 back there. Yeah. Oh, there's, there's multiple. 00:41:17.059 --> 00:41:20.840 There's about four of them. But I won't name 00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:24.360 names. I have been asking a lot of questions. 00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:27.659 Do you have any one question for me? If you could 00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:30.539 do, if you could change anything that got you 00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:33.159 to where you are today, what would it be? Nothing. 00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:36.519 I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't, not a single 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:40.980 thing. Only because I have to operate from the 00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:44.320 idea of because it's happened, it is meant to 00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:49.500 be. And so I am not, I am the person I am today 00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:52.139 because of all of my screw ups and they are many, 00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:57.260 all of my successes and they are few, but the 00:41:57.260 --> 00:42:00.460 conglomeration of experiences that I've had over 00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:02.480 the course of my life and the people I've, I've 00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:07.280 bumped into like without all of it. You know, 00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:09.639 just the fact, you know, we were talking about 00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:14.139 genealogy stuff earlier, right? And just the 00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:16.599 fact you and I exist at all is a miracle when 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:20.920 you think of how difficult it was for hundreds 00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:24.500 and thousands of years for people to live past 00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:28.780 like the age of 40. Yeah. Yeah. Or how many kids, 00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:33.199 you know, how many moms lost infants immediately 00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:37.099 after birth, right? It is a miraculous that we 00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:40.920 are here at all. So, you know, sure. I would 00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:43.420 love to change some stuff and take some things 00:42:43.420 --> 00:42:46.000 back since I've said and done, but you know what? 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:48.900 You got to live with it and make the most of 00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:52.739 it. Thoreau again said something about regret 00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:58.469 and to regret deeply is to live afresh. right 00:42:58.469 --> 00:43:02.550 so you take those regrets and you you fashion 00:43:02.550 --> 00:43:08.969 them into a big ball of joy that i'm still here 00:43:08.969 --> 00:43:11.849 and i can make right that makes sense it does 00:43:11.849 --> 00:43:14.130 yeah i respect that yeah all right would you 00:43:14.130 --> 00:43:15.929 think you'd ever do this again would you ever 00:43:15.929 --> 00:43:19.449 uh come back for a an encore discussion sure 00:43:19.449 --> 00:43:23.949 wonderful well i gotta tell you i really enjoyed 00:43:23.949 --> 00:43:28.420 our conversation i hope uh I hope that this was 00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:32.519 a comfortable experience at the least. Really, 00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:37.559 I really appreciate you being willing to do this 00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:40.260 and sharing your stories. Very meaningful and 00:43:40.260 --> 00:43:44.780 very powerful. And if, and you don't have to 00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:48.260 provide anything, but if somebody wanted to reach 00:43:48.260 --> 00:43:51.730 out to you. what is the best way for them to 00:43:51.730 --> 00:43:55.429 do it? Meeting, email, phone call? I would say 00:43:55.429 --> 00:43:58.889 find me in the meeting. I'm always open to talking 00:43:58.889 --> 00:44:02.849 and I also can like meet up outside the meeting 00:44:02.849 --> 00:44:05.610 if people ever wanted to. All right. And I'm 00:44:05.610 --> 00:44:08.130 always, I would be remiss if I didn't ask this 00:44:08.130 --> 00:44:09.550 question because I'm always trying to do this 00:44:09.550 --> 00:44:12.170 a little bit better. Is there a question that 00:44:12.170 --> 00:44:15.579 you're surprised I didn't ask you? No, I honestly, 00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:18.559 so I came into it and I made sure I had not listened 00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:22.300 very recently to any of the other podcasts. That's 00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:23.900 why you stumped me when you did ask because I 00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:26.579 was like, oh, no, it's been a bit because I didn't 00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:29.639 want to have any preconceived notion coming in 00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:32.840 here of what you might ask. So what do you think 00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:35.110 would be a good question to ask somebody? Oh, 00:44:35.110 --> 00:44:36.969 no, you were so good with your questions. I was 00:44:36.969 --> 00:44:38.849 nervous. I even told the chiropractor this this 00:44:38.849 --> 00:44:40.269 morning. He's like, oh, what are your plans for 00:44:40.269 --> 00:44:42.230 today? I told him, I was like, oh, I'm coming 00:44:42.230 --> 00:44:45.030 here for this. And then I said, I'm like, he's 00:44:45.030 --> 00:44:46.389 like, oh, that's going to be great. And I'm like, 00:44:46.469 --> 00:44:49.349 yeah, but I'm so nervous. Like, and he's like, 00:44:49.389 --> 00:44:52.230 why? And I'm like, because what if I don't know 00:44:52.230 --> 00:44:56.409 what to say? What if I say too much? I overthink. 00:44:56.409 --> 00:44:58.829 I overthink. Well, to anybody who's listening 00:44:58.829 --> 00:45:01.369 that has that same concern and have a one word 00:45:01.369 --> 00:45:05.619 answer, editing. Thank you so much again. And 00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:07.780 if anybody's listening, if you know me, when 00:45:07.780 --> 00:45:11.059 you ask, so how was your week? Usually I can't 00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:14.579 be quiet. So no surprise. Well, thank you again. 00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:17.300 Thank you. It was a real pleasure. Have a great 00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:30.599 weekend. Thank you. That wraps up the three -parter 00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:42.130 with Miss Amy. really fantastic insights from 00:45:42.130 --> 00:45:50.250 her during this time. And well, during this conversation, 00:45:50.429 --> 00:45:53.349 you know, there's something that kind of sticks 00:45:53.349 --> 00:45:59.489 out in my head that she said at some point, something 00:45:59.489 --> 00:46:02.150 that she likes about Weight Watchers. I think 00:46:02.150 --> 00:46:06.829 it was kind of what I led off with in episode 00:46:06.829 --> 00:46:11.309 two, which was What she likes about Weight Watchers 00:46:11.309 --> 00:46:18.070 is that it provides the flexibility to be balanced. 00:46:18.889 --> 00:46:22.789 The flexibility to be balanced. I've been thinking 00:46:22.789 --> 00:46:26.130 about that. I don't think I hear a lot of folks 00:46:26.130 --> 00:46:31.710 out there in the internets, social media, talking 00:46:31.710 --> 00:46:37.289 about the interplay between flexibility and balance. 00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:41.340 and i guess that is kind of what balance is right 00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:44.420 you know you you have to be somewhat flexible 00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:50.719 in how you address your current momentum so if 00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:53.340 you're going too far this way you you got to 00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:56.619 figure out a way to bring it back the other way 00:46:56.619 --> 00:47:01.139 you know the fact that yeah she's she's pretty 00:47:01.139 --> 00:47:05.139 cool with not having to you know if she doesn't 00:47:05.139 --> 00:47:08.510 lose another pound she feels good about where 00:47:08.510 --> 00:47:11.170 she's at and she'd be all right with not losing 00:47:11.170 --> 00:47:13.429 another pound you know i just wonder how many 00:47:13.429 --> 00:47:16.429 how many people actually think about that and 00:47:16.429 --> 00:47:19.369 we're always in such a huge rush to just get 00:47:19.369 --> 00:47:21.590 the weight off it's not going to solve all your 00:47:21.590 --> 00:47:23.070 problems it's not going to make your problems 00:47:23.070 --> 00:47:25.389 go away by hitting your goal weight problems 00:47:25.389 --> 00:47:28.210 don't go away because you become a lifetime member 00:47:28.210 --> 00:47:33.170 things get messy again in a lot of ways because 00:47:33.170 --> 00:47:37.269 that's when that That voice in the back of your 00:47:37.269 --> 00:47:39.929 mind says, yeah, you can take, you know, take 00:47:39.929 --> 00:47:45.570 it easy. Go and enjoy eating way more than you 00:47:45.570 --> 00:47:50.590 should, more frequently than you should. Or by 00:47:50.590 --> 00:47:54.090 should I mean than what is healthy and optimal 00:47:54.090 --> 00:47:57.329 to maintain a weight. And so we drift and we 00:47:57.329 --> 00:47:59.909 lose that flexibility of, hey, you know what? 00:47:59.949 --> 00:48:04.710 I got to find my points again. I've got to start 00:48:04.710 --> 00:48:09.539 tracking. When I track, my weight stays where 00:48:09.539 --> 00:48:12.619 I'd like it to be. Or if I'm in weight loss mode, 00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:18.860 when I track, my weight seems to be coming off. 00:48:19.860 --> 00:48:22.699 We lose that flexibility. We lose that flexibility 00:48:22.699 --> 00:48:25.679 when we're gaining weight. We're not flexible 00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:28.760 in how we're thinking about what we're, what 00:48:28.760 --> 00:48:34.079 are we doing? How did this weight come on? Or 00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:36.590 what am I not doing? How did this weight come 00:48:36.590 --> 00:48:43.929 on? What do I need to do in order to banish it 00:48:43.929 --> 00:48:49.630 from my body and from my mind? And, you know, 00:48:49.670 --> 00:48:53.309 one thing I kind of got from Amy through our 00:48:53.309 --> 00:48:55.789 conversation, and we spoke, you know, though 00:48:55.789 --> 00:48:59.969 the editing may not bear it out, we did speak 00:48:59.969 --> 00:49:04.780 for close to two and a half hours. You know, 00:49:04.780 --> 00:49:07.699 this is an individual who has overcome a lot. 00:49:08.760 --> 00:49:13.079 And she has maintained flexibility in how she 00:49:13.079 --> 00:49:17.000 has thought about experiences, where she's at 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:19.300 with her health. She's maintained flexibility 00:49:19.300 --> 00:49:24.699 in spite of those items on the I have to deal 00:49:24.699 --> 00:49:28.699 with this stuff list. Cool stuff. Where she's 00:49:28.699 --> 00:49:34.550 at now, you know, I get that. comments I made 00:49:34.550 --> 00:49:38.769 to her is you know I haven't I've never really 00:49:38.769 --> 00:49:43.429 met anybody that was able to go from abstainer 00:49:43.429 --> 00:49:49.889 to moderator and managed it pretty well but I 00:49:49.889 --> 00:49:54.050 shouldn't be I shouldn't be surprised after listening 00:49:54.050 --> 00:49:59.110 to to her talk about her life and her experiences 00:49:59.110 --> 00:50:08.420 and how she has adapted And, you know, regardless 00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:10.480 of whether or not she already hits a lifetime, 00:50:10.780 --> 00:50:15.599 she's a lifetime member in my book. 20 different 00:50:15.599 --> 00:50:19.800 diets at least, she said. Get discouraged a lot, 00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:25.440 especially if those plateaus hit, right? Remember, 00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:29.619 everybody that comes in Weight Watchers, I think, 00:50:29.699 --> 00:50:34.139 I just have this feeling. And maybe I'm just 00:50:34.139 --> 00:50:37.940 projecting because this is how I, I think that 00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:42.599 I think when we walk into Weight Watchers for 00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:47.980 the third, fourth, fifth time, I think we are 00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:50.380 starting to believe we're starting to figure 00:50:50.380 --> 00:50:54.880 this out. We're starting to look back at, okay, 00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:57.659 I made this decision before and, and derailed 00:50:57.659 --> 00:51:01.179 my efforts. And now I've got to, now I'm coming 00:51:01.179 --> 00:51:08.460 back again. it's really kind of boils down to 00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:16.800 having to, you know, step forward and engage 00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:23.699 this process and to be flexible in our thinking, 00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:26.219 you know, you know, nobody comes back into Weight 00:51:26.219 --> 00:51:32.380 Watchers, I think, and becomes successful. And 00:51:32.380 --> 00:51:34.780 by successful, I mean, you know, They lose the 00:51:34.780 --> 00:51:36.480 weight and for the most part they keep the weight 00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:41.260 off long term. But I don't think anybody comes 00:51:41.260 --> 00:51:46.300 back for the second, third, fourth time without 00:51:46.300 --> 00:51:53.460 some change in how and what they're thinking 00:51:53.460 --> 00:51:58.699 about what I need to do next. This is how it's 00:51:58.699 --> 00:52:04.880 going to be different this time. And so if you're 00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:09.000 back for the second or third time, and maybe 00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:11.639 you're feeling, well, you know, obviously there's 00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:13.480 going to be a fourth and a fifth time. Okay, 00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:18.880 fine. Big deal. And when you come back for your 00:52:18.880 --> 00:52:20.179 fourth time, you're going to make it farther. 00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:22.139 And when you come back for your fifth time, you're 00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:23.480 going to make it farther and you made it your 00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:29.320 fourth time. And you're going to piece together 00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:35.179 your solution. You're going to figure out the 00:52:35.179 --> 00:52:42.119 cheat codes for those barriers that have presented 00:52:42.119 --> 00:52:45.920 themselves over the years for you as it relates 00:52:45.920 --> 00:52:48.619 to losing weight and keeping it off. It is a 00:52:48.619 --> 00:52:51.960 process. It is not an event. It is a process. 00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:56.940 And the people that have the best outcomes keep 00:52:56.940 --> 00:53:02.469 trying. They keep trying. Give up. Maybe there's 00:53:02.469 --> 00:53:07.710 big gaps in between efforts. I mean, I had years 00:53:07.710 --> 00:53:10.730 between efforts where I just ballooned, just 00:53:10.730 --> 00:53:15.130 got so heavy. I think I was up, I think the heaviest 00:53:15.130 --> 00:53:21.349 I was ever at was probably about 315. And you 00:53:21.349 --> 00:53:23.630 talk about hopeless, man, I'm never going to 00:53:23.630 --> 00:53:25.869 figure this out. I mean, this is just going to 00:53:25.869 --> 00:53:29.130 be me for the rest of my life. I'll never figure 00:53:29.130 --> 00:53:38.230 out. How to slim down and stay slim. And that 00:53:38.230 --> 00:53:41.090 seems to be somewhat of a common theme for just 00:53:41.090 --> 00:53:44.710 about everybody I've spoken to. Not just with 00:53:44.710 --> 00:53:46.949 a microphone in front of my face, but at meetings, 00:53:47.130 --> 00:53:51.429 when I listen to people. You're going to figure 00:53:51.429 --> 00:53:57.130 it out. As long as you keep trying. Have that 00:53:57.130 --> 00:54:02.920 sort of scientist. The light bulb was a result 00:54:02.920 --> 00:54:08.260 of 10 ,000 solutions that didn't work. Back to 00:54:08.260 --> 00:54:09.500 the drawing board. We're going to figure this 00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:13.119 out. We could say that for every major invention. 00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:18.179 I was listening to Neil deGrasse Tyson talk about 00:54:18.179 --> 00:54:25.340 who he thinks is the greatest science mind ever. 00:54:25.619 --> 00:54:28.320 And he didn't even hesitate. He was like Isaac 00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:36.239 Newton. Isaac Newton discovered the law of gravity, 00:54:36.380 --> 00:54:40.920 the laws of motion. He figured out why the planets 00:54:40.920 --> 00:54:47.059 move the way they move. And the reason why he 00:54:47.059 --> 00:54:49.840 could explain it is because then he went and 00:54:49.840 --> 00:54:58.539 invented calculus. I need to invent math. particular 00:54:58.539 --> 00:55:03.639 type of math that almost nobody can do to explain 00:55:03.639 --> 00:55:09.539 why these planets in our solar system move the 00:55:09.539 --> 00:55:13.920 way they do. Why they move in an elliptical ellipse 00:55:13.920 --> 00:55:24.559 pattern. And he didn't give up if it was difficult. 00:55:24.659 --> 00:55:27.400 He didn't give up if All right, this calculation 00:55:27.400 --> 00:55:29.739 doesn't make sense. Ask the hell with us. I'm 00:55:29.739 --> 00:55:32.659 not doing this anymore. He kind of kept at it, 00:55:32.679 --> 00:55:38.360 obviously. I'm oversimplifying it. But that's 00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:40.480 calculus. We're just talking about dropping some 00:55:40.480 --> 00:55:43.159 pounds. And you're going to figure out how to 00:55:43.159 --> 00:55:47.179 do it for yourself. And you've already taken 00:55:47.179 --> 00:55:50.239 the major step, which is you've decided on a 00:55:50.239 --> 00:55:54.599 plan for you. And now it's all about tweaking. 00:55:55.789 --> 00:55:58.230 What is helpful? What is not helpful? Get rid 00:55:58.230 --> 00:56:00.409 of the stuff that isn't. Keep the stuff that 00:56:00.409 --> 00:56:06.889 is. Move forward. Don't get discouraged. Well, 00:56:06.949 --> 00:56:10.989 you can feel discouraged, but do your best to 00:56:10.989 --> 00:56:13.650 also encourage yourself when you become discouraged. 00:56:15.309 --> 00:56:18.150 Don't look over your shoulder or wait for somebody 00:56:18.150 --> 00:56:21.389 to come up next to you and go, oh, you can do 00:56:21.389 --> 00:56:25.010 it. You've got to be that person. You've got 00:56:25.010 --> 00:56:27.550 to be the person that consoles you sometimes, 00:56:27.849 --> 00:56:32.889 right? You've got to be the person that motivates 00:56:32.889 --> 00:56:38.489 you and inspires you. It doesn't always have 00:56:38.489 --> 00:56:41.909 to come from outside of yourself. You listen 00:56:41.909 --> 00:56:45.849 to Amy's story. You know, she is a practitioner 00:56:45.849 --> 00:56:49.429 if she is anything. And by practitioner, I mean 00:56:49.429 --> 00:56:55.369 her insights in this. things that she has come 00:56:55.369 --> 00:56:58.929 to believe to be true about the world around 00:56:58.929 --> 00:57:03.610 her and more specifically about the world within 00:57:03.610 --> 00:57:09.269 her it's because she has practiced she's practiced 00:57:09.269 --> 00:57:14.690 how to think better thoughts she's practiced 00:57:14.690 --> 00:57:19.929 how to take a negative thought and kind of turn 00:57:19.929 --> 00:57:28.449 it on its ear apply that flexibility to balance 00:57:28.449 --> 00:57:33.630 it out. And I would say she's a pretty balanced 00:57:33.630 --> 00:57:42.670 person given everything that has impacted her 00:57:42.670 --> 00:57:50.989 life. So that's my two cents. I want to thank 00:57:50.989 --> 00:57:55.099 Amy. I want to thank Johanna. And Bruce, and 00:57:55.099 --> 00:58:02.460 I want to thank Rick and Kathy. And our next 00:58:02.460 --> 00:58:08.760 guest, Martha Jean. But all the folks that you've 00:58:08.760 --> 00:58:13.139 heard have taken upwards of three hours out of 00:58:13.139 --> 00:58:19.440 a day to share their story. And, you know, I 00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:21.619 haven't heard from anybody yet that was like, 00:58:21.679 --> 00:58:25.239 oh, man. I didn't get anything out of that. That 00:58:25.239 --> 00:58:28.420 was just, what a waste of my time. Not even close. 00:58:29.159 --> 00:58:31.880 Everybody seems to respond pretty well to it. 00:58:32.679 --> 00:58:35.280 And I think that is because we see each other 00:58:35.280 --> 00:58:43.300 in their stories. We see ourselves. It helps 00:58:43.300 --> 00:58:44.920 us kind of come together a little bit, right? 00:58:45.019 --> 00:58:51.300 Yeah, hey, we've all been there. I get it. I 00:58:51.300 --> 00:58:53.369 would like to have you on. I would like to sit 00:58:53.369 --> 00:58:56.170 down and listen to your story and have you explain 00:58:56.170 --> 00:59:00.090 it. And if you would like to do so, you send 00:59:00.090 --> 00:59:03.650 me a message to the inbox, weighinginwithpatrick 00:59:03.650 --> 00:59:08.289 at gmail .com. You can find me at the 9 a .m. 00:59:08.289 --> 00:59:15.409 meeting on Saturdays at our humble WW abode over 00:59:15.409 --> 00:59:20.099 there on Anderson in Rock Hill. I'm usually there 00:59:20.099 --> 00:59:22.840 between 8 .15 and 8 .30 to weigh in and get a 00:59:22.840 --> 00:59:28.800 seat. You can listen to this, obviously, on Apple 00:59:28.800 --> 00:59:37.780 Podcasts and Podcast Addict and Spotify and I 00:59:37.780 --> 00:59:41.840 think iHeartRadio. We're still on audio .com 00:59:41.840 --> 00:59:47.719 for those who grew accustomed to using that particular 00:59:47.719 --> 00:59:53.449 platform. 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