Lindy - 87 Lbs. Lost & Counting Down

Welcome to my website.  My name is Lindy and I'm from Michigan.  I am the mother of two grown children (Jon & Sarah) and the grandmother to Sean!  I am married to Rob, the love of my life, who I met on-line 13 years ago.

To give you a little background, growing up I always had a weight problem.  I remember shopping in the "Chubette" Department at our local children's shop when I was in elementary school.  In high school I was overweight but not necessarily obese.  At that time I carried all my weight in my butt so I wore alot of long sweaters.  In high school I have memories of my grandmother & I joining Weight Watchers together.  What is funny about that is I use to go to my grandmother's house just to eat all the goodies that my parent's didn't have at home (coffee cake, cookies, etc.)  I was really good at getting cookies out of the cookie jar and then "fluffing" it up so it looked like they hadn't been touched.  I guess, looking back, I was definitely a "closet" eater.  When I graduated high school I was married 1-1/2 years later and really began putting on weight.  I got pregnant when I was 20 and had my son.  I remember eating my way through the pregnancy since I was eating for two!!!   

 I have joined Weight Watchers in my 50 years more than you can imagine.  More times than not I would join for a week, maybe two and that was it.  Florine Mark could probably retire on all the money I gave to Weight Watchers and never followed through.  At one point when I was 22 I joined and stuck with the program until I was within five pounds of my goal weight (I lost 80 lbs. total).  Unfortunately at the time that I was close to goal it was also Christmas and far be it for me at that time to deny myself all those Christmas goodies so I went off program and gained back not only the 80 lbs. I lost but another 50 lbs. over the course of the last 27 years.  I joined in 2002 weighing in at 287 lbs. and lost 30 lbs but was sidelined when my Meniere's Disease flared up.  I kept off 20 lbs. of the thirty that I lost before joining in February, 2006.  I re-joined Weight Watchers on President's Day in 2006.  I remember that day vividly because I had gone out to eat at Brown's Family Restaurant in Flint with my friend, Jodi, and for whatever reason I decided on that day and time that I was going to start Weight Watchers.  I remember ordering a Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with dressing on the side.  It has always been my practice to just dump the dressing on top of the salad but NO, I was going to change.  The bread came to the table and I passed it up (something never done in the past).  I came back to the office from my lunch and joined Weight Watchers on-line.  After having been on the program since February, 2006, I decided in September of that year that I needed more support because I could feel myself starting to slip up.  I joined meetings in mid-September and have been using the on-line tools along with the meetings.  I find the meetings help hold me accountable since I have to weigh in weekly and I am not the only one who sees the number.  It also helps me to hear the leader and her struggles and inspiration along with the other members and their struggles, victories, suggestions and tips.

I remember listening to Dr. Laura Schlesinger a couple of years ago and in a conversation about people being overweight, she made the statement that she could choose to sit on her couch and watch her life go bye but has chosen to "LIVE" her life.  I was tired of sitting on the couch with aching feet watching everyone live their life except me.  I wanted to be able to do physical activity without being winded or exhausted.  I wanted to have energy!  I wanted to walk in a room and not survey the chairs for the one "most likely not to break" should I sit in it!  I wanted to be able to fly in the back of an airplane should I have to and not be afraid that if I didn't get first class I couldn't go.  I wanted to be able to sit on the floor and play with my grandson and still be able to get up without help.  I wanted to wear stylish, cute clothes not have to buy something just because it fit.  I wanted to have a choice.  I wanted to not fear going some places because I might run into somebody from high school or who knew me when I was thinner and be embarassed of myself. 

UPDATE - MARCH 30, 2009

ThankYou for stopping by - Best of Luck on your Weight Loss Journey. Remember ... this is for LIFE so don't do anything that you can't live with the rest of your LIFE.

 As of today, March 30, 2009 I have lost 87 lbs. on Weight Watchers.  I have 49 lbs. more to go but I will do it!

Tuesday - April 7, 2009:  89.6 lbs. gone. - I vow to track this week .. all week!

*Before You Leave Please Sign My Guestbook*