Day 1……………..
Yeah, I know. I put day 1 as the title, but meanwhile I have been putzing around for awhile with any kind of weight loss.
Soooo last week I joined TOPS and the leader wasn’t there and the meeting was non existent. I kept an open mind and went back last night. Again the leader was not there. I guess they do not get subs when they are out like WW does?!?! Once again, it was not a meeting…….a weigh in, who was up who was down and 5 minutes later out the door. I realllllly hope that is not how the meeting is when the leader is there too. There is a meeting on Thursday nights at the same church, but I can’t do Thursday night right now with football practice still going on. Anyway, with the hubby gone on the road, I have the right mindframe….lord knows last week with him about to leave I was not. So since, once again, I was not given any materials I took it upon myself to go onto their website and look for info. I found their exchange cards, some info (but not very detailed), and their food journal…which I think is very nice. BTW….I did ask at the meeting if anyone could give me info on exchanges and NOBODY there does exchanges…they just do their own thing. so after printing that stuff…since I am a WW member from way back and keep alot of stuff…..I grabbed some older cookbooks from the “selections” era….they are almost exactly the same. So for this week for dinner, I am making things out of those cookbooks so I have the exchanges right in front of me.
Hopefully the leader will be there next week and have materials for me. I can’t remember how to figure some of the exchanges/selections so I need a refresher. If not, then I will somehow go to the Thursday meeting even if it is just to ask for materials and a little bit of help.
On another note….exercise is non existent. Right now I am waiting to go back to the Ortho for my MRI results. My knees are shot. I will find out at that appointment if I need surgery or not. OK….so on that note…my abs and arms are not connected to my legs. Therefore..I am going to get a tape out tonight..probably Tamilee Webb since there isn’t anything jarring to the knees (on the firm part of the arm workouts include doing pushups).
AND more helpful…..I have to get back in the habit of posting on here more often!
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I belonged to TOPS for several years to maintain my weight, also hoping to lose a couple of extra pounds. We were a very small group in a small town, but we had a co-leader at all times. I know. I got roped into that job a few times. I don’t think we had a serious plan for everyone to follow, just the exercise and the water. Some were on the “nothing white” plan, but that is really hard to stick to. We would divide into teams and have contests as to loss and miles walked. Silly prizes, such as loser of the week. I think we were pretty liberal as to the rules from the home office but it worked for us. Good luck. Marge