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Alan L - 2007-12-23 14:56:49
It's been years since I became a lifetime WW but at that time, you didn't have to pay when you went to meetings if you were within (?? pounds I have forgotten the limit) of your goal. I believe that is still true at this time. That's why I don't go to meetings. I would probably be over my goal and would have to pay. I'm about 3 - 5 pounds over my goal and I feel fine so I don't have any personal need to go to meetings. Once-in-a-while, I'll attend a meeting in order to get a new program and I usually have to pay. It sounds like you're doing really well. Keep up the good work.
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Wendy - 2007-12-24 03:00:35
I just got done reading a new book that I heard about on NPR's 'Science Friday'. It's called "The Body Has A Mind of Its Own" by Blakeslee and Blakeslee. It talks about hew areas in neuroscience and psychology; and they've sort of proven that the brain is terribly slow to accept changes to our physique. Over the course of years you've taught your brain how much space your body takes up, and it has grown accustomed to that pattern. It's called 'brain mapping', and it's pretty interesting. They think that's why people who lose a lot of weight often don't perceive the changes in themselves. It's also got a lot to do with image-related eating disorders. They gave anorexic women mirrors, and asked them to sketch pictures of their own arms roughly to scale. The shapes these women sketched in no way resembled their actual (overly-skinny) arms. They all truly saw bigger, flabbier arms; and they weren't faking. Anyhow, don't let your brain fool you! It has no idea how big your body is right now, and will have to be re-trained over the course of a few years before it can start to understand the new shape. 26 pounds is great! Congratulations. Merry Christmas; Wendy
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Carrie - 2007-12-27 12:14:41
Congrats.
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