weigh****chers

So, I've decided to try the weigh****chers app on my iphone to see if I can get myself in the right mind set for my eating habits...anyone else do this while waiting for your WLS to move forward?

sounds like an awesome idea. I used a food tracking system (livestrong.com) prior to my surgery.

 Monica, I did the Livestrong app too...it was great!

I used My Fitness Pal for a few years before my surgery & still use it today. It's very eye-opening to compare what I was eating pre-surgery to what I eat now.

I'm not using an app right now, but after my info session, I did order the four workbooks from Amazon that were on the recommended resources list from TWH, and I've started working on a couple of them.  One of them is the Body Image Workbook, and the other is Preparing for WLS.  I'm going to try to do one chapter every other day or so.

I've also gone through the checklist that TWH gave as a handout for preparing for surgery and have started trying to follow a couple of them over the past few days.  So far, I've cut out carbonated beverages and started tracking my food, although the tracking is making me a bit horrified at my terrible eating habits!  I'm taking it slowly, though, trying not to overwhelm myself with too many changes at once.

I've tried WW 4 times and gained back the weight plus more every time. :(  But I have seen other people do quite well on it, so good luck with following it while waiting for your WLS!

Hi,

Could give me more details about the books (title, and where to find)- sounds interesting. Going through St. Joes' I haven't heard of these. I've had all my pre-op stuff done now for weeks but still haven't heard of surgeon appt date! So anxious- but have to trust they will call me- it seems when I had called them before to check on things they got annoyed! Any advice on wait times to see surgeon himself? 

Sure!  I hope it isn't hijacking the thread too much to do so, but I guess it's sort of related in that it's about things we can do as prep while we're waiting for surgery...let me know if I'm out of line. :)

The four workbooks I got (that have exercises you do in them) are:

Preparing for Weight Loss Surgery: Workbook (Treatments That Work), by Robin F. Apple, James Lock, Rebecka Peebles

The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health, by Karen R. Koenig

The Body Image Workbook: An 8-Step Program for Learning to Like Your Looks, by Thomas F. Cash

The Cognitive Behavioural Workbook for Weight Management: A Step-by-Step Program, by Michele Laliberte, Randi McCabe, and Valerie Taylor

I've started the Body Image Workbook and the Preparing for WLS Workbook.  I think the Body Image Workbook in particular could be quite useful for me - I have terrible self-esteem around my looks.  The Preparing for WLS book is interesting too.

These two that I've started use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques, so it should be interesting to see how helpful they are to me.  I'm planning to treat the four workbooks kind of like a "night course" - I'll put time aside regularly to do the exercises in them, along with my journaling (which TWH also recommends).

RYMEB73, were you able to get the WW iPhone app without joining WW?  I remember when I was on it, I think you had to pay for it.  How does it work now? 

(And I wonder if they have it for Android...)

 Onward, no I did have to purchase the program to get the app...paid $65 for three months then it'll be $21.95 a month after that.  But then I have access on my laptop too...there may be a way to just get the food tracker?  Didn't think about that... :(

Ah, I see.  I don't think there's a way to get the food tracker without having signed up for at least the e-tools (which I think is what you've signed up for, right?).  But it's been a year since I was last on WW so things might have changed.

Ain't nothin' for free from WW.  ;)