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    Congratulations, Virginia! WW really works - you just have to do
    it *their* way. 
    
    Good luck, and keep us posted. (I get a lot of motivation from hearing
    how well everyone else is doing!)
    
    -Amy.
    
    

    Well, I went to my first WW meeting last night.  I really ENJOYED
    it.  I had no idea it would be so interesting.  I figured we would
    listen to someone talk for an hour and be bored and sleepy and ready
    to go home.  EVERYONE was participating.  My goal is to lose 35
    lbs.  It seems like you get plenty to eat, but at this very moment
    I am hungry and I've still got an hour until lunch and I just ate
    an apple about an hour ago and I'm sipping on my water.  I keep
    telling myself only an hour to go until lunch, you can wait and
    I think I can (either that or go to lunch early (-: )  I hope in
    a couple of days my body will adjust.  My breakfast was considerably
    smaller than usually.  If I continue to get hungry like this, I
    guess I'll have to eat a bigger breakfast and a smaller lunch or
    dinner.  
    
    

    re -.1  The reason I titled my last note with my first name is because
    I meant to sign out, but I hit CTRL Z and then signed out instead
    of vice versa.  Just didn't want every one to think I was vain or
    anything..

    I know what you feel like, having been on WW for 8 weeks now.  the
    first couple of days are tough from the hunger stand point, but
    your body does adjust to reasonable amounts of food instead of all
    the excess calories you used to consome.
    
    Its not easy, but it gets better.
    
    

.2>    I think I can (either that or go to lunch early (-: )  I hope in
.2>    a couple of days my body will adjust.
    
    	It might be as long as 2 weeks until you adjust, depending on
    how much fat you were eating.
    
    	But, remember, your body _will_ adjust.  Hang in there.
    
    -mike z

    
    Virginia, I just want to give you a little bit of encouragement.
     First of all, congrats on joining WW.  I swear by it.  The first
    week is the toughest, but it gets better each week.  You start getting
    more variety, until on the fifth week, you have practically everything
    on program that you were eating before, just in healthy amounts.
     And you WILL lose weight, it you follow the program.  It does work.
     There are some days when I can't seem to all my allowances in.
    
    Good luck,  Susan

    One thing that helped me get through the first week...I ate lots of
    servings of vegetables.  At least two servings with lunch and two
    more (sometimes three) with dinner.  And snacks were all vegetables.
    They filled me up then (and they fill me up now) without using up
    exchanges quickly.  I really miss my giant-sized salad if I don't
    get it with my lunch.
    
    Glad to hear you enjoyed WW.  My Saturday morning meetings are the
    best part of my week!
    
    Lynn T. 

    re .4
    
    Dave,
    
    Congratulations on your 8 weeks with Weight Watchers!!  Thanks for
    the words of encouragment.  I hope my stomach will shrink in a few
    days and I won't be as hungry.
    
    re .5
    
    Mike,
    
    I hope it doesn't take 2 weeks for the hunger pangs to go away but
    if it does, at least I'll know I'll survive.  I would have probably
    thought in about a week's time that I was starving to death if you
    hadn't given me this advice :-)        Thanks!!
    
    
    re .6
    
    
    Susan,
    
    Thanks for the words of encouragement and the tips on getting to
    add more food.  It will be nice when I start having trouble getting
    all my allowances in!!  
    
    
    re .7
    
    Lynn,
    
    I'm afraid you've hit upon my weak spot.  There's not too many veggies
    I do like or can eat.  I'm allergic to tomatoes, I can't eat onions,
    peppers, or cucumbers without acute cases of indigestion and/or
    an upset stomach.  Most other's I don't really care for.  Green
    beans, green peas, all starchy veggies (corn, potatoes, beans, etc.)
    lettuce, and mushrooms are about the extent of my vegetables.  I
    love olives and pickles, but they've got so much salt, I try not
    to eat them (I consider these pseudo vegetables as I'm not sure
    what category they belong in.)
    
    Thanks to everyone for the support I keep receiving!!!
    
    Virginia

    Green beans, lettuce, and mushrooms are okay, of course, as are pickles
    (they're just cucumbers, after all!), though you're right about the
    salt.  Starchy vegetables, including peas, are counted as breads.
    You'll see them added as the 5 weeks go by.

    Hang in there!
    Beverly

	An aside, Weight Watcher's is one of the safest, surest, and
    most nutritionally sound diets.
    
    	Before anyone goes off on a radical weight reduction diet, try
    Weight Watcher's.  It won't kill you.  I can't say the same for
    all the other diets available.
    
    -mike z