WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE!
This is a protected site where SOPERS can find our stories, celebrate our victories, share before & after photos, favorite recipes, and have a quick reference to our SOPER guidelines and challenges. As our group gets larger, this will be an easy place to find the info we are always referring back to. We will continue to share our daily goals, struggles and chats on the WW SOPER thread, but this site will supplement the daily communication we all love and enjoy so much. Please contact me at [email protected] if you have any questions or comments.
Share as little or as much as you would like! We'd be honored to upload your bio and pictures, and any other information that is relevant. Best of all, this is a safe environment...no one will add or change information about you without your permission. Please contact Leather for more information.
Again, WELCOME! Grab a cup of coffee, relax, and we hope that you enjoy this site as much as we have enjoyed creating it for you! Love, Leather xoxo
Again, WELCOME! Grab a cup of coffee, relax, and we hope that you enjoy this site as much as we have enjoyed creating it for you! Love, Leather xoxo
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The SOPERS' goal is to LOSE WEIGHT in a healthy fashion. Period. To lose weight following a plan with no excuses!
For us, exercise, water, vitamins are things we do while focusing on what goes into our mouths--80% of the weight issue! That's what this challenge is about--what we eat.
We ask for honesty from each other & we promise to be honest with others here. We promise to be honest with ourselves about what we're eating & why we are or are not losing. Our challenges to ourselves are to:
1. Plan each menu in advance using our daily point allowance, including the piece of fruit to each after cut off.
2. Eat what we plan. Substitutions should equal point value of original menu.
3. Stop eating at least 3 hours before bed, with the fruit to eat after cut off-especially an apple if necessary.
4. Eat protein and produce all day and throughout the day-- every time we eat. Eat fruits and veggies all day, complex carbs in am & noon, limit starches at dinner -- making sure to focus on WW GHG's--5 servings of fruit/veggie, 2 dairy, water, vitamins, 2 oils, water, whole grains, limited sugar and alcohol.
5. As per WW guidelines, using AP and WP is optional. Our challenge is to not use them except for an hour of cardio.
6. Post daily with our menus & how we did, what caused us trouble and what we'll do next time.
7. Rest instead of eating when tired or stressed-do something else-deep breaths, walk outside, meditate, go to bed early.
8. No BS, whining or excuses. Just do it.
9. Be honest with others here & open to honesty from them.
10. Be honest with yourself!
We do not respond to criticism from outside the thread or to anonymous posters.
Please respect our choices to follow the WW program and to make it work for ourselves. We will respect the way you handle your weight loss efforts. Thank you.
The SOPERS' goal is to LOSE WEIGHT in a healthy fashion. Period. To lose weight following a plan with no excuses!
For us, exercise, water, vitamins are things we do while focusing on what goes into our mouths--80% of the weight issue! That's what this challenge is about--what we eat.
We ask for honesty from each other & we promise to be honest with others here. We promise to be honest with ourselves about what we're eating & why we are or are not losing. Our challenges to ourselves are to:
1. Plan each menu in advance using our daily point allowance, including the piece of fruit to each after cut off.
2. Eat what we plan. Substitutions should equal point value of original menu.
3. Stop eating at least 3 hours before bed, with the fruit to eat after cut off-especially an apple if necessary.
4. Eat protein and produce all day and throughout the day-- every time we eat. Eat fruits and veggies all day, complex carbs in am & noon, limit starches at dinner -- making sure to focus on WW GHG's--5 servings of fruit/veggie, 2 dairy, water, vitamins, 2 oils, water, whole grains, limited sugar and alcohol.
5. As per WW guidelines, using AP and WP is optional. Our challenge is to not use them except for an hour of cardio.
6. Post daily with our menus & how we did, what caused us trouble and what we'll do next time.
7. Rest instead of eating when tired or stressed-do something else-deep breaths, walk outside, meditate, go to bed early.
8. No BS, whining or excuses. Just do it.
9. Be honest with others here & open to honesty from them.
10. Be honest with yourself!
We do not respond to criticism from outside the thread or to anonymous posters.
Please respect our choices to follow the WW program and to make it work for ourselves. We will respect the way you handle your weight loss efforts. Thank you.
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