Stacy - StacyNDAQ
My name is Stacy, My nickname on WW is Stacy NDAQ, not because I love NASDAQ as many of you thought, but because my middle name is Nicole. Growing up, my favorite aunt used to call me (and still calls me to this day!) Stacy Nickles Dimes and Quarters. Or Stacy Nickles for short!
About Me:
I’ve lived in sunny southern California all my life.
I currently live with my boyfriend Jose and his little brother Alex (who isn’t so little at 25 years old and 6’3 feet tall).
Prior to that, I lived with my little sister, Kelly who is my best best best friend. I feel incredibly fortunate to have her in my life, she’s definitely my other half.
My sister and I did have a fur baby together, a kitty named Mama. But it was my sister’s baby so she took custody when her and I moved apart (her to my parent’s house so she could go to nursing school and me to my boyfriends house). I miss our kitty and would LOVE to get another fur baby but being the huge animal lover that I am, I could never get a fur baby and leave them home all day long while no one is home for 9+ hours.
Growing up, I loved languages and children and thought I would become a teacher one day, but life’s path steered me in a different direction and now I’m a computer geek for a living and love it.
As for hobbies and things, I’m totally into domesticated things… I LOVE cooking (and pretending I’m a chef!) and knitting (scarves are the best) and I even like all my house chores. I still adore reading and at any point in time am usually reading 5 or 6 books at once, and am ALWAYS reading Harry Potter (but haven’t dressed up like him or Hermione ever, so I’m not that crazy!)
WW Beginnings:
I’ve slowly been gaining weight for about 8 years. The last small weight I can remember is being 117. And next thing I knew I was in the 160’s. I stepped on my mom’s scale and when it read 170 I freaked out and just “knew” the scale was wrong. I’ve been on every diet, pill, whatnot that you can imagine and can’t stick to anything longer than a day. I’ve always wanted “a miracle”. Finally, at 168, we had a biggest loser competition at work. For the entire month, I still ate and drank as much as I wanted until the last week of competition when I lost 8 pounds and won the competition (go figure). In the second and third months, I gained both months and didn’t even weigh in at the end because I was so embarrassed. For Halloween, my boyfriend was superman and I was Lois Lane. I was the fattest Lois Lane I have ever seen and bigger than anyone at our party. I was defeated. I didn’t know what else to do, so I turned to WW.
WW Meetings:
I went to my first few meetings around Thanksgiving and started learning how to calculate and count points, how to track, and ways to say no to food or to make better choices. I lost the first week, stayed the same the second week and then gained the third and fourth week. I was reverting back to what I did with the BL contest at work. Cheat all week and then try to magically loose pounds in one day for WI. I was devastated that I couldn’t even make WW work for me. So I went online and found “out of control” because it’s exactly how I felt at the time.
SOPers:
I didn’t even know which thread to pick in Out of Control because all of them sounded like me, so I chose the thread with the most posts, Seriously On Plan. I read through the entire thing and I wanted so bad to be one of these girls, that are in control and have so much good advice. So I started stalking, *ahem* I mean “lurking” around the site every single minute I was able to. It finally clicked. Someone said: stop imposing any kind of deadline, like must be thin by b-day, wedding, summer, etc. Take this journey one day at a time. One meal at a time. One second at a time if you have to. Only worry about being on plan THIS SECOND. You don’t have X amount of weight to loose. You only have to worry about right now. And all your successes will add up to weight loss.
What a concept!! That did it for me. I finally got it. Thinking about the future was making me fail. But I knew I could do this, even if only for just this minute or meal. I’ll worry about the next one when I get there.
The Journey Continues
Since January, I’ve lost weight every week (except one). I feel completely in control and I have hope and confidence. And, with these girls eyeing my menu like hawks, I’ve been eating more veggies and fruit than I ever thought I could! Currently, I have my goal weight set at 125 for lack of a better number. What I DO know is that I will get there.
And I have the SOPers to thank for it.
About Me:
I’ve lived in sunny southern California all my life.
I currently live with my boyfriend Jose and his little brother Alex (who isn’t so little at 25 years old and 6’3 feet tall).
Prior to that, I lived with my little sister, Kelly who is my best best best friend. I feel incredibly fortunate to have her in my life, she’s definitely my other half.
My sister and I did have a fur baby together, a kitty named Mama. But it was my sister’s baby so she took custody when her and I moved apart (her to my parent’s house so she could go to nursing school and me to my boyfriends house). I miss our kitty and would LOVE to get another fur baby but being the huge animal lover that I am, I could never get a fur baby and leave them home all day long while no one is home for 9+ hours.
Growing up, I loved languages and children and thought I would become a teacher one day, but life’s path steered me in a different direction and now I’m a computer geek for a living and love it.
As for hobbies and things, I’m totally into domesticated things… I LOVE cooking (and pretending I’m a chef!) and knitting (scarves are the best) and I even like all my house chores. I still adore reading and at any point in time am usually reading 5 or 6 books at once, and am ALWAYS reading Harry Potter (but haven’t dressed up like him or Hermione ever, so I’m not that crazy!)
WW Beginnings:
I’ve slowly been gaining weight for about 8 years. The last small weight I can remember is being 117. And next thing I knew I was in the 160’s. I stepped on my mom’s scale and when it read 170 I freaked out and just “knew” the scale was wrong. I’ve been on every diet, pill, whatnot that you can imagine and can’t stick to anything longer than a day. I’ve always wanted “a miracle”. Finally, at 168, we had a biggest loser competition at work. For the entire month, I still ate and drank as much as I wanted until the last week of competition when I lost 8 pounds and won the competition (go figure). In the second and third months, I gained both months and didn’t even weigh in at the end because I was so embarrassed. For Halloween, my boyfriend was superman and I was Lois Lane. I was the fattest Lois Lane I have ever seen and bigger than anyone at our party. I was defeated. I didn’t know what else to do, so I turned to WW.
WW Meetings:
I went to my first few meetings around Thanksgiving and started learning how to calculate and count points, how to track, and ways to say no to food or to make better choices. I lost the first week, stayed the same the second week and then gained the third and fourth week. I was reverting back to what I did with the BL contest at work. Cheat all week and then try to magically loose pounds in one day for WI. I was devastated that I couldn’t even make WW work for me. So I went online and found “out of control” because it’s exactly how I felt at the time.
SOPers:
I didn’t even know which thread to pick in Out of Control because all of them sounded like me, so I chose the thread with the most posts, Seriously On Plan. I read through the entire thing and I wanted so bad to be one of these girls, that are in control and have so much good advice. So I started stalking, *ahem* I mean “lurking” around the site every single minute I was able to. It finally clicked. Someone said: stop imposing any kind of deadline, like must be thin by b-day, wedding, summer, etc. Take this journey one day at a time. One meal at a time. One second at a time if you have to. Only worry about being on plan THIS SECOND. You don’t have X amount of weight to loose. You only have to worry about right now. And all your successes will add up to weight loss.
What a concept!! That did it for me. I finally got it. Thinking about the future was making me fail. But I knew I could do this, even if only for just this minute or meal. I’ll worry about the next one when I get there.
The Journey Continues
Since January, I’ve lost weight every week (except one). I feel completely in control and I have hope and confidence. And, with these girls eyeing my menu like hawks, I’ve been eating more veggies and fruit than I ever thought I could! Currently, I have my goal weight set at 125 for lack of a better number. What I DO know is that I will get there.
And I have the SOPers to thank for it.