Mommin' It Up!

I’ve told you many times before how much I love Weight Watchers, and since last year’s Lose for Good campaign was what originally got me going, I was excited to be involved with it again this year.

In case you’ve missed it, here’s what the campaign is about:
Could the weight you lose help fight world hunger? Weight Watchers has designed a program to accomplish this. This September, the third annual Lose for Good campaign will strive to relieve world hunger.

Between September 5 and October 23, the Lose for Good campaign is teaming up members, online subscribers and charitable organizations to donate up to 1 million dollars to leading hunger-fighting organizations. These organizations, Share Our Strength and Action Against Hunger, will benefit from members’ weight loss and other activities.

So, to get in the spirit of things, I assembled the Big Deal Moms at Young’s Jersey Dairy, where we brought canned goods to donate to a local food pantry… and played and played. Jenny wasn’t sure she was ever going to get Sophie out of the bounce house! Here’s Kate on the hay bale playground!

We had a lot of fun, and more importantly, collected a lot of canned goods! (which I failed to get a picture of). As of right now, the Lose for Good website estimates that nearly 4 million pounds have been lost by WW members during the campaign. Isn’t that amazing??

During “Lose for Good,” I’ve been using Weight Watchers online. I’ve tried to do it before, but never stuck with it. I found out last year that I am definitely a “meeting person,” but I’ve been impressed with the way the website can augment the experience between meetings. I love the mobile app as well, because anything I put in there shows up on the website, so it’s easy to count points on the go. I also enjoy what they call the “interactive cheat sheets,” which are fun little games that show the point value for customizable foods… like what you’d cook on the grill, for instance. My personal favorite is the one about mixed drinks – I am trading my 5 point margarita for a 3 point mojito from now on!

If you’ve wondered if WW is for you, how it works, if it really works… feel free to contact me by leaving a comment on this post or emailing me at emily at momminitup.com. I was skeptical at first, but 17 pounds (and one year since it’s been off) later, I am a believer!

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As part of my participation in the Lose for Good campaign, Weight Watchers gave me a free three-month membership to their online site, as well as a grocery gift card to get me started on the right foot. They also sent prizes to make the food drive even more fun! But I evangelize WW to anyone and everyone all the time for free, too, because I believe it in so much.