By July of 2012, after having started to use MyFitnessPal to count calories in addition to counting points, still going to Weight Watchers meetings and being down 70 pounds, I decided that I had gotten all that I could out of the Weight Watchers program.

I sent a message to my Weight Watchers leader explaining that and I received such positive feedback and encouragement from her… she didn’t care how I chose to lose the weight, only that I continued to do so.

It was also the time I asked my trainer when he realized that I wasn’t a typical client who goes through the motions and then quits… he said it was when I started questioning the information he was giving me and taking the initiative to do my own research.