I have talked a bit in the past about my own mind battle with the scales – and what I’ve learned about the diet mentality. But in case you missed those post I’ll just let you know that I’m a size 18 and have been since about the time I gave birth to my first child eight years ago. These days I’m much less worried about this than I used to be. Sure I’d still love to drop some of the extra kilos and feel fitter and healthier – but I’m also well aware that I am just as valuable and lovable to the world as I am. I don’t need to get thin be acceptable and frankly neither do you. What it really comes down to for most of us is health and vitality.
As mums we need our energy and we need to know we’re going to be healthy enough to look after our kids for years to come. If losing weight fits into your plan for doing that then I genuinely think Weight Watchers is a good way to go. I went to weight watchers before I had kids and lost 12kgs. Its wasn’t fast or easy but it was balanced supportive and didn’t make me mortgage my home to pay for it.
Unfortunately those 12kgs found me again somewhere between conception and having 3 kids! I honestly believe that was because I was still trying to gain acceptance through being thin – and that my friends will never work.
When Weight Watchers approached me recently to giveaway a basket of their goodies I remembered that their approach is generally a good one and if they can help mums to become more healthy, and be all they can be, then I’m all for it. The hamper includes a stack of non-perishable Weight Watchers approved goods as well as the June issue of Weight Watchers Magazine, Cookbook and an apron. To enter follow these three simple steps:
- Leave a comment below telling why you’d like to win this pack.
- If you are nice enough to share this giveaway on facebook or twitter please feel free to leave a second entry comment.
- Follow The Truth About Mummy in any way you like (facebook, twitter, email or reader feed)
- Giveaway is open until Midnight on the 16th of July, 2012 and has a total value of $90.
- (Check the T&C tab for full T&C).
- Disclaimer: All opinions are my own. I received a $30 administration fee and no products for posting this giveaway.
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Need to get rid of the ‘thunder thighs’ as well as other wobbly bits!
I am actively losing weight so this would be perfect and will be a great incentive to eat better.
Being 30kgs overweight at the moment I would love to join WW but just don’t have the money so this hamper would be a great start to a healthy lifestyle!
I would love this for my sister.Shes feeling a little down and has lost her self confidence, i think this would help boost her spirits
Being a mummy on the go I don’t have time to eat well – I need a watcher to help me watch the weight!
This should help this heffa!
I’d love to win this for my wife who is trying very hard to lose weight after having our first baby last year. I’d love to be able to support her and help her achieve her goal.
I’d love to win this because I’m trying to shift that stubborn baby weight.
My husband jokes with me every Sunday, are you starting the Monday diet tomorrow? Funny thing is I say this every week. But after just returning from an overseas holiday and not wanting my photograph taken I need to lose about 7 kilos so this would give the kick start I need, plus I am going to join Weight Watchers online this week – really
Think it was 1kg extra after first child, 2kg after second child and so on. After five children, those kilos have added up.
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Im diabetic and overweight and really need some encouragement to lose weight and this pack would be a great incentive
I would Love a change in lifestyle,instead of being the couch potato,to get out and about with the kids more often is a goal of mine and trying to maintain a healthy body and healthy mind.
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Suffering from hip dysplasia it would just be easier on my hips and knees if I lost a few kilos.
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Very simple – I would love to win this prize because I am fat. Quite honestly I need all the help I can get – my busy lifestyle and always looking after the rest of the family and neglecting myself. Thank you for the opportunity to win and good luck to everyone
I’ve been sitting on the same weight for the past month without budging so would like any help I can get….I’ve never tried Weight Watchers so would like to learn more…Thanks.
Lost 11 kilos in 4 weeks following a low carb diet, six days a week. Another 10 to go, but ohhhh that 10! Low carb doesn’t cut it (out) any more, and I want to adopt an eating plan that I can carry on with into the future. Never tried Weight Watchers anything, but am ready to give it a go!
I just recently had 3 weeks off work for school holidays and said i was going to be good and exercise and eat healthy food. I excerised only 3 times and ended up putting on 3 kilos. I have at least 25kilos to loose if not more and really could do with something to get me motiviated. Years ago i did loose weight with weightwatches so hopefully they can help me again and this time to keep it off.
I have joined Weight Watchers Online and this hamper would give me exposure to products that would be a wonderful boost to my success and I may continue to purchase online as any of the products I see in the basket can’t be purchased in my local supermarket.
I desparately need motivation and this is exactly what I need to get me going
I’m a fan of weight watchers products, its seen me lose 5 kilos so far. this little hamper will have me keeping on track for a great future
It would be a great way to kick start my weight loss!
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I’m obese & need all the help I can possibly get
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This pack would be just the push I need to get started on a seriously healthy weight loss regime!
I want to get healthy and fit and don’t know where to start. I NEED HELP!!!
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My weight is not a problem, but what I eat is. I eat terribly and I need something that is healthy and tasty and there. These products would give me the start I need and hopefully get me on track to being healthy and setting a good example for my children.
My weight is just getting out of control! A programme like weight watchers is the only thing i haven’t tried. I recently lost a lot of weight because of gallstones (couldn’t eat much) but have gained it all back. To put it simply, My fat pants are now my full time pants. Oh dear!
I would love to win this to kick start being a bit more healthy. With 2 little ones I just concentrate too much on feeding them breakfast, lunch and dinner and tend to eat very little or worse get take out once they’re in bed!
I’d love to win this hamper because I’m always on the look out for healthy products. I’m sure I could learn a lot from their cook book.
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I love to dance, I love to wiggle, but it doesn’t feel so nice when everything starts to jiggle.
Need your help. Diabetic and going down hill fast.
I don’t really need to lose weight but I’d love this hamper simply because Weight Watchers products are DELICIOUS!
I have tried and LOVE the Weight Watchers Strawberry/Blueberry bars and am taking better care of my body, so I’d love to win this hamper of goodies
Some great products in this hamper to get me motivated… thank you for this promotion…
Need help with motivation
Love my kids and life, want to live as long and healthily as we can:-)
I am trying to eat sensibly and this would really help give me a good start.
Lets be honest most diets work if you stick to them and Weight Watchers does encourage a healthy diet & exercise. This would be great by giving me the tools to stick with it!
with FB we can ask all our friends to help us lose weight… along with wonderful Weight Watchers.
Without Weight Watchers there is no hope for weight loss. I just need a little nudge to get going again to break through that plateau. Help me WW!!!
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My 75 year old mum has just come out of hospital, and finds it difficult to cook etc. This would be a great pressie to give her – good for her and lift her spirits a little.
The Weightwatchers range is really yummy, would love to try some new products.
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I’ve enjoyed some Weight Watchers products in the past. There are some things here I’d love to try! *eyes off the Brownies* Yum!
Cigarettes kept me slim, since quitting Im wobbly all over. Weight Watchers I need you.
While I’m unable to change some things about myself like being unable to defy the laws of gravity where things are drooping south, a congenital back defect which has caused me to have difficulty exercising as I used to and my ongoing back pain causing me to take medications that has done me no favours when it comes to weight gain. I’m hoping that if I win this prize, I can lose enough weight to be able to exercise a little more and thus reduce my weight which in turn hopefully will reduce my back pain to a degree that I can reduce my medications and that I feel happy within myself again.
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I need to prove to my children and husband that healthy food can taste amazing.
weight watchers food is so yummy and you dont even notice the lower calories
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i’ve also shared the giveaway on facebook, thanks so much.
I’d SO LOVE to win this! I need somethign to kick start my weightloss, i WANT to lose weight, I’m not feeling happy about myself anymore, but I lack the drive and the motivation to do it….i’m an emotional eater, with 3 small kids under 5, i eat when i’m stressed, upset, had a bad day, my lunch is a packet of choc biscuits
, LOVE to win, to boost my motivation levels and get back on track to being happy.
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I have 3 kids and have lost control of my weight, would love to get this control back and this may be just the ticket!
I’d love a little bit of help shedding a few kilos that I have been struggling to lose for a while now. I’d love to finally feel confident wearing a swimsuit next summer.
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I have struggled to lose that last 5kg. I’m sure if I win this giveaway I’m sure I’ll be guided in the right direction to weight loss.
I have changed my lifestyle for the better!! Daily I commit to swapping all my nutritionally empty calories for choices that nourish and fuel my body. Combine this with daily exercise and power walking with weights and I’m on top of the world! My motivation and outlook in life is phenomenal. Why I’d love that hamper? Weight Watchers have my seal of approval for encouraging a lifestyle change that’s lasting and educating on alternate life choices for the better.
Because of Weight Watchers exceptional labelling, it would be great to win this hamper to become better informed about the content of foods, and to also learn that ‘diet’ foods don’t need to be tasteless!
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When I’m hit by a midnight attack
I’d have on hand a healthy snack
Oh gee….meds made me fat and I want to deflate!
Because i feel that i need to lose the extra kilos to be that energetic, vivacious mum that i want to be, i am not comfortable at the weight i am.
Love the treats, would be great to help start my healthier lifestyle
my son loves weight watchers food he says their very yummy mum sorry you cant have any because your gluten and latose free person but its ok ill eat them all
This would be great for my mother as she is going to Weight Watchers and on a Pension this would help her so much. Thank you for offering up such a great prize.
I am overweight and just can’t seem to lose the weight no matter what I try. It’s so frustrating! I haven’t tried Weight Watchers – yet.
Already a successful weight watches client – but put on weight since, please I need assistance again to get back on track.
I know Summer is creeping up on me
so is the weight unfortunately
I need a kick start to help the weightloss
so I can wear a bikini this Summer like a boss!
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When I gave up smoking i put on 10kgs which i am finding very hard to lose.Would love to win this:-)
No waste to my waist
Well, I’m only 50kg, lost weight as got sick!! – but would pass a lot of this food onto some bigger friends to try.
I’m shaped like a beachball with legs.
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I’ve been trying to diet and i’m dying to try it!
I tried to put my weight gain behind me;
but it still came out in front -
and rests upon my hiney.
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i need to lose my pregnancy weight
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Lost 24 kilos so far,
So I need a gold star.
Love to lose another ten,
This hamper will be perfect then!
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I’ve never been as successful with my weight loss as I was with Weight Watchers. Would love to kick start my way again with this fab hamper.
I’ve happily lost 8.8kilos over the past few months thanks to Weight Watchers support and the ‘affair’ I’m having with my treadmill. This basket would go to an appreciative home.
Like a gentle foot up the bum..this hamper will inspire me to start the fun!
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Hubby just started a diet to win a contest at work- this can add to his momentum!
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It’d be great to keep eating healthily so i can be ‘Fit and Sporty’ not ‘Fat and Forty!
Pre-kids i preened and primped and maintained a perfect size 6-8 figure. After having my 3rd daughter i nearly choked when i was a picture of myself at xmas, weighing in at over 100kg! Since then i lost approx 40kgs through hardwork and excercise but 4th pregnancy resulted in all of it coming back plus some more eeekkk! 12 month post delivery is next week and now back down by 40kgs and stoked. Have been considering heading off to WW next week to look into their program to shift the last mega stubborn amounts but the costs are prohibitive
Single mum, 3 kids, busy life, i never look after myself and its slowly starting to creep back up much to my dismay! Would love to try some of their things to see if they work how they say they do!
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Hi Meg, just wanted to let you know you have won the Weight Watchers Hamper giveaway on my blog. Congratulations and thanks so much for entering. Can you email me an address to have it sent out to? thetruthaboutmummy@gmail.com I hope you truly enjoy them
Caz
Hi Meg, I’m really sorry but if I don’t hear from you by 12noon today I’m going to have to re-draw this give away. If you have by some chance commented and it hasn’t gotten to me please leave a comment on my facebook page letting me know. Cheers Caz
I am so sorry, just emailed then. Been one of those months and lost track of everything
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I would love to win just because I love weight watchers!
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As an at home mum, I have a habit of snacking whenever the kids do and finishing their meals so they are not wasted. Time I started watching my figure and this hamper will help me for sure
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Wow a fantastic way to try your products as many say they are nice and others say don’t buy them
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I’d like to win because I’ve been exercising every day for months now with little to no results and I think it’s time to bring the diet into it as well
I’m a fan of your page on Facebook (Kate Ryan).
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I too have trouble with loosing weight, and yes I attended Weight Watchers many years ago and it is a program that works. If I never get to loose what I carry now, I have now come to terms with it. (Would be nice to loose just a couple of those jiggly bits!!!!)
No excuses, just put on way too much weight. LOVE to be able to keep up with my young sons, and wake up feeling good about myself each day. With a BMI of 39.9 I don’t have much to feel good about lately. – (Have LIKED on Facebook and followed you on Twitter)
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I have done weight watches before we got pregnant with our fourth boy! And now have five boys, put all of the weight back on and then some…it sure is a Mind Issue with weight.
I love weight watches easy way of looking at meals, calculating what to have/not to have and watching what I eat so that i was losing the weight week by week.
Would love to try getting back to me once again!
as a dedicated Weight Watcher who has strayed just a bit, this would be a great way to get back on the wagon……such an enjoyable wagon to be on with all this delicious food – fingers crossed
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I have piled on so much weight since having a full hysterechtomy 2 years ago and am struggling to lose it, a little help would be wonderful
I am a Health Promotion student and do lots of group collaborative studies in the Uni library. The library allows food and these Weight Watchers foods would be perfect to take; also setting a great example of healthy choices. Losing the last couple of kilos towards my goal wouldn’t hurt much either!
smiles and thanks so much for the chance.
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We are all tying to be healthier Mum’s for our kids and families. Weight Watchers are a long time organisation which has been helping people of all ages keep the kilo’s off. Their support is second to none and I’d love to be involved in trialling the hamper
After years of night duty my weight has spiraled up I have now retired and need to enter the next stage enjoying my friends and family and particularly my grand children who need an active healthy nanny to play with and to love
After weighing in at 176.6kgs around the 12th May (My 3rd child’s 1st Birthday), I have embarked on a weight loss journey – a journey to see me fit, healthy and ALIVE for my 3 daughters. I have now lost 18.3kgs (as of my weigh in this morning), any little bit of help wouldn’t go astray!
liked you on fb and i’d like to win this to get better on my diet
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I’ve had a healthy lifestyle change, so I’m always on the lookout for products that will keep me on the right track.
I think these products should be in every Australian home for healthy, low fat nutrition! How about starting with my home?
I have just had my 3rd baby and need to lose a few extra kgs. Need a new approach than just “trying to lose weight”. Think this would be a great incentive!!!
I need to lose a few kgs and having these lower calories food options in the pantry would encourage me to use them and start the journey
I’d like to lose a few kilos before trying for baby number 3
trying to lose close to 60kgs of extra weight. some from kids, some from before:) this would be a great help!
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I’d like to try the products cos I’m on the life-after-3-kids-diet like so many others. But I mostly want to congratulate Caz on writing such a positive and responsible post. What a wonderful perspective: do what is best for you and your own health – without judgement or pressure to be ‘thin’. Good luck to all of us with our individual health journeys! It’s certainly a tough battle sometimes!
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I would love to win this for my beautiful mum. She has a heart condition and has just been diagnosed with problems with her liver, as a result of her being overweight. My mum really wants to change her lifestyle but she just doesn’t know the proper steps. Sadly she had to leave school at a young age to get a job, so she hasn’t really been educated. Having said that, she is a strong and confident woman who deserves a chance. She said ” I’d die for my family…now I’m going to live for them too.” Thankyou for the opportunity.
I have just started my first attempt at weightloss.
Being 27 and after having my kids piling on the weight, I found myself unhappy mostly when I went clothes shopping.
So …. that was it – I started my journey.
I have lost 11.7 kgs so far but have another 15-20 I would love to lose.
I tend to buy a few weight watchers products due to the low calories.
I would love to win this hamper to help my journey along its way
Good Luck to everyone
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I am currently more than double the weight I should be for my size! Partly because I gave up smoking and because I have a slipped discs in my back that limit the sort of exercise I can do.
I am currently on the waiting list for lap band surgery which is over a two year wait so I have been trying to lose weight by myself. I’d love the opportunity to try the Weight Watchers way.
That dreaded middle-age spread is making all my clothes too small – I need to get a little serious and start to fight back to good health
Need to kick those bad habits and start a new I’ve hit 40 and after kids have put on 10 kgs to much I want to get back to my old self.
I’ve heard weight watchers works, now need to try it for myself.
To give me the push I need, to start behaving…..exercising and eating well again. The cold weather makes me so naughty.
This would be a great way to try Weight watchers products
and see what its like before i join.
Everyone in my family has been sick this winter. I try and be strong for them all but end up snacking my day away with all the wrong foods.
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The kg creep has reached my feet… my size 41 feet are now size 42 – an impossible size to buy.
As well as gently improving my BMI and health prognosis, I’d like to fit into my favourite boots again!!!
gunna need this after i have my baby this month , perfect kick start.
With a cookbook and magazine filled with healthy recipes and many products provided, I would have no excuse to continue promising that tomorrow my diet will start!
Losing weight is not easy at all your try to lose it bit aren’t . This will start me on my way and make remove thse unwanted kilos.
Winning this pack will place me on the right track in loosing that extra weight and together with exercise its a win win situation.
middle age spread has hit in a big way need to lose extra kilos
I’d love to win this pack, because i always get the munchies at uni and i hate having to resort to eating terrible because there are no healthy options! Munching on a Weight Watchers bar during my lecture would give me just the boost of energy i need in the afternoons to get through some tough lectures!
I meant “get started*”.
Thanks for sharing this one. I want to win this one so that I can have a guide in losing weight. I think this is the right book I need.
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This could well be “the shot in my cellulite” that I need to get stared with my weight loss. I’ll leave it smack middle of the kitchen bench and it’ll stare me down to submission!
Since menopause hit me 2 years ago the weight is so much harder to move and is in places it never was before. I just need something new to kickstart a new me
I have 4 children and carry 10 extra kilos from each one. We are TTC number 5 with no luck and I just know it’s my weight holding me back. Would love this hamper to kick start some weight loss
being a senior I have put on weight and badly need some motivation to lose it would love to win this to get me started
With a busy lifestyle we don’t always look after ourselves as best we could. This would be a great start
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I would love to give Weight Watchers a go, being diabetic of 32 years and on numerous medications that have side effects of weight gain, i would love to be able to watch my weight and have it go in the other direction, down instead of up
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I’m 165cm tall and currently weigh 76kg, ideally I should be around the 55-57kg mark. This pack would be a great kick start to me losing some kg’s.
I had to share because guilt free freebies for mummy are awesome!
I am a size 22 and have finally gotten off my butt and decided to lose weight.Besides looking after 7 children all day,cooking,cleaning and organising,I have found time to go to the gym 4 times a week and go for a 30 min walk everyday.Its the food part that gives me grief because diet food costs so much more
6 months since bub no.2 arrived and DH and I are as heavy as ever (including pregnancy!). I feel good about me but we want to be healthy and good role models for our children. The weight watchers approach has saved me in the past and this pack is just the kick we need!
I lost 12kg with weight watchers before kids and I kept it off through my pregnancies. I have put that 12kg back on plus another 10kg since my son stopped breast feeding and I separated from my husband. I weigh more now than I did when I was full term with a 4.6kg babe. Late night comfort snacking on my own has done it I think. I would love to loose those kilos.
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I’m trying really hard to lose the 15kgs I’ve put on in the last 2 years since my lower back and hip bones started breaking down. Unfortuantely that means I can’t do much exercise apart from swimming as it impacts on the joints. Really need hlep in this area and this pack seems like a great place to start.
Lumpy, wobbly bits evaporating (my ultimate dream)….
Thanks Weight Watches, Goodbye depression, hello self esteem!!
That “I gave up smoking “reason.I put on 10 Kilos before I knew it.Just can’t seem to lose it.PLEASE help me.
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Having just given up smoking,the weight seems to be pilling on!having joined weight watchers about 15 years ago and losing 10 kilos I know weight watchers works and the food tastes sensational!
Since having kids,moving to a new state (where I know no one) and quitting smoking – I have gained a bit (ok a lot) of UNWANTED weight. I would love to lose it and this would help me climb my fat arse onto that wagon ;p
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With a diabetic and teen males in the house. Having a new approach to meals could be beneficial to making a family lifestyle change for a healthier future. We would love to cook with Weight Watchers.
The size of my thighs!
I’m fat. ‘Nuff said.
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