Video summary
In this heartfelt return to YouTube, Anita introduces herself as a 59-year-old grandmother who is restarting her weight loss journey after gaining sixty pounds during the global shutdown. She explains that while she was previously successful with Weight Watchers, losing fifty pounds and feeling great, the pandemic caused her to withdraw into bed, become agoraphobic, and rely on alcohol to cope, which led to significant weight gain. Now that her grandson has moved out and she has decided enough is enough, Anita has cleared out her alcohol, stopped drinking, and is ready to reclaim her health, admitting that she currently struggles with breathing and mobility but is determined to reverse the damage.
Anita emphasizes a philosophy of radical honesty and simplicity in her approach to weight management, stating that she sticks strictly to the green plan on Weight Watchers because it works for her without overthinking complex carb counting or other variables. She shares that even though she tracks her points meticulously, she acknowledges that going over the limit still leads to weight gain, which is why she has been drinking gallons of water and focusing on hydration. Her goal is not necessarily to hit a specific number dictated by the program's ideal weight but rather to lose the sixty pounds she gained, aiming for a sustainable target where she feels healthy enough to enjoy activities like visiting Disneyland without getting winded.
The video concludes with Anita expressing genuine excitement about her comeback, noting that this is the first time in over a year and a half that she has felt truly motivated again. She welcomes both returning viewers and new subscribers to join her adventure, inviting them to comment on their own programs or simply observe from the sidelines if they prefer. Before signing off, she introduces her small black Chihuahua named Kitty, who sits like a cat, and encourages everyone to drink water and find their way to the bathroom, promising that future videos will feature more of her dog and her continued progress as she works her way back down to where she wants to be.
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i have a fan on me because it's like 500
degrees in here
hi
happy friday i was not prepared to make
a video this morning
i slept on wet hair
but it smells good you want to smell it
so i make no apologies i kind of wasn't
planning on making a video today
and then i thought
let's make a video today
for those who are new here stick around
i'm gonna introduce myself
give you a snippet of my story for the
original hundred i'm so happy to see you
do you have your water
okay like i said i wasn't planning on
making video light sucks
uh lighting stinks hair stinks
everything stinks
but i don't stink
welcome here my name is anita this is
chit chat paddy wack
i am a 59 year old grandmother of three
one of whom lived with me up until
four months ago
i lost 50 pounds on ww
and i was scooching along i was feeling
good i was looking good billy ray
what movie is that from
and then the world shut down and when
the world shut down
i shut down
and i took to my bed
and i uh
i don't bury my
self in food
but lady to those of you who don't know
me you can call me anita
you look kind of on the heavy side
because i like to drink
when things are not going well and let
me tell you guys
alcohol packs on the pounds
so while the world was shut and then
after my grandson went to live with his
dad
my
depression was drawn out a little long
and i'm gonna put this out here for all
of you guys
just to be honest with you
because i'm all for honesty
i gained
sixty pounds
while we were down
not six
not
sixteen
six zero sixty pounds
and that was from not moving because i i
did a lot of sleeping
i did a lot of sitting i got agoraphobic
while we were shut down so when we kind
of opened up again i've been having
trouble getting out the front door
and then i decided two weeks ago enough
is enough
i know my body doesn't feel well i can't
go up and down stairs without breathing
hard i can't do disneyland
and i just had to get my poop in a group
do you guys all have your water i know i
asked once now i'm asking again
so
the whole time through all of this i
have tracked i'm a major tracker
but even when i would go over a hundred
million points
no matter how good you track if you're
going over you're gonna gain right so
i gained all that weight
i'm back on board
the bottles of alcohol have been cleared
out
my desire for the alcohol is gone
because my health is more important
something
clicked in my head
i still can't look in the mirrors
because you guys i was like looking
swell i was really happy with myself go
to my older videos have a look for those
of you who are new here i have a
playlist of recipes
and what i call cook with me is and you
look at me on you you'll collect your
pearls you'll be like
holy cow she did put on a lot of weight
but you are going to be here with me to
watch me take it all back off again
okay so here's the story friday is and
always has been my weigh-in day oh i'm a
little to skew huh
and i weighed in today to this week was
my first official the last time
i had an alcoholic beverages i had one
last
friday night
and uh
i've been drinking gallons and gallons
of water i'm big on the water so when
you come to click in and watch my videos
those of you guys who are new i hope
you'll stick around hope you like and
subscribe
i'm down three pounds this week here's
to me everybody take a drink
three pounds i'm so excited
so let me tell you guys my plan who are
new here for you guys who are back
i'm so happy to see you i've missed you
guys so much i know
i've been coming on and doing some lives
i'm on my phone right now i've got to
get set back up for regular videos and
i'm going to but i just i had to start
somewhere right
so
i don't want to make a long video but i
just want to get a couple things across
to anybody who
wants to know what i'm doing might be
struggling
i keep my program
really simple
super duper simple i'm on the green plan
99 of the time that i've been on wwe i
have been on the green plan i've dabbled
in the other plans green is for me
i like green it works
i drink my water
i track
i weigh and measure
i drink my water and i track
what else do i do oh yeah i keep it
really simple
i keep it really really simple i don't
overthink the stuff i know a lot of
folks watch their carbs and and they do
different programs i can't i can't get
that involved in my head because once
that's all swirling around in there
it does me in so i keep it in i stick to
my points when i'm out of points i stop
eating pointed food
if i have to eat something i'll eat
something that's zero points nothing is
free remember no nothing's free
so i'm excited
i'm super excited i'm out of breath i
don't like it but this is gonna be my i
don't like the j word i don't like the
journey word so what other word can we
put in there
my adventure back
to weight loss
so i'm here starting new
being totally honest
trying to think if there's anything else
you guys need to know
to anybody who's new here i welcome you
welcome you know i live with my sweet
husband steve you'll be seeing him
he has been my biggest cheerleader uh
he's so supportive
when i got hit with my agoraphobia he's
bought he goes to the store and he buys
my foods and he knows what i like and he
cuts up my watermelon and he does all
this stuff for me
he's really popular around here in the
chit chat paddy whack party not just
with me
so you know
welcome back to anybody who's back stick
around
to anybody who's new welcome
pop in below introduce yourself let me
know what program you're on if you're
comfortable if not you just want to sit
in the back of the room and watch
as we get back down to where i want to
be
i do want to preface by telling you guys
i'm not going for the number that ww
thinks i should be at it's totally
too low
because when i got down
i never have shared my weight on here
and i don't think i'm going to now but
i'm 60 pounds overweight so that's all
you need to know right
when i dropped that 60 pounds i'm gonna
stay there ww wanted me like
20 pounds lower than that no man
i'm a i'm gonna be 60 years old in may
it's just not doable and i was happy at
the 60 pound mark from where i am now
down
so we're going down we're gonna do this
do you have your water
i'm excited you guys for the first time
in
one and a half years i'm really excited
again usually i plan my videos
i kind of have my hair done a little bit
i
you know i it wasn't planned i wanted to
come on here because i was watching my
friend kate
and i thought oh you know what for some
reason there's some of my my older
friends not older in age but old friends
from youtube when i see their videos
like kate and amy
and kat when i see them
it inspires me sandy
and i like
i want to get on and say hi to the kids
and make video
so excuse this
i'm excited this is about the word not
about the looks
i am on instagram under the same name
there's a couple underscores there
somewhere i don't know where but if you
put in chit chat anyway you'll find me
if you want to dm me with any questions
or anything over there
uh but but i know what i'm doing i did
it before oh i hear kitty dog also our
dog kitty come here
when you got it you gotta meet kitty
i've done this before i know how to do
it i'm a great weight watcher when i
follow the plan when i do it
i kick major butt man and i say that
with my head hill high
but when when the world went down
nina went down kitty dog
we have a little black chihuahua her
name's kitty because she sits like a cat
but you'll see her soon
so welcome three pounds down i'm gonna
do this i'm so happy to be back here on
youtube with you swells
and uh i'll be i'm gonna i gotta set up
my camera gotta do all this stuff but
next time i see you here she is kitty
dog kitty come here girl
kitty
kitty dog there she goes
this is her world we just live in it
have a great day
drink your water
and know where your bathrooms are
i'll see you soon out