Hi! I've been lurking and posting and disappearing and lurking and posting on this board almost since it was new. I hope I will be posting again regularly now. I've been on and off Weight Watchers, too -- but THIS time, this year, I've actually lost some weight. I found my January 2008 weigh in booklet. I started at 308 then, and I weighed 288 this morning (!!!). A tiny amount, but huge to me, because I've been gaining and losing 10 to 15 pounds per diet, but, on balance, gaining about five pounds a year for the past 15 years. That was motivation enough to say THIS TIME, and get back on board. I've internalized the program now and basically stay within points without trying too hard. But I'm not making healthy choices consistently, and I hope doing so will up my average from not quite 3 pounds a month to 5.
I've been working very hard to get over You Have To Be Perfect Syndrome. I am facing 60 (I still think I'm 42, but alas....) and I have to grow up sometime
I wanted to make this post rather than just sneak onto a thread, as I usually do, because I've made a few posts under another name in the past year. I was afraid I'd been discovered by a colleague and wanted to hide. It finally dawned on me that people who know me probably have already guessed that I'm fat
I felt uncomfortable posting under an alias, and so I'm back as me.
This is a great board, and the WW section especially is extremely helpful. I hope I'll give as well as receive help this time.