Getting on, falling off, getting back on....
 

Like another post down below, I joined 3FC a year ago and lost about 15 lbs. Since then, I've gained it all back, plus about 8 lbs, give or take. I haven't posted on here in a long time (and under a different user name!) because I was so ashamed of gaining back all of the weight that I had worked so hard to lose. :o

Well, anyway, I'm eating crow and decided to start over, with a new name (I was previously known as 2Fat4myJeans), and a new year, and hopefully this time... a new me. I went back to the plan that worked - calorie counting - and bought a new elliptical, so now, I really have no excuses.

Getting on, falling off, getting back on and falling off again is starting to get tiring!

:hug: Welcome back, Pants!

You can do this! Dive back in and keep posting to let us know about your progress :D

Hi and welcome!

Don't be ashamed! Many many many successful maintainers have had more than one stab at weight loss. We even did a poll once.

Have you found the calorie counters threads?
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=172

Hi Susan and Faerie, thanks for the encouragement. :) Sometimes I feel like a kid trying to learn how to ride a bike and perhaps I have to fail several times before I finally get the hang of it... ;)

Love the Calorie Counters group...thanks for reminding me of it! :carrot:

Dear girl, you are not alone. :hug: Do you know how mortifying it is to be a moderator and to have regained a ton of weight? :yikes:
That's what I love about the Sisters. They're human and they struggle like the rest of us. We can do this.
I'm so glad you've come back here. :cp:

Just between you, me and the lamp-post ... I'm not at goal weight either!

Originally Posted by SusanB:
Just between you, me and the lamp-post ... I'm not at goal weight either!

Thank you, Susan. :hug: I'm sorry for you, but it's nice to hear.
Oh, that didn't sound right... :lol: You know what I mean. ;)

I'm down 11 lbs... And every time someone says - "Great Job!" "Well done!" etc., I feel like a poser... I have already lost these 11 lbs. over and over and over again... I am ready for a NEW 11 lbs.!!

Do not feel ashamed for regaining! You've lost it once, you can do it again!

:hug:

Oh my gosh, I've forgotten how great this place is. :D You ladies are too funny. And so encouraging. It has taken the shame and embarassment out of having to start all over again (and then some). :p

I keep telling myself, there's no where to go but down... on the scale, that is!

Well SCraver ... you can just hang around with us other posers :hug:

And yes, I know exactly what Ellis means. I feel triply blessed here at 3FC. Not only are there lots of folks struggling with their weight -just like me- there are folks struggling with the same weight again -just like me- and there are folks who have lost, got down, stayed down -like we will some day.

I really like message boards and have been to quite a few but I've never found one with a sturdy group of successful maintainers like we have here.