I can do this.
 

My name is Nita. I live in Minnesota in a suburb of the Twin Cities with my family (husband & 3 kids). I need to lose weight! Almost 6 years ago I had a gastric bypass & got down to 149 lbs, 1 lb below my dr's goal for me, 9 lbs away from MY goal for me. Since that time I've gotten divorced, pregnant, remarried, we moved away from my childhood hometown/area/family, & I've been the sole support of my new family through a VERY sedentary job. I'm a stress/emotional eater so, yeah, I've now packed on 70 lbs. And it's going to stop. Now. I worked too hard to lose that weight to throw it all away. So, here I am. I don't have a close network of friends down here so my sole support outside of my husband will need to come from the internet community. I'm jumping in with both feet and hope I can make a few friends along the way. :)
Nita

ETA: I weighed in this morning for the first time in almost 6 months. 219. I have to admit I was expecting a higher number but I'm still disappointed in myself. Today is going to be a test because all I want to do right now is go downstairs and eat something.

Welcome Nita, you will find lots of support here at 3FC!

Welcome Pitanita, newcomer myself a couple of days ago. Lets start the New Yr with a fresh approach to everything, to help with shedding the excess weight.

Good luck to you!

Hey Nita
I am also new to the community but not the losing and regaining!Good luck-i know we can both do it if we give it everything we've got.
red x

Welcome! You are going to do great! I love it when a new year starts. It feels like everything starts fresh again and is a good chance to start working on goals for the year. My goal at the start of every year is to get to my goal weight and so far it hasn't happened but I am determined that this is going to be the last year I will have to say that! Good luck to you! :)

Welcome - I am new too but it looks like we found a great place to come for support.

Thank you all for the welcomes. :) I just put my little one down for a nap and now I can finally explore the site. I'm looking forward to making this my new internet "home".
Nita

:wel3fc: pitanita!

Pitanita==I'm just getting started again myself after being away from 3fatchicks since 2005. I am also in the TC area. I belong to Tops--since 2005 but haven't really committed myself to much in the way of sticking to a diet or life change for more than a few days at a time. I really need to start journaling and working out more. Maybe together we can offer each other the support we need. Grandma3 (which is really 4 now!)