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Hi there. I am new here, and I will admit, a little hesitant to post. I am an almost 40yo homeschooling mother of 4 kids, and I have been struggling in a big way with my weight ever since my 2nd child was born about 10 years ago. By "struggling" I mean that I have watched myself gain enough weight that I am now double the weight I was before I had kids (which was a healthy weight). I have joined and rejoined Weight Watchers more times than I care to count. When I was in college, I used it to successfully lose 20 pounds and become a lifetime member, so there has always been a loyalty. And the accountability that it provides has been the most successful element to any weight loss attempt that I've had. But I am now becoming more interested in some of the ideas of the "Real Food" movement and with the ideas of people like Gary Taubes, which are somewhat in conflict with WW ideas. So that, combined with my difficulty fitting meetings and food tracking into my schedule, has made me slip further away from WW.

My hesitance to post comes from the fact that while I very much WANT to lose weight, I'm not sure if I'm quite ready to actually commit to it. It's hard to start something like this right before Christmas, but then there's always a reason...Anyway, I feel the need to have a place to go for support, so here I am, reluctance and all.

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Hello and :welcome:

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Welcome!

Your reluctance to start just before Christmas is understandable - you might take the next couple weeks to further investigate what changes will work for you, make a plan and perhaps incorporate a small change or two, like taking a 15 minute walk every day and exchanging soda for seltzer water. Small steps work best anyway, IMHO. :) Good luck with your journey to better your health!

Welcome and good luck on your journey!

I am a homeschooling mom as well, and I am also now away from home at my parent home for the holidays, . . . mom is an awesome cook. I am easing into this until we leave the first week of January. So I understand how you are feeling about the timing. I'm giving up sodas, coke is my obsession. Trying to get in more water and eat smaller healthier portions. Also toying around with My Fitness Pal, but will make up my mind as to how to proceed once I am home. Welcome and good luck!!!

Cattails, that was a great idea. Spend the holidays researching and getting used to the idea. When I quit smoking it took me 6 months from the time I really started thinking about it to the time I actually quit. And when I felt ready I picked a quit date 6 weeks in the future. You have to be ready but on the other hand you learn from every attempt that doesn't quite work out.

Welcome!