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.
Hi. :)
