1. Are you struggling? If so in what area?
Consistency. I'm not really good at the steady state. I tend to start and stop. A lot. This is ALWAYS a problem. I have big plans but...not so much usually with the follow through.
2. What do you think would help you?
That's what I try to use this forum for as well as my blog and my weight loss challenge group I started with my family (and boy, you want to talk about unconnected...I'm moderating for 9 people and if I'm lucky, I can drag one response a week out of about half of them besides their weekly weighin. I don't even know if they read my emails that I send out to motivate them!)
3. Are you excelling at something? If so what area?
Right now, it's the planning. I am planning things well. Especially food!
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As for the unconnectedness, this is my first challenge so I don't really know what it was like before. I feel some amount of support but I'm not really sure how much I should give out. I'm afraid to come across as nosy, nitpicky or pushy (all of which I've been told I am). I read everything everyone posts but I never know what to say usually. As for personals...um. Yeah. I have a really hard time with names and just recently figured out the whole quote button thing. That is helping a lot!
My take on all of this is - most of us seem to feel shy/nervous/worried that people are going to judge us in this group. I think we need to try to let a lot of that go.
P.S. Diva, when we first started this challenge I actually thought you were like the co-leader/sub-leader/assistant leader. It's only recently that I determined that you're just the one who's been stepping up to help out when help is helpful. :-) I feel like I should have been helping out more but major kudos to you for doing it!






Actually, things have gotten easier. I've been on this journey now for eight months, and it is almost second nature to me, plus my family (especially my Dad) has become a lot more supportive. I think that they thought this was just come kind of fad that I'd give up after a while, but I think they are really starting to see how dedicated I've become. My Dad even called me skinny the other day (he was being a bit premature, but it still made me feel great!)