My mom always taught me to introduce myself, so ...

I'm 37, and I live in Wash DC. I'm a government employee and group exercise instructor.

I've followed Weight Watchers for many years, with about a 70-lb loss overall (with about 50 to go). I'm a HUGE fan of WW for myself, but I understand that others find success in other places. It's all good as long as you're healthy and happy.

I always say I'll just lurk, and then I can't help myself, heh.

Welcome to 3FC, GGG!

It's great that WW is working for you. Congratulations on a fantastic weight loss - keep up the good work!

Weight loss is a daily struggle for me! I have tried almost every diet out there. But truth be told....The only one that really works is watching what you eat and exercising. I have dropped a large amount of weight but have not hit my goal. I have hit a plateau! Need some do's and don'ts that have worked for you. Thanks!

Weight loss is a daily struggle for all of us. Believe me, I'm not skipping around, singing happy weight-loss songs as I box up half my meal, and blissfully sipping my Coke Zero over here, either. It sucks, but being fat sucked more.

Geez, I wish I had some great tips, but as I'm still seeing my goal off in the distance, I'm not sure I have many! I did most of my losing in 2004 - 2006, and have been inching down ever so slowly ever since.

I know that I got a leeeeetle lazy when I shrank out of plus-size stores and into "mall stores," and that's partly why I haven't gotten there yet; I looked pretty good, I got some pretty new clothes, and ... **pause.** I likely need a new reason to keep shrinking.

But I consider it a huge success that I haven't gained the weight back. I put maybe 10-12 lbs back on about 2 years ago, and I buckled back down; those are now gone, and I need to attack the remaining 50 lbs.

Good luck to you. I feel your pain.

Hi there,

I just joined today, too! I wish both of us luck. I am rejoining WW this week, I lost 35 lbs on it 10yrs ago. I am also going to intersperse fasts (which I absolutely love doing!).
Welcome!

Welcome to 3FC!

Hi, I'm new here too and just wanted to say Welcome! Weight Watchers didn't work for me. Well, it would work for a few months and then I just couldn't stick with it. My mom and my sister are both WW lifetime members, but it allowed too much freedom for me. I started Medifast 4 days ago and it's going great so far.

It seems like there are quite a few of us newbies starting this week - maybe we should start an April 2013 newbie sub thread so we can support each other since we're all sort of starting out here.

Welcome and good luck on your journey!!