Hello peeps.

I've been wanting to check in for ages now, but haven't posted for one reason or another. I used to be quite a regular. I don't see many familiar faces- or much altogether!

Anybody object if I start a January thread?

40s thread has been very quiet lately. Start a thread, let's try to get it going again!

Excellent! I'll do that!

I'm here, and trying to stay involved, because the support on 3FC really helped me lose weight the first time around. Actually, this was the ONLY place I could be open about my struggles with weight loss, because ever since I first became obese about 10 years ago, I have been ashamed about my weight. Here, I think because of the anonymity, I could speak freely with others who didn't judge me. I think I've been missing that support in keeping up the good fight, so it kind of feels good to admit that I have a problem keeping the weight off, and I hope to explore why.

FYI - I saw this article on the 3FC Facebook page - http://drspencer.com/anti-fat-shaming-is-not-coddling/
Interesting read. I am going to start checking out the Facebook page, because maybe that's where a lot of people go. However, I won't be posting there because, as I said, the anonymity factor is the big reason I feel comfortable posting here, and you post under your real name on Facebook, and your friends see that you posted on the page - not so on this website.