RNMom You should not feel like a hypocrite at all! None of us work a perfect program, the key is that we don't give up!!! We loves ya girlie!

Hypocrite???? No way, RNMOM! Here I am stuck around 200 for two years and I'm giving advice? Oy vey!

RNMOM - This hasn't been a good summer for me weight-wise but I do have advice I can give (now if only I followed my advise). We can do this. August is a brand new month and I'm starting it fresh and you can too. I've missed having you around.

It's amazing how you can KNOW so much nutritionally and yet not follow through on it at all. I was with my grandpa, who just had heart bypass surgery, and we talked all about the diet the doctor put him on, trans fat, fiber, etc, and I was like, "Man, if I ate the way I know I should, I would be so skinny and buff!"

Jessie

RNMOM, if you're a hypocrite, then so am I! You are so much like me that you could be my twin sister! I've been dawdling around between 140 - 150 lbs for two whole years now, when I should have reached my goal long ago! Honey, we are not perfect, and we enjoy life. (Unfortunately, that includes food.) All we can do is try our best. Barb's right, August is a whole new month and another opportunity to start over again. Believe me, you'll have lots of company. Don't give up, when you get discouraged, just PM me, and we'll encourage each other, OK?

RNMOM - I've actually reached my goal 3 times in the past 4 years. Each time I've gained it back and THEN SOME. I can tell you what I did wrong each time - could have told you THEN what I was doing wrong. I educate people all the time about weight and their bodies and the effects of carrying extra weight and all the while I'm carrying my own. I feel like the doctor that tells you you're going to kill yourself smoking - and then lights up, right in FRONT OF YOU!

We all struggle with this...otherwise we wouldn't need the support so much. This website wouldn't exist. It's here so that people who are experiencing the strong moments of life can give a lift to the people in those weak spots. It all levels out in the end. You just have to keep getting back up!

Not one single person here is as good as we wish we could be. We're all trying harder next month..If it's not weight - it's relationships, or parenting, or education...we're ALL struggling with something. I'm glad you're here!!