Aw, shucks ... thank you for the lovely compliments.
Babysteps, if I ever wrote a book, I'd have to call it:
The NOT E-Z, NOT Quik, NOT Painless Diet (Losing Weight Takes Sweat, Hard Work, And Planning And It's Every Day For The Rest Of Your Life)
-- and no one would buy it!
Or I'd write a book about maintenance and no one would buy it either because most people ASSUME that their weight will magically stay off once they make it to goal (good for you, Kat, for thinking about Life After Goal
).
If I ever wrote a book, it would have to talk about support and encouragement and how we can't do this alone. I honestly never believed that I could keep off the weight until I met MrsJim here.
She showed me that it's possible to keep off more than 100 pounds for more than 15 years (!) without being obsessed. And now we've got an awesome group of Maintainers, all working together to defy those dreadful statistics about regain. Oops - wait a sec - there already is a book like that:
3 Fat Chicks On A Diet: Because We're All In It Together!
Babysteps, you'll find your way. You'll figure out what's right for you and go for it and you know you'll have our support 100% in whatever you chose.
I was a member here at 3FC for a l-o-n-g time before I finally lost the weight. Even when I was struggling, I came here and read every day. I must have tried and failed a thousand times!
But finally all the lessons I learned came together for that last diet - number one thousand and one - the one that worked.
Trust me, I get back so much more here than I ever could give. I owe my success to everyone at 3FC - honestly, I couldn't have done it without all of YOU!
(so I guess you'll never be able to get rid of me
)