Looking forward...glad to be here~

[AlluraD]

Hi...just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. I was a very active member on the forum several years ago. When I first did Atkins it was for about a year and a half and I lost 140 lbs...and went from 340 to 199. I felt great and felt like I looked pretty good too!! *wiggles eyebrows*....I got impatient with a long plateau(several long months) and instead of just being overjoyed by how far I had come I started trying all different things...well...needless to say it has been almost two years since I stopped lcing and I have gained back 60 of the 141 I lost.........so....I am here and ready to get serious and steady yet again.

I have about 110 lbs to lose now and would love to join this forum if you will have me. I just completed week one of induction and am very motivated to stick with this for the long haul. LC has been the only woe that has ever worked for me and believe me I have tried them all......I think I will reread my journal and see what the heck I was thinking to ever leave this wol in the first place!!

I haven't started to excersize yet....recently threw my back out and am healing from that, but it is on the mend and I will begin walking then....also have a rebounder that I am going to haul out tomorrow.

[persimmon]

Welcome back Allura; I remember your face, although you won't know me, I'm sure, because I mostly read and didn't post much. I started reading here in early 2003, and joined a few months later. I was also gone for a long time, 1 1/2 years at least, (I didn't lose a lot of weight first though!) but I'm back again and am so glad to be back! It's good to see you here:)
Elizabeth

[Charran]

Hi Allura! Welcome back! :wave: I also remember your name from way back. I had spent alot of time on the forums too and then sadly had some major setbacks and was gone for about a year, but i'm back again too ( just finishing my first week on South Beach) Hope your back will be doing better soon. I know what that feels like, been there too many times! You did this before and you can do it again. Learn from your mistakes and move on. That's what I'm trying to do! :)

[AlluraD]

persimmon~
Thanks for the hello and the welcome. I know what you mean about being glad to be back......feels like a relief in a big way~

Char~
Thanks for saying hi...I can do this and so can you.....glad we are in the boat together. I did make a lot of mistakes by getting impatient and not relaxing and enjoying where I was till my body and spirit were ready to move again. Will try to keep that in mind this time....looking so forward to feeling better physically again......

[MizKitty]

Hi Allura, welcome!

[MisterE]

Allura, you never left me. You ARE one of the high spots of my nspiration! (And great poetry, too!)

[AlluraD]

MizKitty~
Thank you~ *s*

MisterE~
Awwww........*huge smile* Thank you my friend~*hug*

[london]

:wave: Welcome back!