Introduction

[Cathy B.]

Hi everyone,
I am new here. Thought I would introduce myself. I started my weight loss journey 3 weeks ago. I have lost 6 pounds so far. I want to lose 150 pounds which is rather overwhelming to think about. I was happy to find this group and join others who are in this for "the long haul".

I live in Maine. I am 54 years old, I am married and I have been caring for my mother full time for the past 6 years. She is in stage 6 of Alzheimer's. Needless to say, my life is very stressful. I am grateful to have found a weightloss program that seems to be working for me and which is providing me with a sense of stability and sanity during this difficult time in my life.

I am following a moderately high protein, moderately low carb plan, more or less of my own design. So far, so good. I bought the FitDay software and have found it very helpful in tracking my calories as well as my carb, protein, and fat grams.

I look forward to walking this path with all of you.

Sincerely,
Cathy B.

[SRabbit]

Welcome Cathy!!!

You and I will end up losing about the same amount when all is said and done, I started a little higher but our goal is the same. I'm 55, so let's do this thing!!!

You will find a lot of support here, not only for your weight loss, but for your life----so this is a good thing that you are doing!!!

Look forward to talking to you here!!

[diemde]

Hi Cathy, Welcome to the TDC! :wave: You will find a lot of support here. Congrats on getting started and your success so far.

What a great thing you are doing in taking care of your mother. That must be hard for you, but rewarding too. :bhug:

I use Fitday PC off & on. At first I was using it to record everything, but these days I just record my weight in it. I love seeing the weight log predictions. I'm hoping that this time around I won't have to track the food I eat in it, but it really helped to do that the first time around.

Good luck in your journey!

[ldypgmr]

Hi Cathy:

Welcome!!! Yes this board is very supportive. Post often!

[Greenwitch]

Welcome Cathy! Dive right in, the water's fine! You'll love it here! I know I do!

[Kandra]

Hi Cathy and welcome! You'll find good support and lots of great ideas to keep the LC WOL interesting and doable.

[Cathy B.]

Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome. I feel right at home already! :-)

I look forward to reading your posts and participating in this forum.

Best wishes,
Cathy

[happy07]

Hi Cathy
This is a great, wonderful, supportive site to hang around. Nice people too :lol:

[Charran]

Hi Cathy...Welcome to the TDC. I know that thinking about losing a large amount of weight can feel very overwhelming. When I started, I didn't think about the whole picture. I thought about little steps and if someone had of told me that I would be half way to goal right now, I don't think I would have believed them, yet here I am. It hasn't always been easy and it's definetely not been fast, but with the support of this forum, I have stuck it out. I wish you all the best!

[stacy0912]

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ita what they said. i started this journey with a 180 to lose..i really can't focus on that since that goal is way to big for me. i focus only on the next pant size down. when i started in october i was a 28 1/2 and now i'm a 22 with 30 percent of my weight loss gone.

before doing atkins this time around i've never stuck to anything longer than 3 months. i truly owe it to the members here with the great support they give, and information, to keep me going for over 5 1/2 months now.

i'm sorry to hear about your mother and the strain it must be to take care of her and to see her in that condition. i give you so much credit to be wanting to take care of yourself at the same time...what an awesome choice you made, i'm rooting for you!!!

[Kandra]

i focus only on the next pant size down. when i started in october i was a 28 1/2 and now i'm a 22 with 30 percent of my weight loss gone. Congratulations on your new pant's size you are doing great!!! Stacy that's such a good idea about looking at the goal as smaller chunks or steps. I set my first goal as getting under 200 and I've been feeling bad about 'only' losing a pound or two. I need to rethink my goals. Thanks.

[MizKitty]

Welcome Cathy! Do stick around, you'll find all the support and advice you could ever need here!

Congrats on your great start!