Hello!
 

I'm a pretty long time member of the TDC. I haven't been active on the site for quite awhile now, but I have strongly been feeling the need to come back. I have been maintaining my loss, in fact, had lost about 15 pounds since my last post here, but lately have been creeping up a little and just basically developing some old habits which is not good of course. I think I got kind of complacent about things. I want to research some new recipes and get to know some new folks here, so I thought I'd start by dropping by and saying a quick hi to everyone! :)

You have maintained so well...... welcome back to the fun and support.

Thanks so much Ms Arielle. I appreciate the welcome back from you. I see we have roughly the same goal and started at around the same place! You are doing very well as well! :)

I want to say welcome, as well, even though I am not a member of the TDC. But I am inspired by maintainers, and those who see the long viewpoint. I do a lot of reading of old threads and seek support and a sense of community from those conversations, and i’ve seen your name and avatar in those threads. It’s good to see you here in “real time.”.

Thank you Blue Ruby. I do see the long view. I have stopped looking at this as a short time fix. This way of eating really just has become my life. Yes, I do cave in at times, but I've stopped beating myself up about it. My progress has been slow and I mean very slow, but it is progress all the same and it has stopped becoming a race for me.