What can we do to keep this board alive?

Ok guys just some simple questions here...the board has been boring for awile. I lurk so many times a day for just a little activity....I do have a life I promise.I need this board for support and encouragement and I am sure so many of you do....What can we do to make this board HOP? Is there a daily post we want to add, a contest to help us with our struggles. What can you suggest. I of course would never want to offend anyone but help me out here. How would you liven it up? I know most are busy living and I am happy for you but missing you at the same time... Love Chris

I like you have a life, but this board and the people on it are my support system. I don't have time right now to go to a sit down face to face group. But I can come here any time of the day or night and know that there will be some good friends with some good thoughts and advice. I miss everyone as well. Right now I don't have any ideas, but I will start the old though processes and try to come up with something. Hazel

I assumed most people were still busy from the holidays....somtimes it can linger. But I agree that we need to keep this board hopping! Roll call usually gets a lot of folks to respond. Um...menus gets no one to respond!!! I feel jaded!! I'm just kidding...I mean, I would love for folks to post, but hey if they don't want to...then that's them. I know a good number of people are embarassed about what they eat. Um, people....we ARE NOT 4 weeks outta surgery anymore! We're gonna be eating more and we're gonna be eating good stuff! We're not gonna be losing 4 lbs. a week anymore either....sorry, that's just how it works. I think I'm the only proud person on here that's happy that I ate cake and ice cream. I'm weird like that. Sorry, Chris...I got on my own little soapbox. I would do roll call, but I can never come up with good questions! I'll stick to doing the menu most days. Let's hook it up a bit! April

I used to always respond to this but since my surgery I have been eating weird, I promise starting next week when I go back to work I will post my menu it helps me stay on track. Tori

Thanks, Chris. I, for one, am sorry that I have been so sloppy with posting for the past several months. I hate to say it's because I've been busy because we are ALL busy...but, honestly, I feel like my life is a merry-go-round that I can't get off lately and I am just soooo tired all the time! Waaaaaa! Still, I lurk a lot and keep up with most everyone's successes--though I just found out about Jersey being unwell --so I haven't kept up as much as needed. I enjoy all posts but benefit most (oddly?) from hearing about everyone's struggles...it makes me feel better when I read that others still have the same food issues as I do- the empathy really buoys (sp?!?) me... I feel like I know everyone on the board--when I read your posts I imagine your voices---tee-hee.... I think the board is still pretty lively--but maybe we should have a 'swimsuit competition'?!? or a 'who has the fleshiest batwings pre-PS contest' or something- LALALALA---More seriously, I did quite like it when Dawn did our biggest loser stats-- Cathy

I need to apologize as I've haven't been around much since I've gotten home from Vegas. I cam home with a rotten cold and it turned into more....bronchitis, laryngitis, etc. I'm just starting to feel better so I promise I WILL be around more. I have been lurking but not posting much. Promise, promise this will increase. Sending hugs, Ronna

Chris, I absolutely agree, we need to do something! It truly seems that it has gotten even slower since Vegas....I would've thought just the opposite Anyhow, I am like Hazel, I don't have time for local support groups, this is all I get because I know you are all here for me 24/7! The only suggestion I have is a daily question or roll call, it seems everyone responds to that....I only ask that at least one of the questions has something to do with why we are here, that way it is helpful and not just out of boredom. I would love to do this, but not everyday. I will post for today and maybe the first one to respond can do tomorrow? I have to go to work so I'll check back later...... Karyn

I too feel this board is just now a handful of us posting most of the time. If lurkers would make a bigger effort to post, it would help. I have become fairly active like Jen on our Texas message board, which is also people fairly nearby you have more of a chance to meet. Sometimes I wish I was a little closer to Houston. I don't have a lot of time to go there. A group from Houston meets on Sat. nights sometimes, but it's always 1 1/2 hrs. away and they eat and go dancing. My husbands gone, I'm busy, whatever. One day I'm gonna get someone to go w/ me. I do go to my surgeon's support group when I can, but sometimes I don't feel up to driving 1 1/2 hrs. each way after a long day of work! If everyone would try to post what they ate...hey...we all eat stuff we shouldn't some time. I sure have the past couple of days. If you post...you're much less likely to eat a bunch of extra stuff...nobody's gonna flame you if you do though...I have yet to see someone reply to a post of someone's daily menu w/ ..."oh my God you big fat hog...why did you eat that...are you crazy...you're gonna gain all your weight back"! Which is what most of us think of ourselves when we do eat something we shouldn't. Post...post...post...make a concerted effort to reply to other's posts. Jaci...this is for you. I feel bad because I have a great molasses cookie recipe and didn't reply to your cookie post because I haven't felt good and didn't go drag out the book and dig thru it that has the recipe. I'll try to do it in the next day or 2. Remind me if you want it. We should all work on this, or our little board will keep dwindling down and get totally boring...5 little old wrinkled, yet think ladies posting 10 years now...wearing red and purple, no less! I don't really want to lose all of you to a boring board... Karla

I agree Chris, the board has gotten very quiet. I loved it when everyone was on here telling all the good stuff and the bad about there day. I loved it when Dawn started the "girls" picture posts and the Butt posts the legs post... I'm sorry if it offended anyone but come on we're all adults here.. I can't believe people have a problem seeing other womens or mens bodies in shorts or bathing suites. We haven't been able to wear them comfortably for years. And I for one have no problem showing off my body to a point now!! We are all doing so good it's great to see our accoplishments! It's almost swimsuit season I say.. POST your new body in that new bathingsuit and be proud of yourself!!! I will start posting what I eat. You all will just fall over dead when you read it..LOL Hugs, Anna