Hi Sherri,

Congratulations on your pregnancy and that you are having such a wonderful experience.

I look forward to getting to know you.

All the best and continued success,

Barb

Hi Jen,

It's nice to meet you. I am new to this forum, but an oldie on OH. This is a great thread.

I too have reached goal and am maintaing. Like you I have learned that I can push limits and admit that I do at times, but I also track what I do and make corrections. I know that before, I basically acted like a fat ostrich with my head in the sand all the time. I didn't make myself be accountable to me. Now, I weigh every morning and a log what I eat. Do I always make the best choices? No ... But, generally, I do make better choices... For me, I think that awareness is going to be the thing that will help me in the long run.

Like you, I attend the formal support group meetings that my program holds each month ... I just went to the one they had last night and guess what the topic was? ... Your thread is almost a dead on match! It was about long-term success, regain, etc...

I also started a local support group here in Raleigh and I have over 160 members. We meet once a month and social networking is the focus, though I have had folks ask me to have people come speak and it may be something that I'll look into. If you have any questions on how/what I do, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks again for the thoughtful thread.

All the best,

Barb