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Hello everyone, I have signed up to be a part of this forum, so I can trqck my weight loss/gain over the coming months. My husband and I would like to start a family soon, and at the advice of Doctor, I am working on loosing as much weight as I can before trying to get preggers. She would like me to loose what I should gain during the pregnancy, which according to "Obese" pregnancies is anywhere from 15-20 pounds. I noticed that upon signing up for this website, that all they ask you is about surgeries, not so much support or information for loosing it naturally, so I was glad tgo find this forum, which appears to be just that. I would like to get one of those weight calculators that moves as you loose weight, so if anyone knows how I can get one, I would appreciate a post. Well, I think that's it for tonight... just wanted to say hi to everyone.. Wish me luck!!!

Welcome, Snugglepotomus.  Yes, this website is very much geared to wls, but there are quite a few of us who post on this board who are trying to lose weight without surgery.  It's rather slow in here tonight though.  (Ha, that's the understatement of the year)  As far as a weight calculator, I think you mean what they call a ticker.  Go to tickerfactory dot com and follow the instructions.   By the way, my husband works in St. Louis and we live about 40 minutes across the river in Illinois.  Glad to meet you.

Thanks for the welcome "BFRENCH" I found the weight calculator, and now I can't find how to edit my signature in my profile, so I can't get it in there.. UGH.... If you know how I can get to it, I would appreciate a post. Glad to hear that you are near.... I found a forum for people in Missouri on here, but they are all having surgery.. UYYYYY.... Thanks again, Snuglepotomus

Click on Help in the top right corner of the web page.  It says it has tutorials, so should help.  I  (obviously) have never done it myself, but might attempt it one day.

Just in case you didn't figure out how to adjust your signature..... On the left hand side of the screen you will see....

• Forum Home
• Message Board
• Recent Posts
• Chatroom
• Member List
• User Settings

Click on User Settings and you'll be able to adjust there.  One piece of advice, do not copy and paste the code in there.  You have to copy the actual picture of the ticker and paste that.

 I THINK THIS IS THE SLOWEST I'VE SEEN THIS BOARD IN A LONG TIME.......

Good morning, Welcome to our humble little board.  LOL!  We always love newbies....we will do all we can to answer any questions you have and give you all the support we can...so come on in.  Glad you are here! 

Welcome aboard!  You will see that there are lots of movers and shakers on this board and we are so excited that you are joining our ranks!

Welcome to the family!!  Good luck on your weightloss journey and getting pregnant in the future!!   Sonja

welcome snugs! Yeah, usually we come here to whine, but lots of times, somebody says cool stuff. Best of luck, but that sounds so final. Hope you stick around.