LaraStar's Journal, 18 January 2012

Not me Lara :) We started pretty much the same time and I notice we stay in the same weight zone. So, may be I lose weight only when u do..ha ha. 

I'm still here too.... Here for the long haul, even after I have reached target... It's a fun place to be :-) 

Ruchi...how funny, yes we're in this together. Please could you speed up our weight loss and no more sneaky chocolate bars ;) 

Skinny...my first buddy! So glad that you are doing well. What is your new target? You are well below what you aimed for. Well done! 

A loss is a loss...Happy Dance! Yeah!  

I have 4 pounds to go for my new target and then I am pretty much there..... Will then just "go with the flow" BUT weigh in daily to keep a check :-) 

Trublu that's what I said! I am feeling so much more cofident in my own skin ans the compliments keep coming that I am not too worried about the speed anymore. I will get there! Skinny I can't wait to see what you'll do when you get there. It's a whole new chapter, please share any tips. 

Sadly wanting to do this and being ready to commit are not always in the same year, or in my case decade....wish I could bottle the trigger and give it away to those who really need it. Hopefully they will return...you are doing great though XX 

I know it kinda hurts your feelings as they just up and leave one day...not a word of why or anthing..but there are sooo many new ones and I have found that you can not have too many buddies..and like Sk1nny I plan on staying cause of my friends...Take care of you>>:O) 

As Di said, wanting to lose weight and getting on with it are two different things. You have to get it right in your head first. And Bren, the buddies I am talking about have not reached their goals, they seem to have given up. But it's nice to know that many of you will be sticking around. I guess we will need each other's support for maintenance.  

Def will need support in maintenance ....  

I know exactly what you mean, people come here barely get to know them and poof they are gone. Don't know if they made goal, if they are ok, lost their password or found another site. I keep them as buddies just in case they come back which some have. 

Doing great, Lara. Yes it does hurt when people just disappear, but many come back. And it's great to reconnect. the rest of us are all here though, plodding along, taking one day at a time. How's the new gig! 

I must admit I am quite mean to people who dissapear off here, I do a sort maybe every 2 months and if there has been no activity in those 2 months then I remove people from my buddies. I am trying to do this in other parts of my life too, no interaction irl or actively on fb and I unfriend. 

Good point veghead, I just assumed they had given up. Happy plodding along to us, Heather. Sunhine girl, I too am tempted to unbuddy some who joined at the same time as me but have not recorded anything for over 6 months. I see you are decluttering your life after you have decluttered your body. It makes sense to give your whole life an overhaul once you have lost weight. Otherwise you are still the same person as before. I like new foods and don't eat really bad ones anymore. In other aspects of my life, I don't waste time with things that I don't really enjoy. Same as decluttering your wardrobe, some things just don't fit anymore!