Please do join us, and don't be shy - certainly no need to post actual weight. This lunch time I talked to my sister in England and she is doing so great with her weight I just want to announce it to the world.
Some years ago she had some serious health problems and her weight ballooned to 388lbs - a BMI of 57.3. Once she was stabilized on the right meds etc, she started to try and lose weight and has been making steady progress plus she quit smoking 5 years ago. Just over 2 years ago I started tracking it for her on a spreadsheet and periodically printing out charts and tables to show her progress.
She has been through various weight loss programs, but essentially it has just been about eating less and exercising more - walking mostly, but also a lot of gardening.
In March this year her Doc was pleased to tell her that she was no longer clinically obese, she was just fat.
She has continued to make steady progress and this week has achieved a loss of 200lb ( a whole brother, plus some!!) Her BMI is now 27.75
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but I am just so proud of her.