Hi all! I'm Katya, and I suppose this would be my generic newbie post. The forums here are so full of support and kindness. I'm anxious to grab a little of that for myself (and happily dish it out in abundance!)

I'm twenty-five pounds from my longterm goal weight, which is an exciting place to be considering I began this process several years and more than fifty pounds ago. These are definitely proving to be the most difficult for me. But I've kept going as I have from the beginning, taking it off ten pounds at a time however long it takes, "I will try again tomorrow" as my mantra. I'm an emotional eater, so I try very hard to take into account how I'm feeling before I raid the fridge.

It seems as though I've lost and gained the same five pounds a dozen times! I'd like to try setting small goals, maybe 4-5 pounds per month, and see if I have a little more success with that approach.

Thanks for listening and lots of admiration and encouragement to everyone!

Hi :wave: & :welcome:

I am sure in a short time you will meet many of us and be finding the support we love to give to help others reach their goals :D

Katya-
I'm responding to your journal b/c your story sounds much like mine. I just put my first post on this sight, and have about 25 pounds to lose myself. I have been working on this since I was 18 and I am 29 now. I have also struggled with losing and gaining the same 10 lbs. Maybe we can continue to offer each other words of motivation.

Okay Katya, I absolutely adore your name. I always wanted a cool name like that.

Now that I said that, Welcome to Diettalk!! Its great to meet you!

A most definite welcome to diettalk :D