REALLY trying not to sound awful... BUT...

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  • 1KiwiChick
    1KiwiChick Posts: 479 Member
    Hey Luc, well i am your pal on her and am honoured to be!!! I totally get where you are coming from as i felt the same way hence why i deleted all my real life friends!! They were not happy but i said you are involved in my everyday life this needs to be for me! Love ya lots and am proud of you for posting xoxoxox
  • bkgirl2001
    bkgirl2001 Posts: 11
    I am 30, a nurse, and have the goal to lose 150 lbs. I just started this new journey of mine 2.5 weeks ago and I have already lost 18 lbs. That is very exciting for me but it is so much more than the numbers. I am in general very hard on myself but as a part of my journey I am try to give myself "pats on the back" for putting in the effort and forgiving myself when I mess up. For me I am working on integrating change 1 week at a time though I am tempted to do more sometimes to just get this weight off. I keep telling myself I did not pull this weight on in 1 week,, or 1 month, or even 1 year so it will take time to take it off and that is OK. The community is making every bit of difference for myself this time and I would love more friends.

    Sent you a friend request. Let's be each other's cheerleaders!! :happy:
  • MiaOrange
    MiaOrange Posts: 151 Member
    Feel free to add me. I've been having stress raising one of my kids, am in med school and gained these past couple months. A lot of people dropped me as friends, so time to share encouragement with others.
  • Nijm
    Nijm Posts: 7 Member
    Count me in, I'm open to encouraging and supporting one another on this journey!
  • Nijm
    Nijm Posts: 7 Member
    I'll join your squad!
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    Strangers > Real Friends

    I found it was much easier to relate someone on the same boat. Also your hiding behind a username which makes asking a questions a hell of alot easier. Like they say its much easier to hunt in a pack then alone.
  • grandpoobah12
    grandpoobah12 Posts: 138
    Hi, sure add me too. I could use the support also. Being a naive dieter I am finally finding my way to lasting weight loss after trying everything under the sun.

    I am so done with that. I` d like to add everyone in this thread. Maybe that`s what I`ll do. Please be my friend and I will back you up too,.

    Jessie
  • liya368
    liya368 Posts: 122 Member
    Hahaha. Not awful at all. I won't tell any of my real life friends about MFP because I don't want them to find me for the sme reasons you stated. In real life I'm a pretty private person but it is a little easier to share here since we are all struggling.

    Feel free to add me I'm always looking for new friends; as long as we don't really know each other. Lol
  • Feebletooth
    Feebletooth Posts: 11
    Totally understand!There is something that makes it easier to open up to strangers then to those you know! Feel free to friend me also.
  • mld2003
    mld2003 Posts: 31 Member
    I don't think it sounds awful at all, it makes perfect sense to me. For the most part any one I know in real life has too much of an opinion about how I lose weight or try to discourage my trying to live a healthier life. So I prefer having the majority of my "real life" friends kept seperately.


    BTW any one feel free to add me, I do always appreciate friends and encouragement, and try to do the same.
  • Grankakes
    Grankakes Posts: 128 Member
    i'm with you. i can say things here that i can't tell 'real' friends. and i have a sister in law that would drive me nuts HELPING me if she knows i'm on a diet of anykind. she's a fanatic about food and fat and calories, etc.. i won't even go there. i've started my journey too many times to count. but i've got 2 precious grandchildren, one is 16 mos and the other is 2 weeks, and i've got to get healthy so i'll be able to do lots of things with them. i also like to walk by myself. i know some people like to walk with friends and go to weight watchers or other meetings with friends, but i'd rather have my online friends here. add me if you'd like! i'm 54, married 30 years, 2 great sons and 2 wonderful daughters in law and 2 perfect grandchildren! and i've got an even 100 pounds to lose.

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