Hi! I'm Dell, and I've been here a week or two, and have already started a journal. Was glad to find the Triple Digits Club, as I have more than 100 pounds to lose.

It's just sinking in to me how comfortable it is to come to this site and admit how much I weigh. Let's face it, that's not something we talk about with others face to face. We dress hoping to hide our fat, we are conscious of the looks we get in the grocery store when we buy things people think we shouldn't be eating, we don't tell others when we go on a "diet" lest we fail again, etc. To be able to come here and post stats and talk about our trials in losing and know we are not going to be made fun of or ridiculed is very comforting. Not to mention all the encouragement we get from others here, even just by reading their journals.

I set a goal for myself to reach 130; the ideal weight charts say 121-135. Depending on how I feel and look when I get to 130, I may decide to lose a little more.

My husband is very supportive, and has even joined this WOE with me. He is a diabetic and was on two oral meds and an insulin shot once a day. Last month the dr upped his insulin shot and told him to find an endocrinologist on our insurance plan. I had just started eating LC, and asked him to do it for one month and see if it made a difference before getting yet another doctor. He agreed, especially after I pointed out that his sugar free cookies were 15 grams each, and he was eating several at a time! He is losing weight, has stopped his insulin shot and one of his oral meds altogether, and his sugar levels are normal! In less than a month!

So this is a family thing for us, and in that respect I'm luckier than a lot of other people here. I don't have to cook my meals seperately from everyone else's. Thank goodness!

Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself to this thread, and say hello. I look forward to getting to know each of you.