Intro

[Guest guest]

Yesterday I finally signed up for this group after listening to the podcast for

several weeks. My name is Connie but this email is set up in my middle name

Francine. I am 58, am 5' 1 and weigh 179. I live in Southern Missouri with my

husband of 39 years. I work full time at our local library cataloging books. So

I sit all day but walk 3-5 days a week either on my treadmill or outdoors. This

weight has been with me for 15-20 years. It just added up over the years so the

formerly thin me wasn't thin anymore. For the last few years I have been off

and on a national weight loss program. I rejoined it again last September and

have managed to lose 17 lbs. Listening to is helping me to realize I have

underlying beliefs that are sabotaging my loss. Weight loss for me has been

very hard. Now I am trying to figure out why I am making it so hard and what

being obese gives me. I have already worked through most of my secret eating,

hording and much of my binging in the past few years but there is still

obviously much I have to work on. The podcasts are helping with that but I'm

having trouble with figuring out a strong toward and away from motivation and

what underlying beliefs are holding me back.

This group of support and supporting appeals to me as a way to work these

questions out as I progress in the podcasts. Right now I'm on 21 but am

thinking of starting at the beginning and putting in more time working on it.

What do you think? Go from where I am or begin again?