Good morning to everyone and welcome to the new ones this month. I was MIA a lot in Sep but only have one trip this month and then I should be back to normal.
I think the checking in at least once a week is a fine idea...not just the same ones responding each day....although you do get good support from these folks and they are appreaciated. But the more support we have the better it is. I was going to say easier but losing weight is not easy. We all struggle day to day to lose this weight but we have to rememberr we didn't get heavy overnight and it will not come off over night. I have come to realize that I will always have a weight problem and will struggle with it the rest of my life. I am 67 so have about 50 more years to deal with it.
I was in TOPS at one time also and having a "forbidden" food is a great idea. It doesn't have to be anything oulandish, something as simple as white bread or sweets or ice cream or white rice...any food that is not good for us. The chapter I was in had each individual put in a food that was their downfall and each week one would be drawn out. If you ate that food for the week you had to put a quarter in. The money was then put into our SRD(State Recognition Day) funds. It's just another challenge we could do on here. If each of us would send to a certain person (chosen by the group) a food we have particular problems with (mine is ice cream) and then that person would pick one each week and post it on a certain day. On that same day we would say if we ate or not the food the previous week. Just a thought.
Y'all have a wonderful, blessed day :-D