Originally Posted by bkloots

In my extensive experience with weight management and other life challenges, having a support group, or at least a reporting community, is one of the least appreciated and most effective forms of success through accountability. As long as it isn't shaming.

A community like this one gives me and others a chance to share, compare, question, celebrate, learn, fail, and succeed, with like-minded friends along the way. It isn't as impersonal as it might seem, being online and all. Because it's so convenient--a 24/7 talk fest!--it's easy to maintain the connection, unlike meetings. And here you can pick the people you want to engage with, or not.

And when/if I begin to backslide, I know that one of the danger signs is this: I stop going to my favorite forum.

So...go Oprah. Hope springs eternal.