I’m a change addict. I love a new day, a fresh start, a clean slate and every other cliché you can throw at me.

But change isn’t always pain free.

Take the recent events over at BCB. During a much needed, but perhaps not completely well thought out, spring cleaning of the boards, my whole little part of the community was wiped out.  Literally all our posts from forever were accidentally lost.  When some of my friends commented (and I never saw what they said), they were permanently banned from the boards.

What to do?  I have years and years of history there and can honestly say that the BCB mind set was the first step towards learning to take and keep weight off.

But I have exactly the same number of years history with those particular individuals, some of whom post here too.  For a couple of days I lurked at the new board and tried to find a place but just couldn’t summon up the enthusiasm to make new “friends” when the people I had connected with were elsewhere.  So I decided to join the crew at our invite-only facebook group.

Exclusive?  Yep – but lots of people are over there and we’re still supporting  each other and working through the issues that trip us up every day.

I still think BCB should be the first port of call for anyone who feels stuck on the weight loss roller coaster – for anyone who feels weak and powerless in the face of chocolate – for anyone who needs a good kick in the pants.  For that reason, I’ll leave the link here, but I won’t be back because it’s time to move on.

Besides Weight Watchers, this is the group that has got me further towards food sanity than any other.  Why?  Because they will lovingly tell you to suck it up if you fail on your Weight Watchers journey.  It’s not that they don’t tolerate weakness – everyone on that board admits to weakness – it’s just that they don’t tolerate failure that doesn’t lead somewhere positive.

So you ate 7,000 calories at your cousin’s wedding?  Tell us what you’re going to do next time.  Even better, if social gatherings are your weakness, come here before each and every party and tell us your plan for the event.

The accountability is second to none.

And there’s a place for everyone – even non-American peacenicks like me who, frankly, aren’t very comfortable with the military imagery.

Anyway, last year a few of us decided that “just doing it” could get the weight off but not keep it off and we started a special thread to work through the stuff that gets in our way.  And that is the basis for this blog.  I’ve only moved it away from BCB because I want this to speak to people who aren’t necessarily following Weight Watchers.

Cheers Buddies.  Forgive the cliché, but I couldn’t have done it without you.