Anyone interested in joining me?

Just going to run this again for a few hours, in case anybody missed it, still a week to join us.

I have had an idea and I'm hoping there maybe a few of you out there who would like to join me.

I need to lose weight, with all the thyroid ups and downs (plus a few too many fattening British foods on my visit), once again I have gained and I need to start the reversal before it gets any worse. I do better with support and motivation from others, but do not have the time or inclination to join a club locally, online is just easier for me.

So I am proposing the following:

• Forming an online weight loss support group centered around a new PRIVATE blog, only accessible to the participants.
• You would only report the total number of pounds you want to lose, not your actual weight.
• You must need to lose a minimum of 15 pounds to join.
• We would all 'weigh-in' on the last day of each month and then report our weight loss on the blog.
• The 'biggest loser' each month would receive a motivational, edible or helpful reward from every member by mail, anything up to a $5 maximum value.
• Each member would be a blog 'author' and will be able to publish their own posts to help, inform, motivate or raise questions with the other members.
• Each member must put up a minimum of one blog post every two weeks. This can be anything from a progress report, a question, a recipe, exercise ideas, food/exercise log, a challenge etc.
• If they choose to, a member will be connected with another member/s as their own personal 'buddies' for additional support.
• Everyone is responsible for their own food plan, there will be no correct diet to follow.
• Upon reaching goal the member will post a before and after picture.
• Once goal weight has been maintained for 8 weeks, the group will come up with a suitable reward or celebration.

This is just a basic outline based on my own ideas. But if we get this off the ground then it can be developed further with more ideas from the members.

It doesn't matter how much you have to lose as long as it's over 15 pounds. If you have alot and you want to split the amount so you have realistic targets, that's also fine.

Male or female, any age, any country, any preferred way of dieting, you can even be a member of weight watchers or similar. All I ask is that you are commited to helping and rewarding others, and also prepared to help keep the blog running by posting regularly.

I would like to officially start the group on Monday, January 31st.

If you are interested please email me at sukie175@hotmail.com putting 'WEIGHT LOSS' in the subject line and I will contact you direct with further information.