Lurked for a month, finally making it official today

After a month of quietly reading everyone's posts and soaking it all in, I finally feel ready to say hi. I'm down about 32 lbs and honestly the scale victories plus all the encouragement here kept me going when things got slow. Looking forward to actually being part of the conversation instead of just watching from the sidelines. Anyone else lurk for ages before posting?

Congrats on finally posting, 32 lbs is no small thing. I did the same thing, read for weeks before working up the nerve to comment. Welcome to the other side of the screen.

Took me months to comment the first time so a month of lurking is basically speedrunning it. Congrats on the 32 lbs, that's more than double what I've managed on Victoza so far. Looking forward to seeing you around the threads.

Lurked almost two months myself before my first post, so welcome to the club. 21 lbs down here and I still remember stalling around the same stretch you mentioned -- reading other people's wins really did keep me from giving up.

Louisville here too, funny running into a neighbor. I lurked a good while before posting as well and it was other people's stall stories on Trulicity that got me through my slow patches, so 32 lbs in and jumping in now is a solid move.

Lurked a solid stretch before my first post too, seems like that's the norm around here. Congrats on the 32, I'm sitting at 28 and your pace is definitely motivating me to keep at it through my own slow patches.

Lurker-to-poster pipeline is real, I sat quiet for weeks too. Only 6 lbs in so far but seeing you hit 32 makes the slow start feel less discouraging. Welcome to actually being in the conversation.