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The appetite shifts are the part I wish I had written down too. I only started my log around week six and had to guess at the first month from memory

I skipped the intro thread entirely and just started posting in Medications, which probably says something about me. Is the Introductions section actually worth doing or does it mostly get buried after a day?

Wish I'd seen this before I started. I jumped straight to the medication boards and only just found the regional section, so checking the Wisconsin group now

The regional board thing is what I keep forgetting to check, Vegas is a weird city for this stuff so I should look. I started logging at 7.5 and honestly wish I had those early weeks written down.

Richmond checking in, the regional board here is pretty quiet but I did find one other person nearby. Anyone else in VA?

started my log two weeks in and already glad, the first pen week is mostly a blur otherwise. Curious whether the Wisconsin crowd ever got a meetup going.

I'm about 22 down and my log is just scribbled dates on a notepad, nothing fancy. Did anyone here actually keep a real template going or did it fall apart after a few weeks like mine.

I skipped the intro board entirely and just lurked for a couple weeks before posting anything, which in hindsight made it harder to find people at my stage.

the intro board being the first stop makes sense, but I went straight to the logs and never said hello. Might go back and do a proper intro now that I'm well into it

Good to know the regional boards exist, I'm in New Orleans and had no idea there was a local corner of this place.

Logs are the one section I skipped for months and now I'm backfilling from memory, which is about as reliable as you'd expect. Anyone else find the Regional Communities bit actually useful?

I'm about 84 down and still haven't started a log

Where do intro posts usually end up, is that the same board as the logs or a separate one? I poked around for a bit and couldn't tell

The appetite pattern thing is what got me logging too, I noticed mine clusters around late afternoon and I never would have guessed that without writing it down

I'm only about seven pounds in myself and hadn't thought about logging until reading this thread. Does the appetite stuff really get clearer once you start writing it down?

The bit about the intro section being the friendly door in is real, I lurked for a week before posting anything.

Started my log around week three and wish it had been day one, the first few weeks are already fuzzy. Curious how many of you actually post in the Introductions section versus just lurking like I did for a month