That's really scary!  I have a woman in my group that has lost 158
lbs!.......she had previously lost 100 lbs prior, put it all back on and has
now lost 158 lbs!........It's just unbelievable to think that someone would
make such an effort to lose so much weight, but then put it all back on!  It
scares the hell out of me!!!!!!!!!!

I guess that's why I'm taking it slow and steady and trying to make
permanent change in my lifestyle so that it doesn't happen to me as
well!.........I have to lose approx. 206 lbs if I want to get within the
proper BMI range for my age and height and there's no damn way I'm going to
put all this effort into this and then go right back to square one! NO WAY!

Hang in there Ralph..........

Eddie
Weight June05-359.0lbs
Current Weight-278.8lbs
Loss to date=80.2lbs
Goal Weight-180.0lbs

There is a guy in my meeting that lost over 125 pounds.  Had some
emotional problems at home and gained it all back, plus some.  He has
never stopped coming to meetings even with all the weight gain.  He has
been going to meetings steady for three years now, and is planning on
running a marathon this December.

... and to think I am ready to give up when I have a set back for a
couple of weeks.

Talk about setting an example.

- Ralph

I needed to hear this right now, for the first time in a long time after a
perfectly lovely day, sabotage thoughts were creeping into my head just
after to beginning to post, Lee

Wow!  Ralph, that is a great post.
Hugs,
Catherine