Re: Re: Hello all from new member

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Thanks, Kathy. But I have lost 120 pounds, 80 pounds and 60 pounds at different times in my life and let those pounds come back and then some. I even maintained the 120 pound loss for 7 years! It’s not something I will ever believe is permanent, it flows like the tide. I realize it has to be a diet the rest of my life should I chose to stay at a normal weight. I know during my maintenance I had to keep my food intake almost as low as my diet. Not saying this is discouraging, it just is a reality for me.

From: kathy1966tn

Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:39 AM

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Subject: Re: Hello all from new member

Hi ,Wow! Congrats on the weight loss. You've done great!!!A few years back I lost 60 lbs and got down to 225. I don't really know why I allowed the pounds (plus some) to come back, but I regret it daily. At 225 I was feeling great and looking so much younger and better. I will be there again and this time I will be ever so careful not to let the pounds come back! So when life is challenging you please remember what happened to me and don't allow it to happen to you, but it sounds like you are doing great and I've no doubt you will continue to do so.Kathy>> Welcome, Kathy!> > I am 55, have been on my diet since Sept 2009. Sigh....at least another year to go. I started at 317 and today I weigh 231. My challenges are living on a truck for 5-6 weeks at a time, 1 week or less home-time where I eat differently and usually gain weight, and this year I will leave my husband to live with my daughter and her brood so she has help while her husband is deployed. That will be a huge challenge for me!> > ------------------------------------