Lucy, it is truly a life change. It has to be to make it work - or at least that is true about certain aspects of weight loss/maintenance. Once eating habits are really examined and appropriate changes are made, a new way of thinking about intake becomes vital to success. You are nine pounds lighter now which is clear evidence that you have made all of the necessary changes and have the determinatin to continue with those changes. Good going!!

Naemanson, congrats on the weight loss. You can have my share of supermodels. And remember that even a billion pennies is a tidy sum.

Little Hawk, as a past master of the gentle art of gaining weight, I would be happy to pass on some useful pointers. Just send me a PM and I'll get you started. Meanwhile, just get a part-time job at a local convenience store, as I once did, and eat ALL of the burritos, donuts and snack cakes as they go out of date.

Mr Red, I did the whisky thing although I never lost much of anything other than my stomach lining. I became such an adept drinker that it became an expensive passtime with rapidly diminishing results. I saw no reason to continue. I don't miss it a bit.