Woohoo! So glad I found this forum. I am 5'4 +- at 215...Started at 225 (I think the scale was wrong - but whatever) I have been feeling really crazy because when I went to my seminar, everyone looked at me crazy. I was by far the smallest one in the room BUT,like everyone sitting in there, my weight is a problem and has been. I just retired from the military on 30 Apr, but myretirement ceremony was in Jan 2012. Once I knew I would never have to weigh in again, my weight began to climb. I sat at home and gained, then quit smoking on 9 May and added another 20 pounds. I went to the recruiter in 1991 at 244. 5 months later I joined the Navy at 162. Did that with slimfast, boiled chicken and walking 5 miles. I have tried EVERY diet and prescription drug and over the counter known to man kind only to gain and lose and gain and lose. I remember days before weigh ins and I'd sit and bake in the sauna. I have done every drastic thing a person can do to make weight for the past 21 years....I am ready for my new life. The people in the room with me at the weightloss seminar may have thought I was just slightly big but the military weight guidelines have made me feel less than for years. I was always the biggest person in my class, workspace etc...Anyway, I am glad I found this forum. I am so excited. Monday is the day.