Thanks all! Two words come to mind. WATER WEIGHT. However, I will still take it.

Doris, glad you are going to join in. We need all the support we can get.

Kathy, I think I am also the weight gain champ! It is time for me to stop this yo-yo thing.

Some things that I have come to realize:

I have a carb addiction. I am a carb-aholic and I need to really control this.

I have to have a goal. I gained back some of the weight because I had no goal. My goal now is to lose before my daughters wedding and before going on SAND. My long range goal is to be at my ideal weight by the time we go on CROSS. I will probably need an intermediate goal between now and the time we go on CROSS, as well as a goal for after we do CROSS.

Weight loss is all a matter of percentages. A person that only has 20 lbs to lose and loses 5 lbs in a month is doing much better than someone that has 100 lbs to lose, and loses 15 during the same period. That is part of the reason why the pounds come off slower as you get closer to your ideal weight. So, when I lose a bunch of weight it does not compute the same as when y'all lose a few pounds. Y'all are doing great and I applaud you for it! Keep it up, even when it gets tough and you don't see results that you would like to see, knowing that it just means that you are getting that much closer.