I am 51 years old and my husband went to a shopping outlet in Nashville last April. We walked at a slow steady pace, but when i got back to the beginning, I was close to having an Asthma attack, I was sweating like a pig, my heart was pounding out of my chest, and thought....This is it. If i don't lose weight now, I'm going to be dead in 5 years. So, after we got home from vacation, i started this new way of eating. The first week i lost 11 lbs! What a great encouragement to keep going. It hasn't been all peaches and cream (pun intended)lol...but i have stuck with it this time. My goal weight is 150lbs (I started at 272lbs <shudder>), but my MAIN goal is...My grandson is 6 yrs old now. When he graduates from high school, i want to be able to ask him...Nate, do you remember when grandmama was fat? And to have him be able to truthfully answer...Just barely, grandmama. That is my goal.