thank you...it really made me smile, to know that there is someone out there who knows how it feels...sometimes, the secret gets too heavy to carry alone, and like you said we do have the power to eat right to lose the extra weight.. thank you for telling me it is possible to stop, i started to fear that once you start throwing up you pass the point of no return, that idea made me so scared..now i feel better to know that there is some one else who stopped and made it happen... i wish you the best mandolin. we will win this war :)