I have struggled with my weigh since high school, although back then I was only slightly overweight. I graduated and entered into a very bad relationship in which, when I left it, I weighed 370+lbs. I dropped most of that but never maintained it. I am now living in Europe and unable to buy clothes and am just really tired of not being able to do the things I want to do. I am around 280lbs(a size 22) and refuse to get any bigger. I have started calorie counting, which is a tedious task but I do it. I have a goal of being able to buy clothes in Paris over Christmas(size 12 or 14) so we will see how that goes. I don't own a scale and won't own one until I am down 2 sizes. I don't want the temptation of weighing myself daily, which one should NEVER do. Weighing yourself daily does not show your true weight gain or loss as your weight fluctuates daily and will cause you undo stress which, in of itself, can cause weight gain. Once a week is the most you should weigh yourself. I am going by clothing size for right now.