I am 52 years old and have struggled with up and down weight loss all of my life. I am a pastor's wife and I do daycare in my home. Both of these things contribute to my difficulty keeping the weight off. I am really doing things differently this time around, I really want to focus not just on the weight aspect but on the mental part of how I look at food and my life as a whole. I'm really excited this time and know that I will keep it up. I have been on my diet 2 1/2 months and I am really in the groove. I have only cheated once and I didn't like it. It was actually quite painful and I was excited to get back on it the next day, it was a great lesson.