I want to reach out and give you a hug. I have experienced everything you shared, well not Tibet exactly, but similar. I have been a 12 stepper since 1987, and have lost and regained 75 pounds multiple times. My highest measured weight was 300 pounds. Today I weigh 175 and have maintained for a year. I still want to lose another 20 pounds so that I can get the word obese off of my medical records. It has taken me a lifetime to get to where I am today, I turn 60 next week. My prayer for you is that you will "get it" far earlier than I did. And my encouragement to you is that it is never too late to change your life, it is possible for you, and it is not failure when it is difficult, hard, we mess up, or back slide. Never give up on yourself. Love and prayers ~ Rhonda
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