Heather, I started Jan. 1, 2002 at 197 and I just got back from the doctor and I weighed 159 1/2. It's isn't as much as I thought or hoped but I am pleased. I haven't been getting on the scale as much because I was starting to get paranoid:) The first thing I did when I got up in the mornings was say hello to the scale. I am following Atkins mostly. Or at least the rules of Atkins. I went to fitday.com and found out that I am not getting enough calories though. I was only getting about 800 a day. Something my doctor wasn't happy about today. So I will try to add something good in there somewhere.