It is interesting to read this thread. I was about 10lbs less than I am now from teens until my second child was born, when I was 30. Then this weight gain. I've been the same weight since then, until this new WOL and a 30 lb plus loss. I also feel like my regular/old self. What is interesting is that I moved here in the last 10 years, and no one here has ever known me at this weight. They are making a big deal out of it, and I wonder if my old friends would react the same way.