Jan, so glad to hear your brother is okay. )

PotenShill,

As far as I can remember, it was a chemical change that caused the weight gain, but of course, that change may have directly affected metabolism. I don't remember much more about it. Would be a good research project for us, I guess.

You're only talking about not letting a few pounds keep you from quitting. I could handle a few... but they were talking 20-40 lbs. I don't remember over how long a period of time... if this was something that happened fairly quick or went on for a long time.

If its over a long period of time, I would be afraid it would stall the diet for possibly as much as a year. If its a metabolism change, and you stuck with water to fill the urges, and increased exercise to bring the metabolism back up, maybe that would totally offset it?

Jean