Kudos to all of you for helping us deal with these thoughts we have of ourselves. I am tall so I always think I can hide extra pounds really well. Then I saw myself in the mirror at Curves and REALLY SAW MYSELF! Where did that stomach come from, and those legs, and oh mygod, that double chin. That is what everyone else sees every day. How Gross!!!! i finally had enough and started a plan and I feel so inspired by this plan, yet so scared as to how to handle the compliments once they come. i am going to try to accept them as graciously as I can because, dammit, this is really hard work. Trying and trying over and over is not much fun, so when I succeed, I WILL MAKE MYSELF BELIEVE THE COMPLIMENTS AND NOT BE HARD ON MYSELF. THAT IS MY PROMISE. Good luck to all of you!