Hello my name is Gina and I am 32 years old, married and live in Oklahoma...I decided to start LCing after I saw myself on a vacation video and could not believe it was me and then at Thanksgiving my identical twin sister who weighs only 100 lbs and I were standing next to each other and everyone was looking at us and making comments about how much thinner she was then me which I already knew that but it still stung a little......We are barely 5 feet tall and weight gain shows easily......she used to weigh 160 and decided to do something about it and lost 60 but her way of losing just did not work for me so I have tried other diets but I have failed because I cannot stick to counting calories and I do not like most low fat foods so over the years I have lost and gained and have gotten more and more depressed which made me gain even more....so after the Thanksgiving dinner my sister knew that my feelings were hurt but she told me that I have to take control and do this for myself the way I want to do it so I decided on 11/30/03 to take control and start LCing and I am happy to say that I have already lost 5lbs........I have been lurking on this site quite some time and doing alot of reading and research and thanks to the information and recipes that I have gotten off this site I have a new positive attitude and I know this can be my way of eating for life.....so Thanks you!!!!