I have to admit I feel the same way most of the time. It's hard to really identify with someone who is just trying to go from average weight to a lower average weight for their height when you used to weigh 340 lbs!

I'm not saying those that have less to lose don't have a real struggle too, but I just can't relate to them.

I find it interesting that here in the TDC, most of us have GOAL weights that are higher than the starting weights for some of those other people. We just want to be normal, we know that coming from where we were, the goal is healthy & normal weight, not skinny model weight.

Valerie