Thanks for the encouragement Wa'il.

I'm a bit confused about one thing. You said that you maintained 20#/month from 400 to 180 but your profile indicates that your presently at 290. Was the 180 a typo or is your profile just out of date?

The reason I am curious is that it would be nice to know if someone was able to maintain 20#/month all the way down to the 200# range. That is the rate I am hoping to achieve and think that I can, given prior short term experience, at least for a while. But I'm sure that my rate will drop off as I get closer and closer to goal. None-the-less, it would be nice to know that it can be sustained, at least by someone else even if I can't quite get there.

Looking forward to this journey. I think that this support forum is likely to be the real key to my success - and failure is not an option!