Thanks for the added encouragement. I was going to start my new WOE this week but I've decided to start next week. My mother is keeping the kids over the spring break. I think this will help me stick with it the first week because I won't have any excuse to cheat. Unfortunately, I just found out today that my sister's 4 kid's will have to stay with me until July (It was initially until May). It has crushed me because they treat me so mean and it's hard for me to imagine another 3 months with them. But I'm not going to let them mess up my weightloss plans. I just have to learn to love myself. (That's very hard for me). I have a long way to go and I just thank everyone who has encouraged me. I'll start my journal next week (Wbahn thanks for the suggestion). I look forward to being a lot thinner just in time to take the kid's back to their mother and enjoy the rest of summer.