Hello to all! First off, let me introduce myself. Alan - male - 44 yrs old - with roughly 50 lbs to lose. I stumbled upon this forum during a search for information on sugar alcohols. WHAT A WEALTH OF INFORMATION!!! I am totally impressed with the entire sight - the structure, the info, the comments of the members and how supportive everything seems to be regardless of the level they are currently at. Wish I'd have known about this before.

This is my second shot at LC. My wife purchases the PP Plan from Drs. Eades two years ago. We both started immediately. She quit after about a month and with limited results. One of her reasons was my level of success compared to her's. In two months I went from 256 to 220, bit Cholesterol count going from 276 to 188. I plateau'd right there and then the time of year happened that I absolutely hate - Halloween. Being a safety conscious person I reviewed my kids accomplishments of the eve and there were plenty of Butterfingers (which is now a swear word in my vocabulary). So off the wagon I went. With Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, well, I was gone from LC.

What I've heard is true. If you start and succeed and then quit, you will regain what you lost plus 10 - 20 %. TRUE TRUE TRUE!!! So now, at 276 lbs, I am re-committing to this and I plan on doing it the entire way this time. My goal is to get to the 220 range (but weight isn't overly important to me) and to be so much healthier and vibrant and energetic and outgoing prior to next October that I can begin to convince the rest of my family that this is the way to go - Before we fill the house with candy - before the holiday pies and cakes and candies - before I allow myself to get pushed off the wagon again.

So here I am. I will not post daily but I will endeavor to practice humor and love and support to everyone I can. I'm looking forward to the help and the helping.

Feel free to contact me one on one if you'd like.

Now - LET'S GET GOING!!!!!