Here's my story. I'll try to be brief. In about 1997 I weighed 153 lbs. I had just had my second child and that was my pre-pregnancy weight. I had a physical and my doctor told me I should weight 135 lbs (I'm 5'4"). I didn't think I was fat but hey my doctor said I was so I decided I needed to diet.
I tried all kinds of things but nothing resulted in weight loss. I just became obsessed with food. Food became my drug, and I started to gain weight, up to 176. I came to the point were I just gave up.
I said to God, "if you want me to lose weight you show me how." A few weeks later (July 2001) I was at the librairy with my kids and I found the CAD book. I sat down and skimmed it and said "this looks too easy" so I took it out, and started the program.
It was beautiful, I could eat supper with my family and still lose weight! I could eat take out lunch with my coworkers and still lose weight! Well I had to take that white book back to the librairy, and when I tried to find it at the book store it was out of print. I bought the yellow CALP book. Honestly, when I read the part about balancing the reward meal I was pissed off!
I decided then and there I wasn't going to change what I was doing unless I stopped losing weight. I got down to 150 lbs (that was my goal then) by February 2002. Unfortunately I hadn't figured out that this program was for life. By April 2003 I was back up to 163. The rest is documented in my journal. the process is slower this time around, and yes I have had to start balancing my reward meal. I am now lower than I was when my doctor told me I should lose weight. I am not sure how far down I will go, my goal is currently listed at 140, but I am pretty comfortable where I am. I will let my body decide where to do next.