tryingtomakeit, maybe you should change your screen name to "MAKING IT!" ;) You can do it!
I'm still working on mine (40lbs in.. yay!). My mom has lost 60lbs and kept it off for 6 months now. She gained 5lbs recently because she got a little careless with food, but was quickly able to fix it! It would be so easy to fix 5lbs. I can't wait to be there.
I have to say that most of the family has done this diet, in various methods. Each and every one has had noting but good thing to say about it. All have keep if off for at least a year. So now I'm on the diet... it's a life style change! just after 8 days on the LVCD I realized just how much food I was taking in; huge amount compared to what I need. After 30 years of "porkin": the change is hard, not only physically but mentally as well. "makeit" I found that just getting on this board helps, if nothing else to read about other that are where I'am. My grandmother always told me " its your life; and if you do it right that should be about enough" So change! It's hard( at least for me) but what else you gonna?