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I have come back to low-carbing after almost 18 months away. I had done Atkins and lost 28 pounds, and felt absolutely fabulous, and then a series of domestic crises -- parents dying, partner of 13 years leaving me for his high-school sweetheart, etc...-- put me back in the cookie jar for a rapid weight-gain.... So, I started again on December 8, and have gone from 167 to 164.5 over the last four days...very nice.... I am 51, taking HRT (which I know I have to come off soon, given all the new health info. about it), and determined to be at 140 by April, and then back to my Atkins 130 by next autumn-- it took about 11 months last time, so I figure it will be much the same this time (I hope). I have a closet full of clothes I can't wear, and I am fat and single again after 14 years. I think joining a thread of people around my age, and keeping track along with them would really help me a lot. So...can I join your group?