Very, very helpful tips for me...when I read this lists of tips you wrote....it inspired me to trudge along...and it even excites me a bit! I am excited to be in control of my eating and see the tape measure show inches lost and the scale showing smaller numbers...the tips also helped me to pound down into my brain that this weight loss takes time...this is not a 2 or 3 month process but a year or so and then keeping it off means never going back.