I've lost 160+ pounds. I have kept 100 off for over 2 years.

It's hard for me sometimes to really believe I actually am "a weight loss success" because sometimes I don't feel like it. I'm actually still trying to find a place where I can just relax and feel comfortable with my body. I don't know if it is possible actually. Like right now, I'm struggling with a mad crazy appetite, which leaves me unsure of my weight maintenance... thank god staying very low carb actually helps me not gain weight it seems (even though I am eating like a vaccuum my weight has only decreased and my size seems roughtly the same). I'll probably never be able to totally relax like a normal person, but, I hope in time I can mostly forget I am controlling weight... settle at a comfortable place.

Recently, mostly, I feel stable. I don't struggle to stay low carb. I only had 1 period where I worried truly that I could really lose control and that's when I started gaining weight (purposefully) while in a less carb control way of eating.

Even though I'm unsure about a lot of things, I still consider myself a success and think I have accomplished a true change. The real way I know I've done this is because low carb is the only way I can imagine eating. It is said so often around here but for me it really is a way of life for me. I can't imagine eating a high carb diet, I have no taste for it, nor desire for it. Treats and sweets I never much cared for, and I don't eat much bread products strictly for health reasons (veggies > low carb starch mimics)... but thanks to advances in food technology I can stay very LC and truly eat whatever I want. Even if I decided to go back to eating whatever I wanted, I still would stay LC simply because it would be illogical not to. Why eat food that makes me feel bad and fat when I could eat food that makes me feel good and thin that tastes absolutely the same (if not better, as I am a good cook ).