Oh my - it's been a long time. I started this journey in December of 2008. I have lost and kept off 45 lbs so far. I have been stuck in a plateau for the last 6 months, since I started dating Robert. I am so much happier now that I have ever been. Robert and I started training for a marathon 3 weeks ago. We did our 3rd long run on Saturday in heat and humidity that caused a more experienced runner/friend to stop after 1 mile. We persevered together and got all 6 miles that we indended to do in 1 hour 34 minutes, almost the needed 15 minute mile time for a marathon. I did a cycling class on Sunday and then have taken today off - I cooked tonight - made a big old mess in the kitchen of potatoes, meatloaf and grilled zucchini. I hope robert comes over to eat some of the meatloaf! I think I might be the only one that likes the potatoes or the zucchini. That's ok - there's just a LOT of potatoes. It's been hard to see the scale go up that 5 lbs. I have worked so hard, and now I seem to be stuck where I am. I keep working out and watching what I eat. Please God, don't let all this have been in vain! It's so frustrating to see that nothing changes in the scale even though you are trying to do the right thing. Just gotta keep on plugging away. I hope the marathon helps!