Peddler - I have dropped 25 pounds, but have also converted alot to muscle. My weight loss has been disappointing to me, but the doctor says most of the important numbers have nothing to do with weight. So, I worry about my pulse, blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. and try to lose about 1 pound per month. Working pretty good so far. My pulse has dropped from 105 to around 60 and my cholesterol is half what it used to be and my good is high and my bad is low. In some ways, eating is worse than smoking. I only smoked 32 years, I have been developing my eating style for 52. Oh well, if it wasn't one thing, I guess it would be something else.