re: What is the one thing preventing you from losing weight?

I was overweight about twelve years ago. I was thirty pounds over weight. I felt miserable and even tried that Slim Fast diet. That particular diet was a waste of time. My neighbor belonged to Weight Watchers and she wanted me to go to a meeting with her. I had the stupid idea that only women went to Weight Watchers so I kept on telling her that I didn't want to go. I finally broke down and went to a meeting with her. They had many men at the meeting. The speaker was very entertaining. When the meeting was over I went home. I started to think what the woman at the meeting said. What she said made a lot of sense to me. I went to the next meeting and I joined WW. The WW plan is definitely not a diet. You can eat candy and ice cream and pizza. You can eat the foods that you like but you have to modify them. I shed all of the pounds off. I no longer belong to WW but I definitely follow the plan that I learned when I was a member. I've kept the weight off and I learned an important lesson. I learned to never eat large amounts of fat free and sugar free food. I once ate a large amount of sugar free chocolate. Late that night my neighbor had to bring me to the hospital. I thought that I had food poisoning. I had the runs all day and night. The doctor told me the cause of my illness. I over ate my bag of sugar free candy. I lost six pounds that day.