you sound like one of lifes optimists. you see the glass half full. i hope you lose the weight that you want, but make sure you do it heathaly. im on weight watchers points plus@home. as you are optimistic, use a tape measure rather than scales, as scales measure with water and muscle mass+anything else youve eaten, are wearing and yuo dont want to get depressed by finding out that your gaining mass, whilst your really losing centermeters. if u wanna chat, sign up at chat.yahoo.com.au, and im comedyblob. go to the health and wellness part, and the weight help(or similar) area. good luck. (im australian too) a_hinder@start.com.au. Adrian