I had strep throat a couple weeks back and dropped 14 pounds that week. It’s not how I wanted to lose the weight, and I have put some of it back on now that I’ve resumed normal eating habits.

I’m sorry that this has been such a challenge for you. After dropping all the weight last year, I’ve been hovering in the same range + or – 5 or 10 for the last eight months or so. That’s good because I haven’t put the weight I lost back on, but it’s also bad because I want to lose more. One thing that worked for me in the past was competition. Do you think it would help you? If you want, we could compete against each other to help spur us back into weight loss.

are doing weight watchers and they’ve had good progress with it. They have to be super accountable and meet up with other people who are also struggling. There’s an online component and also meetings. I’m not entirely sure how it works [I do know that they all seem to eat their veggies and they get points for working out] but have you thought about looking into something like that? It took a friend of mine five years to go from over 200 to just under 150, but she did it with them.

Maybe just look at what they do to see if it’ll help you in any way… I wouldn’t get too down on yourself if you truly feel that you’ve been playing by the rules and your medicine has messed things up for you. You might check in with your doctor and see how much weight gain you should expect and adjust your expectations accordingly.