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From Richie, Age 21

Ht. 5'10", Start: 413 lb, Today: 410 lb, Goal: 250 lb - First of all I wanna thank Luna for her advice. I want to ask all of you if anyone has tried Weight Watchers or Overeaters Anonymous. Did they help you? I went to the doctor two weeks ago and he told me that my blood pressure and cholesterol are normal and that if I don't lose weight now I have the potential to end up weighing 600 or 700 pounds. I asked him fo help with a diet and all he did was tell me "cut back on what you eat." That's no help, I know that already. The problem is I always have had ahuge appetite and when I was in school I used to make money by getting into eating contests, like "Man vs Food" on TV. Most of my friends were chubby and so we'd bet who could eat the most ice cream, or Whoppers, or whatever. I always won and was quite a celebrity. I still am with my buddies. I've managed to lose 3 pounds so far but it's torture. Sometimes I'm good all day with not eating much and then I go to work in the evening and I get so hungry I feel like I'm gonna faint or something, so I take a break and eat an Entenmann's coffee cake and a quart of milk in 15 minutes, and I lose my motivation. (This was last night, on the way after work I bought a large stuffed crust meat lovers pizza with extra breadsticks and ate them all when got home plus some ice cream. I just can't help it.