I'm not as confident as @88olds. I certainly worry about gaining weight back. While I've been maintaining for 13 years (!), it's not that hard to imagine starting to slide back down (or up) the slippery slope of weight-gain. Similarly, while I know I can lose weight, I've found that having the right mindset is not simply a switch that I can turn on and off; for whatever reason, the conditions have to be just right for me to flip the switch.

I do fear a serious injury. I try not to rely on exercise as a weight-management strategy, but it certainly helps. I'm a pretty short guy, and if I want to keep the weight off, I do need to be restrictive in my intake. The extra few hundred calories I burn by running a few days a week is part of the balance sheet. I guess I do "run for cookies." Actually, I probably run for beer.

The final significant fear (regarding weight-management) is that I would have to go back on meds that disrupt things. Part of my original climb to obesity was multiple runs of steroids for ulcerative colitis. Steroids made me crazy hungry, and I absolutely dread the idea of restarting them. Indeed, I recently had a bout of gout, and I asked the doc to try something other than steroids to help ease the inflammation.

So, I guess all of my worries revolve around gaining the weight back!

It’s not a matter of not worrying. The first thing I noticed about WW was the revolving door. It’s a big problem. I’ve always worried about regaining. I’ve worried so much that about it that I’ve worked not to do it. It isn’t particularly hard work but it does take persistence.