illusionary

It does help...thanks so much! It's been a week since I posted that, and I have noticed it's getting a bit easier to reach my goal now. Thanks for the tip on the possibility of gaining a bit when starting out exercising...I would have been devastated to gain after starting to exercise!

So here's my question, for those who might have been where I am now... I've been maintaining the same (too high) weight for years, and come to find out, I've been eating too little. My body has been in starvation mode for a long time, and now that I've been eating more and healthier food, I'm dropping weight, without even…