I'm pleased at your attitude Red, recognising that it'll take a while is sensible, it took me 3 1/2 - 4 years to even approach my maint weight. I found it was best to take it a day at a time to start with, but after a few months I recognised I was happy and it was going to work. I will admit I was a scaleoholic for many years, that is bad really, I was always mad with myself if I'd put a little on, or stayed the same, it's best to stick to weekly or even better probably monthly, and in the end I realised that the fit of my clothes wasw probably the best indicator.