Married 20 years. Have had weight loss and gain since I was 20. First real diet I tried was after my hubby had proposed. I didn't want to be a fat bride, and I was about 200. In a year, I had dropped 50-60 lbs by switching from Dr. Pepper to water, and walking 25 minutes five times a week. At 20 weight loss was easier.

About age 30 I Had gained it all back. So this time I tried Atkins. I was again 200lbs before realizing that I had to do something. I feel bloated and uncomfortable at 200. Like my fat is strangling me. Anyway I stayed on it for 7 months, losing 70lbs.

Again at age 40 went the Atkins route, and lost, but again gained back.

Update: I will be 46 in a few months and been fighting this battle of the bulge for a quarter of a century. Wow. It's a never ending battle for some of us. Going the calorie deficit way this time, as low carb is just not sustainable in the long term for me.