I am happy gal who is married to equine veterinarian and has a 24 year old son. We live on a horse farm in Kentucky. I sell residential real estate. I have let my weight creep up over the years. I hurt myself back in September and cannot seem to recover--seems to be a torn labrum of the left hip. Very painful. Decided to combine that recovery with a concerted weight loss. Not only will it assist in reducing the weight that hip has to support but I will look and feel a lot better as well. My husband is on board with this weight loss as well. He is participating, too. We kick-started things with a month's worth of Nutrisystem but would like to do more of the food preparation ourselves. I have lost about 17 pounds so far but would like to lose about another 50 pounds and then keep it off which will prove to be the bigger challenge. We like a drink together in the evening so will have to count our alcohol calories as well and we enjoy eating out for lunch and dinner often with friends. Am hoping this group can help.