Ladies!
Have finally finally! read my way through ALL of your wonderful thread, and my big fat Princess Beatrice hat is off to each and every one of you.
I'm trying to lose 20kg and have had just about no luck for the longest time, mostly because I can't be stuffed I kept feeling sorry for myself. Like nobody else in the WHOLE WORLD had to do what I had to do to lose weight, and I OUGHT to be able to have a doughnut, dammit, because other people do it all the time and they look fine...
Sound familiar?
Well, you all have collectively put paid to that notion. Your strength, humour and grace under pressure have somehow helped me break through a barrier that's been there for years, if not decades. Since I started reading this thread earlier this week, I've lost almost a kilo, and have felt great about it.
Can I join the club, pleeeease? I meet all the [serial-dieting chronic self-loathing phobic-about-swimsuit-shopping] criteria, I think... 
Just in case, here are my current stats:
Mandalee, loss to date 2.5kg, loss this week .8kg, 12.5% of the way to my 20kg goal
cheers!