Weight Loss

Ever since I was very young, each doctor appointment included the words "you have to lose weight." It was depressing -- I tried lots of different diets -- grapefruit, "Mayo", low calorie, etc. but it did not ever work as I never added exercise (40 years ago that was never even suggested as part of a weight loss plan.)
Now, I get the same requirement, but am much better equipped to deal with it. We are already working with a personal trainer, follow the glycemic index and "South Beach Diet" guidelines -- now I know it is for my health and well-being, not just to make me feel badly as an overweight teenager.
I always wanted to attend those summer camps for overweight girls. Since I never was able to do so, I ended up being a counselor one summer. The camp was full of wealthy girls whose family sent them to boarding school during the year and "fat" camp during the summers. The diet was 100 calories per day, with mineral oil as the salad dressing. The counselors were supposed to yell demeaning things to the girls as they attempted to run around the track in the mid-day, upstate New York heat. I would not do that, and was chided repeatedly. My cabin led a break-in one night to the camp canteen and raided lots of candy. The problem was that it was all sorbitol and it was easy to find those responsible as they were in the bathroom most of the day following the crime spree.
The counselors were no better as we would go out at night. One very heavy girl ate one dozen bagels one night. The next night she got a Howard Johnson ice cream cone with 5 scoops piled up. I found out, after the camp was over, that she marketed a fat girls calendar of her photos. I felt so sad for her.