I started running about 14 months ago, after years of nagging from my husband, and I feel ten years younger. I was at goal for about a year, following the latest baby, but I’ve been - simple truth - drinking wine, eating snacks, and skipping exercise for a few weeks, in this hot weather. So I’ve put on a few pounds. My husband isn’t complaining :-).
Good luck with your weight loss efforts. Another of my problems is that I haven’t been making it to meetings regularly. My Thursday nights are too busy. If I want to keep from gaining steadily, I need to find another meeting that I can make every week.
I am doing it online, it's a new thing, and it is working for me. I don't like going to meetings and prefer to keep doing it online. If I hit a snag(plateau)I will probably go to meetings, I am determined to loose this weight:) Hang in there, and try not to let the weight gain get to high before you fight back!