hey there!! you will make it! stay committed! i highly recommend watching the documentaries, forks over knives and hungry for change. i work in the health/fitness industry. the main key is commitment. the second is nutrition. the third is maintenance/exercise. honestly i have never seen diets that really works. it is more about lifestyle change into eating the right nutrition because that's what you desire, not what you want. the pharmaceutical and food industries lie to the people constantly about health. it is all a huge monopoly. almost all of american health problems actually are attributed to bad nutrition. switching to all organic plant based nutrition has had the effects of actually reversing stage 4 cancer. the more of the truth you find out about food and health, the better you will be off on weight loss. going with what is recommended by the 'industry' isn't always good. do plenty of backsearching on products and diets they may try to introduce to you. best of luck to you!!