Xeney captures it perfectly--that way that diets can make you feel like like a rotten person who is being punished, and deserves to be deprived. We do not deprive Xeney of our love.

Some days, we are gorgeous and sexy. Beena describes just what it's like on those other, sucktacular days.

The discussion started at Big Fat Deal, and it continues with Red, who struggles with figuring out the kind of person she's become, and who she should be, after losing so much weight.

Donovan packs himself a 15-pound dumbbell, and reminds us that we can exercise even on vacation, if we only have a plan. A plan besides "drink margaritas," that is.

Our bodies surprise us, sometimes, both pleasantly and unpleasantly. Vickie catches sight of herself in the mirror and her reaction--well, we've been there.