I recently ran across the Shrinking Mama blog, telling the story of Melissa, a 31-year-old mom of two who is, or was, up near 400 pounds. 'Least, I think that's right; in her bio, she declines to say how much, though she does keep a running weekly total of her weight loss, which stands around 60 pounds since March 18. She says she needs to drop 150 to be healthy.

I can relate a lot to what she says, of course, such as this passage from her bio:

I am tired of being a walking death sentence. I am tired of little children commenting about “how fat that lady is’. I am tired of having a BMI that is off the charts high. I am tired of shopping in the plus sized stores. I am tired of hearing that I have such a pretty face.

Yeah, so was I.

I got onto Melissa's blog because I've been looking for other bloggers who speak about food addiction. I don't know why the medical establishment doesn't understand, but we who have experienced it know that food addiction is real.

Anyway, here's a link, so you can check out her progress.