I've made a similar loss and maintained it for about 15 years (so far). Although I'm still marginally obese, a number of symptoms I was having have greatly red

I've made a similar loss and maintained it for about 15 years (so far). Although I'm still marginally obese, a number of symptoms I was having have greatly reduced or left entirely. You could say I failed, in that I'm still fat. Or, you could say that I succeeded, since I lost more weight than most people ever will, and have kept it off, probably forever. Life's like that. (How? No idea. Did eliminate most pop and quite a lot of fried/sugary/floury food from my regular diet. But who knows.)