When I joined HMR in 2002 I weighed 387 pounds. I lost 186 pounds in 11 months on the Decision Free program. I maintained that loss for about 4 years while attending Maintenance. In November 2006 I moved to California and did not attend a class. Over the next year and a half I gained back 50 pounds. I rejoined an HMR maintenance class in July 2008 and the weight gain stopped. 8 weeks ago I rejoined a core class to lose the weight I regained. I've lost 31 of the 50 pounds and plan to transfer back to Maintenance (now called Phase 2) when my core class completes in 5 more weeks.