Unbelievable!!  I had my annual physical last week, and after six months of attempting my new program of Intuitive Eating and not exercising AT ALL, I was terrified that I'd have gained 20 pounds and that my blood sugar and cholesterol were going to be nightmares.  But, quite amazingly, the opposite was true!  I'd gained only 3 pounds, and all of my bloodwork came back normal!  Maybe it's actually possible to be fat, depressed AND healthy!  Who knew?  And the other good thing was that I fell back in love with my doctor at the appointment.  For the first time in forever, he was happy and jokey and not lecturing about my weight!  (Though I did cut him off at the pass somewhat by bringing up the mere 3 pound gain right away.)  And now that he's seen my test results, he should hopefully be the same way at my next appointment in September.  And with any luck, I might actually be less depressed by then, as I am thinking about heading back to the shrink in the next few weeks, to supplement the eating program and work on my family and social life issues.  So, maybe a tiny turnaround of sorts?  We'll see.