Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. At least it seams that way with a new weight loss study:

Overweight people who are otherwise healthy may increase their risk of dying by intentionally losing weight, according to provocative new research.

A study of 2,957 twins in Finland found that those who were overweight who lost weight on purpose were about 86 percent more likely to die for any reason over the next 18 years compared with those whose weight remained stable.

I think how rapidly your weight shifts is probably more important than how much weight you lose.

I also believe that 50 happy years is better than 100 miserable ones. Not sure if it will happen anytime soon, but I would much rather feel happy about the way I look than to have the mirror bring forth depression.

It is all just an issue of balance, and that is an issue I strugle with nearly every day.