I hate to keep you in suspense, but I don't know what became of Alan after that
. However, I tell his story, extreme though it is, because it is exactly the type of thing we all go through. We want the magic pill that will take off the weight, yet we refuse to acknowledge that the weight will always come back if we don't understand why we eat the way we do. So go ahead and try the latest weight loss craze. But, honestly, if you don't do the emotional work, it's going to be the yoyo all the way.