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Others go online to find support in bringing on lean times

Julie Phillips lost 60 pounds and now maintains her weight with the help of the Weight Watchers website. Julie Phillips lost 60 pounds and now maintains her weight with the help of the Weight Watchers website. (Pat greenhouse/globe staff (left); erik jacobs for the boston globe (above))
By Janice O'Leary
Globe Correspondent / January 2, 2008

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At age 25, Julie Phillips was attending the weddings of many friends and like most of the other women, she went through the usual agonies of deciding what to wear. But Phillips was more than 60 pounds over her ideal weight and the whole thing was becoming a burden. She was tired of looking like she did. (Full article: 850 words)

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