Are you cheating if you enter a weight loss competition against 'regular' folk?
My thoughts is that I would be cheating. If we all were putting nails in a piece of wood and I had a small hammer (a tool) and the other people did not, I would have an advantage over them. Some having a tool and others not will be cheating to me.
With I will succeed.
HW: 280 - LW: 190 - GW - 180
Unfilled 8/15/11 - WT: 209
1st Fill 11/29/11 - WT: 215.5 - 3cc
2/20/12 - New Goal - Get n Onederland
2nd Fill 4/26/12 - WT: 224.0 - 3cc
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Hey #1Mack Mama....u continue to do u.....u paid alot of money to b where u are today.....don't let no one steel ur joy.....u know my motto.....stay out my rainbow....u worked hard to get where u are today....so don't let others keep u from doin' u ma!!!....how many folks do u know that didn't make the most of their tool?....that means ur ahead of the game!!!....quite playin'.....u put in work so never let someone else tell u ur less because you had WLS!!!.....u already know it ain't easy!!! 
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I keep pressing on....a lifetime of challenges...but still I rise!!!....Thank U God!!!
I agree with a few posters that if thje rules allow it then its not cheating because hell if you could do it then you would have lost the weight already. Plus, last year they had a WLS contestnant on there and he didn't win and lost about the same as everyone else. If I still had 100 lbs to lose regardless of what "phase" I was in I would march my lil happy ass down to dave and buster here in ga and sign right on up! 250,000 ummmmm yep I would just being real