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The secondary analysis of transcripts from a study of 9 women who used pres
cription anorexiant medications described in this article was conducted to
dissever the role that hope played in the women's weight-loss initiatives.
It was found that hope grew throughout the women's weight-loss initiative b
ut peaked once the medications were discontinued. Seven components of the c
oncept of hope were described in the context of the women's weight-loss exp
eriences, Characteristics of hope in women who have discontinued anorexiant
medications are different than those associated with hope in of her contex
ts. A unique pattern of hope, hoping to maintain a balance, describes the w
omen's experiences as they strove to maintain the weight they had lost.