What do you mean?  I'm an American and talking about the US!  Is your point that we are already there? :) Am I too late to the party?  If that was in fact what you meant then I quote Rocky Balboa from the end of Rocky IV after he beats Ivan Drago "If I can *lose weight, then you can *lose weight. EVERY fat person can *lose weight!"   It's not over till it's over. (I'm trying to be optimistic here, again a trait I didnt have when I was fat)