[WillowTheWhisp]

I have been trying to lose weight for years and failing miserably no matter how I approached it.

Last summer I was feeling so desperate that I turned to a meal replacement (initially Herbalife but now the one distributed by Melaleuca for which I am an agent.) I have a heck of a lot to lose and it's been slow going but it has been going and that has cheered me up no end. I do eat normal food as well for one meal a day and at weekends it gets a little bit complex as our meal times are at odd times. That's mainly because we leave for church at 10am and often don't get home until 3pm or later.

I had a set back too because I was being swapped about between different medication none of which was working properly and I have terrible water retention problems.

So far I've only lost 2 and a half stone over those six months which is less than half a stone a month but there was the set back of Christmas in there.

If I can lose another 2 and a half by this summer I'll really feel like I'm getting somewhere and can have some hope that by the following year I can be something like a normal human being.

I'm also hoping it might help the water retention problem which still isn't under control despite the new medication but at least now the GP takes me seriously.