I can't endorse enough how well you are doing xstitcher, I too battle with my weight - spuds and bread are my downfall, and chocolate when life gets difficult. I have lost half a stone since Christmas, it doesn't sound a lot but people have noticed, which is an incentive, and I am keeping it off - my next target is 4lbs away and if I make it by Christmas I will be pleased. It may sound a long way off but if I can get it off and keep it off, that'll be down into the next stone bracket down and that's what I want to do. To those who find it easy to drop a few pounds, it isn't for all of us! - and I'm not that far behind xstitcher in age and I am horrified at the suggestion that once we get to 70 we should all just give up. I still take a pride in my appearance and am taken for much younger - so the beige shell suit is not yet for me (nor for others over 60 on here, by the sound of it!)