I'll volunteer the remedy to the sex if you are in the SW.....
Seriously take care, Noraq about the pace of dieting - no more than 2 pounds a week otherwise you can risk gall bladder issues, especially if you are blonde, middle aged, fair, (were overweight) and stressed. More women suffer from this than men......I fell foul of this through a diet, a virus and the stress of a divorce, culminating in the surgery eighteen moinths ago.