Well, I finally finished the strict part of my diet. After 5 months of shakes soups and bars (formulated to be nutritionally balanced but very low in calories)and a lot of water, I have lost 5 stone 1 lb.

The diet's not quite as bad as it sounds as they give you suggestions on how to make things from the packs for more variety, though these were a lot easier to do when we had a demonstration on how to do it - only 3 weeks ago of course!

Today I start a twelve week program to reintroduce normal food. A piece of grilled chicken for lunch - probably the most anticipated piece of chicken ever , and on Saturday the addition of a green leaf salad with herbs and seasoning. The idea being to encourage us to adopt a more healthy way of eating then we had before.

I am looking forward to lunchtime.