i took early retirement in '95. i had had several surgeries on my leg, walked with a cane, didn't do any exercise and put on more and more weight. my doctor put me on the usual low fat, low calorie regime and told me to use my willpower i did lose some weight but i was hungry all the time and thought about when i could eat next constantly. in oct '99 i saw the drs heller (CAD&CALP) on the oprah show. i didn't really fully believe what they were saying and then i saw the follow up show a few weeks later where some had had success on the plan, i decided to read the CALP book and in jan 2000 started the plan. now at 64 i've lost weight (still got a long way to go) thrown away the cane, exercise (pretty regularly) and my general health is much better and i feel better than i had for years. i changed from CALP after about a year when i found myself letting the RM get out of hand. now i follow Protein Power and it's LC forever.