it's absolutely terrible trying to lose weight at this age!! i am 54 now, but up until i got sober and gained over 50 pounds, which was 4 years ago, i never had a problem losing weight! in fact, i was only around 90 lbs. when all this started...then 2 and a half years ago i quit smoking and bamm! (just like emeril) i seem to completely stop losing...it's been so hard for me and i'm very discouraged...if i had done this diet years ago, i would have dropped tons of weight in no time...i'm so grateful for this board...at least i can read some encouraging things on it...if it wasn't for this i would have stopped the diet and just surrendered the rest of my life to being overweight and unhappy...thanks everyone for giving me a little hope...nancy