Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your kind words of advice and more importantly your support. I am the only one in my house with the willpower to change my diet for the better, so its good to know I am not alone. I have still been drinking those so called sugar free drinks because I was under the impression that they were OK. The label says Carbs = trace but yes they do contain asparatine. I will cut them out completely and stick to water only. I do drink coffee and tea. Both are decaffinated. Yannick, I appreciate your comments on excersise. I used to do a bit of weight training, so I will give it a go. Unfortunately I swim like a brick so I will give that a miss. I have also been limiting myself to only about 6oz veggies a day. In fact that is about my only source of carbs. Might give the old green tea a shot also.

Thanks again everyone,you have given me that extra lift I needed.

Best Wishes

Kenny