thanks. i do think my friend meant for me to be left with no shakes because i have been losing more than her and the other day i cought her eating a sauage roll. i swa her in work yesturday and she said she is going back on it after xmas. i swa her at lunch time and whilst i sat there drinking my shake and glass of water, she had chips and gravy, cake and custard and a packet of crisps. she swa me looking over and said "oh i havnt eaten all day". o well. i have noticed that some of my family who are about the same size as me, have changed and started saying, "oh well thats got to be bad for you. i would rather lose weight the propper way" well if it worked for them so much, why are they still over weight? i am doing this for myself and no one else so we will see next summer when i am in shorts and little tops and they are in trousers and baggy tops. its still hard but i will do it.