If you find you are struggling with your DD s at the moment then just do a few IM s until you feel ready for the DD s again, Its hard when you have other stresses as it seems like an extra stress on top of everything else!! If you just IM for a few days then you won't be failing or gaining, just give yourself sometime if thats what you need. VLCD are hard all day every day, the losses may be big but so are the gains when you stop,at least with Juddd you can eat nice things every other day! time goes so quickly hun I am losing a 1lb a week at the moment but its coming off not going on and I am happy with that, remember the tortoise and the hare and you are not even a tortoise you have lost a great amount xx