Tamarian, thankyou for the warm welcome

Gracia, thanks for taking the time to offer me some advice. I'm only hoping to lose around 6 pounds, i've got a lot of puppy fat developing in places and it annoys me a bit. The fact that you can come off the diet and not gain weight back sounds appealing too, although i would try and come off it steadily to make sure i don't gain, if i did want to come off it.

I just cannot stick to low cal diets at all. I get up every day and say "right, i'm not gong to go over 1400 cals today." I also plan my eating times, which makes me bored waiting for my next eating time. This of course, leads to an empty packet of biscuits brought on by the carbs in the bread i've just eaten. I think i'm a severe carb addict myself. If i eat something with carbs in, i just can't stop until i'm bloated.

Looking forward to hearing more stories!