I knew their had to be others out there with this problem. I wanted to have lap band & did all the things I was suppose to do, went to doctor every month to have BP checked & get weighted so at the end of the 6 months because I hadn't followed a doctor prescribed plan ,good old Blue Cross rejected my surgery. I have been on diets all my life. Would lose a bunch but as soon as I quit watching real close the lbs came back. I am doing the Dukan Diet right now & I am having good results. I started May 5 & have lost 24 lbs. It is an easy diet & I would recommend it highly. I have been on more diets than I can remember. This is really working for me. Sister wants to lose 10 lbs so she is on it. She no longer has to use her C-pap machine, lost the high pressure but it is back because of stress. Thankfully she is doing great & didn't have some of the awful problems others have had. I am so glad this worked for you too. I also have a friend that was as wide almost as she was tall & I got her to go to a seminar with me & now she has had it done & at first I didn't know it was her she had lost so much weight. She had to have her knees done & major skin taken off but is doing great. I feel like I had a hand in saving her life.