I am a 50 something Brit living in Spain. Both my husband and I are retired, although we´ve never been so busy in our lives.

I have had a weight problem for as long as I can remember. The only time when I was 'thin' and happy with my size was when I was in my late teens and until my baby was born when I was 24. Thinking back this was probably because of the excercise I got on dance floors at every opportunity.

The diets I have been on would fill a book, but they always resulted in gaining weight to the size and more than when I started. I have been on many programs for weight loss, including going to meetings structured like Alcoholics Anonymous, I´ve been to seminars, a famous clinic in London for eating disorders, I´ve been to hypnotists and councillors.

Sometimes I feel angry that no matter how I have tried to get help, no one had the answer to weight loss. Those in the medical world just cannot seem to agree once and for all the reason why someone just cannot reduce their size to a healthy level.

I am now embarking on Atkins as a WAL - Atkins has got to be the way to go!