Hi again - Woooooooooo 7 pounds first week is brilliant news! Great going you! I live near Newcastle. I'm not taking Xenical all the time, as i've found its playing havoc with me toilet movements! lol. I can't understand it because i'm having only a tiny amount of fat in the scraping of marg i have on bread as part of the sw plan and the rest of the day its stuff i've made meself and i KNOW theres no fats in them. Anyway, i've decided not to take the tablets the first 3 days of the week when i'm at work (bit too embarassing) and just try and use them on a weekend. I'm really really enjoying SW - what didn't you like about it?? I'm cooking more than i ever have before and really enjoying that, knowing exactly what i've put into things, knowing its good for me, greatly increasing my fruit and veg intake. If anything, its hard to try and eat the syns if i don't incorporate them into a meal somewhere and PLAN them in. Howare you getting on on your own? By the way, - do you know you can get referred to a weight class now (either SW, WW, or Rosemary Conley i beleive) if you go to your nurse and ask to be referred? I think you have to lose 5 or 10% of your body weight in the first 12 weeks to get another 12 weeks free but it gives you that extra motivation. x