You're probably going to think I'm nuts, but I was so frustrated with my lack of weight loss despite my best efforts that I decided to try a liquid diet.

The idea actually dawned on me at a Weight Watcher's meeting, when one of the members mentioned The Cambridge Diet, a meal plan consisting of various shakes. My Grandee was a devoted Cambridge follower. Memories of Florida vacations are punctuated with the sound of ice crushing in the blender at the crack of dawn. The ironic thing is my Grandee was never overweight.

I'm pretty sure at the time I swore I would never do anything so drastic, but desperate times do call for desperate measures.

Prior to my 2006 wedding, I bought a few cans of Almased, a weight loss powder specifically designed for people with diabetes. It's kind of like doing Slim Fast, only more expensive and less convienient. The benefits are fewer carbs, more protein and no added sugar. (Slim Fast has sugar in it, and I try to avoid sugar whenever possible.) And it doesn't taste bad at all.

The company recommends starting out with a two-day fast. Nothing but three shakes a day, water, tea and vegetable broth. I honestly expected to be out of my mind with hunger and sabotaged by low blood sugar, but the first day wasn't too terrible. The second day was a little harder. By the third day, I was dying to chew something other than my nails. But solid food would have to wait until dinner.

I broke the fast with a sensible meal of fish, steamed veggies and a sweet potato. It felt great to eat again.

The scale really showed results too, even if it was just water weight that will come back after my first taste of salt. It was great to see the scale moving in the right direction finally.

By the fifth day of shakes, I was starting to feel physically gross. Tired, sore, achy and convinced I was dying from Lactic Acidosis (a potential side effect of Metformin), so I started to add more food back in, sticking to a shake for breakfast and a sensible lunch and dinner for now.

I also signed up for Sparkpeople at Julia's suggestion. Read her blog about it here. I love it and it's FREE!!

In the meantime, the weightloss battle rages on, but this week, it looks like I'm winning.