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. (READ MORE)