I am Oprah Winfrey! (pause for audible gasps) Actually, my name is NOT Oprah and I am NOT adored by millions. The only thing I really have in common with the divine Ms O, is that I share her struggle with weight loss. One year I would balloon up to 300 lbs, taking on more water weight than Spongebob at high tide. The next year I would walk...and walk...and walk...and walk my way down to a size 10. In addition to walking the entire circumference of the planet, I counted calories with religious zeal. It is a univeral truth that women know the caloric value of every food on earth. A word of advice to the men out there....NEVER challenge a woman to a nutritional trivia contest. You may be surprised to know, that I had been a vegetarian for nearly 20 years, eating the perfect "pyramid diet." The trouble was, that using the "pyramid" caused me to be shaped like one. After seeing Michael Thurman's infomercial I was intrigued, but only purchased the program after I saw him answer live questions on Home Shopping Network. Once I read the information in the 6WBM I was sold on the concept. The information on my body type described my struggle to a "T". I committed myself to try the plan for 7 days. In doing so, I decided to eat fish, chicken and turkey for the first time in several decades. On the first day of my program, I decided to bake a chicken breast. I placed the raw chicken into the pan as though I were touching radioactive atomic waste! Undaunted by this experience, I held to my resolve and reluctantly followed the diet. I prayed for a miracle while I practiced my repentant confession to vegans everywhere. The next morning my prayer were answered. I felt incredible! The first thing I did was to begin spring cleaning. That is TOTALLY unlike me. Previously, I barely had the energy to crawl to work each day. Now I was whirling around my apartment cleaning and redecorating like a Christopher Lowell clone. I cleaned out closets... drawers. boxes. I LOVE THIS DIET! It makes me feel mellow, unlike when I was counting calories. Have you ever been on a diet and wanted to kill everyone that you meet? On the outside I would seem friendly, but on the inside I am doing my Deniro impression "What? You talking to me!?" Since murder and mayhem are not in my nature, I would inevitable crack and fall off my restrictive diet. And Kaboom...the Spongebob effect would return as I ballooned back up. With the 6WBM, the struggle is gone and the rest is history. I have lost 180 pounds in about a year with 5 more to go. As the ad says....JUST DO IT!