Hey JJ. Not too personal at all to ask the question of how long it took. It was about a 3 month period. At that time I was also weight training and doing a lot of aerobics like walking, running and bicycling, so it wasn't the eating alone that did it. However, the eating healthy certainly gave me the energy to exercise.

Dotsie, the reason I figure it's great to have this discussion is I don't want to have to own up to eating the Hershy Bar, the Snickers, the MMs, the Nachos, the huge plates of pasta - all for my apetizers.

Actually, I think this is a great way to support one another to achieve a wonderful health goal. When you look at the state of many people's health and the fact that we are all at an age of risk for many health problems, to support one another makes incredible sense to me.

On what to eat instead of fish for the protein and other benefits, I don't feel qualified to answer that.

Ask me about marketing and I can go for hours. But food would be best left to a nutritionalist.

To our health!

Kathleen