Hi, Jeanna: First off, let me say that I'm so sorry that you had to receive negative e-mails because you're not going the surgery route. I for one have the highest admiration for you for being able to do it on your own or with some other method than surgery. It takes tremendous will-power and strength to do it on your own, something that I am sorely lacking in and which is why I had to resort to surgery. I truly wish you the best of luck and I hope you get all the weight off that you need and that more importantly, you're able to KEEP it off for ever! Good luck and God Bless, Sweetie; please feel free to e-mail me for encouragement or support; it doesn't matter that we've taken different roads to get our weight off, we're still on the same team! Take care!