Golly, thanks for all the encouragement everyone!
@creakypete the before pic was taken on Panarea, in the Aeolian Islands, we'd just climbed to the highest point which is why I'm looking a bit done in!
@littlejoy actually they are the same pants! Haven't thrown much out yet, but they've done their time I think
@happyholidays I've not done anything special to be honest, the first 8 weeks I didn't lose anything
but then I started to see a difference and it hasn't been hard to stick with it. I don't calorie count on feast days, I'm still probably drinking too much
and I only gave up alcohol on fast days about 8 weeks ago.
I'm sorry it's not working for you yet but can only say what others have said, stick with it if you can and at some point your body will do its thang ... good luck!