Hi,

My name is Jacky and I live in the Middle East as an ex-pat with my Scottish husband.... I am Maltese so all my life I've eaten pasta, pasta and more pasta :-) We are very Italian influenced and you all know what Italian food is like - yummy!

In September I decided to get healthy so joined a Spa and started Yoga, Nia and Pilates classes. Those together with a food combining regimen helped me to loose 11 kilos (24.2 lbs) in about 3 or 4 months. Despite the fact that I am still eating healthily, I have reached a plateau and cannot shift another ounce.

Admittedly, now I'm writing about it, I've just realised that I stopped drinking my 3 litres of water daily and for the last 6 weeks I stopped exercising due to my jewellery making for a fashion show next week.