Thanks Sally & Steven. Still doing fine, and going to a party of a dear friend this evening. That's the first time in a year that I go out of the house for longer than 10 minutes or hospital...

I've lost about 5cm of waist fat (according to my belt) in 30 days, even though I'm not really doing all this to lose weight - but I obviously welcome it.

I haven't touched a soda in that time, and only drink one large glass of fresh pink grapefruit juice (1/3 juice, 2/3 sparkly water) as a "cocktail" in the evening. Next to that 3 liters of water a day. Lots of fruits, lots of greens.

Started looking around, asking friends, etc. for low carb recipes, avoiding potatoes, rice, pasta as much as possible - but not to the point where it gets silly.

I guess I'm in a positive feedback loop, as the lack of pain and the diet are giving me a big energy boost, enough to start working out - but taking it easy.