hello there, welcome to the forum, why dont you leave it for now, and see if you can loose the weight withourt them, yes 6 stones is a lot of weight to loose and 4 and 3 or even 1 stone to whoever is loosing it, but take it 7lbs or even 5lbs at the time setting yourself little targets, it does work if you follow the plan, and whenever you get stuck why dont you come on the forum and have a chat there is always someone on here to talk to, you take care now and all the best