A friend of mine suggested a gluten-free diet as a gateway to being healthier and losing weight..it seems to be working!
The most difficult thing was bread (which I love!) which has a lot of gluten in it. The solution was to get a breadmaker so I could bake my own gluten-free bread. In case you're interested the model I got was the SD2500WXC,
which has a lot of features on it.. most of which I haven't got around to using yet! The smell of baking bread is great and I usually time my baking to co-incide with friends coming round so they can share the bread.
I guess the upshot of all this, if all goes well, is that I'll have a number of pairs of 38 inch waist jeans to give away as i go down to a smaller size!!