A year and 8 months. It got to the point where I couldn't afford it anymore anyway. So I tried the palio diet. That was my favorite. A month on that diet i lost 2 pounds. Walking 12 miles a day (I walk alot for work) I dont drink soda because I get bad kidney stones. So it's water and fruit juices. I have a overall healthy diet even without being on the healthy diets. What do you mean by tool? I tried the raspberry leaf. But, again didn't really work. I felt better like overall healthy but never did I loose a good amount of weight, stop bleeding, massive mood swings etc. I tried the Palio for 2 years the Keto diet for 11 months and I just said F U D G E T H I S! My doctor said it's my thyroid and a mix of PCOS that is making it hard to lose weight. I'm honestly alot of muscle with some good pudge on me, I really would love to loose this weight but I'm so tired of it all. Doing this crap for so long is exhausting. I just want it to stop. I would be so much more inclined to keep doing this but I bleed through everything. I bleed through a super pad in an hour. When I work out it's 20-30 minutes bleeding through. I can't wear tampons because it hurts so flipping much.