DEAR HARRIETTE: Recently I've noticed a lot of people are giving themselves shots to lose weight.
Several of my colleagues have gone on these extreme diets (or so they appear to me) and dropped as much as 75 pounds in a few months. I need to lose weight, but it is coming off very slowly. I'm wondering if I should try one of these plans.
I'm worried, though, as I have high blood pressure, diabetes an…