return shipping or postage is the responsibility of the returning party – we do not pay return shipping unless it is an error on our part. i think that of people who do lose weight that way, i’d want to see their bone mass and muscle mass measured in some way to see if that’s what they’re actually losing. we frantically gathered our belongings and stuffed them in our packs with shaking hands, not wanting to leave things behind but also wanting to be out of the room before he followed us up there. 