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carlson1 wrote:Me and my wife started September 1, 2015 with a new life. I have lost 49lbs and my wife has lost 26lbs so far. Slow process, but with God all things are possible. We just keep fighting a little at a time. No drugs or surgery.

I agree . I have been on a diet for 13 months as of tomorrow . Quit taking most of the prescription meds my doctor had me on , be careful of any prescription medicine , ask questions . Just cut back eating , common sense stuff . My daughter and I just had a big bowl of homemade chicken chili . I have lost 134 pounds in the 13 months by my Walmart scales this morning .

Carlson mentioned a key factor ..............GOD . Ask for his help and if you are sincere he will help and guide you .
( Carlson you and the wife are doing dang good ! Keep it up .)

It's just personal opinion , no medical reference included . Try to lose slowly , kind of take your present eating and amount of exercise into consideration and just try to cut back on the calories by eating lower cal food you like without burning yourself out on eating the same things . It's a fact that the spices or seasonings are one of the big factors , Eat at home not out, when you look at the menu at a restaurant your mind starts to give in to your want to's .

Losing slowly forms new eating habits that will tend to serve you better in the long run , after a while you just don't want to over indulge of don't have a problem resisting . Exercise in a really big player , work at things you enjoy doing ........as long as it's not done sitting on your butt , get up and move . If you lose too quickly I got money says you'll gain in back in a short amount of time .
I would add that prayer is your biggest tool , GOD WILL HELP .

Just eating veggies , fruit , limited amount of meat every 2 days , no sugar , no starch . All I have done is to cut back intake and limit the type food , in other words just a regular old diet . No special shakes , no prepackaged diet food , no pills , no prepared diet plan and prayer every day . It works .

I don't know if what I'll say is relevant to the conversation but ....well anyway . I have been on several medications for about six years , had an ankle fusion and seems like the doc just kept adding pills even though I didn't think I needed them . By last fall I was thinking about buying a power chair . Weight gain , water retention , loss of exercise was wrecking my circulatory system . started having blood clots , bla bla bla .
I made an appointment and told him I wanted off all the drugs , he said no ( to cut it short) . I haven't been back to him , I went on a diet , cut out all but the cumiden . That was eleven months ago , lost 108 pounds as of last week , still got a way to go but I am a heck of a lot better and doing better all the time .

I am not trying to get anyone to quit taking their medicine believe me but be careful and question everything given to you . Biggest factor in my getting better was praying to GOD and asking for his help , I could not have done it by myself .