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| My 160 Pound Weight Loss
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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012
After 24 months I can say I am doing fine. Better than I ever thought I would be when I began this journey. I never expected to lose so much weight.
I had almost constant pain in my right side, it's gone now. I had pain and burning in my left leg, gone now. I had heart problems, gone now.
I went from out growing a 52 inch pants now down to a 33 inch waist. Going from a 4X shirt to a medium, it's great. I'm still losing weight. I've lost 155 pounds as of the last time I weighed a few days ago. How low will I go? I would like to lose another 10 pounds. I'll stop when I reach the right weight. I'm not on a diet so I don't know what that will be.
To be able to miss meals without being hungry is great. I get busy during the day and often forget to eat lunch, I don't miss it.
Energy! I have lots of energy. One of the greatest blessing of this weight loss it the fact that I can get down on the floor and play with my now 2 year old little grandchild. At 340+ pounds I could barely bend over to pickup something. I couldn't walk to the mail box and back without stopping to catch my breath, now I can run around the block if I want to. I can cut wood again. I'm making furniture again.
All the aches and pains that I thought were just part of "getting old" are gone. They are not a normal part of aging. Our bodies were designed to give us many years of healthy living.
Try it for yourself. Cut out the sugars, wheat, starches and bad oils. Eat a high fat diet and see it you don't feel better and start losing weight. Even if you don't need to lose weight you will still feel better once your body rids itself of the poisons.
I am rereading the book by Gary Taubes "Why We Get Fat, And What To Do About It".
This is a great book, If you haven't read this book you should.
It's not about calories in and calories out, calories don't matter.
It's not about how much you exercise.
It's what we eat and what we should not eat. IT"S THAT SIMPLE!
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Thanks to all of you for reading my blog. Over 14,000 of you from 63 countries have logged on since I first posted on June 24, of 2011. I'm still amazed that a man from the hills of Kentucky can reach so many people worldwide.
I hope my story has helped you, encouraged you. Even if it's only made you laugh, I've done something.
If you've changed your lifestyle, if you are losing weight and feeling better, you have to tell others. You have to risk offending them. "Pay if forward" as they say. They might not listen at first but when they see the change in you, they will start to take notice and ask questions.
One reason I started this blog, was so I could have one place to send people for some answers.
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90% of the money we Americans spend on food in for processed food. Don't tell me you can't afford to eat healthy, you can, YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO.
94% of ad budgets for food goes for processed food.
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Eating or drinking 100 grams (8 tbsp.) of sugar, the equivalent of one 12-ounce can of soda, can reduce the ability of white blood cells to kill germs by forty percent. The immune-suppressing effect of sugar starts less than thirty minutes after ingestion and may last for five hours.
Sugar is like fertilizer to cancel cells.
Watch the videos and rest this page on Dr. Mercola's web site:
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In the book "Get The Sugar Out" by Ann Louise Gittleman M.S. C.N.S Ms. Gittleman says, "No matter what form it takes, sugar paralyzes the immune system in a variety of ways:
Sugar has been proven to destroy the germ-killing ability of white blood cells for up to five hours after ingestion.
It reduces the production of antibodies, proteins that combine with and inactivate foreign invaders in the body.
It interferes with the transport of vitamin C, one of the most important nutrients for all facets of immune function.
It causes mineral imbalances and sometimes allergic reactions, both of which weaken the immune system.
It neutralizes the action of essential fatty acids, thus making cells more permeable to invasion by allergens and microorganisms."
Sugar Related Health Problems:
Acne
Addiction to drugs, caffeine & food
Adrenal gland exhaustion
Alcoholism
Allergies
Anxiety
Appendicitis
Arthritis
Asthma
Behavior problems
Binge eating
Bloating
Bone loss
Cancer (cancer cells feed on sugar)
Candidiasis
Cardiovascular disease
Cataracts
Colitis
Constipation
Depression
Dermatitis
Diabetes
Difficulty concentrating
Diverticulitis & diverticulosis
Eczema
Edema
Emotional problems
Endocrine gland dysfunction
Fatigue
Food cravings
Gallstones
Gout
Heart Disease
High blood cholesterol
High estrogen levels
High triglyceride levels
Hormonal problems
Hyperactivity
High blood pressure
Hypoglycemia
Impaired digestion of all foods
Indigestion
Insomnia
Kidney stones
Liver dysfunction
Liver enlargement & fatty liver syndrome
Low HDL cholesterol
Menstrual difficulties
Mental illness
Mood swings
Muscle pain
Nearsightedness
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Overacidity
Parasitic infections
Premature aging & wrinkles
Premenstrual syndrome
Psoriasis
Rheumatism
Shortened life span
Tooth decay
Ulcers
Vaginal yeast infections
Sugar may not be the whole answer to why you are ill, but it could be an important part of the puzzle.
Remember, wheat is as bad as sugar.
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Instead of ripping open a bag of potato chips and popping the top on a bottle of cola, I'm making kale chips and brewing kombusha.
I'm doing fine.
