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Change Your Mind and Eat Healthier

Weight Loss, and a Lifestyle Change are choices I made with determination. I had to decide to change my mind and eat healthier. I also have to eat less. I'm not looking for a magic pill or a surgeons knife to help me out of my lifetime of poor choices. I've been overweight my entire life. Chubby child, overweight adolescent, obese teenager and morbidly obese adult. I put every bite of food into my own mouth. I ate for pure enjoyment without the slightest thought about healthy food choices. So, I should also do what it takes to make the great change. Lose the weight, eat healthier and do a bit of exercise myself.



I've decided that I'd like to share this Journey with anyone who is interested in reading about it. I'm not a professional writer, just someone who wants to share with others. I hope what I share is helpful.

I am not at the beginning of my journey. I'd say that I'm about 5 years into the journey. My weight loss journey started with me deciding to cut back on my food intake. I was so miserable, and having a hard time just taking the garbage to the dumpster which probably was less than 50 feet from our patio door. I didn't know my exact weight, but I was probably within 20 pounds of 400 lbs. The scale has never been my friend, and I haven't weighed myself in about a year. My weight loss has slowed down, but it has been pretty constant. My last weight was in the upper 200's. I had successfully lost over 100 lbs. Quite an accomplishment. I don't care how long it took, it's a great accomplishment for me. Something I'd never achieved in my lifetime. 

I want to share so much with you. This is the beginning of this blog. I hope you're around for the long haul. Thanks for your visit.

Thee Ladi Blogger


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