In October I was bending over to dry myself off after a shower and my back gave out for 2 solid weeks. I was in such pain. The chiropractor helped me out and all was well again. I lost 10 pounds over those 2 weeks because I felt so bad I lost my appetite!!! Yay.

I scheduled a doctors appointment because I had gotten a job and was not doing well at all physically. The doctor told me I had both high blood pressure and diabetes. No wonder I felt like a big pile of doo. The nurse explained if I didn’t get serious about dropping some weight my pancreas would give out….actually I think the word she used was explode. For the very first time I was really scared.

For years my doctor had been warning me about my weight. With my extreme lack of energy and shortness of breath I knew I had finally hit bottom. Out of all the weight loss books I had read and all of the lectures I had endured the doctor said this one thing that sort of tapped into my brain that day.

She told me to stop eating bread, rice, sugar, potatoes and pasta for 14 days. White food. I thought for 14 days even I could give it a try. I was feeling so extremely sluggish. I knew I had to do this. I had to. For the next 14 days I did do it too.

Never in a billion years did I think I could. Never!!! I had been a stay at home mom for 25 years. One of the reasons I had gone to the doctor was because I quite suddenly had a job. I felt like I was going to die from the exertion!!! It was just temporary for the holidays but it seriously kicked my ass.

I was so short of breath just from the walk in the parking lot to my work area!!! Honestly my chest was heaving and I couldn’t stop sweating for a 10 full minutes. I was sooooo embarrassed. That embarrassment I felt kept me from eating that white food over those 14 days.

So I hurt my back in October, got a seasonal job in November, and then a part time job in January that I still have. I weighed myself a few days ago and I’ve lost 41 pounds. In October when I went to the chiropractor and they weighed me I was mortified.

I swear to you I never in a million years would have thought I could lose this much weight. Never. I’m too much of a fast food, no portion control kind of girl.

The doctor gave me drugs to control my high blood pressure and it went from 168 down to 128 last visit. My blood sugar is controlled with drugs so I have energy now. I like to clean the house again. I want to go walk around the mall with my friends. I enjoy riding my recumbent bike because I have energy.

For years I lost all desire to get busy and would just eat instead. I’m still really fat and need to lose alot of weight but I feel so good about myself now it doesn’t seem so hard anymore.

So do yourself a favor and try to stop eating white food for just 14 days. On your calendar block out 14 days in red. Mark them off each day. Go buy some colorful food. Just try it. If you go off the deep end and eat some white food just start over the next day. No harm done. Best wishes…..

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No guilt and move on.

Besides, how fun would life be if we didn’t have a margarita (or 6) and a little bacon once in awhile?

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