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From 278 to 143 pounds. I'm 67, 5'6". I have my life back and feel great in a bikini!

Writer at TruHealth. Mom of 4, Grandma of 9. Lover of Food now living her best life.

By Emma SmithPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

My journey started when we got a retirement home in Florida and I felt like a jealous teenager...

After years of marriage and having kids, I never thought at nearly 60 I'd be worrying about my husband leaving me. But it was the best thing that could have happened!

My Mom once said:

"After having kids your body will never be the same"

She was trying to scare me off boys, but those words stuck with me for the next 50 years!

As soon as I had kids, there was my excuse why I struggled keeping the pounds off. I never blamed all the chocolate, soda and fried chicken I enjoyed daily.

And every time I tried:

Exercise

Cutting out sugar

Boiled eggs for breakfast

Only having healthy, whole ingredients

I saw the scale hardly move week after week, so I remembered what my mother had said and went back to eating meals I like.

I was doomed to be overweight for the rest of my life!

The cold Minnesota winters made it easier to ignore my weight, but the warmer summers made me want to change.

I consulted several doctors and found out i had nign blood pressure and cholesterol. But these were from being over weight, not causing the excessive pounds to pile on.

All the tests felt like a waste of money when one doctor told me "that's what happens when you get older".

No matter how many more excuses I heard, I never stopped feeling miserable and depressed.

In Minnesota I looked after our home while my husband was busy working.

We didn't have much of a social life except he had a lot of work events to

attend.

It all changed in Florida and his new found free time and zest for life!

He knew a lot of old work colleagues that had retired in the area too

Everyday he met up with them, enjoying the beaches, but for me it was too mortifying to even think of wearing a bikini.

I couldn't even relax around our little private pool, what would my husband think when he got home?

How he'd compare what his wife was like to all the other women around

Florida that were half my size.

I was feeling hopeless until I was told about a 'Simple Morning Routine'.

It dealt with something in the body but I don't remember it's name. I'd never heard of it and to be honest I didn't care what it was. I wanted to know what it did !

I know many are asking how I did this . Click here to know my secret.

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  • Ariana Ariana3 years ago

    thanks for that advice i will try and i share my results here

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