(slight exaggeration) Yes, I am overweight, but never felt the physical ailments that came with it. Normal cholesterol, normal blood pressure, no diabetes, very active and outgoing. I never went to the Doctor's even for a check up, I just always felt fine. Besides all they wanted to do was weigh me and tell me I was Fat!
I don't need a doctor to tell me that. It's not like I woke up one morning looked in the mirror and said Holy S--t! What happened? My weight wasn't the reason for my hay-fever or my occasional bad cold. That was in my 20's and 30's. In my 40's however it became a different story. I started to feel the effects of my weight on my joints and in my back. I realized I must find a way for me to lose weight, a way that worked for me. I am now a low carber for life and I am 72 lbs lighter. I backed all the sugar out of my diet after they diagnosed my Dad with Diabetes(I knew I might be next) 8 years ago I did the Master Cleanse
http://healthandlight.com/mastercleanse.htm (lemon cleanse to remove toxins from your system) I did it for 14 days. It is no food just the lemon drink and herbal tea, as well as salt water that really does clean out your system! I felt GREAT and had alot of energy. I needed to find out what was naturally missing from my body from years of abuse.
I was a heavy drinker at one time, no MANY times! and after alot of research I came to the conclusion that my organs were just not functioning the way they should. I had some swelling in my joints from carrying around this weight. I have never taken any prescription medication for anything and I hope I never will. I feel better now than ever, after learning all I could about how to give by body what it needs, not just a medication that masks what is really wrong. It's like putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. Once I found out the power of certain medicinal herbs I have never felt better. The first one was Milk Thistle for my hungover liver.
After 2 weeks I noticed a huge change in the pain in my back to the color of my skin, I paired that with Juniper
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/natural-medicine/herbal-remedies/juniper-herbal-remedies.htm for my kidneys and Dandelion Root
http://eatmoreherbs.com/zine/dandelion.html to remove excess fluid in my system. I have always had swelling in my right ankle from an injury about 12 years ago, swelled up like a grapefruit all the time. No longer! I actually can wear great shoes again and in a whole size smaller. I have taken Hawthorne Berry
http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-hawthorn-berry.html for circulation and man does it work. I no longer have coldness in my fingers and toes, no more leg cramps and my right leg that always fell asleep when I sat on it wrong has permanently woken up!
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