But most of my adult life was not like this.

 

See, I’ve always had a sweet tooth.

 

And I didn’t let that bother me…

 

I simply lived my life enjoying donuts, cupcakes, and so many other glorious and mouthwatering desserts.

 

When my kids had their kids, I’d use the excuse of spoiling my grandkids with special treats…

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Sometimes I was gorging on cheesecake, brownies or my favorite chocolate cream pie almost daily…

 

So I could say that living so close to my grandkids certainly didn’t help me stay slim, haha…

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Another thing you should know about me is that I wasn’t really an active person…

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It kind of ran in the family where no one in the family ever ran. Or did much of anything.

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It never made any of us think until 5 years ago when my husband, who was obese, had a heart attack…

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He passed right away and we were all devastated.

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I went to the doctor shortly after for a checkup and I was frightened by what I was told.

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“Your blood pressure is dangerously high, and your weight is considered morbidly obese. If you don’t do something now, you will leave your family grieving the loss of you as you will surely have a heart attack!” Dr. Johnson told me.

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So, I began doing what Dr. Johnson suggested…

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I stopped eating sweets… which was hard as I really loved them!

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I started taking walks…

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I lost a few pounds in the next 2 months, but after that, nothing I did made a difference…

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And I was so tired of eating so little with so little results.

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It seemed my menopausal hormones were also interfering as well, so I gave up…

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But I wanted more than anything to save my health so that my grandkids can enjoy spending time with their grandmother.

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I felt like an ugly old lady and my confidence slipped further and further by the day.

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After 2 years of this, I felt like the biggest failure alive…

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Especially since I couldn’t even play with my grandkids without running out of breath…

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The Miracle That Helped Me Lose 78 Pounds Easily

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One day, while feeling sorry for myself, I was scrolling through Facebook as a distraction.

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That’s when I saw a video about a woman who was 60 years old… so, very close to my age…

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But she looked fantastic and full of life!

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I remember her turning to the camera and telling her story…

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Like me, she’d lost her husband, she used to be obese and unhealthy, and she had been trying to lose weight for decades.

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I remember her sharing how going up the stairs in her home was exhausting her and it really hit home for me.

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The video then showed her transformation from when she was obese to her reaching her ideal weight.

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She was so energized and happy in her video…

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She even filmed herself going up those same stairs without running out of breath like she used to…

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Right then I knew I had to do what she was doing!

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I fully expected some starvation plan type of diet or crazy exercises…

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But it was drinking a Costa Rican tea every day that changed her whole life for the better.

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With this one change, she lost 25 pounds in her first month…

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And reached her ideal weight soon after that.

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A few days later I started drinking the tea as well, and soon I started to have so much more energy.

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Being so energized, I started playing with my grandkids more, even taking them out for walks or shopping.

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As my metabolism woke back up, I began to notice that I was also losing weight.

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Maybe it was a fluke, I’d thought…

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But I continued to drink a few cups of the Costa Rican tea every daily.

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Soon I realized I had no cravings for sugary things like I used to…

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I could look at a tray of cheesecake with the need to eat which has never happened in my entire life!

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Also, I could see a real difference in the way my clothes fit. They were getting loose!

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Also, my skin and hair looked better…

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Gone were the days of a bloated, gassy belly…

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Gone were the aches in my joints…

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I soon began to feel younger and more alive than I did even when I was in my 40s…

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In 2 months, I’d lost 34 pounds and I did that with no exercising and no dieting.

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I may have eaten less as I was not hungry, but I didn’t diet at all.

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Then, I decided to walk for 20 minutes each day and I continued drinking the Costa Rican tea every day.

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As you see below, I lost 45 more pounds, making my total weight loss a whapping 78 pounds.