>>>Can't do much about the first one, but I need to get healthier before I die. Soon.
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>>>I've always had problems because I love to eat. All kinds of food.
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>>>I'm already active with sports, but can only do so much because of my health.
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>>>I have terrific willpower in many things, but not with diets.
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>>>I know much of what comprises a healthy lifestyle, but I need things that aren't dramatic; won't work for me.
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>>>Any suggestions from former fat people on what they did that made a difference?
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>>I got the flu (like real influenza - the stuff that can kill people), developed pneumonia on top, had my kidneys quit (I have a kidney disease that makes them very sensitive to immune system flareups) and wound up hospitalized in ICU for a couple of weeks after being sick at home for a week before. I couldn't eat or drink. They kept me alive in IV fluids and lots of druge.
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>>I lost 35 pounds that way.
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>>That was my crash diet.
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>>It might not be a good option for everyone.
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>Ah, but did you keep it off? That's what really counts. <g>

Actually I've kept most of it off in the 5 years since..