…through portion size is not good, a calorie is a calorie. Meal prepping helps with that; you put your food in containers, all the same portions and that’s what you eat. It’s all in the mind, at least for me, but I think it is with everyone. The moral of the story is that you don’t want to bring things into the house that is tempting.
“Having the energy to be able to jump, run and play with my grandsons and go down a slide or swing on a swing is the best,” explains Shelia. “My daughter was blessed to get a really great job and had to relocate, but she had not secured adequate housing for my 3- and 7-year-old grandsons. For a few months the kids lived here in Lima, I got them up and dressed and to school. I gave a lot of my attention to them. Had I been still that 334 pounds, I would have never been able to do that for my daughter. I couldn’t walk from one end of the room to the other without being out of breath let alone walking them to school, taking them to the park. The best thing is the abundant amount of energy to have quality of life with the ones I love the most.”
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