Yes Umpa, and you know why it was happy? IT WAS HAPPY BECAUSE I FOUND 'HOPE' AGAIN WITH YOU ALL, HOPE THAT I CAN TURN MY LIFE AROUND AND LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE AGAIN. I HAD ALL BUT GIVEN UP, TILL I FOUND AND TRIED FTS. WHAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THESE LAST 4 WEEKS AND HAD THE 'POWER AND HOPE' TO STAY ON MY NEW EATING PROGRAM THROUGH REUNION, BIRTHDAYS, PARTIES, IT IS JUST A MIRACLE HOW WELL I HAVE DONE AND I NOW HAVE 15 POUNDS OFF. THAT IS TOTALLY AWESOME, AND I HAVE YOU ALL TO THANK FOR THIS.
I had been so discouraged, so beaten down, so hopeless, that there was no hope for me that I was just going to die like this.
Mentally, just to have the 'hope' that I really can loose this huge amount of weight and in a pretty short time, just makes me so happy.
The way Umpa, Doug and Sherripie and others have given me such encouragement on here, I just cannot explain what that has done for me.
Between Doug's book, the way it really works in our body to eat like this, and this awesome free forum, I KNOW SOMEDAY IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS YOU ALL WILL BE SHOUTING VICTORY WITH ME THAT I HAD INDEED LOST ALL THESE POUNDS FOREVER. WHAT A TESTIMONY THAT WILL BE, the only sad part is I wish I had found you so very many years ago, as I have sat around since my back injury in 1995 and just got fatter and fatter feeling totally hopeless as it seemed no diet ever really worked.
