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How I Lost 40 Pounds In My 50s By Combining Strategies
I no longer had a choice. I had to do something about my health now or suffer the consequences. It was after returning from a trip to the Amazon Basin in August of 2016. My family had spent 10-days in Iquitos, Peru, living and learning from some of the most isolated people in South America. Iquitos is the largest city in the world that can’t be reached by a road. It is only accessible by plane or boat.
I got sick as soon as we returned home. This was not the average sickness that you get when you travel overseas. This was an ‘in the hospital with IVs in my arm’ sickness. During my visit to the hospital, they tested every bodily fluid imaginable. Multiple times.
They never found the cause of my sickness, and it went away after several weeks. What they did find was even more alarming. They informed me that I was 40 pounds overweight, my body fat was 32%, my cholesterol was 203, and my glucose was 109. I needed to make some lifestyle changes or I would not live very long.
I knew that I needed to improve my health, but I didn’t know where to start. I had spent years eating poorly and not getting enough exercise. Getting back into shape in my 50’s was not something that was going to be easy or happen quickly. Weight loss and muscle growth are much more challenging as we get older.
