A “No portion control, no calorie counting” success!

Read Jim’s wonderful story of health and weight transformed, minus wheat: I am a 61-year old male, retired (but still working part time) early childhood educator. I am 5′ 7″ and medium-framed. Picked up your book in August via Amazon after a Google search for “diet to lose abdominal fat.” My wife, an RN, had been concerned that the 25 lbs I had gained since my retirement in 2007 had gone straight to my gut. For years I had been a recreational runner and had held a weight of about 185 lbs. Slowed down a bit in the 1990′s due to a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Weight began to climb and, by retirement, I was about 210 and had quit running. BP started to climb and cholesterol did, as well. Portion control, workouts at the gym, following my wife’s Weight Watchers’ regimen couldn’t seem to do any better than a 10-15 lb loss, with rebounds always following. My PCP [primary care physician] finally put me on Diovan and simvastatin, but my BP and lipid profile merely leveled off, didn’t really improve. This past summer, my weight ballooned to 234 lbs with a BP of 136/92. I had to do something. Your book caught me with the comparison of the GI [glycemic index] of whole grain bread vs. the Snickers bar. I was on the wheatless way before I finished the first chapter. Began cold turkey on August 13 and had no problems finding satisfaction without wheat. The weight began to drop immediately and I have had continuous small, but steady...
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