{"id":6444,"date":"2009-03-12T09:14:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T14:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2009-03-12T09:17:35","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T14:17:35","slug":"women-loses-half-her-body-weight-a-real-weight-loss-success-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/women-loses-half-her-body-weight-a-real-weight-loss-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Loses Half Her Body Weight: A Real Weight Loss Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"angela<\/a>Need some inspiration to drop some weight? Look no further than Angela Patton, a 35-year-old woman from Indianapolis who lost 156 pounds through the traditional and trusted way of diet and exercise. Celebrated by registered dietitian Joy\u00a0Bauer<\/a>, her Joy Fit Club and Self magazine’s weight loss challenge, Angela once topped the scales at more than 300 pounds; but after being diagnosed with being pre-diabetic,<\/a> she went straight to a nutritionist who helped her carve out a healthy eating plan.<\/p>\n

She managed to lose more than half her body weight during the course of three years. Her diet used to consist of fried eggs and sausage for breakfast, two cheeseburgers<\/a> for lunch and more burgers and fries for dinner; but now she swaps her heavy breakfasts for egg white omelets and lean protein like grilled fish for her burgers. She was also slurping down hundreds of calories a day from fruit juice and soda, but she has now switched to drinking plain water.<\/p>\n

Angela’s story, like so many of Joy’s weight loss success stories, don’t involve any diet gimmicks, pills or secret potions. Rather, it is developing sound eating habits and a regular exercise plan that over time safely takes off weight and allows you to maintain your goal weight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is Angela’s story<\/a> in her own words.<\/p>\n