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Tell her to give you a month, and if you're not down 20 pounds, you'll go back on whatever diet she has you on now. She won't believe how you look after a month.

For five months, I ate a ham and cheese omlette with hot salsa for breakfast every morning, had an Atkins shake for lunch, then a salad with some kind of meat for dinner. I snack throughout the day on carrots, celery, green peppers, radishes, cukes, string cheese and pork rinds, with one Atkins bar a day for morale's sake. Nuts are also good for snacks. The key is if you feel yourself getting hungry, don't try to hold out 'til dinnertime...grab a good, low-carb snack. Otherwise, you may find yourself going to the store for a bag of chips and a Coke.

I've cut out the eggs now to get my cholesterol back down, and eat oatmeal and a couple slices of ham for breakfast. I also drink a lot more water now than I used to, and hit the gym four days a week. I feel better than I have in probably 15 years. Tell your wife that, and she may want to join you.

Good luck and all the success in the world!

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