I Lost 93 lbs., Saved My Heart :

For most of us, losing weight is a matter of pride and a desire for a healthier lifestyle. For Kathy R. it was a matter of life or death.

Over a tragic two-year stretch, sorrow struck close to home for the overweight nurse from Ohio. Kathy, who at the time stood 5'5" and weighed 263 pounds, couldn't help but think of her fate as she mourned two cousins who fell victim to heart disease... each before the age of 50.

The 44-year-old health practitioner feared death would soon knock at her door if she didn’t shape up.

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"I said I can't live like this the rest of my life," she tells eDiets. "I wanted to be happy and healthy. I have a one-year-old granddaughter and I want to live to see her get married. I knew with the way I was going with my cholesterol levels and other things I was going to end up having a massive heart attack like my cousins."As her weight continued to climb, Kathy felt like she had taken the "hypocritical" rather than the Hippocratic Oath. She was telling patients to get smaller as she got bigger. Fed up with being fat, Kathy vowed to nurse herself back to good health .

She sampled every slimming solution on the diet menu. She managed to get her weight down to 239 before her progress stalled out.

"I couldn’t find anything that worked for me," Kathy says. "That is until one day I was searching on the Net, and a sign for eDiets popped up. I went in to see what it was like. I knew I needed help and a lot of guidance to succeed."

eDiets was just what the doctor ordered. A balanced meal plan and regular exercise combo was the prescription for slimming success. Since becoming an official member of eDiets, Kathy made the life-changing transition from frumpy to fabulous. In just 12 months, the striking blonde has trimmed 93 pounds and is happy and healthy at 146 pounds.

"I wasn’t sure it was going to work, but I was willing to give it a try. It was something I needed. With the meal plan and everything provided, I thought it would give me a chance to start. When I began the program, I couldn’t believe I could eat all this food and still lose weight ."

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