Unusual roasted veg – http://theclothesmakethegirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/roasted-vegetables-perfect-for-lazy.html

All my veg recipes – http://theclothesmakethegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/vegetables

Sunshine Sauce – http://theclothesmakethegirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunshine-sauce.html

Enjoy! Be happy, eat healthy.

@ Melicious thanks and when I think how this challenge changed me my eyes well up too. Powerful Stuff this challenge.

Steve–> Your post made my eyes well up. LOVE that. Many congratulations. I'm super excited for you.

Steve: OMG, what an inspiration! Well done, you and keep up the great work! I know you will. :)

Jamie: Holy crap, it's already been two weeks! I forgot to tell Austin Diner yesterday to leave the cheese off of my omelet and the establishment was closed for more tables after I got it…didn't have the heart to send it back (insert more stupid excuses here) so I ate the omelet with the cheese. I did ask them not to cook it in butter, but it was kind of a moot point. Back to strict Paleo! :)

Thanks

@Melissa

I know you didn't invented it but you are the one who educated me and educated me for free.

My doctor (who I paid a lot of money) was the one who was telling me to eat low fat and more whole grain and beans. Well that didn't work and I was always hungry.

I been away on a business trip during the last 7 days and I started to IF because my time as been so limited and I haven't been hungry. I didn't plan to IF it just happen to be too easy to IF with my busy schedule. It just made life easy this week.

Yes I am looking forward to the next month, three months and years. I can't wait until I am the skinny guy and everyone asks How I did it and I will tell them that Byer's 30 Day Challenge Saved my Life.

BTW today is day 30.

I am humbled by your comments. I didn't make any of this stuff up – I'm just passing it along, in the hopes of inspiring others to give it a try. I can't tell you what it means to hear your story. Thank you for sharing, and congratulations on your hard work and progress. You've got such great momentum – I can't wait to see where you are in another month, three months, a year!

Melissa

Day 15. I did just fine at the wedding reception. They actually ran out of food – not many people got to indulge no matter what their food plan is (or is not)…

I have no desire to eat beard, rice, potatoes, candy or any other junk food. This lifestyle is allowing me to lose inches off my waist without going hungry. This lifestyle is saving my life. For about 25 years I have been getting fatter and fatter. I joined weight watchers and I was able to starve myself down 40 pounds, but the weight slowly came back. Before I found the 30 day challenge my weight peaked to 305.

I stood looking at the scale in disbelief. How I did I allow myself to reach 305? I tried eating less but I didn’t lose a pound until I got a really bad stomach virus that didn’t allow me to eat for three weeks and my weight during this illness dropped to 285. I thought to myself this is the jump start I needed to get my weight under control, but three weeks later in spite of starving myself I was back up to 292 and rising. So I brought a subscription to the CF Journal and started to read the nutrition articles. One of the articles I read was Melissa Byers article “Zone Gone Bad”. I thought to myself here is interesting person.

Then I searched the CF boards and I found out Melissa had her own blog and I decided to check out her blog. At the top of her blog as everyone reading this knows is a linked called “Change your life in 30 Days.” I knew I needed to change my life in order to save my life. With the direction of my weight I had serious doubts that would live another ten years. I am only 50 and I doubted I would make to sixty or live long enough to see my Grandchildren or see my son get married. So I took the challenge and it saved my life. At my last weighing I was down to 279. To many that may sound awful to weight 279, but I haven’t been that light for over five years. I am down to 279 without being hungry. Each day I feel better, have more energy and become leaner. Why would I want to trade that for potatoes, corn, pasta or any the other junk I used to believe was healthy food?

Melissa Byers and her “30 Day Challenge” not only changed my life, it saved my life. I was on a path to an early death and now I am going live long enough to see my son get married and to see my Grandchildren. I can’t thank Melissa enough for saving my life.

So I will end this long post by just saying Thank You Melissa for saving my life and I really do mean it when I say “Saving.”