How I Lost 82 Pounds, Dropped 6 Sizes Without Surgery, Drugs

I never had problems with my weight problem till around age 40. I had four healthy babies, then miscarried the fifth at 20 weeks. I was terribly depressed and started taking the antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine). With no nursing baby, I couldn't shed post-pregnancy weight as I normally would, breast-feeding. Then I lost another baby in 2004 and got more depressed. I weaned myself from antidepressants in 2010, but I'd put on about 105 pounds. I tried dieting and wasn't successful. Then I got serious around fall 2012. Without surgery, drugs or a support group, I lost 82 pounds and gone from size 20 to 6-8. Here's how.  How I Lost 82 Pounds, Dropped 6 Sizes Without Surgery, Drugs