I really did want to encourage others - in addition to celebrating a bit.
Will send a separate reply to the poster who asked about red yeast rice. I swore to my doctor long ago that I'd never take a statin no matter what because they do a number on the liver. Big Pharma just wants to protect its market share, and they don't care who they kill doing it. Anyone who does take a statin really needs to switch to red yeast rice or at least take an herb like milk thistle to offer some liver protection. Dr. Weil said on Dr. Oz' show this year that there's another herb that will help offset the bad side effects of statins, but I don't remember what it was. That info will be somewhere in the WebMD database, though, for anyone who cares to look. For those who might not know, both these men are tops in their field of cardiology and practice at major western medical clinics. They simply know that the more we rely on healthy lifestyles and diets, the less likely we are to need their intervention services.
As for diet, basically I still eat everything I ever did, just a lot less of it. I have a jelly donut every Sunday morning at Sunday school, on that day only, and at least once a day I have a little piece of chocolate. Instead of 2 chimis for lunch, 1 instead, etc. And of course the ability to become more active was crucial. The only major thing I cut out entirely, and that years ago, is sodas diet or otherwise. Haven't entirely weaned myself off cured meats but try to save them for occasional treats only.
Basically I'm trying to say that if a lazy little glutton like me can do it, it's not an impossible dream.
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