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I just bought size 12 jeans at Costco. I wasn't a size 12 in high school. The trip happened because my pants kept falling down. We were in Colorado, I put my phone in my back pocket, and they started sliding right off. My husband used to make a face when I said I needed new clothes. Now he just agrees with me. Rewind five years and I was 240 pounds, in a plus-size 20, and the words on my chart said morbidly obese. I'd been diabetic for decades, on insulin for 20 years, with the cholesterol and blood pressure pills they stack on top. I'd tried everything the hard way. The 15-grams-of-carbs-a-day prescriptions. Weight Watchers. A lap band that made me miserable for two years and then broke. None of it lasted, and some of it hurt. What finally worked was cooking my favorite foods from the grocery store. The first four months I followed every meal exactly and lost 30 pounds. Over the years the light bulbs kept coming on, I understood my own body a little better every month, and the sizes kept falling. A 20, then a 16, then a 14, and now a 12. ⚖️ 82 pounds gone, 240 down to 158 💉 Off insulin after 20 years 🩸 A1C down from a high of 11 🥦 Half my plate is vegetables now, and I'm the woman who hid them under the plate as a child The eating is the Homemade Method, real grocery store food in recipes designed by a team of Stanford health experts to reawaken the fat-burning hormones that fade after 50, favorites included. Me? Still buying smaller clothes. Still eating bread from my local sourdough baker. Still surprised every time I read the tag. Over 55,667 women have used the Homemade Method to shrink out of their wardrobes without giving up the foods they love. If you can't remember the last time clothes shopping felt like good news, take the free 3-minute quiz. https://start.homemademethod.com/quiz It's only available for a limited time. 💕 Deborah, Homemade Method Member