Another Success Story

My husband John is a huge cyclist and of course a healthy eater!  However, back in October 2009 he went into have a check up and discovered that his cholesterol was high.  The doctor strongly suggested he get on meds right away.  John decided to see if I could tweak his diet or help him try to decrease this the natural way.  The doctor really believed this would all be in vain and said it must be hereditary..how could he be eating any healthier? 

Well, I did some research and spoke to Dr Joel Fuhrman's staff.  He is author of the book "Eat to Live."  We changed John's diet and went totally vegan.  He gave up all dairy, meat and coffee.  He ate exactly what Dr Fuhrman recommends: Veggies, Beans, Fruit, Whole grains, Raw nuts, and more veggies!  He added garlic tablets, Vitamin C with Bio, 1/2 glass of POM juice a day and completely quit coffee. 

He continued his regular exercise program of cycling and weights.

The results are below:
Oct 23, 2009   Total Cholesterol 244
Nov 23, 2009  Total Cholesterol 179

The doctor was amazed...they could not believe that diet alone could take down someone's cholesterol within 30 days!  He continued eating vegan for a few months.  However, we have added some fish and other lean meats back into his diet.  He will be going in for a recheck soon.  I will let you know if adding the meat back into his diet increased the results.

I would highly recommend you reading the book "Eat to Live".  Regardless if you are a vegetarian or not...adding more greens into your diet will help you live a healthier life.

Remember you are what you eat!!!

Melissa

A success story to inspire you!!!

Tonight I am sharing a story of inspiration with all of you.  One the owners at Amber Pharmacy started this program below on February 17th (Ash Wednesday).  It actually tied in well with the Lenten season.  Weight loss so far is 35 lbs.  His goal is 60 lbs.  Please see below his program that he is following.  I am also posting a picture of one of his meals.

Congratulations, Tim!!  Keep up the great work.  Thank you for allowing me to share your story.


Breakfast (Buy a Magic Bullet)


Smoothie

Skim Milk

Pomegranate Juice

Handful of Frozen Blueberries

Handful of Frozen Raspberries

½ Frozen Banana

1 Scoop Vanilla Whey Protein



Or if I’m in a hurry, I’ll eat an apple or some cut-up pineapple then do the smoothie for lunch.



Lunch

Big Salad with either ½ head of iceberg or a whole heart of romaine

Add as many raw vegetables as you want

Can add leftover chicken or steak (no more than 4 oz)

Drizzle olive oil and red wine vinegar for dressing

Kosher salt and black pepper



Or a 3 egg omelet with as many veggies as I can pack in



Dinner

Fish, chicken or lean meat

Steamed or roasted veggies and/or salad

Brown Rice (comes in individual servings for microwave in 1 minute)



Snacks

Raw almonds

Low Fat Yogurt (I like lime or lemon, not the fruit crap)

Raw Vegetables

Apples, Pineapple, Clementine’s or any fruit



I’m not consuming the following

Processed foods (stay away from the center of the grocery store)

White flour

Sugar

Pasta

Bread

Pop, Beer or any carbonated beverage



Exercise

I’ve been walking briskly (3.8 mph) on treadmill or outside for 30 minutes every day.

Started doing compound exercises and interval training thanks to Melissa



Indulgences

1 or 2 cups of coffee in morning (for my caffeine fix)

With skim milk and truvia (sugar substitute)

Couple glasses of wine on the weekend