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■IN HER OWN WORDS ■
J. H., AGE 47
“When I was heavy, the first thing that I would do when I walked into a
room was look around and see if I was the largest person there. That’s
not a healthy way to think!”When I first starting seeing Ron, I weighed 173 pounds and I’m only 5'2"! I now
weigh 122 pounds, and it has dramatically changed my outlook on life. I went
to see Ron for two reasons. First, I was unhappy about my weight and how I
looked, but I was also worried about my health. My dad had developed type 2
diabetes and I could see the terrible effect diabetes was having on his life, and
I did not want to follow in his footsteps. I knew that if I kept gaining weight, I
would probably become diabetic myself.
Over the years, I had been on many diets, primarily low fat, high carb diets,
and while I would lose weight initially, I would put the weight right back on
when I started eating normally again. These diets were very hard to stay on,
and I would go on and off them. I actually bought a book about the Atkins diet,
but the first two weeks on the diet (the induction period) looked so awful, I
couldn’t bring myself to do it. Once I started on Ron’s program, it was pretty
easy to follow. It’s really a mindset. You have to decide that you are going to
change the way you eat. The most remarkable thing is that I don’t feel hungry
all the time anymore, and when I do feel hungry, I eat. I grab a handful of nuts,
I’m fine.
What’s been the biggest change in my life since losing all that weight? My
self-esteem has vastly improved. When I was heavy, the first thing that I would
do when I walked into a room was look around and see if I was the largest per-
son there. That’s not a healthy way to think! I used to hate to go shopping. I had
clothes in my closet from size 18 to size 8; I’m now a size 6. I feel really good
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