heather's Story

I am overjoyed that Eat To Live has shown me the path to true health.  Instead of fear, dread and anxiety over my future I have hope, joy and a sense of peace. Growing up we never had food in the house and what I did eat was pretty unhealthy, although tasty. I started sneaking food anywhere I could. In college I gained weight quickly and became highly addicted to salt, fat, sugar, wheat.  My health started deteriorating and I was feeling terrible.  I realized I was just a junky and was neglecting and torturing my body with "drugs" just trying to find comfort and happiness.  I started on a long journey of trying every diet out there, losing weight, gaining weight, gaining more weight, starving, binging, crying, angry, frustrated. I purchased Eat To Live, but I was too scared to make  a drastic change, not just to my way of eating, but to my social life. So I set Eat To Live aside and kept gaining weight.

I had a huge surprise birthday party with tons of food. Enchiladas, chicken, mashed potatoes, chips and dips, three birthday cakes. I ate until I got sick, laughing that I could still fit in ice cream. The next three days I felt like I had a serious hangover and I didn't drink.  A few days later I woke up with a little sore throat.  Throughout the day it progressed into serious pain.  I couldn't swallow.  My whole neck swelled up and it started up into my face, streaking red as it went.  I rushed to the hospital and was given all sorts of hideous medications that made me feel terrible.  I was diagnosed with hypertension, and told if I don't lose weight and get my life together I was in serious trouble.  I went home with lots of pills feeling pretty scared.

I went back to my Eat To Live book and made the decision to trust in Dr. Fuhrman and follow the Nutritarian lifestyle, not as just another fad diet, but a way of eating and life that I would adopt forever.  I had a big green smoothie with lots of kale for breakfast and that actually made me feel great. The first few days eating this way made me want to drop it all. I curled up on my bed or couch and would cry for my "fix". 

But I was amazed at how quickly I felt better, my energy started becoming abundant, my skin started clearing up, my emotions became more even. I hung in there, reading all of the success stories on Dr. Fuhrman's website. I was starting to feel true happiness, not just pleasure from junk food.  I started walking with my husband and breathing deeply, not coughing.  My libido came back and my eyes lost the yellowish hue they had before.  My whole life became better, and the weight loss, which was a main goal all along, became more of a side effect to what was truly happening in my body.  I had been starving to death having no nutrition.  Now I am consuming nutritious and delicious foods and am enjoying them on a far deeper level than just pleasure in my brain.  My whole body delights in the bountiful plants, fruits, nuts, seeds, beans that I enjoy.  My husband is doing this with me, what a blessing.  He had soaring blood pressure and it is now down to 104/74 and he lost 13 pounds.  My blood pressure dropped over 25 points and I am just on the cusp of normal at 122/80. And I have lost over 27 pounds, all in just seven weeks.  I am overjoyed that I was shown the path to true health. 

My work background is in cast bronze sculpture. The other day a lady was looking at my bronze statues and told me I was as beautiful as my work.  I burst into tears right there on the spot.  My sculpting is more prolific than ever and I have the energy to get all of my projects done instead of things getting dragged out and upsetting clients.  I am so excited about my continued journey to health and nutritional excellence. Thank you Dr. Fuhrman and thank you to all of the others that have had the courage and strength to change their lives and share their story.

My weight loss journey continued to now a year later from my original story I have lost 80 pounds. I and my husband feel amazing!  We follow Dr. Fuhrman's recommended plan wholeheartedly!  It has saved my life and certainly helped give us a happy marriage. My emotions and mental health have improved drastically and I am much better able to communicate in a healthy way, instead of the emotional roller coaster that I was when I was 80 pounds heavier and in the throes of Lupus. A special "thank you" for that to Dr. Fuhrman from my husband. My career has taken off because I am able to work so much more. I am also more outgoing with clients and got into more galleries. I just finished a foot-tall monument for an Oregon university.

 

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