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 Post subject: Small Success
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:49 pm 
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I'm new here found this website after I pick the the pick MCDougall program for maximum weight loss. I read the China story back in Febuary and being a semi vegetarian for the last 17 years. I found I had everything in my frig and pantry to try out these interesting vegan recipes. I always wanted to try the vegan lifestyle but found the recipes to be just as high in fat. At 32 I was placed on hormones for a cyst that would not go away and kept comming back everytime I tried to get off those pills the cyst came back. At 38 years young HBP followed. I have never had any weight problem even after having 3 children. I only gained weight after all the medications they put me on for HBP. A 40 pound gain over 9 years and a foggy brain from all the high dose drugs.
After reading the china study I decided to take back my life. I quit the minimal amount of meat I did eat. About a month ago dairy and all my nut milks I made along with all the nuts and olive oils I was constantly told to keep increasing in my diet to raise my HDL cho. which did not work.

My husband has ordered me several other of the recipe books I can not waite to get them. I'm 15 pounds from my goal weight. I quit norvasc several months back. I went to see my regular doctor he said I was good. Today I went in for a BP check up, it was to see if I was ready to cut the diovan hct to the lowest dose. They found out after I had a great reading that I had already cut my dosage down on my own two weeks ago. I could see it was fine after monitoring myself and watching the numbers stay consistantly low.
I was not sure what kind of response from my doctor I would get but it was a very positive one to what I was doing. My doctor was more then willing to follow my progress with a three month checkup at which time if my numbers are low enough I will be off all medications.
They told me to stop taking my medication if my numers continue to drop to low and to see them asap. I was surprised at the great response from my doctor. My HDL went up 5 points. Wish I would have found this book sooner. Thanks for giving me my life back.


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 Post subject: Re: Small Success
PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:31 am 
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CONGRATS!! :) You're doing great. Keep up the good work! :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: Small Success
PostPosted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:37 am 
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Welcome aboard!


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 Post subject: Re: Small Success
PostPosted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:09 pm 
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Thank you


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 Post subject: Re: Small Success
PostPosted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:20 am 
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Welcome aboard. Glad your doing better.

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 Post subject: Re: Small Success
PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:22 pm 
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Congratulations!

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 Post subject: Re: Small Success
PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:37 am 
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Congrats and welcome to the McDougallers here. I, too first read the China Study and that sort of launched me into the plant based diet too.
good luck!

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