But I will eat my way out of it!
I have been on and off this plan for several years due to whatever reasons.
Last Tuesday, the doc wanted to do a cholesterol test for no apparent reason, but I submitted to the finger stick. I knew something was going on with my body as my eyes blurred on a regular basis, my feet and legs began to have tiny tingles, my thirst was unquenchable, I seemed to be hungry all the time,whereas before i didn't eat much...and I continued to get urinary tract infections for no good reason...
so they did a blood sugar test too, to find out a fasting of 130, with an A1c of 6.4 told them I was finally diabetic..
they told me all about how I need to now follow the ADA diet and take metaformin ( if I wanted to, since I wasn't so bad yet).. i shared with them taht I had the solution, they smiled and said well you really need to stay away from too much starch.
So, I guess what I want to say, is I had tried this health plan 11yrs ago, very successfully I may ad. I ended up stopping it due to not having a kitchen to cook in. After gaining back my 50lbs +, and feeling worse than I had ever felt then having no motivation to go back. I was pleasantly surprised with that diagnosis...because now since I have NO CHOICE, I must eat healthily.. and I must eat starch! Not for weight loss, but for a new goal, my health... for some reason, it has made all the difference for me. The difference i have been waiting for. Y ou can't change anything u ntil you are ready for the change.
I am married to a big time carnivore, donut-a-holic...he has mirriads of health problems, but refuses to give up his style of eating.. and that's ok with me, because with my future ( and present) success with this program, I can physically show him it works, and he too can be pill free.
I f eel fabulous, I lost 7lbs in less than aweek, no more blurred vision ( after just one day), no more headaches, no aches and pains ( though I do have a back issue that occasionally still creeps up, weight loss will help) no tingly's in the feet, no thirst, total excitement this time around, since it is the last time around..
My brother, Jeff Armstrong, has been a mcdougall vegan for 11yrs. he has always been an encouragement, and is happy I have joined the health nuts, my father has been a mcdougall vegan for 4yrs, and has done great at 86...
I have seen this health plan heal, and change lives.. I do believe in it.. and I have found my niche amongst the starches...
wish me luck and thanks for listening!
robin seeber
. I gained back all the weight I had lost and then resisted returning for all kinds of stupid reasons. I was still vegan, but eating fatty stuff, processed stuff, etc. I came back and lost the weight in 6 mos! I didn't have any serious health problems YET, but I realized that I was holding my breath waiting to hear the results of my tests, KNOWING that at some point they would tell me "you're diabetic/pre-diabetic" or something similar. So then I asked myself why was I waiting until I heard that???!?!!? The next day I was back here and back McDougalling, and I feel GREAT!
