I was what I thought to be a normal kid. Father was a doctor and we were well nourished. My mother was an incredible cook and provided an array of ethic delights. We dined in restaurants and at home and only on rare occasions did we have a Drive-Thru Hamburger or French Fries.
I loved the Pleasure of Food!
By age nine, I remember no longer being able to wear normal kids clothes and having to hear a brand called “HUSKY” . It was then, at the age 9, I was put on my first diet, The Metracal and Sego Diet Plan
I began at an early age riding the roller coaster well and became obsessed with the scale and searched for a magic bullet that would make me have a Normal body. I could not understand what was wrong with me because I was always so hungry. I had every medical test imaginable hoping something would be wrong to explain why I was this way. When I was scolded by my parents not to eat so much, I became a Secret Eater. I would walk to the kitchen and make a sandwich and put it in a book and try to sneak it to my room. I had other techniques as well.
The truth is that when I would eat, I assumed people were looking at me and thinking “He really should not be eating that. When I arrive home to visit my parents, there was always the visit to the medical scale for a weigh in and then the lecture. My parents were loving and just wanted me to be I good health.
At one point in my life, in my early 20s, I did manage to lose 75 pounds by eating minimally, took up smoking, abused laxatives and swallowed wet cotton balls in order to dull the hunger pains. A good friend finally pulled me aside and shared that I did not look good at all. I had sores in my mouth, dark circles around my eyes and incredibly weak. I concluded that there was NOT a healthy fit man inside but rather a fat slob screaming LEAVE ME ALONE!
I always kept three sets of clothes, , THIN clothes, my Fat clothes and then a set I referred to as my OMG clothes.
My “tipping point” occurred when I went to a medical clinic in Spain, and I instructed the nurse that we need to take my blood pressure before my weight. She refused saying that isn’t how we do it,,, ALSO she had my height way off and then she gave the tsk tsk and mumbled something about being OBESE. Then she took my blood pressure. You can imagine, it was off the charts! I had walked into this clinic feeling I was a healthy normal guy and was leaving an OBESE midget about to explode from high blood pressure. I now had a prescription for Blood Pressure medication and instructions that I would have to take these the rest of my life. The doctor smiled and said OH I KNOW, IT IS SO HARD.
Blood Pressure medications have side effects which, lowers blood pressure! Men in particular have occasions where they would like a little pressure from Hemo the Magnificent! I wanted off the meds and get healthy.
I began snoring loudly at night, huffing and puffing to get around and would break out into a sweat just from thinking! I remember my 90 year old father being worried that I would die before he did!
After tremendous research on the internet there was one Doctor I continued to return to. This was Dr. Mc Dougall! I really didn’t think it was going to work and particular that I could eat ALL I wanted of allowable foods and that my blood pressure would drop down to normal in 12 days. I decided to give this one a go and try for just 12 days.
On day 12, my blood pressure went from 150/100 to 120/70. In 12 days. I stopped taking Blood Pressure medication. I also had lost 3 kilo yet I was eating whenever I wanted, seconds or even thirds! In about a week, one morning I got to see a friend who I had not seen in a very long time! WELL HELLO THERE!
18 Months into the Starch Solution, I have lost 28 Kilos over 60 pounds! Cholesterol level is 130. Morning aches and pains that I thought were normal are now gone. I am sleeping better than ever and I have been told that I no longer snore! My sloth like life has changed to working out at the gym and getting outside and enjoying life! Now instead of the dread of the scale, I am focused on body fat percentage which is currently at 23%. The biggest challenge has been getting clothes! I even had to buy new underwear because they were too big!
Anyone who wonders if this lifestyle works it does AND you can make it work in any situation. I just returned from a 20 day cruise and was able to request non-fat vegan meals. I didn’t gain weight! Now when friends or family pester me to eat “just a little cheese” I can just ask them, “Would you ask me to just have a little shot of vodka if I was an alcoholic? If I eat that little piece of cheese, I will get cocky and next thing you know I can undo all this!
At 58 years old I am finally enjoying life for the first time!
Thank you Dr. Mc Dougall
