I've been following the guidelines for about a month, and a loose interpretation of MWL for about 3 weeks, and I'm so excited.
Sure, I'm very pleased that I've lost a not-insignificant amount of weight, considering I was exactly 24.9 BMI in the first place, but:
I gave my mother the Starch Solution book to read in her spare time, and I guess she liked what she saw, so she's slowly eating up all the non-plan foods in our house, then she'll be started.
I convinced my father to give it a try and he hadn't read any of the book, but once he'd been going for two weeks he asked if he could skim through it too. He went on a vacation and ate a whole bunch of things he wasn't supposed to, and he's been high on refined products, but he's still at the lowest weight he's been in 15 years. He's been working on losing weight for a long time and was down about 60 pounds, but in just three weeks he's lost 7.5 more!
Here's the kicker:
He told me today that even if I stopped following the plan, he would keep doing it. He likes everything he's eating and is so pleased with his weight loss. He's down 15 pounds from March, and half of that was lost in the last 3 weeks.
I'm so happy that my parents are finally receiving the message. They thought I was crazy at first, but they're on board now, and it's good to have them sharing the experience with me. We're supporting and motivating each other
