By Bonnie Sprinkle 2003

You’ve all seen Allyson in my ads, many people know her. After being friends for 20 years, she decided to shut me up once and for all about the eating thing. About 15 years ago she had lost weight before through excessive exercise and a little knowledge about eating and gained it all back plus more. This time around she has done it through healthy eating and a very little amount of exercise and has returned to health. Allyson was severely morbidly obese, someone to whom doctors might have suggested stomach reduction surgery or some type of liquid diet. Luckily she did not have those type of doctors, for over a year they had closely monitored her sugar and cholesterol levels. She was given the opportunity to work with diet and exercise before being put on medications for high blood pressure and sugar. Finally she felt as bad as she could and had to make a change, she was sick all of the time.

To begin with she only somewhat followed my eating suggestions but, began feeling better, having more energy. A couple of months went by then she had another kidney infection. “how could this happen when I’m eating so much better?”, she’d ask. I’d say continue, it will get better, you’ve got to repair your body. She got better and continued with the eating but was hostile. Saying “this isn’t doing any good, I’m still getting sick!” All the while improving health levels, having more energy, feeling better. She received encouragement from only one other person, her PA, who said keep eating and working with Bonnie. Then about 3 months into it she noticed that her cloths were getting baggy, the doctor said she had lost eight pounds. At that time she began walking twice a day for 15 minutes each time. She felt like it.

Then when all was going well, another kidney infection! I’m saying, “hang in there, the body is still repairing itself, you are getting better everyday, her PA was saying the same. Her friends, family and co-workers however were telling her that eating has nothing to do with it. Some people are just prone to certain conditions.

Then somewhere around September the clothes sizes started to melt off, in March (15 months later) she realized that she had actually been all winter without a cold or the flu (with no shot), a first in the past 10 years at least. Meanwhile the doctors are telling to keep up whatever it is that she is doing, and most of them think that it was RESTRICTIVE eating and serious exercise. Allyson did neither. 30 minutes total time about 5 days a week was all. She did come in the gym maybe 10 times over the past year, so actually exercise had very little to do with it. My biggest stumbling block with everyone is busting myths about healthy eating. The body needs quality fuel to function, most common concepts for weight loss are actually creating this obesity epidemic. And it’s related health issues.

By the way she has only lost 40 pounds, several clothes sizes. She lost the space that a whole person would take up within her clothing. Or you could now put 2 people into her cloths. That is because she lost body fat rather than looking to lose weight.

So I say prove me wrong, go ahead. I dare you. But instead of giving up after a month or even six, really show me. Do what I recommend for one year and then I dare you to tell me I’m wrong. Anyone can prove me wrong in a month or two it takes a special person to take a year to do it.