Firstly I must admit that I am 54 years old as of today and food has been the very reason for my existence for the last 25 years! Take away food from my thoughts and I suddenly had nothing exciting in my life. Every waking moment of mine had to do with either munching something or at least thinking of what to eat or should I say what not to eat, or what to cook or I am watching a cooking video or worst case I am resting after having overstuffed myself.
My biggest passion and my biggest weakness too was food, food and more food! All kinds of food, both in variety, cuisine, veg, non veg, salads - you name it and it excites me!
Thankfully I belong to a space where I can easily afford any kind of food that I am in the mood for with a lot of time on my hands to dedicate to food and though I knew I was overdoing it, I couldn't stop myself.
This passion of mine led to heavy arthritis on both my knees that I suffered for more than 15 years, without resorting to pain killers.
Finally, in 2018 I went in for both my knees total replacement. Surgery is done with successfully, I presumed I can walk off all that adipose and so began my daily brisk walks, religiously carried out in a highly disciplined manner for an entire year, come rain or shine.
But my weight didn't budge by even a single figure bcos I did nothing about my eating habits! A lot of people around me too explained that with my menopause, it was impossible to get rid of the fat.
I became moody and irritable and happily blamed it all on my menopause and would turn to comfort foods!
With a height of 5ft2in, I weighed 79.5 kg on 12th Oct 2020 when I finally decided to do something to rein in my obsession with food.
My 29-year-old daughter who was slightly overweight had completed her Wildfit 9 months back and was looking stunning, but she couldn't inspire me enough bcos she wasn't a foodie like me and so sailed through her program very comfortably.
Thus wildfit was actually at the back of my mind over quite a few months. But I had not yet gathered enough courage to venture into it myself bcos it was too expensive an experiment for me to try half-heartedly bcos I was convinced I simply would not sustain until the end of the 90 days.
Guess finally something suddenly switched on in my head when during one of our casual conversations my daughter mentioned "Mom you could turn into a fabulous-looking you by 2021 if you start now".
This new year promise set off an anticipatory excitement in me!
I watched Eric's masterclass and he had me totally bowled over. I signed up, paid up and should say anxiously counted every food moment of mine like as if it was my last meal.
I must admit I felt like a sacrificial goat being led to the altar for slaughtering bcos I was very very unsure of my successfully completing this program.
Luckily for me, my daughter did not reveal the method of this process and so I went into it totally new.
The first day was a huge surprise when Eric removed nothing at all. One week later he again did not remove anything and I was only listening to my food conversations.
Well, there were none! I enjoyed eating everything totally guilt-free and only added in lots of water and my breathing. Thus began my Wildfit journey and Eric was so dramatic and powerful that his voice would ring in my ears long after I had completed watching the video.
My initial curiosity for him turned to respect and eventually admiration for the amount of work he has carried out to cater to all kinds of fellowmen struggling with their food habits.
I began enjoying the alkagizer mild each morning and the very first difference I noticed was that my energy levels were remarkably high. Added to this, my excessive hair fall suddenly reduced by more than 60%. This win raised my interest as well as my confidence levels that this is doable and actually works, especially when the slightly balding patch on my head began covering up.
My skin improved, I felt no hunger at all and my sleep quality improved drastically.
As the days went by and Eric began removing one thing at a time, I managed to strictly adhere to the program.
Our weekly calls with coach Kerry Dell and the rest of the community was truly awesome as she patiently and expertly fielded all our questions and was extremely motivating for each one of us.
My coaching calls were scheduled for 4.30 am and the support and camaraderie we enjoyed within the group made me look forward to each and every one of our coaching calls each week.
After four weeks' completion, I felt the first weight loss of 3.5 kg.
From that point on, there was no looking back for me.
My clothes began fitting better, my sleep was restful and sharp, my skin texture improved, my energy levels began increasing and Eric became a huge personality around my food choices. Not only was I learning a lot about food but was applying my learnings in preparing healthy meals for my family too.
My moods began lifting up as my stomach felt extremely light and I began enjoying my Wildfit journey.
More weight loss followed and people around began noticing it which contributed to increasing my zeal.
My lower backache (upon waking) disappeared, my eyebrows began filing out, my tear ducts that were blocked opened out as my eyes no longer teared, my vocal chords opened up further and I could easily sing high notes,and now suddenly with food no longer a priority, I had a lot of time in hand with increased energy levels to carry out a lot more other work.
I lost most of the fat around my midsection and I would enjoy my sessions with my mirror trying out various old clothes of mine that I had preserved for the day I would lose weight.
This was a dream come true for me and the 3 day water only fast actually felt the best during my entire 90 day period.
I lost a total of 13 kgs during these 90 days as my weight showed 66.5kg, my BMI fell from 45.5% to 39.2% and my body fat fell from a whopping 52.4% to 39.6%!
My physician reduced my 40 mg BP tablet to 20 mg and thinks very soon my body will be able to remove the medication completely.
This is indeed a huge transformation for me as everyone commented how much younger I look after my weightloss.
This entire program is so mature and so well designed that I felt safe and comfortable to follow and was actually a little anxious to begin living wildfit on my own.
A huge huge thank you to Eric, Kerry Dell, Tai de Olivera and my entire tribe that supported me in this life-altering program.
Blessings to Eric and his team to continue to enabling this food freedom for several several struggling souls out there in the world!
Finally thank you my dear reader for your time and interest shown in completely reading my story.