When I started WildFit I weighed 166 pounds, had been divorced 4 1/2 years and had given up the idea that I would ever be slender again. I was feeling every day of my almost 64 years and suffering from the resignation of living a "comfortable" sedentary life, being sequestered due to COVID, the loss of a friend to suicide a month earlier and believing life was essentially "over".
It seemed that this was simply the way things went as we get older and I should just adapt and get over it...but I didn't want to get over it! I felt like a prisoner in my own life and wanted to feel alive again. One night in January I was sharing a meal with a girlfriend and when she asked how I was doing I replied, "I'm done." She asked what I meant and I flatly told her, "I'm done. I could die tomorrow and that would be just fine.
There's no husband, no kids, no business, the way the world is right now no one will even notice I'm gone. I'm done-with all of it". She was concerned because in our 30 years of friendship she had never heard me talk like this before; I had never felt like this before. I knew my diet and gut microbiome were the source of my mental, physical and emotional well being and while I'm no stranger to nutrition, was at a complete loss as to where to start to get it back on track.
About a week later I received an email from Mindvalley about WildFit. I've taken a few courses through them and know they provide the best they can find so I watched the video. Everything Eric said made sense to me and as the course started four days before my birthday, I chose to enroll as a birthday gift to myself; what did I have to lose? There was everything to gain and it sounded like a "no suffering, no deprivation" program. I wasn't particularly physically fit so an intensive fitness program would be a recipe for failure, food on the other hand...well I like to eat and cook so why not!
The coaching to practice listening to what I was telling myself about what I ate and really looking at why I ate the was key.
The program was clear, simple and my food creativity was reactivated as enhancements were introduced each week. The online community was supportive when I had doubts and the sharing of recipes was amazing!
After 12 weeks I've released 22 pounds and slimmed 21 inches away with no suffering. My cheery disposition has made a stunning return, I'm wearing clothes that haven't fit for over 10 years. The pants I bought last year (with spandex so they could stretch around my bulges) must now be worn with a belt lest they fall off.
There were so many blessed changes to how my body works, the weight loss is a side benefit. The peace of uninterrupted sleep, mental and emotional wellness, the absence of the incessantly runny nose, no more GERD and pain free hands being able to open jars unaided-amazing!
A friend recently asked if it was worth the price, after telling all the things in my body that had altered I responded with this question; how much would it have cost for doctors to treat the symptoms of what I was experiencing and deal with the side effects of the drugs they prescribed while never actually addressing the cause?
Now I enjoy freedom about what I choose to eat as opposed to being addicted to what is being marketed as "food". I have experimented with some of the things I "used to eat" to see how they affect me now that I have a baseline against which to compare.
So not only I did I get my MOJO back, I get a body that's comfortable to live in and able to handle whatever life throws at me in the powerful way which was desperately missing!
Thanks to the entire WildFit Team and their commitment to health and wellness!
It seemed that this was simply the way things went as we get older and I should just adapt and get over it...but I didn't want to get over it! I felt like a prisoner in my own life and wanted to feel alive again. One night in January I was sharing a meal with a girlfriend and when she asked how I was doing I replied, "I'm done." She asked what I meant and I flatly told her, "I'm done. I could die tomorrow and that would be just fine.
There's no husband, no kids, no business, the way the world is right now no one will even notice I'm gone. I'm done-with all of it". She was concerned because in our 30 years of friendship she had never heard me talk like this before; I had never felt like this before. I knew my diet and gut microbiome were the source of my mental, physical and emotional well being and while I'm no stranger to nutrition, was at a complete loss as to where to start to get it back on track.
About a week later I received an email from Mindvalley about WildFit. I've taken a few courses through them and know they provide the best they can find so I watched the video. Everything Eric said made sense to me and as the course started four days before my birthday, I chose to enroll as a birthday gift to myself; what did I have to lose? There was everything to gain and it sounded like a "no suffering, no deprivation" program. I wasn't particularly physically fit so an intensive fitness program would be a recipe for failure, food on the other hand...well I like to eat and cook so why not!
The coaching to practice listening to what I was telling myself about what I ate and really looking at why I ate the was key.
The program was clear, simple and my food creativity was reactivated as enhancements were introduced each week. The online community was supportive when I had doubts and the sharing of recipes was amazing!
After 12 weeks I've released 22 pounds and slimmed 21 inches away with no suffering. My cheery disposition has made a stunning return, I'm wearing clothes that haven't fit for over 10 years. The pants I bought last year (with spandex so they could stretch around my bulges) must now be worn with a belt lest they fall off.
There were so many blessed changes to how my body works, the weight loss is a side benefit. The peace of uninterrupted sleep, mental and emotional wellness, the absence of the incessantly runny nose, no more GERD and pain free hands being able to open jars unaided-amazing!
A friend recently asked if it was worth the price, after telling all the things in my body that had altered I responded with this question; how much would it have cost for doctors to treat the symptoms of what I was experiencing and deal with the side effects of the drugs they prescribed while never actually addressing the cause?
Now I enjoy freedom about what I choose to eat as opposed to being addicted to what is being marketed as "food". I have experimented with some of the things I "used to eat" to see how they affect me now that I have a baseline against which to compare.
So not only I did I get my MOJO back, I get a body that's comfortable to live in and able to handle whatever life throws at me in the powerful way which was desperately missing!
Thanks to the entire WildFit Team and their commitment to health and wellness!
