Before I started I was feeling uninspired, helpless and low. I was continually living in a brain fog and felt drained all the time. The last 20 years of my life looking after my elderly relatives and helping grow a design firm meant long hours and a continual stream of cups of coffee, comfort food and little sleep.
Needless to say I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes in 2006 and with the passing of my father in 2008, I had a complete emotional, financial, and physical meltdown.
Needless to say I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes in 2006 and with the passing of my father in 2008, I had a complete emotional, financial, and physical meltdown.
In my early career I had always been healthy and active and creative. Skiing and biking were my great joys but then it all went south. Moving around to different jobs, and trying to reconnect with the 'joie de vivre' I had been experiencing was fruitless. Emotional eating became my go to activity and I started to pack on the pounds. The late night office pizza rewards after finishing a project did not help.
I eventually reached 360 pounds and when I saw a picture of myself I realized I had 'no neck and no future'. I proceeded to drop 60 pounds but still was locked into old 'bad' eating habits. I had been struggling to loose weight since 2008. I had been looking for the key to unlock my unwanted fat since then.
So, ninety days ago I came across this thing called Wildfit. I don't know what convinced me, it may have been Ed's manner, but I think it was the promise of clarity of thought and more energy. So I enrolled in Wildfit.
What I found was totally unexpected. A unique approach, at least for me, of looking at food. I entered into it and followed it step by step; first eating like a pig and then the elimination of foods came. Oh, that was tough. I think the toughest part was mentally, not physically. What was my relationship with food? Sugar, wheat, chocolate, dairy, root vegetables and the hardest, coffee. The inner dialogues were sometimes murder but I got through it with Ed's examples, and everyone's help and encouragement. (It was like he was reading my mind)
I was raised with a combination of British and Bulgarian food groups. Roast beef and Yorkshire Pud with organic foods out of my Nan's garden. Cabbage rolls, chicken, goat and veg.
Family meals were always feasts on Sundays which meant in later years a food comma would set in afterwards. But, I was also indoctrinated into the Canadian lifestyle as well, eh? That meant Tim's. Sour cream glazed doughnut or Timbits with a double-double coffee.
All this was leading to were serious health problems. I had watched as my blood sugars climbed to the highest they have ever been. I guess this was another motivating factor for me to join. During the course my levels stabilized and then started to drop and then continued to drop week by week.
I saw my doctor a few days ago and mentioned to him that I was getting morning levels under 6. He is going to test my blood levels again in a month. When I previously was tested it was just over 8, but down from 16 when I started.
Since starting the program I really haven't noticed much of a change in my weight, however, my face looks somewhat better. I have no more 'brain fog'. I only experienced one brain fog episode at Christmas. Mea culpa. My sinuses are much clearer. I have less aches overall. People are telling me I look different and that I've lost weight. I have more energy, no afternoon sags, and my sleep is better.
Add to this the drop in blood sugar, and no more wasting time and money at Tim's, Wendy's, McDonald's, Arby's etc. Overall I'd say that it has been an overwhelming savings and improvement in my being.
Wildfit is a new beginning for me. I get my life back.