BEFORE WILDFIT AND MINDVALLEY
Wildfit what a blast that was... Before Wildfit my life was 2 years of changes having given up being a 40 cigarettes a day smoker and having a bilateral hip replacement after being born with hip dysplasia 58 years ago. A life of limited movement due to pain in the back hips and legs. I was diagnosed with PAD from smoking Peripheral Arterial Disease. So basically I was a mess but an improving mess.. cigarettes gone - feeling better - Hips mended feeling amazing to experience zero pain -- that blew me away to actually have no pain after al those years - I was ecstatic - so now was my chance to make the final change to improve myself and my life forever.
Out of the blue came Wildfit - I found Mind Valley first and loved the concept of learning even at an older age. As well as running my legal business of 30 years along with my great staff I also am 24/7 carer for the last 7 years for mum who has late stage Dementia. I have limited family so its just me and occasional carers. So the thought of learning some new life hacks appealed to me to fill in gaps in time when i couldnt leave the house but needed something to work on.
So one day Mindvalley popped up maybe on facebook i'm not sure now. Then after a couple of weeks i came across Wildfit and watched a few of the intro videos and then watched Erics 7 day sugar course which was an eye opener. Wildfit are doing a course starting in two weeks time....... oh wow can I do this... is this for me..how much.. hmmmm well ok its not cheap but nothing thats good is ever free thats for sure - shall i do it..... can I find the time I mean im so busy and my days are full.... BUT hey this could be the last piece in the jigsaw of making me the better person I need to be, the better person I deserve to be... I enrolled I watched some more of Erics videos I liked the way he presented himself on stage, the way he spoke very openly and honestly..
The excitement was building for the start of this programme - The first day came -- I even stayed up until 1am as it said that's when the first days lessons would be released....... what did we get told make no changes..... oh.... hmmm I was disappointed I was expecting BOOM big changes major things but no - don't change anything apart from add in extra foods , Alkagizers, greens veggies galore fruits have them all, really no changes oh ok I can definitely do this this is going to be easy.
DURING WILDFIT
What an interesting journey this has been,
Week 1 make no changes
Week 2 make no changes
Week 3 SUGAR WEEK add in loads more foods and finally remove something what sugar .... ALL sugar, oh we can keep existing natural sugars such as honey,,, oh and thanks we can keep artificial sweeteners,.. hmmm don't use honey and don't use sweeteners so this will be fine. easy peasy read labels and don't eat anything with sugar this has gotta be a piece of cake (pardon the pun) OK so where will these sugars be, tomato sauce nah thats easy... Hey what... sugar, cereals....... erm.... tons of sugars, tinned peas, - yes sugar - I went through my cupboards top to bottom and 95% in fact make that 99% of my produce had sugar in of some form or another... ok gravy mix surely not.. oh yes surely yes, mint sauce no way... NOOOOO i love mint sauce I have it on all foods, well not now lady I can hear Eric saying -- step away from the sugar - OK tea bags..... GULP please no way this is crazy - I scoured the sugar names list again memorising the ingredients that are used to disguise this dreaded sugar word. OK so what shall I do - give up would be good -- hey Food Devil is that what you want to do shall we just quit now and carry on as we were before a couple of weeks back... Yes yes lets do that lets just stay as we were nice sugar foods all lovely things we like to eat its fine, we have managed all these years you just stay as you were, Angel - "erm excuse me who said anything about quitting, what are you a man well lady or a mouse, you are better than that - its 13 weeks that could change your life forever surely its worth giving it a try - this is only week 3 - you have to try and see how it goes before you give up -- Devil shut up - you are not getting the upper hand on this" - Devil -- "hey Angel i think you are gonna lose this one - this is way too difficult she isnt going to conquer this giving up sugar lark not a chance" - Angel - "Just you wait Devil - you watch and see" - Hey Val can I tell you a story Yes OK Angel - well its about how the wind told the sun he was stronger than she was -- one day the wind and the sun were chatting and the wind said to the sun I am so much stronger and tougher than you I am so strong I can get that little boy to take his coat off by bowing my wind and power onto him to blow his coat away from him -- HAHAHA the sun said not a chance, I can get him to take his coat off using my powers and will beat you any day -- the wind roared and howled and roared some more and the more he roared and blew the tighter on to the coat the little boy held not letting go to the bullying wind -- the wind stopped for a rest -- the sun said shall I show you how to do this - so she beamed out into the sky glowing and shining and getting hotter and hotter her temperature rising, the little boy started to sweat a little he huffed and puffed and then he took his coat off to cool down..... ROAR said the wind... that's cheating... no said the sun that's how to get what you want by thinking outside of the box and not bullying people - so Devil - lets see who will win in this Wildfit Quest - will it be you with your bullying shouting angry tactics or me with my more gentle encouraging approach. So I heeded the words of my Angel and chose to clear out my cupboards of all items with sugars of all descriptions and then I hit the internet to find if there existed any of my items that were made without sugars - and of course there are because the internet has everything in the world - oh yes the delivery guy was sick of coming to my house for the following days thats for sure but every item that arrived made me so happy to see a much better alternative that I could eat happily. I continued listening to every video, reading every word, missing Eric when there were no videos, loving the coaches videos with Arial but loved them even more when Eric appeared our zoom calls with Pamela and Estelle, meeting the people from our new Facebook group, scary lets go onto this zoom meeting , who is this Pamela, who is in my Group I bet they aren't like me will there be anyone from England or is everyone rom the US - well hello my Tribe a dozen or more faces to put names to all lovely faces just like me, "normal" well I try, and here's Pamela will she be scary, is she going to preach to us and make sure we stay on the right path and don't step out of line,,, This is YOUR Wildfit, you will learn to do this your way to fit in with your life and what works for you there are no rules in Wildfit we will guide you, we will suggest ways to help you but its your choice. Hey this cant be right surely she is very nice, she is happy and smiley and encouraging and cheering us on to do well, ooh we all have to check in ..
I don't want to speak really, I don't have anything to say, others are speaking calmly and asking sensible questions, nooo its my turn soon, hey I will raise my hand first then Pamela wont have to pick on me to speak it will seem like I know what im doing if I raise my hand. and we have Miss Valerie next, where's my unmute button, oh its here hang on im talking and still muted darn it, press the button can you hear me now ,,, hooray,, I then proceeded to babble at 90 miles an hour to get all my words out as quickly as I could so I could finish and get off hahaha - looking back that was so funny, nobody even realised I was a nervous wreck, I don't know what I said but Pamela commented and said it was nice to meet me, and we all introduced ourselves - and then 13 weeks later we were all quite sad on the last Zoom with Pamela as we said our goodbyes, yes we can still stay in touch, but it wont be the same, we made Wildfit Friendships, they can only happen on those zoom calls for the 13 weeks, we were a team together, we inspired each other, we consoled each other, we understood each other. I will cherish those 13 weeks of friendships and thanks everyone for their kindness and support. Eat lots of fruit eat lots of Sweet potatoes - I never really ate much fruit before this just little bits and i didn't like Sweet Potatoes but I had to have something to replace my normal White English Potatoes our staple food here in the UK - didn't mind giving up on the rice and pasta that was fine but No Potatoes that's tough - so sweet potatoes in their place it will be. Reading labels how many names for sugars 65 plus surely not that's crazy but i memorised them - I became Queen of Labels if there was even the tiniest name for a hidden sugar I wold spot it - out . out. out. not in my mouth are you going anywhere near.
Amazon became my friend - much easier way to shop for foods without any nasties in them, easier than trawling the shops looking at every label - I needed Mayo without sugar boom Amazon various oils needed for cooking or eating raw Amazon had them all, spices herbs everything for flavouring all these extra veggies - yes you guessed it. My cupboards are now a totally different picture, some are in alphabetical order so I can find things, all these amazing items i can eat that I had never tried all within the new guidelines I am working from. Nooooo no more sweet potatoes, no more of these things that are now being called Middle Foods..... what I have just got used to sweet potato and now you take it away from me..... Nooooooo NO more fruits in a morning........... you cannot be serious this is a joke ...... I have just mastered the art of fruit in a morning 30 mins before my alkagizer.... oh please don't say you are taking my alkagizer away... phew thank goodness for that... and breath.... oh breathing 555 have I done it today.... no don't think so .. maybe yes.. just do it again that's best ok and breathe 2,3,4,5, and relax all done feel better.. now back to the sweet potatoes.... oh dear me.. Ketosis what the heck is Ketosis, peeing on bits of paper, really - Amazon come on show me what you got ooh a machine breath in and it will magically give you a number - that's bit more refined than peeing on a strip -- next day delivery excellent. I have the weekend its fine I can use up what I have and make a new plan for next week. Next week oh dear what is there to eat now, where's my guidelines for next week right lets see Cauliflower yes i can do that, cabbage definitely greens, more greens, and more greens ok that's fine I can come up with some recipe I'm sure, Coach Pamela please help, we need recipes, we will starve, we will die if you don't give us recipes, Pamela to the rescue closely followed by Coach Estelle. My these ladies know some recipes and they don't just have one recipe... 50 ways to cook your cauliflower,,,,, no kidding...... at least 50 if not more,,, my greengrocer was bemused by the huge increase in my vegetable order , bless he had delivered each week during lockdown for me fruit veg etc but suddenly a £35 a week order was now £75.00 and more.. How many cauliflowers do you need he would say... just 3 please oh and 2 cabbages and lots of kale and avocados by the bagful please..... celery don't forget and cucumbers --- that poor guy every week sometimes twice a week - even when I ran out of avocados he made an emergency trip in those early days to bring me 2 avocados.
Ketosis machine arrives... ok deep breath.. whats it say ZERO - ok thats fine that means im not in ketosis but I have only just started so we are good
Then I realised i had so much veg and couldn't keep it fresh so I had to buy a new fridge - no not amazon this time hahaha fooled you... a different company sorted that out into my back room went a nice shiny new fridge - which was duly filled with all my lovely veggies .. 4 different types of cabbage plenty of greens and of course the famous cauliflowers, tortillas, flat breads, frittatas, roasted boiled, steamed, riced, couscous, you name it and I have tried every method and every spice to add to my cauliflower and I love it, its my new favourite even better than sweet potato ? Yes.... Spring, Spring, Spring, yes I'm getting used to this Spring I can do this, I'm actually enjoying this. Keto machine 2.5 wow woohooo I'm in ketosis this fabled land which has taken me a couple of days but I'm there. Zoom Group are all comparing peeing on sticks I proudly reveal my machine which did get called the Valerie Machine by Christina or Carolina. We are all so happy we made it to ketosis. I have conquered my desire for sugar, I don't need sugar , I haven't missed dairy, no wheats, no grains, I'm feeling amazing, this is quite incredible, I am type 2 diabetic didn't tell you that did I ? yes and I have high blood pressure, I have high cholesterol, I did say I was a mess even though I am trying not to be ----- OK back at week 2-3 lets keep a check on these levels Eric says they may improve, Eric says Diabetes can be reversed --- maybe in say 3-4 weeks time i will book a blood test appointment as suggested - i keep testing and see my sugar levels are dropping consistently, in fact they seem to be a little too low so I start to reduce my medication i was on 4 Metformin tablets a day - so I reduced down to 3 then 2 then 1 ...... i am checking my blood pressure too - its holding up and doing really well great figures -- I go off for my blood tests - phone call couple of days later my Sugar levels are amazing - just stay on 1 tablet a day and we will recheck in 12 weeks - I said well i have only changed my eating in the last 4 weeks and this figure is a 12 week figure so surely next time it will be more improved - oh how is my cholesterol I ask .... erm....... well........ its 2,8....... woohooo that's fantastic she said incredibly well done oh blood pressure, yes that too is looking fabulous How blooming incredible is that.
My Zoom Group all have amazing stories of their progress, each week someone else has had an amazing win we all cheer and support each other - we are all so proud of each other in both Pamela and Estelle's Groups, I didn't get chance to be in many of Estelle's Zooms live but I watched everyone of them in the replays. Both of these ladies so helpful and supportive, both answering any of our questions in ask the coaches. We are leaving Spring........ Nooooooo leave me alone I'm fine in Spring, I like spring, i still have cauliflowers to cook,,,,, what , phew just slide into summer its fine.. you can have middle foods try them test them out, Sweet potato really, tomatoes, courgettes, are you sure, well I'm not sure I want to actually I'm fine here where I am. Fruit - I can have fruit again, just a little OK yes thats fine I will try a little fruit, ooh that's very sweet, that's very nice - a juicy strawberry feels so sweet and sticky making my taste buds tingle. - I have missed tomatoes, I can put them in my roasted veggies. wow they really are amazing I have missed them very much, Sweet potatoes.. Meh, not fussed really never was keen, courgettes yes i can do that..... am i still in ketosis, yes I am , but im supposed to be out of ketosis its like the hokey cokey, we are in then we are out, but I stay in -- hey im having fruits and staying in , im having squashes and courgettes and other middle foods and still in ketosis this is amazing. Week 13 arrives, what you got for us Eric for our last week -- we are on our own well we still have our training wheels on just to keep us steady but we decide what season we want- oooh how exciting is this we can make our own choices now which season and for how long ... we have graduated Wildfit almost, 13 weeks have flown by. Yesterday was the final Pamela Zoom call, still got Estelle on Friday, we all said our goodbyes with a little sadness, Pamela reassured us that we would al be fine and we can all stay in touch by the amazing advances in technology.
There will be Wildfit Alumni to join, we can meet others who have run this amazing gauntlet and got out in one piece at the other end.
AFTER WILDFIT
Well what's the future going to be.
For me, I have learnt more than I ever could have imagined. It has been the adventure of a lifetime that will change my life forever. I will never Auto Eat ever again, I will eat with thought and care. I have the right to put into my body what I choose and not what the manufacturers and advertisers tell me I have to eat. I want to have an amazing life, I have many years left in me yet and I intend for them to be very healthy years. I will get my bloods taken again in another 6 weeks time and they should be even better than 6 weeks ago showing that bad health can be reversed.
Hopefully less medications for me.
This process has meant I have released 30bs which is gone forever, I am over half way to my goal now so over the coming months I will release the rest of this unwanted weight and I will be the fitter healthier person that I deserve to be. I cannot ever thank enough the people over the last 2 years that have changed my life, from Nasia a CBQ Smoking expert who changed me from a smoker to a definite non smoker, to Professor Fehily who operated and has made me pain free after a lifetime of being in constant pain and restriction in movement, and finally to Eric and his whole team for this programme which was the icing on the cake - what a phrase to use hahaha - and was the final chapter in my 2 year change to become a healthy and happy human being.
Thank you all so much for everything and may you all continue to have successful happy lives wherever you may be.
Best Wishes x WOLD I RECOMMEND WILDFIT Oh Hell Yeah you bet I would and in the future when people ask what have you done differently I will be like the sun I will gently tell them some of my story little by little - to be like the wind will frighten them away - slowly slowly and encourage the changes of the future generations.
Wildfit what a blast that was... Before Wildfit my life was 2 years of changes having given up being a 40 cigarettes a day smoker and having a bilateral hip replacement after being born with hip dysplasia 58 years ago. A life of limited movement due to pain in the back hips and legs. I was diagnosed with PAD from smoking Peripheral Arterial Disease. So basically I was a mess but an improving mess.. cigarettes gone - feeling better - Hips mended feeling amazing to experience zero pain -- that blew me away to actually have no pain after al those years - I was ecstatic - so now was my chance to make the final change to improve myself and my life forever.
Out of the blue came Wildfit - I found Mind Valley first and loved the concept of learning even at an older age. As well as running my legal business of 30 years along with my great staff I also am 24/7 carer for the last 7 years for mum who has late stage Dementia. I have limited family so its just me and occasional carers. So the thought of learning some new life hacks appealed to me to fill in gaps in time when i couldnt leave the house but needed something to work on.
So one day Mindvalley popped up maybe on facebook i'm not sure now. Then after a couple of weeks i came across Wildfit and watched a few of the intro videos and then watched Erics 7 day sugar course which was an eye opener. Wildfit are doing a course starting in two weeks time....... oh wow can I do this... is this for me..how much.. hmmmm well ok its not cheap but nothing thats good is ever free thats for sure - shall i do it..... can I find the time I mean im so busy and my days are full.... BUT hey this could be the last piece in the jigsaw of making me the better person I need to be, the better person I deserve to be... I enrolled I watched some more of Erics videos I liked the way he presented himself on stage, the way he spoke very openly and honestly..
The excitement was building for the start of this programme - The first day came -- I even stayed up until 1am as it said that's when the first days lessons would be released....... what did we get told make no changes..... oh.... hmmm I was disappointed I was expecting BOOM big changes major things but no - don't change anything apart from add in extra foods , Alkagizers, greens veggies galore fruits have them all, really no changes oh ok I can definitely do this this is going to be easy.
DURING WILDFIT
What an interesting journey this has been,
Week 1 make no changes
Week 2 make no changes
Week 3 SUGAR WEEK add in loads more foods and finally remove something what sugar .... ALL sugar, oh we can keep existing natural sugars such as honey,,, oh and thanks we can keep artificial sweeteners,.. hmmm don't use honey and don't use sweeteners so this will be fine. easy peasy read labels and don't eat anything with sugar this has gotta be a piece of cake (pardon the pun) OK so where will these sugars be, tomato sauce nah thats easy... Hey what... sugar, cereals....... erm.... tons of sugars, tinned peas, - yes sugar - I went through my cupboards top to bottom and 95% in fact make that 99% of my produce had sugar in of some form or another... ok gravy mix surely not.. oh yes surely yes, mint sauce no way... NOOOOO i love mint sauce I have it on all foods, well not now lady I can hear Eric saying -- step away from the sugar - OK tea bags..... GULP please no way this is crazy - I scoured the sugar names list again memorising the ingredients that are used to disguise this dreaded sugar word. OK so what shall I do - give up would be good -- hey Food Devil is that what you want to do shall we just quit now and carry on as we were before a couple of weeks back... Yes yes lets do that lets just stay as we were nice sugar foods all lovely things we like to eat its fine, we have managed all these years you just stay as you were, Angel - "erm excuse me who said anything about quitting, what are you a man well lady or a mouse, you are better than that - its 13 weeks that could change your life forever surely its worth giving it a try - this is only week 3 - you have to try and see how it goes before you give up -- Devil shut up - you are not getting the upper hand on this" - Devil -- "hey Angel i think you are gonna lose this one - this is way too difficult she isnt going to conquer this giving up sugar lark not a chance" - Angel - "Just you wait Devil - you watch and see" - Hey Val can I tell you a story Yes OK Angel - well its about how the wind told the sun he was stronger than she was -- one day the wind and the sun were chatting and the wind said to the sun I am so much stronger and tougher than you I am so strong I can get that little boy to take his coat off by bowing my wind and power onto him to blow his coat away from him -- HAHAHA the sun said not a chance, I can get him to take his coat off using my powers and will beat you any day -- the wind roared and howled and roared some more and the more he roared and blew the tighter on to the coat the little boy held not letting go to the bullying wind -- the wind stopped for a rest -- the sun said shall I show you how to do this - so she beamed out into the sky glowing and shining and getting hotter and hotter her temperature rising, the little boy started to sweat a little he huffed and puffed and then he took his coat off to cool down..... ROAR said the wind... that's cheating... no said the sun that's how to get what you want by thinking outside of the box and not bullying people - so Devil - lets see who will win in this Wildfit Quest - will it be you with your bullying shouting angry tactics or me with my more gentle encouraging approach. So I heeded the words of my Angel and chose to clear out my cupboards of all items with sugars of all descriptions and then I hit the internet to find if there existed any of my items that were made without sugars - and of course there are because the internet has everything in the world - oh yes the delivery guy was sick of coming to my house for the following days thats for sure but every item that arrived made me so happy to see a much better alternative that I could eat happily. I continued listening to every video, reading every word, missing Eric when there were no videos, loving the coaches videos with Arial but loved them even more when Eric appeared our zoom calls with Pamela and Estelle, meeting the people from our new Facebook group, scary lets go onto this zoom meeting , who is this Pamela, who is in my Group I bet they aren't like me will there be anyone from England or is everyone rom the US - well hello my Tribe a dozen or more faces to put names to all lovely faces just like me, "normal" well I try, and here's Pamela will she be scary, is she going to preach to us and make sure we stay on the right path and don't step out of line,,, This is YOUR Wildfit, you will learn to do this your way to fit in with your life and what works for you there are no rules in Wildfit we will guide you, we will suggest ways to help you but its your choice. Hey this cant be right surely she is very nice, she is happy and smiley and encouraging and cheering us on to do well, ooh we all have to check in ..
I don't want to speak really, I don't have anything to say, others are speaking calmly and asking sensible questions, nooo its my turn soon, hey I will raise my hand first then Pamela wont have to pick on me to speak it will seem like I know what im doing if I raise my hand. and we have Miss Valerie next, where's my unmute button, oh its here hang on im talking and still muted darn it, press the button can you hear me now ,,, hooray,, I then proceeded to babble at 90 miles an hour to get all my words out as quickly as I could so I could finish and get off hahaha - looking back that was so funny, nobody even realised I was a nervous wreck, I don't know what I said but Pamela commented and said it was nice to meet me, and we all introduced ourselves - and then 13 weeks later we were all quite sad on the last Zoom with Pamela as we said our goodbyes, yes we can still stay in touch, but it wont be the same, we made Wildfit Friendships, they can only happen on those zoom calls for the 13 weeks, we were a team together, we inspired each other, we consoled each other, we understood each other. I will cherish those 13 weeks of friendships and thanks everyone for their kindness and support. Eat lots of fruit eat lots of Sweet potatoes - I never really ate much fruit before this just little bits and i didn't like Sweet Potatoes but I had to have something to replace my normal White English Potatoes our staple food here in the UK - didn't mind giving up on the rice and pasta that was fine but No Potatoes that's tough - so sweet potatoes in their place it will be. Reading labels how many names for sugars 65 plus surely not that's crazy but i memorised them - I became Queen of Labels if there was even the tiniest name for a hidden sugar I wold spot it - out . out. out. not in my mouth are you going anywhere near.
Amazon became my friend - much easier way to shop for foods without any nasties in them, easier than trawling the shops looking at every label - I needed Mayo without sugar boom Amazon various oils needed for cooking or eating raw Amazon had them all, spices herbs everything for flavouring all these extra veggies - yes you guessed it. My cupboards are now a totally different picture, some are in alphabetical order so I can find things, all these amazing items i can eat that I had never tried all within the new guidelines I am working from. Nooooo no more sweet potatoes, no more of these things that are now being called Middle Foods..... what I have just got used to sweet potato and now you take it away from me..... Nooooooo NO more fruits in a morning........... you cannot be serious this is a joke ...... I have just mastered the art of fruit in a morning 30 mins before my alkagizer.... oh please don't say you are taking my alkagizer away... phew thank goodness for that... and breath.... oh breathing 555 have I done it today.... no don't think so .. maybe yes.. just do it again that's best ok and breathe 2,3,4,5, and relax all done feel better.. now back to the sweet potatoes.... oh dear me.. Ketosis what the heck is Ketosis, peeing on bits of paper, really - Amazon come on show me what you got ooh a machine breath in and it will magically give you a number - that's bit more refined than peeing on a strip -- next day delivery excellent. I have the weekend its fine I can use up what I have and make a new plan for next week. Next week oh dear what is there to eat now, where's my guidelines for next week right lets see Cauliflower yes i can do that, cabbage definitely greens, more greens, and more greens ok that's fine I can come up with some recipe I'm sure, Coach Pamela please help, we need recipes, we will starve, we will die if you don't give us recipes, Pamela to the rescue closely followed by Coach Estelle. My these ladies know some recipes and they don't just have one recipe... 50 ways to cook your cauliflower,,,,, no kidding...... at least 50 if not more,,, my greengrocer was bemused by the huge increase in my vegetable order , bless he had delivered each week during lockdown for me fruit veg etc but suddenly a £35 a week order was now £75.00 and more.. How many cauliflowers do you need he would say... just 3 please oh and 2 cabbages and lots of kale and avocados by the bagful please..... celery don't forget and cucumbers --- that poor guy every week sometimes twice a week - even when I ran out of avocados he made an emergency trip in those early days to bring me 2 avocados.
Ketosis machine arrives... ok deep breath.. whats it say ZERO - ok thats fine that means im not in ketosis but I have only just started so we are good
Then I realised i had so much veg and couldn't keep it fresh so I had to buy a new fridge - no not amazon this time hahaha fooled you... a different company sorted that out into my back room went a nice shiny new fridge - which was duly filled with all my lovely veggies .. 4 different types of cabbage plenty of greens and of course the famous cauliflowers, tortillas, flat breads, frittatas, roasted boiled, steamed, riced, couscous, you name it and I have tried every method and every spice to add to my cauliflower and I love it, its my new favourite even better than sweet potato ? Yes.... Spring, Spring, Spring, yes I'm getting used to this Spring I can do this, I'm actually enjoying this. Keto machine 2.5 wow woohooo I'm in ketosis this fabled land which has taken me a couple of days but I'm there. Zoom Group are all comparing peeing on sticks I proudly reveal my machine which did get called the Valerie Machine by Christina or Carolina. We are all so happy we made it to ketosis. I have conquered my desire for sugar, I don't need sugar , I haven't missed dairy, no wheats, no grains, I'm feeling amazing, this is quite incredible, I am type 2 diabetic didn't tell you that did I ? yes and I have high blood pressure, I have high cholesterol, I did say I was a mess even though I am trying not to be ----- OK back at week 2-3 lets keep a check on these levels Eric says they may improve, Eric says Diabetes can be reversed --- maybe in say 3-4 weeks time i will book a blood test appointment as suggested - i keep testing and see my sugar levels are dropping consistently, in fact they seem to be a little too low so I start to reduce my medication i was on 4 Metformin tablets a day - so I reduced down to 3 then 2 then 1 ...... i am checking my blood pressure too - its holding up and doing really well great figures -- I go off for my blood tests - phone call couple of days later my Sugar levels are amazing - just stay on 1 tablet a day and we will recheck in 12 weeks - I said well i have only changed my eating in the last 4 weeks and this figure is a 12 week figure so surely next time it will be more improved - oh how is my cholesterol I ask .... erm....... well........ its 2,8....... woohooo that's fantastic she said incredibly well done oh blood pressure, yes that too is looking fabulous How blooming incredible is that.
My Zoom Group all have amazing stories of their progress, each week someone else has had an amazing win we all cheer and support each other - we are all so proud of each other in both Pamela and Estelle's Groups, I didn't get chance to be in many of Estelle's Zooms live but I watched everyone of them in the replays. Both of these ladies so helpful and supportive, both answering any of our questions in ask the coaches. We are leaving Spring........ Nooooooo leave me alone I'm fine in Spring, I like spring, i still have cauliflowers to cook,,,,, what , phew just slide into summer its fine.. you can have middle foods try them test them out, Sweet potato really, tomatoes, courgettes, are you sure, well I'm not sure I want to actually I'm fine here where I am. Fruit - I can have fruit again, just a little OK yes thats fine I will try a little fruit, ooh that's very sweet, that's very nice - a juicy strawberry feels so sweet and sticky making my taste buds tingle. - I have missed tomatoes, I can put them in my roasted veggies. wow they really are amazing I have missed them very much, Sweet potatoes.. Meh, not fussed really never was keen, courgettes yes i can do that..... am i still in ketosis, yes I am , but im supposed to be out of ketosis its like the hokey cokey, we are in then we are out, but I stay in -- hey im having fruits and staying in , im having squashes and courgettes and other middle foods and still in ketosis this is amazing. Week 13 arrives, what you got for us Eric for our last week -- we are on our own well we still have our training wheels on just to keep us steady but we decide what season we want- oooh how exciting is this we can make our own choices now which season and for how long ... we have graduated Wildfit almost, 13 weeks have flown by. Yesterday was the final Pamela Zoom call, still got Estelle on Friday, we all said our goodbyes with a little sadness, Pamela reassured us that we would al be fine and we can all stay in touch by the amazing advances in technology.
There will be Wildfit Alumni to join, we can meet others who have run this amazing gauntlet and got out in one piece at the other end.
AFTER WILDFIT
Well what's the future going to be.
For me, I have learnt more than I ever could have imagined. It has been the adventure of a lifetime that will change my life forever. I will never Auto Eat ever again, I will eat with thought and care. I have the right to put into my body what I choose and not what the manufacturers and advertisers tell me I have to eat. I want to have an amazing life, I have many years left in me yet and I intend for them to be very healthy years. I will get my bloods taken again in another 6 weeks time and they should be even better than 6 weeks ago showing that bad health can be reversed.
Hopefully less medications for me.
This process has meant I have released 30bs which is gone forever, I am over half way to my goal now so over the coming months I will release the rest of this unwanted weight and I will be the fitter healthier person that I deserve to be. I cannot ever thank enough the people over the last 2 years that have changed my life, from Nasia a CBQ Smoking expert who changed me from a smoker to a definite non smoker, to Professor Fehily who operated and has made me pain free after a lifetime of being in constant pain and restriction in movement, and finally to Eric and his whole team for this programme which was the icing on the cake - what a phrase to use hahaha - and was the final chapter in my 2 year change to become a healthy and happy human being.
Thank you all so much for everything and may you all continue to have successful happy lives wherever you may be.
Best Wishes x WOLD I RECOMMEND WILDFIT Oh Hell Yeah you bet I would and in the future when people ask what have you done differently I will be like the sun I will gently tell them some of my story little by little - to be like the wind will frighten them away - slowly slowly and encourage the changes of the future generations.