Disease Proof : Health & Nutrition News & Commentary : Dr. Joel Fuhrman

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ReBecca has followed the Eat to Live program the past 5 years with remarkable success. She has lost a total of 278 pounds and is still losing. Here is Rebecca’s remarkable story to regain her health and quality of life:

I saw Dr. Fuhrman on TV in 2003. I was really fired up about his eating program and told my friend. My friend was thrilled I was showing concern for my health so she brought me a copy of Eat to Live. I read the book from cover to cover! To this day, I still carry Eat to Live with me! It is my second Bible. I really LIVE by the book, passages are underlined, notes are in the margins, etc. Yes, I experienced headaches, and cravings the first 5–7 days, but because I could eat without weighing food or counting calories, I felt it was an “even” exchange.

After a few weeks I truly felt energized! My poor body was getting some sound nutrition! I finally got weighed and confirmed that I weighed 448 ½ pounds. During the next 8 weeks, I lost 34 ½ pounds. From that moment on, I never looked back!

Week after week, I continued to lose weight. Eight and half months later, (July 2004), I lost my first 100 pounds. By the following August, 2005 I lost my second 100 pounds. By the summer of 2006, I lost another 50 pounds. Of course, as I am approaching my ideal weight, the weight is coming off more slowly. I now belong to a gym and have incorporated walking and weight training into my weekly routine.

Today, I embrace my new high nutrient eating lifestyle. I don’t eat cheese, bread of any type, rice, or pasta. I only eat veggies, fruits, raw nuts, and beans. People are confused when they see how I eat. Many are astonished by the facts; for instance, 100 calories of broccoli offers more protein than 100 calories of meat. People question how I eat so much food and still lose weight or how I am satisfied eating salads and vegetables.

I have purchased and given Eat to Live to many people. My own family doctor is amazed at my transformation.

Wow, yes my life has changed! I literally lived in my own isolated world before I committed to losing weight. Ironically, the bigger I became, the more invisible I became to the people around me! I went from a world of being ALL alone with a good friend or two (who saw the real me hiding under all that weight) to this world of so many people. I am still adjusting to this, too, as it can be overwhelming. Previously, I shopped late at night to avoid people making comments about me during "normal" shopping hours. I could only buy clothes from big women's magazines. The clothes had no style and were just big baggy dresses. I avoided restaurants. I could not fit into a booth and having a chair pulled to the end of a table was so embarrassing. I could never use a public bathroom because I could not fit in the stall. I could go on and on and probably will when I write the book everyone keeps encouraging me to write.

I owe my life to the Eat to Live lifestyle. Dr. Fuhrman saved me from literally eating myself to death. How grateful and blessed I am. Whatever lies ahead, I am ready for it!

For more on ReBecca’s remarkable story, please listen to the audio.