10/11/2018
My Weight Loss Story
I didn’t realize I was in such bad shape! From where I sit now I have some space to reflect on the path I was on just a little over a year ago. I was likely heading for a wheelchair with the potential of never feeling good again!
What I found difficult:
I dreaded getting into my son’s pickup truck! It was so high off the ground for me and I didn’t have the strength to pull myself up into it. I ended up buying a two-step fold-up stool and carried it with me so I could be his gofer to run errands for his business.
I had also lost my strength. It was hard to open a sealed jar at times.
I lacked energy. Everything was work to me. I didn’t enjoy doing much of anything!
My ankles & knees hurt from falls I had taken in the past. It was hard for me to climb our stairs to go to bed at night (at times I would crawl up)! We were actually looking at moving to a single story house. I was almost 100 lbs. overweight as well.
My quality of life was poor and as you might be able to tell, those extra pounds weren’t doing me any good!
The Turning Point:
In Dec. 2016, I found a guy online that since then, has totally changed my life in many ways.
After studying under Brian D. Ridgway in 2016 to Sept. 2017, I called Brian and told him I wanted to be mentored by him personally.
I decided to do a private retreat with him and traveled to Hawaii last year for it. I wasn’t looking to change anything except my mindset at the time.
Brian D. Ridgway turned out to be a friend & mentor that I have deeply benefitted from!
Up until that time I thought I was a lazy, unlovable, undesirable person. Maybe not to others, but to myself.
My life totally changed from the time Brian and his family picked me up at the airport.
He had one of those 4 wheel drive vehicles that is high-up like my sons. “Oh my gosh! My stool is at home how am I going to get into that?” I didn’t like showing that I couldn’t do something, so I said “give me a minute and I will get myself in.” I did.
When we got to Brian’s place he took one look at me and he said, “do you want to be in a wheelchair?” I was floored at that question. How dare he say that, he didn't even know me! In a split second I said “no I didn’t,” then out of my mouth came, “well yes at one time I did, but after being in a wheelchair for a short time I was done with that thought.”
My life changed in those 3 weeks that I spend with these loving, beautiful, caring people!
Half way through my extended stay, Dewi Maile Lim (Brian’s love) suggested they try some superfood products with me that she had limited experience with, but had not been actively using.
Brian knows lots about nutrition, and let me tell you they had a lot of different things that they had started me on right away!
Brian did his research on these new products and gave his ok and they went into a mad dash to figure out how to get them to Hawaii overnight.
They came to me and asked me if I would stay an extra 10 days and if I would they would do a 10 day cleanse with me.
I finally said I would, because I knew I would never do a cleanse, and be successful, doing it myself.
We did it. I had no hunger or desire for normal food. It was amazing!
I went home on the 10th day of the cleanse. Beings we didn’t have a scale at their house I had some idea of what I weight (225 lbs.).
That weight had accumulated after nearly 15 - 20 years of giving up on the dieting system. Often dieters go through a program that works for a while then once you go off of it you gain the weight back plus more.
To my astonishment, when I got home I found I had lost 20 lbs!
That was such an encouragement that it kept me going and now it has been a year and I am still drinking the Power Shake and taking the Superfoods.
In this one year time span:
~ I have gained my strength back.
~ I can walk up the steps with no or very little discomfort.
~ Nothing is work anymore it is all about love.
~ I enjoy doing things for others now.
~ I am happy, I am feeling younger and more energetic than I ever have.
~ I can even say I love myself and my body!
What future do I want: I want to help save lives with the same simple, easy to implement shifts that I made and continue to choose, with Joy!
Why? Our “food”, the toxins in our environment and our stressful lifestyle is killing us.
Like Brian & Dewi saved my life I want to save others (only those who want it, of course), by being able to share this beautiful, wholesome gift of food that our Father gave to us to sustain us throughout the length of our lives!
This is my new mission: To SAVE many lives by sharing these superfoods.
I’m choosing to be centered in happiness and my loving heart. I am ready to help others so they may feel and do the same!
The Results I have achieved over this past year:
~ Energy, love of self, confidence in myself, walking up steps, doing gardening again & putting up the food, more baking, happiness and have lost 65 lbs. to date!
~ I have dropped from size 2x to a med. In shirts, and from size 24 to 12 in my jeans!
Going forward:
I want to take my journey to the next level. My intention is to release another 20+ lbs. Treat myself to new clothes, continue increasing my energy and yes, helping many more people to fulfill their health intentions!
By using Certified Organic, Non GMO Superfoods plus adding some exercise in, breathing deeply and practicing self-love I have made so much progress at 68 years young!
If any of what I have shared about my journey inspires you and you would like to experience more wellness and vitality in your life give me a call and I would be glad to speak to you about where you’re at and where you would like to be in a year’s time.
Even though I got results in a matter of days, this isn’t a short-term path. I will support you to explore how a lifestyle approach to nourishing yourself is really the way to go.
If you are feeling down; if you feel you don’t have much reason to live any more; if you can only see a nursing home in your future, a wheelchair or huge medical bills… you are the person I want to visit with!
I want to help you change that outlook so you can start to live NOW.
In a matter of a few short weeks or months your whole life can totally turn around.
It’s your choice, I invite you to contact me.
I love you and care about you!
Type “Live now” in the comments if any of what I shared lights you up and I will private message you to connect further.
