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Weight- Loss Success Stories: Before and After Photos. Before: 1. 58 lbs. After: 1. 17 lbs. Although her job as a flight attendant forced her to eat out at least four nights a week, Tracey Z. Dickson, 4. 4, of San Antonio, Texas, stayed trim by teaching cardio and boot camp classes and running about 2. But in April 2. 00. Tracey discovered a cancerous lump in her breast. Chemo sapped her strength, while steroid pills left her ravenous, so Tracey ate—and ate. In four months, the scale flashed up to 1. Weight Loss Stories - Alicia Lost 1. Pounds. Name: Alicia. Age: 4. 2Family Status: Married. Occupation: Wellness Coach. Hometown: Laurel, Maryland. Pounds or Inches Lost: I lost 1. Height: 5’4. I weighed over 2. At which time I was also prescribed high- blood pressure medication. By the age of 2. 3, my weight had escalated to an all- time high of 3. At the age of 2. 5, I realized that I was morbidly obese. I could not walk up a flight of stairs without losing my breath. I had debilitating lower back pain that forced me on painkillers and bed rest for days at a time. My knees and legs would hurt and occasionally give in while walking; my outer thighs, when lying on my side at night, would go numb while sleeping. What made you decide to lose weight? I had a true awakening. I did not want to inherit, nor die from the diseases that plagued my family — diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. I also did not want to take medication for the rest of my life in hopes of preventing an early death. My father was an insulin dependent diabetic who died of a heart attack at the age of 5. I did not want to follow. What were the most important changes you made to lose weight? Everything changed, especially my diet and exercise habits. My diet shifted from high- fat, high- calorie, sugar- laden foods that were nutrient deficient to low- fat, low- calorie, low- sugar good- for- you foods. I went from eating cheeseburgers, deep- dish pizza (sausage, pepperoni, double cheese), shakes, fries, and fried chicken to fruits, vegetables, whole- grains, nuts, and beans. I actually became a vegan (no meat or dairy products), but eat fatty fish once or twice a week for the Omega- 3’s. What was most challenging about losing weight? Changing my mindset was a biggie. I had to start seeing food as a source for energy and nutrition versus comfort and peace. Although I still enjoy eating, I struggled with emotional binge eating and have now conquered that area of my life. Resisting the urge to eat when upset was key to my weight loss success. Many of our weight issues are due to overeating when stressed. I have become aware of my habit and have learned to recognize situations where I am tempted to binge. I now turn to healthier outlets, such as exercise, writing, and prayer, instead of eating. How long did it take you to start to see results? The pounds starting falling off the first week, which was mostly water weight. However, the real weight loss quickly followed. Within one month, I lost 2. I lost a total of 7. How long did it take for you to reach your current weight? I reached my current weight after ten years. The inevitable plateau hit after seven years, so I changed my exercise routine, to include jogging and interval cardio work, which jump- started my metabolism again. I then lost another 6. Over the last few years, I steadily lost a few more, equaling 2. I reached my current weight of 1. How long have you maintained your weight loss and how do you do it? It has been a total of 1. I started this journey. I maintain a regular exercise routine and healthy dietary habit in order to keep the weight from sneaking back. I exercise six days a week (off Sunday) — three cardio and three weight training. I also stick to a diet of water, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, and fatty fish. How has your life changed after losing weight? My life is so different. It is challenging for me to see a smaller figure in the mirror, because I was large my entire life. I can now climb to the top of lighthouses, walk five plus miles easily, and jog a few too. After losing weight, I would still visit the women’s section trying on clothes that were too big before I realized I could fit into misses, and now even petites. Whereas it was once challenging to find clothes big enough, it is now sometimes difficult to find them small enough. Going from a size 3. Most importantly, I am now fit and healthy. All of my vitals and stats are well within range and I have avoided the diseases that plague my family. How did Shape. Fit help you reach your weight loss goals? Shape. Fit is fabulous! The wealth of information covers everything you ever need to know about how to get in shape and be well. From general nutrition, health supplements, and diet fads to targeted workouts, exercise trends, and , Shape. Fit has fueled my health and fitness arsenal and has been a big part of my wellness support network. The online articles helped me to stay on track, as well as provide new ideas for how I could make changes to become even healthier. The various exercise programs really helped when I needed to take my workout to the next level. The information was also encouraging when I felt stuck and needed to do something different. Alicia’s Weight Loss Tips! Weight loss tip #1: Seek strength from a source that is higher than you to help when no one else can (and those times will come). A spiritual connection is very important. Weight loss tip #2: Get an accountability partner. Not just someone who you can comfortably share your struggles, but someone who will tell you the truth, encourage you to move past your mishaps, and not give up. Weight loss tip #3: Stay away from diets, pills, surgery, and anything that promises quick weight loss. Only a lifestyle change will last. Weight loss tip #4: Do not starve or deprive yourself. Those are the two main reasons diets don’t work. Eat a well- balanced diet daily and remember to include treats. There is nothing that you cannot have, it is just a matter of when and how much. If you mess up one meal, just get back on track with the next. One mess up is no excuse to blow the whole plan. Weight loss tip #5: Set small incremental goals. A goal of losing 1. Always reward yourself with something that you desire each time you obtain a goal. You worked hard; you deserve it! Alicia’s Weight Loss Eating Plan! Breakfast: Hot green tea about one hour before breakfast, then a protein shake with an apple or a fruit salad. Lunch: Lunch is my biggest meal of the day – taco salad with black beans, Asian salad with tofu, or Greek salad with garbanzo beans; toss in a few walnuts, almonds, and soy nuts; or a garden salad with salmon or sardines, and multi grain crackers. For variety, I might have vegetable soup and a veggie sandwich on whole wheat bread. A handful of raisins (eaten one at a time), a few organic animal cookies, and a ginger chew for dessert. Dinner: Hot green vegetables, such as spinach, cabbage, or broccoli, and oats, mixed with plain yogurt, protein powder, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, soy milk, almonds, and walnuts, along with some peanut butter and crackers. Snacks or Mini Meals: Almonds, walnuts, soy nuts, raisins, celery, and carrots. Alicia’s Weight Loss Workouts! Weight Training: Three days circuit training, alternating between lower and upper body exercises, so I can rest each muscle without stopping between sets. I work each muscle group using two different exercises and alternate using free weights and machines. My routine includes leg presses, chest presses, leg lefts, rows, hamstring curls, shoulder presses, hip abductions, bicep curls, inner- thigh presses, tricep pull downs, and various abdominal crunches. Cardiovascular: Three days of cardio, thirty- minutes each – alternating among power walking, interval walking/jogging, stationary bike, or aerobics. Weight Loss Stories - Andrea Lost 3. Pounds in 6 Months. Name: Andrea. Age: 4. Family Status: Married. Occupation: Insurance Claims. Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina. Pounds or Inches Lost: I lost 3. Height: 5’5! Reading other testimonials helps to inspire and give me motivation. Andrea’s Weight Loss Tips! Weight loss tip #1: Pray. Weight loss tip #2: Exercise. Weight loss tip #3: Eat more healthy raw veggies and fruits. Weight loss tip #4: Drink lots of water. Weight loss tip #5: Avoid refined sugars and fried foods. Andrea’s Weight Loss Eating Plan! Breakfast: 2 bananas, 1 apple, 1/4 cup of coconut milk, 1 tsp unsweetened coconut flakes, 1 tbs agave nectar. Lunch: Blended green juice: fresh baby spinach with water, banana and hot green tea. Dinner: Large salad: mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumber, red yellow, peppers, zucchini, red onions, raisins, soy beans, olive oil and apple cider vinegar. Snacks or Mini Meals: Any fresh fruit: pineapple, apples, watermelon, banana, pears, grapefruit, dates, figs. Andrea’s Weight Loss Workouts! Weight Training: Free weights: Every other day training different body parts, upper body and lower body. I do circuits of 3 with 3. Cardiovascular: 1 hour on a cardio machine or 1. I rotate with different machines until I reach 6. I also do interval training and some weeks I add in Tabata intervals. Get Inspired By These 5 Paleo Success Stories. Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock. First, I want to thank the many people who submitted their Paleo weight loss stories for this article. There were so many amazing transformations and it was very difficult to choose which ones to publish. Know that all of your stories are truly inspiring, and I hope you’ll continue to share them here at Chris. Kresser. com! I love reading stories about people who have regained their health and lost weight while enjoying healthy, nourishing, and delicious Paleo food. With that said, here are five incredible Paleo Transformations that will blow your mind. Read about 5 people who lost weight and regained health on a delicious #Paleo diet. Such amazing transformations! Transformation #1: I have struggled with weight loss my whole life. I don’t care to think about the number of times I lost 5. I have always been a carbohydrate and sugar junkie, and after I stopped drinking alcohol to excess. I moved from one addiction to another. When I realized what had happened, I was all the way up to 2. My back was such a mess; I could hardly get out of bed in the morning. I went to the doctor and he told me if I kept doing this yo- yoing with my weight, I was going to kill myself. He said I may as well just stay fat. I set out to prove him wrong. I started walking, a little bit every day. The more I did, the better I felt. So I looked for an eating plan I could live with. I changed my diet and lost 7. I never knew I had a competitive bone in my body. I was ready to give up on my goal of walking 1. I had let my food addictions take over yet again and was back up to 1. I was 3. 0 pounds overweight, and yes, I did just walk 1. The more I trained for ultra marathons, the more crap I ate. I was desperately trying to keep my energy level up. Trapped in a low fat, high carbohydrate cycle, I gained all the weight I had lost back on a Mediterraneanesque diet, a couple of pounds at a time. I mulled this over and finally posted something silly on Facebook about the Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon. If they would count the 3. I am carrying around, I could just add a 5 pound pack and enter the heavy division of the marathon. A new, awesome friend saw it and sent me a private message about Paleo, and the rest is history. January 1. 2, I flipped the switch and removed everything containing sugar from my food intake. It is amazing how when I set my mind to NO SUGAR, I was able to just quit, cold. January 1. 8 2. 01. I quit grains. It took a couple of weeks to learn to eat when hungry and to stop obsessing over food logging, and I lost 6. January 2. 2. It was so easy; I didn. My energy level had increased dramatically! I didn. I lost 1. I can actually see the weight coming off my waistline. I know a lot of people who read this will understand that statement. Today is February 5, 2. I am in the 1. 40 pound range, but care less what the exact number is anymore. I have not been near a scale in quite some time. I finally had blood work done last May. Before Paleo, my HDL was around 3. No amount of endurance exercise could bring it up. After Paleo, my HDL is 7. I still find it hard to believe that my weight loss happened so effortlessly and was so easy to maintain this time. Transformation #2: I finally decided enough was enough. I saw a picture of myself where I really looked big and it struck a cord. I knew I had to do something. I had weight problems as a kid eating lots of sugar and lost my “baby fat” in high school due to being more active and watching how much I ate. I worked out and went into the Army. Boot camp and Infantry school really whooped me into shape. I got out and stayed pretty lean until my mid 2. Then the weight started to creep back on. I couldn’t eat crap and get away with it anymore. I went from a lean 1. I decided to do some research on losing weight and having success with the Atkins diet earlier, I started with the low carb diet. I downloaded a Jimmy Moore podcast and one of the first one’s I listened to was with Mark Sisson. I bought Mark’s book, The Primal Blueprint, and that’s where it all started. I made a lifestyle change and learned all I could about the Paleo or Primal way of eating. I eventually found your podcast and learned a lot from listening you your show. I went from a very chubby 2. My heartburn, sore joints, bad skin (pimples) and other health issues disappeared. Once I went Paleo the fat started melting away and there it was, the muscle I knew I had! I was lean again and felt and looked much younger than I am. Many guys my age don’t look anything like they did in their early 2. Paleo diet will give you that body you once had. Give your cells the right fuel and they’ll do the rest. I’ll never go back. Now that I learned what the human body does with certain foods it’s easy to say no to sugar and grains. I feel better at 4. I did at 2. 6, it’s amazing. I try to share with anyone ready to listen. It was a great journey learning all this new information and I still am hungry for more, we can never stop learning. My wife has been a huge support for me and we do it as a family, kids and all. It can be tough sometimes with treats in school and the constant sugar that is thrown at our kids now a days but we keep up the good fight. Thanks for doing what you do Chris! I enjoy your website and can’t wait to read your book. Transformation #3: I had resigned to being overweight forever. I steadily gained weight until I reached 2. My wake up call was a photo of me that a relative posted on Facebook. It was then that I realized my denial and I decided to make a permanent change. I created a blog to chart my journey and began seeking information regarding effective weight loss strategies. I found a podcast via a “diet and weightloss” search on i. Tunes. The Rebooted Body w/ host Kevin Geary was my gateway into the Paleo world. From there I subscribed to dozens of other great podcasters like Jimmy Moore, Dave Aspry, and Robb Wolf just to name a few. I’m definitely still learning and I’m still working on losing more weight but so far I’ve lost 1. I began my Paleo lifestyle back in May 2. Losing weight has been incredibly easy and fun. I’ve averaged a 1. I’ve gone from a size 2. I don’t see food the same way anymore. I’ve trained myself to filter out processed junk and I find joy in eating healthy whole foods. My kitchen is now my favorite place to be. New recipes make me giddy. I would have never guessed I would ever be the type to get excited about a new cooking pan or fresh spices. Before going Paleo, the extent of my cooking skills was warming up a hot pocket in the microwave. Transformation #4: I found out about the Paleo diet shortly after trying the vegan diet for a very short period of time. Something just didn’t feel right to me about the diet so I started reading articles and books about food/nutrition and that was when I really made the connection with Paleo. Learning about grassfed meats and what it meant to eat meat from pastured animals just made sense to me, so I quickly abandoned the vegan thing. It was never an ethical issue for me although I completely detest the inhumane way animals are treated in these factory farms. During that time I had heard about Paleo from other people but really didn’t pay it any attention. Once I started to research it more it just started to make sense. I jumped into it very slowly but in a way that I could commit to. Before I made any changes to what I was eating I asked myself if it was sustainable and something I was willing to commit my entire life to. Over the next couple of years I had already learned quite a bit about nutrition so combing my knowledge with the Paleo lifestyle, everything just started coming together. I was very active and feeling very healthy and it was just a snowball effect. The weight started to come off very easily. I’ve never enjoyed counting calories or keeping track of my macronutrients so one thing I really enjoyed about Paleo was not having to do that and still seeing results. I have to recognize that Mark Sisson and his awesome blog really helped me understand what foods to avoid and how to make lifestyle changes that were conducive to becoming lean and healthy. Although I don’t even like to label the way I eat, the majority of my eating is Paleo- like. For the most part I don’t eat grains, bread, beans, processed foods, sugar, etc. However from time to time I do indulge in all of these foods. Some of these types of foods I’ve lost interest in entirely, however I don’t deprive myself from things I still do enjoy and I eat them when I want, it just happens to be very little these days. I think having a healthy relationship with foods means being able to eat the things you enjoy however the awareness that comes with it is what’s important. My goal is to eventually have NO interest in these foods but everyday my diet/lifestyle evolves and I let things these occur naturally. The icing on the cake in my story is that this journey has also been my wife’s and although I’m the one with more of an interest and passion in this area she is right along with me and I attribute a lot of my success to having her as a willing and supporting partner. Transformation #5: Last year I was 3. I felt like I was 5. I have hypothyroidism due to a goiter, so my thyroid levels are never quite right. I was extremely tired ALL OF THE TIME! At the time, I wanted to find a new endocrinologist because I felt my current one wasn’t very helpful. I found a new doctor who performed various tests, and found that not only was my thyroid still not acting right, but also that I had Pre- Diabetes! That doctor’s visit was a wake- up call for me, to say the least. I decided then and there that I was going to get healthy no matter what. I had tried Weight Watchers in the past and had success with it, though it was a slow process, so I thought I would just do that.
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