5/15/2023 0 Comments Weight loss success story men![]() In 2014, after meeting with my new cardiologist, Dr. Raised on the typical Western diet, my regular fast-food visits had taken a toll on my body. "My quintuple heart bypass surgery in 2007 led to years of taking medications for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and insulin for type 2 diabetes. I even started to blog about my progress and recipes." Caldwell Esselstyn from The Cleveland Clinic says 'obesity is a foodborne illness' and I think I am cured. Ironically, I don't need to eat as much to feel full as I used to either. Fruits, vegetables, seeds and nuts are much cheaper per pound than meat, fish and poultry, so it's a win-win! I eat as much as I want and as often as I want and continue to lose weight. I stopped taking the cholesterol medicine, and sure enough the numbers got even lower! I can go up and down stairs without getting winded, my face lost its red color and my aches and pains are gone. My blood pressure normalized and my cholesterol numbers got into a very healthy range. I rarely exercise, but my waist went from a 44 to 34, my neck went from 18.5 to 17 inches, and I lost 76 pounds. "It's been 13 months since that start date. ![]() I bought new items like kale, quinoa, steel-cut oats and farro, and started cooking. Joel Kahn was putting on the web about the plant-based lifestyle, I bought a vegan cookbook. "After reading daily information that Dr. I'd tried dieting on my own, including counting points, high protein, low fat, low carb, etc., but whatever weight I lost, I would just put it back on plus a few more for good measure. ![]() "My weight hit 274 pounds on my 5'7" frame, my joints were aching from the statin drugs used to lower my cholesterol, I was winded walking up stairs, and I was taking blood pressure medicine that wasn't working all that well. ![]()
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