Women’s stories

“My message is this: don’t give up...”

It took Kari a little longer than she’d initially hoped to start feeling better on the Personal Program. But once she understood the profound toll lifelong dieting had taken on her health, she found the courage to stick it out, and now the results are beginning to show. Feeling so well inspired Kari to write and offer women with severe symptoms a word of encouragement.

“I think it’s important to post a success story that gives hope and encourages patience for women with severe symptoms. When I first started my Program, I had read all the success stories and expected to start feeling better right away. It was very frustrating when, after several weeks, I was still feeling tired and experiencing heart palpitations, severe hot flashes, body aches, depression and insomnia. I started to lose heart that the program would work; but even my doctor said that this was the best option for me. So I hung in there, and after six weeks, I woke up one morning feeling phenomenally better!

“As I read and re-read the nutritional guidelines, the depth of the injury I’d done to my body over the years became apparent. Sadly, no doctor had ever counseled me on how dangerous constant dieting can be. When I was nine years old, my mother put me on a 1000-calorie diet, and for the next 40 years I never stopped dieting. No doctor had ever explained nutrition to me in a sensible way. They would hand me the latest fad diet book, plus prescriptions for blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds, anti-anxiety meds and anti-depressives, then send me home. In their eyes, everything wrong with me could be attributed to my weight.

“In a way, they were on the right track — just working way downstream. It was how I was eating that was killing me. Now, with the nutritional and hormonal support of the Personal Program, I am beginning to undo years of damage. It is a slow process, but I am finally beginning to feel results. The hot flashes have decreased to a manageable level. The heart palpitations have slowly gone away. I am happier, more energetic, and finally sleeping really well.

“It can take a little longer than we’d like to think it will, to undo the damage to our health caused by years of misinformation. I’ve been on the Personal Program for about two months now. And my message is this: don’t give up if it seems to be taking a long time. It’s worth the work and the wait to feel better!”

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Last Modified Date: 05/24/2011