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What People are Saying about Weight Loss I have lost 75 lbs so far.
Without dieting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ******************************************** I
haven't weighed myself in about 1 1/2 years, so I can't be really sure how much
weight I have lost. The last time I had weighed, I had lost around 100
lbs. ******************************************** February 2003 was the month I started the program.
By August-September, I
lost 33-35 pounds,
reaching and exceeding my goal of 135! ******************************************** This is the first time I have been content to lose
slowly--without the impatience. ******************************************** Since you ask: I have lost 50 lbs. ******************************************** What caught my commitment to Radiance was the emphasis on doing
the food to heal the chemical bases for depression, impulsivity, crankiness,
and crisis seeking. I think this has got to be *so* foundational that there is
never any mistake about the purpose and prize of doing the food. ******************************************** In the 2 years after I reached Step 7, I lost a total of 38
pounds. In the last year and a
half, I have maintained my weight and have neither gained nor lost weight -
even over the holidays. This is a
first for me. By changing what I
ate and when, I have finally been able to stop the roller coaster weight
pattern I had for most of my life.
I also no longer suffer from the depression that led to many of my
eating "binges". I do
think the program has helped me tremendously. ******************************************** Though
I'm thrilled I lost weight--keeping my life on a sane level is much more
important in my opinion. Am SO pleased with it. My motivation to
begin with was to see whether the program would affect my tendency towards
depression and mood swings, plus a lifetime battle with weight loss. For
the past 10 years (I'm 66), I had decided to stop fighting the weight battle
and just make peace with being large. ******************************************** It's been an interesting journey to say the least. I found a peace
I'd never known. That constant obsession with what I ate, what I was gonna eat,
what I should or shouldn't eat, what I'd never eat again (but did) left me.
Along with it went the broken promises to myself to 'do better' starting
tomorrow, Monday, the first of the month, the first of the year...you know the
drill. Depression (at times severe and suicidal), mood swings, anger,
resentment, feeling 'done to' and somehow out of place on the planet and in my
own skin faded away. I have a bad day on occasion. We all do, but they are few
and far between despite some major life challenges the last couple of years.
Migraines and PMS..they are history! Instead I have peace around food and along
the way food ceased to be the focus of every single day. In its place is this
thing called life :). ******************************************** I don't think I understood that this program is much more than
weight loss until I got "stable". Weight loss was the motivating
factor for me in the beginning, so I understand why everyone is talking about
it. It is so nice to be even-tempered and "radiant", that I would
continue the program if I hadn't lost weight, but it's nice to know it can do
both! One friend commented that I have such willpower....nope...I wasn't
the slightest bit interested in it. Enjoying the people at a party instead of obsessing
over the food, do I look fat, how much can I eat without people noticing...can
you imagine? I find that miraculous! ******************************************** I am on step seven and I have been on the plan just over two
years. Still today I cannot believe I have been on the plan so long. Always
when I started a diet I never stuck with it more than six months. On every diet
I always lost about fifty to seventy-five pounds. I also always found them
again! ******************************************** With this plan I have never felt better. I no longer have body
aches, high blood pressure or migraines. I wake up happy and ready to meet a
new day. I no longer worry about where I will be getting my sugar or desserts,
nor do I hide sweets from my family. That is what I did before doing this plan. ******************************************** I had mentioned this program as a way of ending cravings, getting
rid of depression and anxiety, gaining clarity and joy in living, and he
replied that he saw me as a woman transformed. He couldnŐt' believe I was the
same person he had met two years ago. He remembers an anxious, solemn,
depressed, slow moving, sad looking person. He said he can't get over the
changes in me, and that I even look years younger, and that with my just
letting my gray hair grow out, <smile>. ******************************************** I've lost LOTS of weight over the years over and over again on
other "diets", so I have lots of experience with losing weight (just
not keeping it off) :( The amazing thing I've noticed and appreciated about my
new life with Kathleen's program is how gentle the weight loss is. Don't know
how else to describe it. How it feels natural and how I'm not at all stressed
out about it or obsessing over it. How it's so totally comfortable for me and
how I can just tell when I'm ready to lose a few more pounds. My body tells me
so. This is so refreshing and fulfilling! Something tells me this is the way
it's meant to be :) ******************************************** I have a closet full of smaller sizes. In the past I'd be
constantly going through those clothes trying them on - driving myself crazy!
Now, I hardly even think about them. ******************************************** I forgot to tell you, Kathleen, that on Dec. 8, I had an unusually
good cholesterol reading.
(I've been on Lipitor since 2001, so I go every six months for a blood
screening.) The only
difference I've made in my lifestyle since my June 9th screening is that I
began YLD on August 4th. The total cholesterol now is 180; HDL had increased by
10 points (it has always been good); but the LDL dropped by 20 POINTS. Dr. Hampton said "he had
never seen anyone's reading make such a drastic change." ******************************************** I took to heart the advice "do each
step until you love it." It took me awhile to love journaling, and I
didn't think I'd ever love living without chocolate. But in January
2003, I actually WANTED to detox...and did! Since then, I have lost
35# and most of my "drama queen" tendencies. I have
learned so, SO much about my biochemistry and what it does to my body - not
just head knowledge, but experientially. ..Life is good and getting better
on a daily basis. ******************************************** I
saw the post requesting information about weight loss and realized that for the
first time in recorded history I did not know my weight. Friday I had an
MD appointment and asked the RN to weigh me (I stopped weighing in several
months ago but wanted the numbers to report to Kathleen). When my MD came in he
commented, "I was surprised to see your weight on the chart. I
thought we agreed that this is not about weight loss but about freedom and
mobility for you." I laughed and explained to him that I wanted to
report this information for the Radiant Recovery Community. He congratulated me
saying "you have gone from grossly obese (yes that is bona fide medical
term), to morbidly obese (you're fat and sick), to obese (you're fat but your
obesity does not constitute a health risk) and are working your way to
pleasantly plump." I won't go into the details of my long
and futile battle with weight, how it has shaped, twisted and limited
my life, which is simply history. Currently I'm working on Step
4. Since giving up the diet mentality and making a commitment
to Radiant Recovery I have gone from 482 to 279.5. Although the weight
loss is dramatic it is not the miracle. The unbelievable miracle is not the
weight loss but the radical life transformation that his program has created. ***************************************************** ******************************************** I haven't taken pictures.
I started SARP in July 03 at a high of 148.3, my highest ever; I'm
5'2". I am proud to say I saw
140.3 on the scale this morning!! I'm so elated, I was so frustrated about my
weight creeping up, and I haven't seen 140 in a long time. But I know it's not about the weight,
because I feel like a whole new person. ******************************************** I
know I have done extremely well with your program, the best ever in my life.
I've lost 38 lbs and have another 40 to go. I plan to be 148 lbs at the end of
August this year. Already my clothes look better on me and people are
commenting on how good I look! I can't tell you how much better I feel, although
you know that yourself. 2004 is going to be awesome! I've kept an old pair of
jeans from the really big days so it's just a boost to try them on from time to
time! ******************************************** I went from 159 down to 135 but the change was not dramatic. I have had many people way that I look
good and I certainly feel good. I
was up to size 16 and now my size 12's fit loosely. I work out 5-6 days a
week. On workdays I get up at 6 AM
and work out for 40-50 minutes. I lift 7 1/2 lb. hand eights about three days a
week. I have a very demanding job in the winter at a local ski resort. Without good nutrition and my exercise,
I would not be able to keep up the pace.
One of the young men (age 16) who works with me was astonished to learn
that I'm the same age as his grandma. ******************************************** I started the program about 18 months ago. At that time I weighed
195 and was at risk for heart disease, not only because I was overweight, but
also because of the genetic history in my family. Now I weigh 165 and I feel better,
I feel healthier. It is great when your body reaches a state of nutritional
balance. ******************************************** I've been working your program for nearly 2 years now- not perfectly, but within reason for me. During that time I've lost 40 pounds without actually feeling as though I was "dieting". The weight loss was almost a bonus. The real success was being able to eliminate the cravings and the emotional ups and downs. I've been at my current weight for nearly a year of that time with no real effort to maintain this other than following the program. In
the past, I've NEVER been able to maintain a loss for any length of time
because I'd always return to my previous eating habits the second I reached my
goal. Couldn't wait to get back to the things I craved throughout the diet
period. Now, I don't even care! How weird is that!!?? But nice...
I'm currently within 5 pounds of my "ideal weight" with
lower cholesterol and way more energy. I've managed this through various plane
trips and emotional upheavals, both positive and negative. During
this time period, I've become more active in my artwork and participated in a
group show, helped manage another group show and had a solo show of my own
work. All without -or maybe BECAUSE I wasn't-breaking my eating program. Thank
you so much for a truly lifesaving- in more ways than one- program. I'll be
forever grateful for the day I first opened your book! |