I have
struggled with weight
since I was a teenager.
At my top weight I
was 234 pounds and
wearing a size 1X. I'd
always heard that it was
harder to lose weight as
you get older. I work
as a therapist, so I sit
for a living. I wasn't
very active. At
50-something, I was
starting to ache all
over in the morning. I
was only half-hearted
about exercise.
My
motivation to lose
weight came from an
unlikely source. I had
been diagnosed with a
systemic candidas
infection (yeast) caused
by two rounds of
prednisone I'd taken to
rid myself of a
particularly stubborn
case of poison ivy.
Within 2 months of
completing that
treatment, I had an
angry, red, itchy rash
from my pubic bone to my
earlobes. I couldn't
sleep or wear tight
fitting clothes. I was
afraid my skin would
scar from the boils of
the rash. It was
miserable, but very
motivating.
My
doctors didn't know how
to treat this, other
than to give me creams
which did not help. I
got on the internet and
learned that the only
way to cure the candidas
was to "starve" it by
removing all foods from
your diet that fed the
yeast. That included
sugar, yeast, mushrooms,
high sugar fruits and
juices, potatoes and all
fermented products like
cheese, vinegar,
alcohol, Since I was a
self-confessed "sugar
addict" and chocoholic,
I thought this would be
very difficult.
So I
started using EFT to
overcome my cravings for
sugar, pasta, bread and
simple carbohydrates. The
cravings went away
instantly. Instead of
craving chocolate, I now
crave broccoli!
Within a month the
angry, itchy rash was
completely gone. And I
started to lose weight
without doing anything
else. Within the
first year I lost 35
pounds. I plateaued
for a while. Then I
lost another 15, then
plateaued again. Then I
lost another 20 pounds
and am now hovering
around a "normal" weight
for my height and age.
Actually, I now wear a
size 12 in jeans and
anywhere from an 8 - 10
in a dress. I
haven't been that small
since junior high school
and I'm 56 years old!
So
much for it being harder
to lose weight when you
get older! Oh, and 2.5
years ago, just because
I had so much energy,
I took up Shotokan
Karate. My goal is
Black Belt before 60!
I just heard that this
picture of me in my
karate gi doing a side
thrust kick is going to
be included in
Jana Stanfield's
upcoming music video,
"If I Were Brave!"
