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What your neighbors think...All too often we find ourselves concerned with what will our neighbors think? And while we hope you don't get caught up in that concern, we do hope you'll take a look and take a listen to what people in your community are saying about us and Maximized Living. People just like you!
Written Testimonials:
PAIN IN THE NECK
WHEN I FIRST STARTED CARE...
I was having so much trouble after the birth of my second son in November - my neck and shoulders were consistently causing me pain, I could barely hold my baby for longer than five minutes without being in pain, my speech was slow, my motor skills (typing) and even signing my name was cumbersome! I couldn't hold my arms up to put my hair up in a ponytail for more than 5 seconds without having to put my arms down. Going upstairs to the baby's room tired me out - I felt like I was pulling my legs through mud just to go up the steps. PLUS, I had a 2 year old toddler to chase after! I was MISERABLE at a time of my life when I should have been so happy.....
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
A co-worker was a patient of Dr. Pompa and she recommended that I go in for a consultation. After hearing about subluxation - even having been a chiropractic believer all of my life - I knew that they were describing ME and my pain! After about four visits, I noticed that my speech became normal, my motor skills improved and even though I still had neck and shoulder pain, I was improving everyday. After about one month of visits, I realized I was chasing my toddler around without getting tired! I could go up the steps like a 'normal' person and my pain was decreasing. WHAT A RELIEF! God makes our bodies to do amazing things and we take it for granted. When the simplest of tasks become painful and cumbersome, you realize how important it is for us to take care of this incredible gift of life and body. Now my baby and toddler get adjustments, too. It all makes perfect sense! Just like Dr. Pompa says - "TURN YOUR POWER ON!"
ARM AND SHOULDER PAIN
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH CARE...
I had been living in excruciating pain since November 5, 2001, the day I received my annual influenza vaccination. For nearly two years the standard of living as I knew it ceased to exist. The pain was never ending. Pain relievers and prescriptions only made me nauseous and disoriented and did not relieve the pain. I could not lie down on my back or either side without unbearable pain and sleep without being awakened by pain was out of the question. For nearly two years, what sleep I could get was by sleeping in a semi-sitting position in a reclining chair with my arm supported by pillows. All the medical doctors could say was "this is such a puzzle" and every test they ordered came back "normal". They had no answers or treatment available for me and I knew the way I felt was not "normal".
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
In May of 2003, I spoke with Dr. Pompa at length about everything I had gone through. He knew immediately that my suffering had been caused by the vaccine. The injection and resultant reaction to the vaccine had damaged the brachial nerve in the area of the flu shot with pain radiating up my arm and into the shoulder causing the shoulder to be frozen. I began regular treatments three days a week and followed Dr. Pompa's advice to the letter, including supplements to boost my immune system and detoxify my body from the effects of the vaccine. I am happy to report that I now feel like I have been given my life back. I am regaining the use of my arm, my pain is less severe and I have days without pain and for the first time in nearly two years. I can now sleep in my bed without my sleep being disturbed by pain. I awaken refreshed and am ready to face a new day and everyday I thank Jesus, our Savior, for the healing hands that have been placed on me by Dr. Pompa
ACID - REFLUX
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH CARE...
I was diagnosed with acid-reflux in 2000. Nothing was helping!
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
I recently began care with a chiropractor and now wake up every morning able to eat breakfast and enjoy food and life!
NECK PAIN
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH CARE...
I experienced neck pain, burning and weakness for about 2 years.
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
Neck pain is gone and after painting a room 6 times, I experienced no hand weakness.
FATIGUE
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH CARE...
I would fall asleep in the car, on a short OR long trip. When we would arrive home from vacation and put things away, we were both very tired.
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
We traveled 6 hours on the first day of the trip and 5 hours the second day and did not sleep once. We arrived home, after being picked up at 5:30 AM, we put everything away, went grocery shopping, went to a church seminar and ministered with the elders and pastor until 9:30 PM that night and still were not tired! Went to bed at midnight! Praise the Lord!
PREGNANCY
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH CARE...
I just found out that I was pregnant with my second child.
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
I was able to sleep better than ever and I didn't have the usual aches and pains that go along with pregnancy. When I was in my 8th month, I found out that the baby was breech. The doctors told me that if the baby did not flip by the 9th month that they would have to do a C-section. I discussed the situation with Dr. Pompa and he referred me to midwife Ellen Gaefke. One evening, I spoke with Ellen, who gave me some simple exercises to do. That VERY night the baby flipped! I went on to have a very, easy, drug-free, healthy delivery thanks to the care I received both Dr. Pompa.
NECK PAIN AND ARM NUMBNESS
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH CARE...
I did secretarial work for years and started having severe neck pain and numbness in my arm.
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
I had adjustments and did traction and kept up with my maintenance adjustments and have been so much better!
BED-WETTING
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WITH CARE...
We started the care for Stephen, our four year old son, due to the knowledge that we gained about how unsure we were of the damaging results of the dramatic birth process was for him.
AFTER BEING UNDER CORRECTIVE CHIROPRACTIC CARE...
We learned through x-rays that he was out of line and needed corrected. The one thing that we didn't mention was that he wet the bed often. After just a few months, he was corrected and hasn't wet the bed since. Praise God!
Dr. Pompa and family, and staff,
I want to thank you so much for presenting this Body by God information!!! I truly believe it is an answer to prayer for me!!! I just turned 59 in July, I have 4 adult children, 3 are married and 2 have children. I have tried numerous diets in the past, but my motivation was always short-lived as you mentioned. But this time, I think this may be the "one" that actually works because of your inspiration!!!
Beside doing this for God, my family, my husband of 32 years, my children, and my 7 grandchildren, my neighbors, I am also doing it for me. After all, we are to love our neighbors as ourselves. I believe this is one way to truly love myself; to take responsibility for my health, so that I will be healthier and be around longer for those whom I love, Lord willing. I want to be around and healthy for as long as possible to continue to enjoy God and my family, and life, and continue on in the work He has called me to do.
After graduating from Geneva College last year with a degree in Community Ministry, I was officially hired by the Western Pennsylvania United Methodist Conference this past January, as a missionary at the Center for Hope in Ambridge, PA. I am the Associate Director of Outreach for the Center. I am also a member of North Way Christian Community.
I am so grateful that you are fulfilling your calling and purpose because it is going to save lives, if only people will pay attention and take the necessary steps to make the necessary changes.
My health has been going downhill for sometime, but now after listening to your lectures, I am putting two and two together and understanding why. I believe it is because my hormones have run "amuck." It began with fibroids in my uterous, and a cyst the size of a tennis ball on one of my ovaries, which led to a hysterectomy. Then I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and am currently taking thyroid medication, which I later found out causes bone loss. I also have arthritis. Because of unhealthy eating I am overweight, I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, low bone density, osteopenia, and feel fatigued much of the time. In other words, I am a real mess!!!
In my journal, I cried out to God for help. That is why I believe you are the answer to my prayer. I debated off and on whether or not to come to Body by God and at the last minute decided that I was worth $40, and although skeptical decided to check it out!
My daughter has five chldren( 9, 6, 4, 2 1/2, and 4 months) just as you do, and every Wednesday I go to Butler to help her out. She is teaching the children about honor. As I sat in the living room holding the baby last week while the rest were having lunch in the kitchen, I heard Zachy, the 4 year old say, "mommy, did you honor me because you love me so much?" It was so sweet, it brought tears to my eyes. This past Tuesday after your lecture as I was walking to my car, my thoughts turned toward God and I thought, "God, did you honor me with this answer to prayer concerning my health, because you love me so much?" I heard a resounding "YES!"
So, again, I say a huge "THANK YOU !!!
God's richest blessings on you and yours!
Patty Watenpool
Ok Warren you asked for it. Its LONG. Sorry if I got it in too late, but this is really just for you because you insistedit is not for any prizes..
First and foremost, I give thanks to God for putting me in the right place, at the right time, to cross paths with the right people. I thank Him for knowing what I needed when I was oblivious to what was going on, and for presenting this opportunity when I was ready with an open heart.
I am 31 years old and I have ALWAYS struggled to keep weight off. I never feel fully rested when I wake up, and I never want to get up when the alarm goes off in the morning. Hearing someone say that they wake up without an alarm clock is crazy talk to me. I could sleep for 10 hours and still need an alarm to get me out of bed.
I didnt always accept these things as normal. A few years ago I asked my medical doctor if she would increase the amount of synthroid that I take for my under-active thyroid. This would logically give me more energy and help with my metabolism. She did blood work, and because my thyroid levels were within normal limits, she would not increase my synthroid dosage. She simply told me that I was getting older and older people put on weight and have less energy. At that point I just accepted that this was normal for me. In the past I have resorted to unhealthy means and any fad diet for keeping my weight down.after speaking with my doctor I figured I would always need to continue these practices to stay thin.
Then Warren P. Phillips steps into the picture. He noticed just how many silver fillings I have in my mouth while we were catching up after he moved back to PA. I had heard that mercury fillings were harmful, but having them replaced did not seem like an option. Warren shared his testimony with me. He made it very clear to me that ignoring the mercury fillings was not an option. After talking to Warren I came to realize that there were solutions for my fatigue and weight gain, and many other health annoyances that I was having. You see, that was my problem when I crossed paths with Warren I had/have many little health challenges that I could cope with, and because none of them are life threatening, I didnt realize the snowball effect going on in my body.
Shortly after making the decision to have my fillings replaced, Warren let me know that Dr. Pompa was conducting the Extreme Makeover Challenge. He thought I could really benefit from the sessions. I had no idea what to expect, but I was ready to make some changes in my life
Sorry for the long prelude to my testimony, but here it is:
I started the makeover weighing in at 143 pounds. This is well over my ideal weight, being a short person with a small frame. At the end of the challenge I am 136 pounds. Even though this is not a significant loss of weight over a 40 day period, I still consider the makeover to be very much a success for me. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM DR. POMPA. Everything he taught and revealed made sense. I am committed to the healing diet. I understand that the weight is not coming off as quickly as I would like because my Leptin level is grossly elevated (22.7).
The most important reason I consider the makeover to be a success is because of the door it open for me to receive from God. Like I said before, I had already decided to have my fillings replaced, the makeover did not have to convince me of that. What the makeover did was open my eyes to Gods role in this aspect of my life. I have God in my marriage, I have God in my finances, I have God in my business, but I did not include Him in my health. I believe in healing, and I have received healing in my body from God in the pastbut this is different. I was oblivious to the real cause of my health challenges and would not have thought to ask God to intervene in these matters. That is why I am so thankful to Him. He knew exactly what I needed, all the while I was clueless. My blood work revealed that my glucose level is high (92 mg/dL). I had no ideaand I would not have known until it presented itself as diabetes.
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to everyone involved with the extreme makeover. It has been a blessing and motivation in my life. I could tell that a tremendous amount of work and preparation went into each session, and I am very thankful for the energy you pored into it each week.
Ill give another testimony after all of my fillings have been replaced and my Leptin is within the normal range!
Gods Blessings,
Michelle Herbst
I saw an ad for the Body by God program in the Northern Connection magazine. After reading the article that Dr. Pompa wrote about Leptin and how hormones affect weight loss, I decided that I would think about giving the program a try. I had at that point tried many weight loss and exercise programs to shed the excess pounds that I had put on since separating from the Marine Corps almost five years ago.
Weight had always been an issue for me. My brother and sister are both tall and very thin like my mothers side of the family and I take after my fathers side, not so tall and skinny. I always had to watch my weight in the military because of weight restrictions and once, even though I was not large, got put on weight control for being over my limit by 1 pound. I decided that after I got out of the Marine Corps that I wasnt going to be that hard on myself and I slacked off a little bit. I ran two miles instead of three and then none at all. I stopped lifting weights because work and school took up most of my time. And since I moved in with my parents until I decided what I wanted to do, I ate a lot of moms home cooking. Which is not fatty and greasy by any means, but we ate a lot of pasta and breads; my mom is from Italian descent.
Over the last five years the weight has crept on and has been even more of a challenge to take off. When I finally signed up for the Body by God program I made my Father sign up too, since he has always had problem with his weight. The program was very informative and I got a lot out of it as the weeks moved on. I didnt actually start following the diet part until the end because I felt I needed all the facts in order to start changing my eating habits instead of doing bits and pieces and then having to change what I already changed. Once I started the healing diet I was miserable. No sugar, caffeine, or anything I was used to eating for snacks late at night when I couldnt sleep. Once I got past the first five or six days though, what a difference. I was sleeping through the night, not craving the candy bar after lunch, and I always drank a lot of water but I stepped it up a notch and was drinking four 16.9 oz bottles a day. My kidneys and bladder were not happy at first but I got used to it. I have not had any sugar in two weeks and I feel great. It is hard to meet friends for a Friday night rendezvous and not have a caramel frappuccino at Starbucks, but water and herbal tea go just as nicely with long conversations as cold, sugary coffee drinks. I am also lactose intolerant and eating one serving of whole milk plain yogurt everyday has practically stopped any reaction I have from eating other dairy products. I can drink a glass of milk without worrying about nausea or anything else!
I started the burst training the day after the last meeting and boy was I sore! I did stop running, but I do still walk three to four times a week. I like to be outdoors and I just couldnt give up my bike or going for a hike. I have lost seven pounds in the last two weeks and I am looking forward to losing more and making my body as healthy as I can. It is also true that you have to invite God into this process or it is never going to work. Will power alone wasnt going to work for me, I need the strength and guidance of Jesus to help me through the healing process. Just knowing I could talk to him any time I needed a little help overcoming the urge to cheat really helped. I have also finally convinced my boyfriend that the mold in his apartment is making him sick. I bought the CD of the class with the mold discussion and he heard my question that I asked Dr. Pompa and it finally turned the light bulb on! He is looking to buy a home and we are definitely going to get it inspected for mold! He is also getting his skin problems taken care of and I hope that once he moves out he will get better.
I would definitely recommend this program to everyone I know. Most of my friends and family think that I am cooky for trying this and they dont think that I am going to be able to stick it out. But I am determined to shed the weight that has so steadily crept on over the years so that I can live disease free for the rest of my life and set an example for those around me whose lives I touch everyday!
Thank You,
Marlena M. Mohney
It is amazing how life can slowly, unassumingly, get out of hand. One day you wake up and things simply arent how you would want them and youre not exactly sure how or why this is the case. This was my life.
It began five years ago with the birth of my first daughter, Catherine. This was an extremely happy time filled with anticipation and actualized joy. Our joy would soon be clouded by heartache and confusion exactly two months to the day later when my wifes (Patty) mother passed away due to cancer. Sure, we were still joyful and grateful for this new little life that God had given us charge over but the one person my wife had envisioned helping her, guiding her through the early days and months of motherhood was suddenly taken away from her. Fortunately we know we will see my wifes mother again in heaven. My wifes world however was significantly altered. I felt powerless as I couldnt begin to understand or relate to what Patty was feeling and was extremely frustrated as I didnt know what to do or how to help. Even in the midst of our joy with our new baby, things slowly began to slide.
It seemed that life was speeding right by us. On the surface we looked fine but we were slowly relinquishing control and responsibility for various areas of our lives. We would attempt little course corrections here and there but eventually things would just migrate back to where they were or get just a little worse. Even being involved in our church in a very pronounced way didnt help us in our malaise. We remained, in a sense emotional nomads, unable to really provide a true, deep, and meaningful level of care for others. Truth be told we werent really caring for ourselves. We grew tired and frustrated. This fatigue and frustration was best evidenced in our physical being. We were fighting to stay healthy, trying to keep the weight off but eventually we would slide back into old ways and the weight and then some would return. We felt hopeless to genuinely change.
As the head of the house and spiritual leader of my family I was doing a very poor job. Where we were or where we had ended up was ultimately my responsibility and I knew it. Where the head goes the body follows. Along the way, we were blessed with a second sweet little baby girl, Patricia. Now I had three lives in addition to mine that I was responsible for leading and guiding. God is long-suffering, good, and merciful. This is the only reason why we didnt end up worse than we currently were living. I must say however, family and friends didnt help either; particularly in the arena of my weight and health. Im a big guy, six feet five inches tall. People would say to me, Youre a big guy, you carry your weight wellit looks OK on you. Maybe they were afraid to speak the truth. Maybe they were just being kind. Maybe they were sincere. In any event, I was hiding within their rhetoric. All the while I was lying to myself and in the meantime, I was killing myself.
I had periodic physical exams. The story was always the same; cholesterol too high, triglycerides too high, blood pressure venturing into hyper-tension, weight bordering on obese. Yet, all my doctor would say is, Try and eat less bread and cut back on your portionsget a little exercise and when you come back, if your cholesterol doesnt improve, Ill prescribe a medication you can take. Deep in my heart I knew this wasnt the right course of action. But who was I to argue? Im not a doctor. I decided to just ignore those thoughts and keep moving, keep searching. Along the way the weight kept coming. I became more and more fatigued. My joints would ache. My feet would feel swollen in the mornings. I felt groggy in the mornings and my eyes always seemed to blurry for the first thirty minutes until I got out of the shower and started getting dressed for work. I would easily feel winded if I had to do something that would exert me and I worked very diligently to avoid anything that would stress me out which meant I was missing out on a lot of life. I was impatient and easily irritable. I didnt like myself very much and I liked other people less as well.
About two and a half years ago, my left eye started bothering me in a strange way. My vision was slightly foggy; it is the only way I can describe it. I saw my primary care doctor on the advice of my chiropractor who advised me to ask to see a neurologist. I had some MRIs done. All the tests were coming back good but no one had any answers. When my neurologist asked why I was exploring this and why I was asking for an MRI, I told her my chiropractor was concerned and said I should request it. She responded in a rather annoyed manner. Then, with a manner that still shocks me; she uttered some various possible medical explanations and in the midst of those mentions MS. Her manner struck me as if she were simply saying, Waters wet, the sky is blue, this could be MS. My wife and I looked for answers but found nothing to really support that supposition. I had more tests and eye exams; still no answers.
In November of 2004 I hired my own personal life coach. I knew I had to get to the bottom of a lot of things in terms of how I was managing my life and moreover leading my family. This began a series of very positive experiences that built upon one and other. Slowly, I began to notice very positive feelings and behaviors that I hadnt embraced. My wife definitely noticed. Even certain friends who I didnt see regularly noticed. Along the way I knew the health piece was still missing but I was more patient with the process; I lived and enjoyed living within the moment more.
So I trusted God in my journey and knew that eventually, when He was ready for me to truly address my health He would take care of that piece of the puzzle. I can be a fairly impatient guy and push to get to where I want to go when I get focused. So along the way, even though I was waiting for God to give me a health answer, I still was trying to chip away at it with what I already knew. I figured, Im educated beyond my own obedience anyway so, Im just going to proactively address my health until he leads me to precisely the place where he wants me to explore and grow.
This pursuit was an outgrowth of my coaches teaching. He suggested that I begin creating a dream story. The story of my life as I would ultimately like to see me living; family, work, play, spiritually. So as my wife and I sat down and started this we really dug in and started identifying various areas of our life together that we definitely wanted to see change. My coach gave me this exercise in February. I began trying to address the health issue in January. When I began, I was 296 pounds. When I began my dreams exercise with my wife we quickly identified that to live the way we really were describing, our health had to become our priority. Isnt that just like God? I cant tell my wife what to do but, in the midst of my change she saw how serious I was about making things better. She saw better in and from me. My wife was following Gods lead as His Holy Spirit lived through me.
Along the way we felt at peace. We were acting as though we truly cared about our lives and our health. It felt good. However, there was still the true health component that nagged at me. I kept asking God to give me an answer. I just didnt want to go to my primary care doctor again and hear the same old thing. So, we just kept eating better and I kept waiting. Then suddenly, I see an ad from an old friend for his new practice. I say old friend, not because he and I know each other well but because I knew he was on a mission and I was intrigued by what he was doing with his life. I had the pleasure of working briefly with him and some of his associates in the past and anticipated the opportunity of doing so again, especially since he had ventured out on his own.
So while inquiring with him about that opportunity to work together, I became convinced that the Body by God seminar that Dr. Pompa was promoting was something I should personally attend. In fact, I was certain that this is what I was supposed to do. In just the brief time of talking to Dan and his wife I knew this is what God intended. What I began to learn at the seminars was truly amazing to me! Some of it was just a deeper explanation and understanding of things I already knew (educated beyond my own obedience phenomenon) and much of it was simply new. The entire time I listened I was struck by how much all of this made sense to me. Finally, someone (in the person of Dr. Dan Pompa) was bringing it all together in a comprehensive way. I would go home excited and share with my wife everything I had learned. I was becoming transformed. I knew I was in the middle of an answered prayer. I didnt care what Dr. Pompa said I was going to follow it. If Dan said stand on my head while eating kale, I would do it! I knew instinctively because of all I had learned and all that had frustrated me through the months and years that this man had the answers.
As I said, I had already been addressing my weight but was concerned about my health. By the end of the second week of the seminar I went to Dr. Pompas for blood tests. I just knew the results werent going to be pretty. I cared but didnt. At the start of week three of the seminar I was 249 pounds as I began Dr. Pompas Healing Diet. A week later, my blood work came in and I arranged a consult with Dan. As I suspected, things werent good. However, Dr. Pompa spoke with real authority; a true command of the issues. I knew I was going to get truly healthier because I had already lost seven pound by this point and was down to 242 pounds. He was also able to quickly and easily address why I seemed to lack the energy I wished I could have in my life and suggested a few different vitamin supplements that would help improve my energy levels.
As I write this I feel its almost too soon to share my story. Although I know the ending I dont have the details. Im currently 233 pounds. I havent been 233 pounds in more than ten years! I was still dating my wife when I weighed that much. We are eating organic now and eating foods and in a manner that, if someone six months ago would have said, Youll be eating natural, unprocessed and organic foods and loving it; I would have said; Drugs are bad for you and you should really admit yourself to a rehab center! But, here I am, eating in a manner that God intended and loving it. My wife is as amazed as I am. Even my friends at work call me Mr. Organic and Ive only technically been doing this three weeks. I look it as the rest of my life. I never want to return to the way I felt or where I was going. When I had my consult with Dan, he said I was a walking time bomb; basically a health crisis just waiting to happen.
Disease is bondage. I was in bondage. I knew however that Dan and I were kindred spirits when, during his last seminar lecture he showed a clip from my favorite movie Braveheart. In the movie, William Wallace (Mel Gibson) states; You have come to fight as free men and free men you are. What will you do with that freedom, will you fight? Another character responds; no we will run and we will live. Wallace responds; fight and you may die, run and youll live at least a whileand dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemy that they may take our lives but they will never take our freedom! Obviously, he wasnt asking a question. The way I saw it, neither is Dan or God! Im not squandering my one chance. I wont be dying in my bed wishing I could trade all my days to make a better decision. I will fight. I will win. Ill never truly know what crisis or peril I avoided. I do know this; I will live a richer fuller life because of my fervent prayers to God that were answered and because of Gods leading and Dr. Dan Pompas obedience to Gods call.
Dr. Pompa, I thank God for you, your life, your struggles, your conviction and your love for and obedience to Him. I know youre helping many people but Jesus always seemed to focus on the one; the leper, the woman at the well, Zacheus in the tree. Thank you for your Christ-likeness in helping me. You are a true brother in the Lord. May he richly bless and keep you all the days of your life!
Joe Hoeman
Before coming to the first class I had no idea what to expect. After the first meeting I was extremely moved. The men and women that were in attendance needed and wanted dramatic change in their life, and I could tell how passionate they were about doing so. I was especially touched by the women that shared their testimony that night. They reminded me of my mom who has many health problems, from being overweight, to having very high blood pressure. There are many genetic problems that run in my family: Lung cancer, breast cancer, obesity, high blood pressure, heart failure, liver failure, early death, short life spans, diabetes, and many more. And I looked at that list and refuse to become another member of my family to fall into those categories.
The Extreme Makeover Challenge and Dr. Pompa have taken a different approach to fixing me, and Ive committed to making myself healthier and thats what Ive been doing. My reoccurrence of migraines went down dramatically, I have a lot less pain in my upper back and neck, from the diet Ive went from 167 to 153 (in 40 days) and Im still going until I hit my goal weight of 140, my skin has cleared up and rejuvenated itself, I havent gotten sick since the start of the new year, I took my blood pressure the other day and it was 78/120, which is better than it ever has been, all thoughts of depression and sadness have gone away almost indefinitely. I feel better today than I have in 20 years and I havent taken a single type of medication or drug since the beginning of January.
The Extreme Makeover Challenge has not only helped me achieve a goal Ive had for a long time to lose weight, but its also educated me in how I dont want to live and motivated me towards a life I want to live.
Abbreviated Testimony provided by Heather our January 06 Extreme Makeover Challenge Winner.
Heather
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