I was hearing the doctor’s words, but I couldn’t believe she was speaking to me. There was no one else in the doctor’s office, yet I still couldn’t believe she was saying these words to me!
She was using words like, “living a low-carbohydrate life style,” boarder line diabetes, exercising daily, no sugar, no pasta, no rice, no potatoes”. Then she summarized what she had said by say, “Don’t eat anything white! (meaning, nothing that turns to sugar)
Her last words were, “You are not overweight, you are boarder line and you can beat this.”
As I walked slowly to my car, I was amazed at how “words” could change a person’s life, within seconds. By the time I got to the car, I realized that I would not accept this illness. This illness would not be mine, and I would do whatever was necessary, to be health.
After researching the diet, (Google) I realized that the diet wasn’t very popular in medical circles, I also realized that after 5 days on the diet, I was having, withdrawals from not having sugar, coffee and bread with butter (you know, the kind they bring you at the restaurant) in my diet.
I was a little weak at first, but I stayed on the diet and kept walking 30 to 60 minutes every day.
The thought of being addicted to sugar and coffee, upset me. I felt like I had the same problem as the drug addict, except my addiction was much easier to kick. It was horrible, headaches, craving for sugar, bread, and regular coffee, I couldn’t believe how my body was acting.
After about the 6th or 7th day, I felt the rush of energy that was promised in the diet.
Only eating, meat, (mostly seafood) and salads, alone with a small amount of cheese, caused me to loose 10 pounds in 10 days.
The diet may be controversial, however, it woke me up to a whole new life. A life without refined sugar, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, and other foods that turn to sugar, once in the body. So to my doctor, I say thank you.
As for the controversy, I will make an effort to add certain items back to my diet, but never again those foods that could cause my doctor to use those “words” again.