Thursday, June 3, 2010

25 Things our Patients Love About Losing Weight

25 Things Our Patients Love About Losing Weight
We asked our patients what they like most about losing weight. Here are some of their answers. Please add more comments.
•I have had diabetes for 28 years. I used to spike up to 190 and drop as low as 48. After being on Ideal Protein I got off my diabetic medication and I have stayed below 120. I haven’t had any lows. My sugar is stable.
•I decided as long as I was losing weight I would take control of my life and quit smoking. I haven’t had any cravings for cigarettes.
•I don’t have to keep rearranging my clothes.
•I can cross my legs.
•I am diabetic. My husband died of diabetes at age 61. I’m very careful because I don’t want the side effects my husband had. (He was on dialysis.) Before this diet I would wake up and my sugar would be between 110-163. After a week on Ideal Protein my sugar has been between 83 and 96. I haven’t gotten above 100 the whole week I have been on Ideal Protein.
•I plan to get off most of my eight medications by dropping this weight.
•I can measure my waist without guessing where it is.
•I have a waist.
•I looked at a recent picture of me and I didn’t see a double chin.
•I can wear a skirt and not feel embarrassed because my knees aren’t fat anymore.
•I can tuck in my shirt.
•I have a whole “new” wardrobe because I can now wear the clothes I had grown out of before.
•I can wear jeans. I can zip them up without my belly getting caught in the zipper.
•I was running through the store to get an item before the cashier checked my groceries. I didn’t feel that “Ka-chugga, Ka-chugga” feeling from my fat bouncing up and down.
•I have been taking Zantex for acid reflux morning and night for three years. After one week on Ideal Protein I quit taking it. The acid reflux is gone.
•I don’t feel like a sausage in my pants.
•I like the compliments my family gives me. They are really concerned about my health and they can see the positive changes.
•I love the feeling. I have more energy.
•I have more clothes that I can fit into.
•I feel like I can do other hard things in my life that I didn’t think were possible.
•My hose don’t slide down my belly and cut off circulation.
•I want to eat healthier because I feel so much better.
•My pants don’t give me wedgies anymore because they are too tight.
•My kids don’t come up and tell me, “Mommy, why is your bum on your front?”
•People don’t wonder if I’m pregnant again.
•I wear other colors besides black now.