We want to tell you the Story of Les and Amanda White.
Amanda tells the story best…
(Please note: weight loss is not the primary issue here.)
Les was diagnosed with diverticulitis, which is basically a disease of the colon that comes from eating a Western diet and being old. Les was only 30-something and I decided we had to do something to heal him. I started looking up all the natural-type doctors I could think of–Dr. Oz, Dr. Weil, etc. Then, I remembered my mom had been to Dr. Eric several years ago. I looked up his website and saw that he was started a healthy-living class the DAY BEFORE. I emailed Eric and said, “I’m so-and-so’s daughter and can my husband join the class a week late.” He said yes, my husband was at the next class and it changed his life. He jumped into the 60 days (probably for about 6months total), lost 45-ish pounds, began regular chiro visits and started CrossFit. IT CHANGED HIS LIFE.
“He jumped into the 60 days (probably for about 6months total), lost 45-ish pounds, began regular chiro visits and started CrossFit.
IT CHANGED HIS LIFE.”
And as always happens when the husband leads the way, it changed our whole family. I reluctantly joined the 60 days with him (even tho’ I didn’t think I needed to b/c I was skinny, I bought organic veggies, I ground my own wheat for goodness’ sakes!) and about day 5 I thought I was going to die. I felt like I was walking through water. Day 6 I walked into the house from grocery shopping, dropped the bags on the floor, and barely made it into the bedroom to fall on the bed unable to move from weakness/low-sugar. After the 7th day, my energy picked up and MY life started changing. Where I was once always thinking about what piece of chocolate I might pick up or how much longer till the next meal, I wasn’t hungry any more. I didn’t have to jump out of bed and eat breakfast within minutes of waking. I didn’t have to eat lunch right at noon. Food wasn’t controlling me. Cookies/chocolate/sweets that used to call my name were a now just a random food that I could easily pass over without a blink.
“Where I was once always thinking about what piece of chocolate I might pick up or how much longer till the next meal, I wasn’t hungry any more. I didn’t have to jump out of bed and eat breakfast within minutes of waking. I didn’t have to eat lunch right at noon. Food wasn’t controlling me.”
I didn’t grow up with exercise and health a priority in my life. It’s been awesome to have my kids understand how food affects them, to know about real food, to see how important it is to take care of their bodies thru exercise. Not so we can look better–but so we can live better. So, we can do more and better for the things God has called us to.