Hypertension, Prediabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and 75 Pounds, All Gone in 6 Months
It’s Friday, everyone! And that means another Primal Blueprint Real Life Story from a Mark’s Daily Apple reader. If you have your own success story and would like to share it with me and the Mark’s Daily Apple community please contact me here. I’ll continue to publish these each Friday as long as they keep coming in. Thank you for reading!
Mark,
I would like to give you another success story to add to your expanding collection.
6 months ago I was 270 lbs, hypertensive, pre-diabetic, metabolic syndrome, etc. I had been aware of your site for a year or so because a political blog I frequent (lewrockwell.com) occasionally links to yours. I was intrigued by some of the articles but was skeptical and didn’t take it too seriously. I knew I was too large, uncomfortably so, and my cholesterol levels were out of whack, but I walked and biked, ate what I thought was a fairly healthy diet and didn’t think my overall health was very bad. Until my blood sugar levels started creeping up. Another New Year (2011) had come and gone without me even making a resolution to lose weight like I usually did.
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Then came February 4th and this article on your site: The Unconquerable Dave. I was completely wowed that Dave could make the transformation he did. My birthday had just passed a few days earlier. I was 48 and not very happy with my appearance and was staring down the barrel of major problems as time went on. I thought a lot about Dave over the next few days and the following Sunday while making chicken nachos for my family to eat while watching the SuperBowl. I took a first tentative step and ate my chicken without the chips. The following week I bought your book The Primal Blueprint and completely devoured it over the weekend. I could do this.
The success was immediate and amazing. Over the next 3 months I dropped 50 lbs and people started to notice. The next couple months brought another 20 lbs that really thinned out my arms, legs and face and people really noticed. I am a new man. I am now 195 lbs and working on leaning out a little more…hopefully eliminate some residual stomach skin but am generally exactly where I have wanted to be for the last 20 years of adulthood. I cannot believe how much better I feel and look and actually have a much better outlook on growing older. And it was relatively EASY.
Today I had my first checkup with my doctor since I began this program. I had the distinct pleasure of watching him cross out the multiple diagnoses on my medical chart:
Hypertension…gone
Prediabetic…gone
Metabolic Syndrome…gone
All medication…gone. Also gone is my snoring, apnea, constant flatulence and frequent heartburn.
I’ve included some recent “after” pictures as well as some “before” pictures that you could also classify as recent because they were all taken just over 6 months ago.
Thanks Mark for giving me the inspiration and guidance to change my life!
Greg
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Awesome transformation Greg!! What an inspiration!
Greg,
Based on that beach pic, looks like you could stand to get a lil more sun. Just kidding, awesome work!
Wow, excellent transformation! It’s neat to hear that you got rid of your apnea and snoring, as well. Congratulations on an amazing shift. I’m sure that after a few more months you’ll start seeing the remaining belly fat start to melt away too. You look like a different guy! Your family must be so happy. Way to go!
I love these testimonials. You look great and the weight loss in your face is amazing.
You now fit in with your slim family.
Awesome results.Congratulations!
Outstanding. Nice to get back to normal here after a couple days of chatting about violence and fighting
Really inspiring. People will be asking what your overall routine was in terms of nutrition and exercise…would love to hear the details on that.
BTW, I crept up from around 200 lbs to 240 the past 7 years. I shared a hotel room in May with a friend I traveled with for 20 years at various times. He told me that for the first time ever, I was rattling the building with snoring. That was a surprise to me. The possibility of developing apnea weighed heavily on me. It was yet another reminder that I had to stop kidding myself about how I’d let my weight creep up.
30 scale pounds gone for me in 3 months, 10-15 more to go. I’m loving it.
Wow, great job Greg!! I wish my father and mother could see this and ditch some of their meds, sleep apnea, extra lbs., etc. You transformation is amazing!
WTG Greg! You look fantastic! I bet your daughters are extremely proud of you for overcoming those health obstacles and being a healthier you! And I bet your wife is happy about the sleep apnea being gone haha.
Congratulations Greg! What an inspiration.
Great job Greg!! Your story is motivating for everyone – those who need to get on board and those who have been on board and want to take it to the next level.
One thing that will happen to you in the future is any new people you meet will automatically assume you have been fit and healthy your whole life! It happens to me from time to time and it makes me feel good about where my health is at today.
Keep up the good work!!
Awesome transformation! LRC and MDA are my two favorite sites!
Congratulations, Greg! Your transformation is amazing…not to mention inspiring! You give me hope that I, too, will eventually be healthier through primal living.
Wow Greg, you look like a different person. Unbelievable. Keep up the awesome work and start squatting if you have not already.
Extremely pleased to see how well you’ve done Greg! Wow…just wow.
And pretty please with a little sativa on top, no politics on my MDA. If I want to read a libertarian screed I’ll go to a designated blog for that.
Great work man! I have gone through a similar
Transformation, life is good
WOW!! This is an AMAZING transformation! It looks like two different people! Congrats!
Greg,
First off congrats on your success!
Second, in the second picture, is that a plott hound with you on the couch ?
So, cool! What an amazing story! I am thrilled for you and your better health. Congratulations!
Fantastic.
Wonderful story! Greg, you look like a completely different person not to mention you must feel like a totally different person, too!
Besides the obvious physical changes the real story here is how your health has changed — you just did what it would take a lot of meds to accomplish. And the meds probably wouldn’t come close to doing it as well as you did.
Thank you so much for sharing your success with us.
congratulations – great stuff!
Can you update us on what your exercise program wasis like, and having been pre-diabetic, are you limiting fruit and do you test your post meal blood sugars occasionally?
VERY WELL PLAYED….
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND BEST REGARDS TO YOUR HOUSE AND FAMILY.
I AM PLEASED TO BE AN INSPIRATION FOR YOU TO “BE THAT CHANGE”.
YOU HAVE DONE VERY WELL…
CONTINUE ON THE PATH AND GROK ON..
THE UNCONQUERABLE DAVE>>>
You’re an inspiration for everyone in our family Dave! We love you! Whenever I tell someone about Primal I show them your success story
Wow nice work Greg you look terrific.
Thanks for sharing
WOW – Just Wow!
HOLY COW – GREAT pictures. I wouldn’t have recognized you on the street at all.
woah congrats, its a new person o:
Yeah yeah SmAsHeD it. good stuff Greg
Hi Greg – wow what a change! Amazing. Your story will undoubtedly inspire others to ‘go primal’ too.
awesome story! thanks for sharing it and congratulations on your good health!
also, you look like a new man. to which, my son (3 yr old) heard “indian man” and wanted to see the pictures of the indian man. he was disappointed. it was hard to explain to him how you were a new man, though, too. but, he’s 3, so we forgive him for not being impressed.
Wonderful story and your pics, beautiful family and lab numbers say it all! Thanks for sharing.
If there are any “nattering nabobs of negativism” lurking, this should silence them! Thanks for sharing your story.