food addiction recovery
Eleven years ago today, at 8:40 AM, I stepped on my family doctor’s scale to begin the journey to get my health back. It took me nearly a year to shed 100 pounds, but it was the first month of noticeable changes that sold me on embracing this lifestyle for the rest of my life.
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Did you know that kale scores the highest in nutrient density? (collards and watercress do too)
If you want to prevent the buildup of plaque in your arteries, boost your immune system, and continually prevent or kill any cancer cells in your body—eat kale! (Actually, all the cruciferous veggies do that; not to mention green veggies have about twice as much protein as steak!)
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The image on the left was taken eleven years ago on the streets of Manhattan. It was very difficult to keep up with my teenage son. Finally, I told him to go ahead and sightsee without me. After he disappeared into the crowd, I found an ice-cream shop. . .my drug of choice to help me cope. The image on the right is me today. I’m going back to New York next week to visit a daughter and son-in-law. I can walk for miles now!
This morning during a podcast interview, I realized once again that it’s the hard times we go through that teach us the greatest lessons.
It was the years of ongoing struggle to find a solution to the addiction to high-fat, high-salt, processed food and sweets that has ignited my passion to now help others get free.
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Fourteen years ago
Even though I was sitting on a ticking bomb at age 44—teetering on the brink of a stroke or heart attack—I was highly functioning as I navigated land mines of junk food everywhere I turned.
And that’s the danger for many people who are trapped in addiction.
Addiction to processed food especially, can be disguised for years before the walls begin the crumble.
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