My Story

Having once tipped the scale at 408 lbs. I tried many varied weight loss approaches ranging from weight watchers to surgery all to no avail. Oh yes, I would lose weight with each plan, but within months the weight would come right back. I was on a vicious, lose-weight-gain-it-back-sulk-in-failure merry-go-round, when I came face to face with my reality. I must be insane, because “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” None of the diets resulted in sustainable, permanent weight loss. So I had to look elsewhere for answers.

Looming behind my weight insanity was a mountain of emotional baggage. I had a very painful childhood and I was consistently tormented by past memories, mistakes, and mental programs. I decided to accept and explore the philosophy of my spiritual father, Baba Reed: “All disharmony in the body is an organic result of emotional causes.” Obesity is certainly not harmonious to the body so “emotional causes” had to be factored into any future attempt at weight loss. This time my approach would be drastically different. I took a long hard look at what was going on between my two ears and decided to work this thing from the inside out. I studied and applied various emotional healing techniques, such as varied approaches to forgiveness, extended periods of meditation, and breathing techniques used to manage negative emotions and become centered. I then gave up regular consumption of flesh and made a conscious effort to incorporate more raw and living foods into my diet. I was amazed at the feeling of well-being and the much improved ability to manage my emotions that came from eating living foods. I was also surprised at the many different ways to prepare raw and living foods. It wasn’t all the twigs and sticks that you might imagine it to be. I had found a way of thinking and eating that would transform my life.

Experiencing first hand the only way of eating that had a drastic impact on my mental capacity and overall feeling of well-being, I knew for the first time in my life that I had found sustainable, permanent weight loss.