John's Makeover: A Guy's Perspective

After my wife and daughter attended Total Transformation last fall, their benefit from the program (neither needed to lose weight, but both no longer eat sugar and have had tremendous energy, digestion, and skin improvements, and my daughter was able to get off her seizure medication) they've talked about me attending because of all of my health issues. The August 7^th program was the first chance I had. I've spent much of my life suffering with asthma, disabling fibromyalgia, difficulty sleeping without medication, and energy issues. During the program, for the first time in three years, I noticed that I did not, during that entire 5 days have any signs of an oncoming asthma attack. And thus, it was the first week in three years that I didn't need to use my Albuterol inhaler. This was extraordinary because I exerted myself physically (swimming in a gorgeous lake) far more than usual. I also noticed an improved ability to sleep with reduced medication, and increased range of motion in my neck. Cravings become a non-issue after three days. Another big surprise is that coming into the program, though everyone perceives me as looking healthy, my sensitivity to exertion from the fibromyalgia had been such that something as simple as lifting something mildly heavy, could result in days of locked-up, perpetually spasmed muscles. For that reason, though I used to play tennis, my outlook toward sports since '88 when the fibromyalgia started, had soured.

Leading up to the program, I read up on Kat's supplement recommendations in her book and was taking all of the ones that sounded relevant to my situation by the week before the program. During the program, on the third day, I took an over-zealous swim against my own better judgment, during the group's boat outing and picnic on Lake Lure. I felt like a kid swimming in that pristine, idyllic setting, but I was ready to pay dearly for it the next day.  I was amazed, though, that I felt no pain or stiffness the next day. I remember Kat commenting the first day that we could have anytime use of the on-site tennis courts and my laughing and saying "I haven't considered tennis since the fibromyalgia started". But on the "makeover day" at the end of the program, when I knew that I would be wise to take advantage of all the alternative things to do, I actually considered tennis (and thought about the nearby golf), which was amazing in itself. My range of motion in my neck had greatly increased. I had far more energy and better concentration throughout the day. I would guess I had been hypoglycemic going into the program.