Clare
She started to work with me a month ago.
During my work with her I have met a lot of issues. Brand new issues I have never met before in such a bad combination. But really. She is sick in all kinds of way. Blood pressure, her bones are sick, she is missing some organs, she has asthma, diabetes, panic attacks and so on... She is very overweighted. She started to put on weight because of the sicknesses and of course it made her lazy and more overweighted and slow and she couldn't breath normal after doing something to do with moving, like shopping or going for a walk with her husband...she even couldn't turn around in her bed...she is still not able to sit down on the floor and stand up again...and so on.
But then she called me.
I asked her TO HAVE A DOCTORS ORDER to be able to go for a long walk 5 times a week but she had one already with an 'at least 3 hours moving/day' order because of her diabetes.
It's very important that she called me and she wanted to make a change. `
What I like in her and what kept her alive and what's keeping her husband next to her is (among her other good qualities) that she is very cheery :))))) She has a very good relationship with her children and her grandchildren.
Yes, indeed. Her grandchildren.
And now ladies and gentlemen please put your hands together for Clare who is 71 years old !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's right :)))) And in this age with a body which has seen better times she made it through and lost her first 4 kg :))))
After losing the first 4 kg:
We don't plan her to lose more than 5-10 kg, we take it slow and smooth because of the sicknesses and because of the skin. The wrinkles will become visible as the fat goes away from her face and the skin will become loose as the fat goes away from her body. So now that she lost a bit of weight we continue with a muscle build-up that she can go for a walk easier and she can carry her shopping bags,... She will lose weight anyway during training so we don't need to push it that much.
Effects she experienced:
Since she lost weight with moving-more and NOT with eating-less, the effects are more about having the freedom of moving again:
She has a husband who likes taking trips and long walks in the nature and she finally gets to join him all the way, she can turn around in her bed at night, she can get out of the car, ...
She told me this stuff and thanked me a lot.
But it was all her :))) Im very proud of her :))) Actually I'm very-very-very proud :))))))))))) She is my best client for sure !!!!
A letter from Clare to me
I have diabetes for 5 years. They tried all kind of medication on me, but I ended up with diarrhea all the time. I tried to eat right, eat with less sugar but I almost never exercised and that was the problem.
Visiting U and ur mother made me realize, when we talk and walk I'm not getting any tired. We just talked and talked with ur mother and I lost track of time. I was never tired during our walks with her. We had lots of short trips.
My doctor's order said, I have to walk at least 1 hour at least 3 times a week. I continued taking the walks at home after our holiday with u, as well. We accomplished longer and longer walks with my husband. We tracked it with an app and it made me so happy afterwards looking at the map, looking at the way we did that day. I did the exercises, too, which u told me to do. Push ups on the wall, it made my arms stronger. And move my arms in a circle, lift my legs on the side while standing, ...
I still take my meds, though, for severe bone thinning (osteoporosis) and every half a year I still get my injection, too. I take meds for my heart, bloodpressure, kidney, thyroid, etc. I can't stop taking them.
When my doctor made my sugar test, he was surprized. My diabetes was better. No high sugarlever. My body changed, less fat, more muscles, lost 3 kgs. I was 92 kg. Now it's between 88-89 kg. I can easily turn around in my bed.
I wake up in the morning happier, lighter. My children noticed a change, my face is thinner, I have no asthma attacks and I think I can thank it to the walks we do. There is a long way though to get back to my original weight or even a weight close to it.
It felt so good when the doctors said I did a good job !! It was a real compliment :)
U and ur mother were with me to start my new life and I feel like I owe u to continue the work u started, to prove it was worth it.
I'm gonna be 72, I have 4 kids, I have no womb (uterus) and I have just 1 kidney.
My asthma seems to be gone :) And I'm taking the walks happily cause I know that it helps me a lot, helps me getting my life back.
I can't change my kidney or heart disease. But I can change a lot of stuff with walking, to feel better, fitter and stronger.
It helps a lot that u and my family r next to me to help.
With Love,
Clare
She for sure shook off the bad days :)