Wendy’s Experience with Gianni & Wolfe’s Diet Paradox

About a week ago I selected Wendy to try the new Diet Paradox program — on me! — from among a number of respondents.

In exchange for her getting to go through the whole program for free, we all benefit from hearing the real scoop about her experience with the program: Does it really work? Is it worth it? Wendy’s going to tell us what it’s really like.

Below are Wendy’s updates as she sends them to me. I’ll be keeping an ongoing journal right here on this page. (I won’t send an email for each update, so if you’d like to follow along, be sure to book mark this page and come back every week or so.)

Have a question or some friendly words of encouragement for Wendy? Leave a comment below!!

Thank you Wendy for sharing with all of us!

January 20, 2010

Hello! I thought I better give you my first update.

1. Not related to the program: I began eating raw about seven days ago – mostly fruits and greens and some shots of wheatgrass. The result: Lost 8.4 pounds. I think most of that weight was water and perhaps SOME toxins leaving my system.

2. Statistics: I weighed 315.4 pounds on Wednesday, January 13. Today, Wednesday, January 20, I weighed 307.

3. What have I been doing?

Blending fruits and greens and ‘eating’
Eating mono fruit meals (only a couple – all-I-want of a single type of fruit)
Listening to and reading hours worth of audio and material from the Paradox Diet
Spending a great deal of time preparing food, which is therapeutic for me.
Taking notes about what I will be acting on.

4. What’s next?

Now I start taking action on other equally as important items – For Example:

Look inward to realize my deepest reasons for doing this
Begin Journaling / Blogging my experience
Set my goals
Do a detox system
Menu planning
Keep up with my sprouting etc.

5. Things I can work on (where I am not doing as well as I’d like):

Still require a cup of coffee every couple of days (have drunk 3+/day since 12)
Broke down and had rice with vegies and soy sauce (Tamari) when I was running out of my produce
It’s hard to watch others in the house eat comfort food
Paying for it now… very upset tummy

So, I have watched enough videos to detour me from eating any time of animal product. My biggest challenge is to get into the rhythm of planning my food menus so I can prepare them days in advance when needed. (i.e., sprouting needs, shopping, soaking, dehydrating)

I am actually going to be acting on some of the action steps in the Program now. I will update you when I have done that.

Thank you again for this wonderful gift.

Wendy

February 1, 2010

Thought I should let you know I have lost another 5 pounds. That’s 13 total, even with a couple of instances of “cheating”.

I learned how to make cheese out of cashews yesterday. But–I had to add a ton of cayenne pepper, onion powder, and garlic to like it. Then it was good.

I have been taking very few ibuprofen (in comparison to the three to ten a day I was taking daily). I don’t understand why, but I noticed that now, when I do take it, I start itching all over. Interesting. Other than the occasional white rice or the very small amount of pasta I added once to a large bowl of greens–or the coffee with non-dairy creamer and agave…that ibuprofen is pretty much the only poison entering my system.

PS: After eating so healthy, when I ordered a pizza (veggie with extra cheese), I hated it. It tasted terrible. I took two probiotics that night to help digest the pizza because it gave me a horrible tummy ache.

PPS: I noticed my face looks younger. I asked my roommate and my daughter if they saw it or I was just imagining things. They both said it was true.

Raw Food Diet | Chuck January 21, 2010

4 Comments

By Beth, January 22, 2010 @ 6:28 am

Way to go Wendy!

You are off to a terrific start.
If you “slip” occasionally, don’t beat yourself up. Just learn from the experience.
By Beth, February 3, 2010 @ 9:38 am

Hurray Wendy!

Keep up the great work.

Here is a great raw cheese recipe from Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes Manarch:
1 cup of macadamia nuts (soaked 2 hrs)
1 sweet pepper (yellow, orange or red)
pinch salt
cayenne pepper to taste

1) Drain & rinse mac nuts
2) Cut sweet pepper into small chunks
3) Put sweet pepper chunks into high power blender (or food processor)
4) Put mac nuts into power blender (or food processor)
5) Add pinch of salt to blender / food processor
6) Blend / process until smooth
7) Add cayenne pepper and blend again
Serve

Enjoy your journey.
By WENDY ROAN, February 8, 2010 @ 11:30 am

Beth–
I am so sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. I have been trouble-shooting website issues and doing more research online. Thank you so much for cheering me on! I have lost another two pounds now. I have broken the 300 pound mark as of today. I must say, however, that the weight loss is not my main goal – though it’s great! I want to be a normal, healthy person again with an active life. Though the pain has only subsided a little (I think it will take more time), I have experienced some very cool side effects. My hair seems to be more manageable and the gray (yes gray at 40) seems to be subsiding a little bit. Also, my skin and my face actually look a little younger – and prettier. I am so thrilled with the results I am having in such a short time that it’s not too difficult for me to make the right choices and continue on my new path. You know what I wish, though?

I wish we could somehow pound this information into every child, pre-teen, teen and young adult so they could have half a chance at a long and HEALTHY life when they grow up. I have tears welling up right now, just thinking about all of the children that are going along merrily in life, not understanding what the consequences will be, how devastating they can be, when they grow into young adulthood after engaging in the SAD diet and electronic age for so many years.

I wish the government would wake up and teach our kids the REAL healthy way to eat and WHY!

Wow. I hope that all made sense!

Thank you so much and I will try your cheese. I have to be careful not to eat too much too often. The concentration of nuts in a small amount of that cheese is heavy. I could sit and snack on my raw sun-dried tomato ‘bread’ and that cheese til it’s gone. It’s comfort food. I can’t wait to try yours.
By James Reno, February 18, 2010 @ 11:49 am

You are doing great. Do not worry about the occasional slip up. Just get back on track and keep moving forward! I look forward to hearing more about your progress.

James Reno