ASCENZA'S WEIGHT LOSS AND WORK OUT PROGRAMS WORK
PATTY LOST 23% BODY FAT!  HERE IS HER STORY . . .

PATTY HAS LOST 35 LBS and is feeling great about life! Having gotten her vitality back she has gained a real understanding of what it is to live a life of wellness. 

Please click on the link below to hear and see Patty's personal view on her lifestyle changes:  http://web.mac.com/ascenzawellness/iWeb/Patty%27s%20Story%20Page/Ascenza%20Success%20Stories.html

For those of you considering signing up for Ascenza's Weight Loss program, I’d like you to hear my story . . .

I joined the program in July of 2007.  I remember the moment I wanted to sign up. My friend had joined a few months before and I was at a party when she walked in the door.  She was someone I saw often but it was the first time I had really looked at her in a long time.  She was glowing.  Her eyes wer shining and her smile was bright.  She was taller to me.  She was happier.  It came as a surprise to me because she hadn’t lost a great deal of weight yet but the change in her was amazing. At that moment I wanted to be like her.

I wanted to be like her but I wasn’t sure I was capable of that kind of commitment or the change that would have to take place.  Not being a big fan of change or frankly, exercise, not to mention vegetables… it was definitely going to be a change and a commitment.  Therefore, the person who knows me best of all decided to do the class with me.  That person was my Mom.  Once she signed up I knew I was committed whether I was ready or not.

My ability to justify eating junky food was truly a gift.  There was, of course, always tomorrow.  The problem was, the next day came and I was unable to make those changes.  I never ate a vegetable and considered blueberry muffins a fruit. At the time I began, I suffered from ongoing migraines that would last up to 3 days.  My blood work years earlier showed that I had Epstein Barr which if left untreated led to vertigo. There was no cure to EB, and the meds I took for the vertigo made me sick.  I had a choice – dizzy? or, sick to my stomach?  I was 40 years old.  I was 35 pounds overweight (165) and my fat percentage was 38%. This put me in the category of clinically obese.  I had decided that this was the way it was going to be for me.  No longer did I hold on to smaller size clothes – they were tossed out to relieve the pressure.

So back to joining… I won’t give out too much information except to say the Ascenza program was the best money I ever spent for many reasons.  The biggest of course, is my health and that of my family.  Second, with the education I received during this year and the changes I put in place, my life no longer revolves around what to eat. It’s liberating.  I have so much free time now that I don’t have to worry about food, weight or whether or not I will be well enough to do what we want to do together.

Come listen to Oscar talk about his program.  He never asks you to do something he hasn’t tested out himself.  He makes himself available to you at all time and insists on contact to keep him informed of your progress.  You won’t be in this alone.  I am offering to help get this underway because I had someone there making sure I made it through.  I will do the same for anyone joining and for no other reason than I want people to feel as good as I do.  If I can do it, anyone can. The program is a progression of changes in your day to day diet.  There is no calorie counting, no weighing foods etc.  It is whole, fresh food.  Food the way it was meant to be.  It is there to nourish your body and learning the best foods for you.  There is no deprivation.  Naturally, you won’t be able to consume Oreo cookies for breakfast, as I used to.  However, that is not deprivation – it’s just common sense. There are times when you will need to participate in a protocol and for that set time you eat what is on the plan.  It is building step by step to change your body with food and exercise.

I spoke to someone the other day in person and told them this:  “It is hard to comprehend right now, but if you do this program you will be sitting here - as I am now - telling someone else that their life can be so much more than they thought.  Just give yourself that opportunity.”

Within six months, I had lost 35 pounds of fat.  My body fat was 17% and my muscle mass had changed dramatically.  

I have had my blood drawn again and there are no signs of the Epstein Barr and I do not experience vertigo at all.  My migraines are few and far between and are kept under control, lasting no longer than a few hours whereas before they would go on for days.  My husband shows such a remarkable difference that he too changed his eating habits and joined the exercise program.  He has lost 20 pounds and has greatly improved his physical fitness. All of this with the program and a commitment to bursting 3 times a week … If you don’t think you are worth that now you will… just make the decision to change your life for the better.

                                                                           — Patty Herrmann