“Now nothing holds me back!”
SALMON DINNER Serve 4 oz. orange-glazed salmon alongside
1⁄2 cup brown rice and 1 cup sautéed green beans, yellow wax beans and baby carrots. STEAK DINNER Serve 8 oz. roasted beef medallions alongside 1⁄2 cup mashed sweet potatoes and 2 cups sautéed mixed green beans and chanterelle mushrooms. Waiting in urgent care as her son was being treated, Missy Schaefer zoned out on her reflection in a pane of glass. Her eyes snapped back into focus when she realized her own puffy face wasn’t even recognizable. Missy thought,
At that moment, Missy resolved to focus on her own health. “I had no energy. Everything ached,” she shares. “My weight had been up and down my whole life, and I had to make a change.”
After watching nutritionist
Haylie Pomroy on an episode of
Missy knew the plan was a fit. “I loved that she said ‘DIET should stand for ‘Did I Eat Today?’” Missy started switching up her macronutrients to reboot her metabolism and by week’s end, she enjoyed the payoff. “My energy came back. I didn’t feel so heavy. I had a clear mind.”
Missy shed 17 pounds in 28 days, and after 3 months, her doctor took her off prescriptions for blood pressure, cholesterol and depression.
Today, three years after reaching her goal weight, Missy is still in awe. “It’s crazy what you can do just by tweaking your diet.”
Now each day is full of possibilities, not limitations. Recently, when her husband suggested a spur-ofthe-moment road trip, Missy happily hopped in the car.
“To just go without packing medicine was amazing!”
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