Hi Everyone,

Health and weight loss go hand in hand for many or us, but what was your initial reason for changing to a healthier diet and lifestyle? My original focus was on health. I had given up on losing the excess weight because no weight loss diet I tried had ever worked for me. It all changed when I began following the Zone Diet. I started it for the health benefits, specifically to lower my high blood pressure, to lessen my risk for heart disease and to try to lessen my blood sugar lows. I got all that and much more. I ended up losing 100 pounds over 15 years ago and maintaining it ever since.

What brought you to the Zone, improved health or weight loss?

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sue

Consultant of Zone Labs
Certified Zone Affiliate

The drive to lose the weight for me was vanity. I just did not like how I looked in loose sloppy clothing (and that double chin! lol).

Now, though, if you ask me why I continue to Zone, it is truly for health. I know my body won't be "perfect", but I stick to the Zone because I do not want to develop adult-onset diabetes, and the Zone has prevented me from converting over.

Mine was both; but primarily health.
I've shared in the past, on the old forums, and on the old forums before those, as well.
Weight was u, Cholesterol was up, even more than the year before.
came home fro Dr. a little depressed.
Saw the "Omega Rx Zone" book on coffee table, my wife had brought home n her days of reading every available library diet book.
Had rest of afternoon off from work, read it, VERY, VERY Skeptical person, esp. concerning diets!
Actually made sense and deep science explanations appealed to my engineering oriented, left-brained thinking.
Dr. prescribed 20 mg ZOcor, hated idea of needing to take drugs.
Read book, decided to try whole-heatedly, and fully, and strictly.
Ordered PGFO, and followed.
Ditched Zocor after45 days of 90 day temp subscription.
(Fortunately, I had a conservative Dr.)
90 ay check-up, weight was down, and most importantly, Cholesterol dropped from the high of 284 down to 204 - primarily from Zone and PGFO.
That was about 7-1/2 years ago.
Now at Cholesterol of 184 with good numbers & ratio's.
And weight at consistent 163-164 from the high of 225.