“If I could do it, anyone can do it!”

After being a client of Lizz’s for quite a number of years, the goal was always to lose weight and get healthier, but as we all know that’s not the easiest thing in the world and we all sometimes can’t seem to get out of our own way and I’ll be the first to admit this one. But the one thing that changed it all for me was the spring cleaning diet, and not even on the first attempt either.

But before I get into that I’m going to give a little background on myself and why I’m working so hard. Since I was a child, all I’ve wanted to do was work in law enforcement and I’ve done everything I could up until this point to get there but it has always been the fitness test that has stopped me as I’ve been overweight almost the entirety of my life. I’ve attempted and failed the test time and time again but finally managed to get a civilian job in the agency I want to work for and Lizz has been training me to pass this test so that I can transfer after my probation to go to the police academy which I’ll be eligible for in six months.

After I get into good habits of eating and make progress I always ended up backsliding and falling back into bad eating habits and cheating a bit too much and lost sight of the vision as I did the first time I participated in the spring cleaning diet which was a challenge among clients and I came in second but sadly gained all the weight back. This time I saw the clock ticking and I was not going to let the time pass and sit idly by while falling into my own self sabotage. I took it upon myself to go through the spring cleaning diet again on my own and achieved shocking results and haven’t looked back since. I followed Lizz’s guidance by adding calories back little by little so as to not shock my system and build up to it. Not only have I kept the 30 pounds off that I’ve lost only since April, I’m continuing to lose weight. I’ve also coupled that with about 6-9 hours a week in the gym which is much more than I’ve ever done. I think it’s also important to note that when I first came to Lizz I was 335 pounds at my heaviest which I thought was almost impossible to come back from but I’m now weighing 254. I promise you, just when you think you want to give up is when you’re doing the most good for yourself and nothing worth doing is ever easy. Stick to the course, trust in the process and you will get where you want to be.

After the three weeks on the spring cleaning diet, I just made slight adjustments to add in more calories. For meal one, I added back in real eggs. Then meal two and then three upped the meat content bytwo ounces each and upped the half cup veggies to full cup. Then added half cup brown rice to each and then raised to a full cup. But each of these changeso ccurred one week apart from each other until I arrived at the final product.No overthinking involved and very simple, I also enjoy changing out the veggies and the fruits for some variety.

Dan Thibodeau