Freedom

Thank you so much! You have assisted me in finally breaking through! Breaking through the seemingly endless yoyo pattern of weight gain and loss since I can remember. blah and ugh. I am a 47 years old man. I have struggled with my weight and all the trauma that comes with it my entire life up until now. Freedom! Thank You! The first diet I can remember being put on was Weight Watchers, I was around 12 years old. Then, I was put on the Hilton Head Metabolism Diet. That diet got me to believe that if I "poke" my metabolism I could speed it up. There were 3 meals and 2 snacks a day on that diet. As I know now, bad idea. I went back and forth with those 2 diets for years. I could never lose that last 30 pounds. One of my parent's friends drunkenly suggested that I just chew food to get the taste but not swallow it, spit it out. I tried that too. There seemed like a barrier like I was meant to be overweight. I couldn't for the life of me get that last 30 pounds off! In 2000, I made a resolution to be a strict vegetarian. That lasted 6 years but I still couldn't get that last 30 pounds off! I was even running about 35 miles a week and ran 3 marathons and countless half marathons but I couldn't get "thin". I was also drinking too much alcohol. Food was the primary addiction. Alcohol followed and took over. Since then, I tried all sorts of things including strict veganism and well over a thousand AA meetings. The 'Eat To Live' book helped a good deal but still not the answers I desired. Nothing I did worked and AA got me sober but it wasn't keeping me sober. At 44 I was in late-stage alcoholism with Alcoholic Hepatitis aka Fatty Liver Disease and fighting to keep the meter on the scale under 200. It was bad, It didn't seem like I could do the right thing in any area of my life. I was hopeless and suicidal. I went to treatment for alcoholism but I had all sorts of "-ism's". The alcohol was a symptom of emotional immaturity, just as the over-eating. What were once solutions to the emotional pain became masters that I directed my life through. I had to go to treatment or...? There was a time in treatment when I went weeks just eating ice cream and cookies and desserts. My peers called me the ice cream vegan. I gained 40 pounds in that treatment center. Then I relapsed. Suicidal, depressed, and looking at jail time I went back to treatment. That was 2 years and 10 months ago. I am still sober. Once I got the drinking problem solved I could direct my attention to the one thing that had always baffled me, food and how to eat it. So just over a year ago I got on youtube after putting an axe in my foot (thats another story) and found Dr. Berg. I immediately became enthusiastic. I did all kinds of research and it sure did seem legit. Dr. Berg had something to inform me of for sure! And his information changed my life for the WAY better. My liver has healed and I got down to 144! As is common I toyed around with sugar a little after a Strict 9 months of 18-20 hrs IF and 3-5 day water fasts. Then. I had to convince myself and prove how really incredible I felt by revisiting the old way. So that meant I had to dip my toes back in the sugar waters. I am on Day 4 of a water/mimicking fast. Just got back into Ketosis yesterday for the third time since "cheating" from the 9 months I had. I intend this to be the last time I would have to endure the transition process back into ketosis. I feel great. period. end of the story. the fight is over. With your guidance, Dr. Berg, IF and Keto have given me something previously thought unattainable for me. Freedom. I am free. I am free. I AM FREE!. Challenges come and I've chosen to embrace the hard times and pain for I know a grand lesson is in store. I'm Back! I recently stepped on a scale. I was at almost 160 so I refreshed your teachings and revisited the videos. I had been eating donuts and ice cream again. It's such a blessing to know I can go back to a way of eating that works long-term now. Not like my history with weight watchers and others. The Fatty Liver info you offer and the IR info, autophagy, stem cell info, etc. changed my life...again. Finally, something I could return to that I absolutely believed in. Belief makes all the difference to me. I believe this way of life to be the best way for me at this time. There is no way for me to express the love I have for all who assist you and you for doing those videos. I broke through and got as fit as I have ever been at 47. I have entered an entirely new dimension of life. I feel like I have never felt. Bliss. If anyone reading this is struggling remember you are loved and don't ever quit. You will breakthrough! Dr. Berg is here to help. Experience it for yourself to know the truth. Dr. Berg and his team lifted me and gave me hope. I now have faith. Faith that I am indeed the master of my life. I am love. I choose love. I appreciate your time and effort immensely. In Gratitude, Aro Bergman p.s I lift you to the best of my ability!!! p.s.s We all love that cauliflower pizza!!!