The Skeptic
If you want to hear the perspective of a loved one who put up with diet, after diet, after diet that I did, and now believes 100% that I’ve discovered the right diet, read this.
You probably have someone in your life too, that’s going to want to know what the heck you’re thinking of doing now. It might be a spouse; maybe a friend or family member. Feel free to share this story with them…
The Skeptical Husband
You have every right to be skeptical about The Zola Diet. You see, I’m married to Zola. When she told me about this diet, I was very skeptical and unsupportive.
“Here we go again,” I thought.
You see, Zola has been on some kind of diet for the 25 years we have been married.
I’ve known her since she was 24 and thin. I didn’t know when I met her she was thin because she was starving herself to stay thin.
That wreaked havoc on her metabolism, though. When she finally ate, it seemed that everything added weight.
Zola never told me what she weighed at her heaviest, but it she was dangerously overweight. She was taking blood pressure medicine and slowed by terrible back pain.
I was fearful she had completely wrecked her metabolism and would face chronic health issues for the rest of her life.
Along with the fear, there was a lot of anger and frustration. I couldn’t believe the amount of time and money she spent losing the same 30, 40 and 50 pounds only to gain them right back.
If you ever calculated how much a dieter spends to lose a pound and, then, multiply that by the number of years they have been on failed diets, you’ll find that you can spend a ton of money.
Dieting has put an undue strain on our checkbook over the years. Zola has sprung for packaged foods, powdered shakes, hypnosis, nutritionists, personal trainers and exercise equipment. There have been supplements, books, the obesity clinic at the University of Wisconsin and $4,000 on the same liquid diet that Oprah tried.
They all “worked” to get weight off. But it came right back on.
You may have felt the same frustration and observed similar behavior.
You may be thinking this is more of the same.
This diet is not about simply losing weight. It is about resetting your metabolism. I thought Zola had wrecked her metabolism for life. I had no idea all of this damage could be undone.
When she announced she was going to try this diet, I was not supportive. But I decided not to say or do anything for a couple of weeks.
Well, it didn’t take that long for me to come around. She started to lose weight every day. She was excited to jump out of bed each morning and get on the scale.
She reported her weight loss to me every day.
(Before this diet, talking about her weight was off limits.)
Then, a few weeks into the diet, I looked at her face and she looked 15 years younger. She had only lost her first 21 pounds or so, but her face glowed and her skin color was radiant.
Even better, I could start to see her figure change. Suddenly the clothes hidden in her closet fit again.
Meanwhile, she continued to lose weight rapidly and she stayed committed to the diet. There is a built in reinforcement in this diet you don’t get by the kind of diets where you lose a pound or two a week.
Zola was not looking to go on another weight reduction program. She was looking for a way to reset her metabolism forever.
Early on, she started inventing delicious recipes for the diet. So instead of having to suffer in silence, I got to eat every lunch and dinner with her.
But while she was losing her first 35 pounds, I dropped 14 pounds of my own and lost my pot belly.
I’m no longer skeptical. I am convinced. This is not a miracle or fad diet.
So go ahead and maintain your healthy level of skepticism. Just suspend judgment for a couple of weeks. If you’re like me, you will go from skeptic to fanatic that quickly.
You will watch the person you love become healthier, more confident and more attractive.
For me, the person I love has once again become the person I fell in love with. Except this time, she is doing it without starving herself thin. Her metabolism is fixed.
