Sara
My name is Sara, and I'm 16 years old, with an insatiable interest in nutrition, diet, fitness, and everything related to making the body work efficiently, and look fantastic. Since I was 12 years old, I am probably what you could define as a crash dieter, and have taken pills, starved myself, and even went through a brief period bulimia, only to binge and maintain a weight I was unhappy with. I dreaded P.E. classes when we did body mass index, because no matter how much I flogged my body the months, weeks or days before, I still bordered on the overweight line. I sat and refused to eat at lunch time with my slim friends as they stuffed their faces full of chips, chocolate, and soft drink, and even took pleasure in buying them junk foods to see if I could make them get fat. My obsession had become unhealthy, and then in the New Year of 2003 I made a resolution to change my whole outlook on life. I have never turned back from a satisfactory weight exercise! However, with the stresses of year 11 bearing down hard upon me, the weight I was satisfied with (54 kg) declined further, to a point where my teachers (all six of them), had a meeting with my distraught mother to ask if I was becoming anorexic. My energy levels were low, I couldn't concentrate in class, my friends were worried, I was cranky, I had lost several kg in three months, I hadn't had my cycle in 12 months, my mum was scared, I was starting to get sick, and I just couldn't stand it anymore! I took a week off of school, and reassessed my nutritional status. I read the book "Food Combining for Health" by Jean Joice and Doris Grant, and read my way through every book on the body I could find. Through that week of self exploration I came to understand what the body needs, how to maintain it, and achieve a good weight. I took up doing some Yoga, and Pilates to incorporate into my grueling runs that I put myself through, and meditated on what my academic and physical plan was for not only the rest of the year, but what I wanted out of life, and how to achieve it. Then came "Changing Habits CHanging Lives". I ploughed through it, and by the end I was laughing, and had tears in my eyes. It contained all the principles that I had for so long sought to adhere to my lifestyle, and it was so simple to follow that I jumped into it as quickly as I could. I weigh 54 kg now, and find myself absolutely smitten with my body as it continues to improve in its efficiency, tone, and I love how my runs are no longer grueling, but enjoyable and still give me the results that I enjoy. This book inspires me to strive to help people improve their health, fitness, and state of mind. I want to be a nutritionist/personal trainer/chiropractor, and bring a world of well being to people that is hidden by the smoke screen of artificial foods.

Thank you Cyndi O'Meara. You saved me, and your book showed me the light at the end of the darkest tunnel.

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