Cambridge Testimony: Martha

Today we share Martha’s Cambridge testimonial: her story of losing weight with our eating plan - Martha’s true story I have been overweight almost all my life. However at some point I lost control and just kept gaining weight until I weighed 153kg. For several years I was weighing more than 100 kg, which caused me all kinds of problems. I decided to go on a diet because I could barely move anymore. I would walk 100 meters and I would suffocate. My mother, who was over 80 years old, was in better physical condition than me and helped me carry things or carry things from one place to another. I couldn’t even walk the dog without feeling bad. She would walk around the building and return from walking the dog exhausted. I was short of breath to walk, it was almost impossible for me to climb stairs, which greatly limited my activities. I couldn’t sit on the floor and play with the children. The lack of mobility prevented me from doing so and if I did, I would not be able to get up afterwards. It was impossible for me to plan a vacation because my physical condition and lack of mobility prevented it. My family and friends were embarrassed to go out with me, even to the mall. People looked at me as if I were a phenomenon and when I wanted to go into a place to eat I couldn’t fit on the tables or chairs. The spaces for the toilets were so small that I couldn’t move. It was very uncomfortable for me to want to travel by plane. It just didn’t fit in the seat. I was constantly carrying another person and it exhausted me. At some point I felt that if I didn’t lose weight, then I was going to die. That’s how I decided to go on a diet. For many years, more than 25, it has been impossible for me to compare r women’s clothing because in Mexico there are no women’s clothing in large sizes. I could only buy men’s clothing and usually the largest sizes, without being able to choose anything. Just ordering the largest size that was in the store. At some point the big men’s clothes didn’t fit me either and I had to have some clothes made. In Mexico it was impossible for me to get clothes in my size. For me, packing a suitcase to travel was a problem. He needed a very large suitcase and it held very few clothes. In addition to the fact that my suitcase always weighed a lot, this was due to the large size of the clothes I had to wear. Physically I have improved in an incredible way. My health has improved significantly. I already suffered from high blood pressure and now I am very well. Currently I can walk, climb stairs, and have much more mobility. That gives me another perspective on how to live my life. It’s incredible but I already felt very old and now I feel rejuvenated and eager to live life. My fitness has improved so much that now I can not only walk the dog, but I am now walking 5km every day. I feel so good physically that now I sleep less hours. I used to sleep a lot at night and take naps during the day because the work of moving around exhausted me. Now I move very easily and I don’t need as many hours of sleep. With this less sleep, I now sleep as much as normal for an adult. The day has more hours for me. I can make the most of my days thanks to the energy I have, the physical condition I have, the fact that I sleep fewer hours, but above all because I am happy now. I didn’t realize that being overweight caused me unhappiness. Now that I feel like a normal person, I realize that life can be enjoyed. so long ago While I was overweight, I had already gotten used to the idea that I couldn’t have women’s clothes. Now I enjoy the ability to compare clothes and feel like I look good. I feel good about myself. With the possibility of looking good and with the great opportunity to enjoy new things in life. As I lost weight and started to look better, I was encouraged to cut my hair and care more about my appearance. When I reached my ideal weight I was able to compare clothes. The feeling of comparing the clothes that I like and not just the clothes that fit me is an incredible feeling that I haven’t had the opportunity to experience in a long time. Choosing what clothes to wear is a completely new sensation for me. Plus now I can afford not to buy something if I don’t like it. Buying clothes for me is a whole new experience, before I couldn’t buy women’s clothes, now I can choose them and see if I like how they look on me. Now I have more confidence, I didn’t like people seeing me, now I like to look good and I like others to see me. Friends who didn’t see me for a long time now don’t recognize me. The Cambridge diet has been wonderful for me. Well, it meant finding a way to lose weight that isn’t slow and doesn’t get me down when measuring portions. Furthermore, the way the products are made allows for great mobility, which meant that my social and work life was not affected by this weight loss project. It’s very comfortable not having to think about food. You feel like you eat little but the results are very motivating and it is exciting. It was a little difficult for me to follow the diet because socially it makes people uncomfortable to go out to a restaurant and see that you are not going to eat. This even affected a little m I social life, for example, co-workers agree to go out to eat or have a drink and they don’t tell me because it bothers them that I don’t want to eat. For me it has meant reinventing myself, I am enjoying things that I couldn’t enjoy before. I was so overweight for so long that my brain still hasn’t gotten used to my new body shape. When I go to sit down I still think about whether the chair will be solid enough to support my weight. I forget that I am already at the weight of a totally normal person. I realize that when I walk, for example in a restaurant, between the tables I feel like I’m not going to fit between the chairs, that the spaces are very small. The reality is that the spaces are very good in size and that now I am not excessively large. I’m totally normal. Something sensational has happened in my family. Now that I have lost weight I have managed to convey to them how important health is and they are also motivated to lose weight. This has also happened among my friends and co-workers. There have been big changes in my family when it comes to food. Now we are motivated by learning to make salads and healthy food. We have put aside fast food and other things that only make you fat and do not nourish you. Thanks to the Cambridge diet I now see food differently. For me, Cambridge has meant a change of life. Now I have another perspective to face life. All of this would not have been possible without my Cambridge consultant. He is a wonderful person who accompanied me throughout the entire process. Who supported me when I was about to falter. But the most important thing is that she is the first doctor I know who is dedicated to helping people lose weight and who cares about to hear the person and for the person’s problems.