My new profile picture is a delineation of an eleven-month journey to change my lifestyle. After years of work stress, eating the wrong foods and not exercising enough, the pounds had added unnoticed, and I was suffering from high blood pressure. Something I actually knew was not good, but had accepted.
In the course of my work, often in health care and health insurance, I was presented with CBS statistics last year. While looking through the figures, the period of time I would still be living in good health also came up for a moment. Given my weight, that was a lot shorter than I wanted, especially now that I have a nice life with my family. Anyway, it was time to change course!
My first goal was that I wanted to feel fitter, have more freedom of movement and therefore more quality of life. In addition, I hoped to reduce the chance of getting sick. Losing weight in itself was not a goal for me, but it was desperately needed.
Before I went on vacation last summer (2018), I decided to exercise more upon returning home. At the time, that was the most important thing for me, to burn more calories, build my fitness and gain flexibility in my muscles. With the help of personal trainers, who let me explore my physical limits without going over them too much, I slowly got stronger. In the meantime, I had also started paying more attention to my food, eating less fatty and sweet things and drinking less soda.
After more than 5 months, I was a lot fitter and had more energy. Unfortunately, my blood pressure was still not good, so I needed to lose more pounds. So a rigorous approach to my diet was needed. And so NewFysic came my way, this nutrition program gave me enough guidance to get this done with products you can just get normally in the supermarket. Your personal nutrition plan and just a shopping list of what is suitable. In addition, all the recipes give you plenty of inspiration to try out new things.
With the help of NewFysic I started eating differently, more vegetables and less carbohydrates. The great thing about this nutrition program was that I could continue to eat with my family and set a good example for my son. Other recipes came on the table and we noticed that we started making better and better choices as a family. Healthy eating became more central.
More energy, more strength and the support of my family motivated me to keep losing weight. Losing weight was a tough road for my body, but NewFysic's supportive products made it more manageable. I had fewer cravings and fell back into my old eating patterns. The weekly contact with your nutrition coach is great, besides the confrontation with the result of that week also helpful how to better use your nutrition plan with practical tips.
Now, a year later, I am back from a well-deserved summer vacation. Although now things are completely different, I am over 30 kilos lighter, I have normal blood pressure and I sleep much better. As a family we have started to eat healthier and have become more aware of our bodies. And most importantly, I feel much fresher and fitter!
Every day I work with great energy and pleasure on good healthcare for the Netherlands. But in the past year I have experienced for myself that the amount of care you need is partly in your own hands. Better no care than good care!
My healthier lifestyle now feels more and more normal and I am convinced that everyone can do it. If you take good care of yourself, you can achieve more than you think. And who knows, maybe together we can slow down healthcare costs a bit! :-)
