Sweets were always a trigger for her overeating.
She even worked for a weight-loss organization, leading classes for 27 years before quitting because she “felt like a hypocrite.” Workman says she herself couldn’t stay on the program for more than eight weeks at a time and ended up yo-yo dieting.
“I would go back to the doughnuts and need another one. And then maybe before the day was over with, I’d eaten four doughnuts.”Workman, who is 5 feet, 1 inch tall, ended up with a BMI in the obese category. But what really started to worry her was her deteriorating health. She felt lethargic and her joints hurt. She’d hadIn 2020, she was working in her garden when she felt dizzy. Workmanjust in case and saw it was high. When that high reading persisted for days, she contacted her doctor. He immediately put her on medication to lower her blood pressure. The physician also suggested switching to a plant-based diet.
Almost three years after making the change, Workman says she has lost 60 pounds and no longer needs medicine to lower her blood pressure and cholesterol.Courtesy Katelyn Workman Photography“A lot of people as they age think, ‘It’s always going to be this way, I’m just getting old, these chronic diseases are just going to happen. I have to accept it.’ And I’m a firm believer now that food really does matter.
Eating a nutritious plant-based diet may lower cardiovascular risk, lowering cholesterol levels and reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, according to
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