Hi friends and welcome to
another edition of NEWSTART Now.
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We have an interesting topic I
know nobody can relate to here.
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We're going to be talking to
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Casey Handrop
from San Diego County
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and I'd like to
take a look at when
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Casey first arrived
here at our NEWSTART program.
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I used to weigh 266 lbs.
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and I had a
gastric bypass and I lost
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a lot of weight.
And then life happened,
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a lot of difficult
things, personal issues, and I
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didn't know how to
deal with those issues.
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Of the 142 lbs. that I
lost I've gained back 70
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and I don't want
to live like that.
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I grab food and overeat
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because I don't know how to
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interact with
life. I don't know how
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to handle my emotions and so
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overeating stuffs
those emotions down.
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I'm not able to be the
wife I was meant to be.
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I'm not able to be the
teacher I was meant to be.
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Essentially I'm
meant to be something more
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than I am right now
and I need to work on that
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and see where God's going
to take me on that journey.
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It's about the journey not
necessarily the destination.
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A fullness of
life is why I'm here.
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I want to have a
full experience of life
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because I can't do this again,
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I have one life. And that's
what I'm going to deal with.
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Welcome back friends,
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and as I indicated I know
none of you can relate to this.
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Of course we all can
relate to this! We all
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overeat.
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Well most of us
do. But in our studio,
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Casey, I just
want to welcome you.
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God bless you for being willing
to share with the folks at home,
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your experience here
with the NEWSTART program.
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So we know you're
from San Diego County,
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the little town of Bonita, CA?
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Yes, Bonita, CA.
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Okay, why did you
come here to NEWSTART,
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why didn't you go
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to-I think there's
a place in Arizona and
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I think there's one
in Southern California?
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We are also in close
proximity to the border.
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And below the border there are a
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whole bunch of
programs I would imagine.
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My brother told me about
Weimar and he's in the medical
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profession and he said,
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it's a good place
to go, check it out.
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He had had
patients and he had also had
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some people from
church that have been here.
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So I checked it out and
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you know if it
was something I was
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doing for my
children it would've happened
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right away.
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But somehow when you do things
for yourself you don't always
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jump right in there
and do what you need to do
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and so through
email and personal contact
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with the Weimar
staff that was what
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was a real deciding
factor for me to come.
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Okay, so that's
how you got here.
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Now have you
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fulfilled your
dreams while you were here?
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I came to Weimar
with an open mind.
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I knew what I wanted to do
and what I wanted to see happen
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but coming with an open mind is
something I don't regret because
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me expectations
have been surpassed.
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Really, in what way?
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Well I came here wanting to
get control of my eating and be
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eating in moderation.
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Have you gotten control?
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Oh, yeah.
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How did that happen?
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Well I thought I knew
what a vegetarian was,
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a vegan, I wasn't so sure.
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And when they told
me vegans did not eat
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animal protein,
meat, fish, eggs, dairy,
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or milk, my questions
was, what else is there?
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So getting used to these things,
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eating grains, whole grains, and
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the source of
protein being different.
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The source being legumes,
beans, and the grain proteins,
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the weight has
just been falling off.
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I've lost 15 lbs. in 18 days
and everytime I get on the scale
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the weight is
lower, which is good.
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However my main issue wasn't
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necessarily
weight, it was getting
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food back in its perspective.
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And I find that I'm getting the
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nutrients that my
body knows it needs
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from the vegan lifestyle.
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Okay, now let me
ask you a question.
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because I know
there's a lot of folks out
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there that are going,
wait a minute, lifestyle,
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plant foods, how do you
get the protein, where do you
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get the energy? Let's
talk about energy for a minute.
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What's happened to your
energy since you've been here?
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When I first
came here it hurt to
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get up out of a
chair, it hurt to walk
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any length and they have this
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shortest route
which is like a half mile.
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Well, not the shortest route.
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But the shortest one I
started on called the loop
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was a half mile.
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And I could not walk
that without my hips hurting,
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without my knees hurting,
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it was really uncomfortable
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Did you make it
all the way around
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the half mile
loop the first time?
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They have these
benches fortunately.
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I remember the benches!
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Every time I saw a bench I
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would sit just
for a few minutes.
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And that's one thing I
learned at Weimar was that
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we're conditioned to
think that you have to go to
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the gym and you have
to workout for an hour
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straight and you have to
get your heart rate going.
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They told me here, you can stop
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you can walk for
ten minutes or whatever
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you're comfortable with
and when it starts to hurt
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sit and stop for a few minutes.
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And then get back
up and go some more.
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So you don't have
to get a full workout
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in 1 or 2 hours in
the afternoon or morning
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you can get 10 minutes
here and 15 minutes there?
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Exactly, and that took
away one of my excuses,
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not having the time to exercise.
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Okay, now you've
been here 17 days,
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how does that half
mile loop feel to you now?
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It's extremely comfortable
and I walk more than one,
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I'll walk two and then
come back later and walk more.
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On the second
treadmill test that we did
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they ask you,
how are you feeling,
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how hard are you working?
And I said, this is light.
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So what was the percentage of
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increase on the
second treadmill test?
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The first time I could
only go maybe 5 minutes or so,
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I don't know
what the time was but
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I was so uncomfortable,
it hurt, I wanted to stop.
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The second treadmill test,
and this is only 18 days max,
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I could've gone farther.
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Yes.
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And they asked me,
how hard are you working?
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My body was working
hard but it felt good.
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My heart rate was up,
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my blood pressure
was doing what it was
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supposed to be doing, I
was getting a workout but
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I wasn't huffing and puffing and
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dieing and in
pain on the treadmill.
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It's amazing
what a little bit of
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effort, a little bit of time,
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a lot of prayer, and a
lot of encouragement can do.
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Okay, we all know that
NEWSTART is an acronym.
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What part of the
NEWSTART acronym,
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would you say, is the most
important part of the program?
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Well, I know it's at the bottom.
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But for me it's
the last T of NEWSTART.
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Which is trust, and it has to do
with trusting in a higher power.
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I'm so happy you said that!
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We don't rehearse
this obviously but
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I'm so happy you said that
because there are many of us
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that need to hear
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that God's hand is
truly upon this place.
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And as much as I say
it time and time again,
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we have been so blessed!
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All we've got
to do is follow the
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example that the bible gives us.
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Right.
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And so, go on I'm
sorry I interrupted you.
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The people that I encountered
at NEWSTART, everyone from
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the doctors, the
nurses, even down to
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Dorothy who is in
charge of housekeeping.
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Everybody prays and
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I've never had a doctor
at the end of an exam ask,
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can I pray with you?
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Amen.
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I've never had so
many people you know,
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from the nutrition consult,
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to the exercise counsel,
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just everybody,
making that a way of life
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as much as the nutrition,
as much as the exercise,
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that's a part of their living.
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We're running out of
time I have to cut you short.
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I want to thank you
for joining us on the set.
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Thank you.
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And folks, don't go away because
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Dr. DeRose will be
with us in just a moment!
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Well you've done very well.
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Do you have
diabetes, heart disease,
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high blood pressure
or do you weigh too much?
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Hi, My name is Doctor Ing
and I'd like to tell you about
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our 18 day
NEWSTART lifestyle program.
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It includes a
comprehensive medical evaluation
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with laboratory studies
and a exercise stress test,
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physician consolations,
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culinary school,
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and an opportunity to
walk on beautiful trails
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in the foothills of the sierras.
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Your health is one of the most
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Don't wait. Give us a
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Welcome back friends and in
our studio Dr. David DeRose.
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It's good to be with you, Ron.
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It's always good to see you.
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It's always good
to be in the studio
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talking about
what the Lord's doing.
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Amen, and you know
before we begin I'd
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like to clarify
the weight situation.
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During our first interview with
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Casey she said
she weighed 266 lbs.
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Yeah, I think she was
actually up to 366 lbs.
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before the
gastric bypass and then
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she lost quite a
bit, as she mentioned,
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but had regained quite a bit of
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that before
coming here to Weimar.
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Right.
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And then since she's been
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here at Weimar
she's lost 16 lbs.
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Exactly, she's lost in
that ballpark, 15 lbs. or so.
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15 or 16 lbs. that
seemed to be her main focus.
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Although, since she's been here
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that focus has
changed from weight loss
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to trust in the divine power.
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Well I think you
heard her say in the
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first interview
comments that she made
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before your
interview when she was
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just talking about
her experience here
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and what she was
looking forward to.
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She was really trying to
get in control of her life.
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And I think Casey, in that
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respect was
very insightful. Many
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of the guests are
just focused on the
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weight if they're
carrying some extra poundage.
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But she was really saying,
this is a bigger issue it's not
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just about the weight
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because she had seen what
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happened with
the gastric bypass.
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You can have these
surgical proceedures,
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you can lose the weight,
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but if you don't
deal with the issues
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that are putting the
weight on like Casey's
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life illustrated,
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that weight can just come back
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inspite of what
surgical proceedures were done.
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I'd like to elaborate
a little on that because
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I too have seen
these types of proceedures.
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and people go, oh
wow that's all I have
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to do and I'm going
to lose all the weight.
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But they haven't corrected the
problem is what you're saying?
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Yeah, that's exactly right.
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So they gain after that?
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Many people do and I've
met many people over the years
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who have had these
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surgical weight
loss proceedures.
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They may have
done great for a while
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but that really only
gives a person a jump start.
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If they don't really
take charge of their life,
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most people are
pretty ingenious,
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the body is pretty ingenious,
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and many people find ways to put
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the weight right
back on. And then the
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flip side, the real tragedy is
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the people who
continue to lose weight
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after some of these surgeries
and just continue and basically
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end up dieing
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because their body
just couldn't handle
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the nature of
the very aggressive
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surgery that may have been done.
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So you get both
extremes but much more commonly
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we see people who put
the weight right back on.
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Now doctor you were present
during the treadmill test that
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Casey had?
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Yeah, both of them.
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You were
actually at both of them?
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Right.
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The first one, she was hurting,
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she was in pain, tell
us about the second one.
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Could she just run off the top?
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Well it was remarkable and it
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didn't just sink in at
the treadmill because we do
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treadmills toward the
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beginning and
end of the program.
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But one day
Casey came in and she'd
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been talking
with me for the first
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week or so about
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how tough the program was and
00:14:28.75\00:14:31.06
she was talking about,
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how can I do this
when I go back home?
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But there came a day
when she said, you know what?
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I walked that half mile or
that mile and I didn't hurt!
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I wasn't in pain at all!
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So when she realized
that by listening to her body,
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by not overdoing it, by
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going at a pace
that was right for her,
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not feeling like she
had to keep up with anyone,
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that was really the secret
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plus the entire
lifestyle approach with
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the hydrotherapy,
the message, and the
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vegan diet which reduces
inflammation in the body.
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All these things
working together,
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the trust in divine
power, and God's blessing on it.
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But when that really clicked
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the treadmill just confirmed
what she had been experiencing
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for the last week
or so of the program.
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And that was that
she could exercise
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and she could do
it and feel good.
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Don't you just love it when
someone comes to you and says,
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I got it, I got it, I feel good!
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Yeah, it's tremendous
especially when you see some
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of the people that come
through the program here.
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If they're not on death's
door they may feel that way.
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Yes.
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And to just see these turn
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arounds where
people actually see
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that a healthy lifestyle can
be enjoyable. And that's the big
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gap that a lot of people
have. They hear about Weimar
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and they say, boy this
seems like a strict program,
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it may work but I don't
see how I could ever do that.
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So we've got these
mental barriers. We think,
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well I could never
be on that strict a
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program it would
make my life miserable.
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But when people get on a
program like this and they see
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how good they can feel and
how much better they can do
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it just changes their
whole perspective and they say,
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why didn't I come sooner?
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And I got a taste of that,
I'll testify here right now
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that I questioned it. I
didn't know if I could do
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what I've now done for 5 years.
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And my whole life has changed!
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All the weight came off and I,
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well I don't want to get into my
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testimony but I
feel much better.
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Oh yeah, that's powerful.
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It is so powerful!
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But what about the
people at home doctor?
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I'm really concerned
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we've been told there are 25
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million diabetics
around the country.
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And maybe as many as
200 million that are obese.
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How can we help
the people at home,
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what can we tell them?
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Probably the most
important message I
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can give you if
you're tuning in today
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and you're struggling
with some of these things,
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is that there really is hope.
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God has a program and it's
mapped out in the bible and
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it's not just a
theoretical program,
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it's a program we
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put to work every day here
at the Weimar NEWSTART program.
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And whether you show
your face here on our campus
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and let us have the
privilege of working with you
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or whether you
just get excited about
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this from
programs like NEWSTART Now
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we know this makes a difference.
It's doable, it's attainable,
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God never asks us
to do anything but that
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which He's fully
comitted to help us achieve.
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I think that's the most
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important
message I can give, Ron.
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That was powerful, I'm so
glad to here you say that.
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And I know the viewers are
happy that you're commenting,
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helping, and encouraging,
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because one of the first things,
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when my wife and I went to 3ABN
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and Shelley Quinn asked my wife,
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what did you see
happening to Ron?
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And my wife with a
tear in her eye said,
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I saw that he had hope.
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And that's a real
challenge because many people,
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even if they here
about the lifestyle message,
00:17:54.61\00:17:57.09
they don't have
hope because they think,
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I could never live that way.
00:17:59.73\00:18:01.15
Or they think, it
wouldn't be enjoyable,
00:18:01.24\00:18:03.09
my life would be
miserable, I'd rather die
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in a year or two
00:18:05.09\00:18:06.21
than prolong my life another 20
00:18:06.30\00:18:07.57
years and be
miserable the whole time
00:18:07.58\00:18:09.33
because I'm
eating foods I don't like
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and I'm having to
exercise which I hate.
00:18:10.88\00:18:12.57
But like you see
in Casey's situation,
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things click when
you get on this kind of
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program, the Lord
starts blessing it,
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you don't want to go back to the
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old lifestyle.
You're not missing
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the old way of life because
you just feel so much better.
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Right, that's so true!
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Now I want to ask you,
when we have guests here
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I know that you interview them,
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or physicals,
whatever you want to call them,
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don't you walk with your guest?
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Or do you call them
patient, I'm not sure?
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Well, in the program overall
we're speaking about guests
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but in the medical setting,
of course, they're patients.
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And we have a
pretty unique program here.
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It's more of a family atmosphere
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where it's common to
see the doctors either
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walking with the patients,
or eating with them, or
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socializing in
various contexts. Sometimes
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someone will hear
that I'm headed to
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worship services
somehere and they'll come along.
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It's more like a
family atmosphere, now
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Dr. Lukens and Dr. Ing are full
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time with the
program so the guests
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end up seeing them more than me
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because I also
teach in the college.
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So, I'm running in different
circles but all of us really
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are there interacting with the
patients on a variety levels.
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What are you doing when
you walk with a guest? I mean,
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tell us, are you
observing the stride
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or listening to the breath?
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You know, the interesting
thing Ron, whether it's
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walking, worshiping together,
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or whether it's
eating a meal together,
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whatever the setting is,
whether you just see someone
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walking back and forth from the
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dining facilities
which is a very short
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little walk across a
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setting over to the lodge,
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wherever it is
we're interacting on a
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different level.
In the medical office
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it's a very
constrained environment.
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Many times we'll find
people's blood pressure
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rises just because
they're in the doctor's office.
00:20:08.76\00:20:10.81
But in these informal settings
00:20:11.18\00:20:12.60
we often get to
know people better
00:20:12.61\00:20:15.12
and sometimes what's
really on their heart,
00:20:15.13\00:20:16.84
what they're
really dealing with,
00:20:16.85\00:20:18.24
comes out in a way
that it wouldn't come out
00:20:18.33\00:20:20.72
in the conventional
medical office setting.
00:20:20.73\00:20:23.63
I know I used to have
and probably still do,
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what is referred to
as white coat syndrome.
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I don't care, my blood pressure,
I'd be totally relaxed,
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but put a cuff on me and
my blood pressure would go up.
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So the doctor said,
you gotta get a machine.
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And I started checking my own
blood pressure and it was fine.
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So I wanted to bring that up.
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So doctor, any last
words of encouragement?
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Yeah, I would say if you're
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challenged in
any lifestyle area,
00:20:51.73\00:20:54.27
natural therapies,
00:20:54.45\00:20:56.72
lifestyle therapies with God's
00:20:56.81\00:20:58.69
blessing is a
powerful alternative.
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Just don't write it
off because you think
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it's too difficult.
There is hope for you!
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I want to thank
you for joining us.
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It's always good
to be with you, Ron.
00:21:07.39\00:21:09.21
And folks thank
you for joining us!
00:21:09.66\00:21:11.27
But don't go away, we have an
00:21:11.28\00:21:13.12
important tip for
you, following this!
00:21:13.13\00:21:15.39
Modern views of
evolution stem all the way back
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to theories
developed in the mid-1800s.
00:21:20.54\00:21:23.06
Out of the same time
period came ideas that shape
00:21:23.60\00:21:27.06
our educational system today.
00:21:27.07\00:21:29.18
The Common School
Movement, for example,
00:21:29.72\00:21:32.09
saw schools more like a factory,
00:21:32.21\00:21:34.12
with students blindly
memorizing instruction
00:21:34.13\00:21:36.78
rather than
thinking for themselves.
00:21:36.81\00:21:38.78
Their curriculum was
rigid and theoretical.
00:21:39.33\00:21:41.78
Instead of being
flexible and practical,
00:21:41.79\00:21:44.63
it was designed to
conform the individual
00:21:44.78\00:21:47.36
into a specific ideological mold
00:21:47.37\00:21:50.21
that fit the needs
of an old industrial era
00:21:50.54\00:21:53.06
long since passed.
00:21:53.07\00:21:54.42
Just like our view of
creation in six literal days,
00:21:55.69\00:21:59.12
we believe the Bible contains
an educational blueprint
00:21:59.13\00:22:03.18
radically different
from the one we see now.
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Hello and welcome
to NEWSTART At Home.
00:22:31.84\00:22:33.33
I'm your host, Don Mackintosh
we're glad you're with us.
00:22:33.34\00:22:35.57
And we're also
glad that we have Dr.
00:22:36.33\00:22:38.36
Doug Plata with us
today. Welcome doctor!
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You are a specialist in family
00:22:41.45\00:22:43.78
practice but also
preventive medicine?
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That's right.
00:22:45.58\00:22:46.57
And as we were talking you
said one of the most important
00:22:46.60\00:22:49.09
things for people to do is have
a consistant exercise program.
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Why is that, how
can we get it started,
00:22:53.21\00:22:55.06
how can we make it stick?
00:22:55.07\00:22:56.15
Well, there's so
many benefits to exercise,
00:22:56.27\00:22:59.15
it's one of the most
00:22:59.16\00:23:00.21
powerful medicines that we have.
00:23:00.54\00:23:02.51
And it's important
for heart health and
00:23:02.52\00:23:05.15
so many different
things, even depression.
00:23:05.16\00:23:07.09
So, and the
other questions were?
00:23:07.78\00:23:09.72
How do we get it started
and how do we make it stick?
00:23:09.73\00:23:11.66
I think with most people
00:23:11.87\00:23:13.84
it's common sense we all need
to exercise on a regular basis.
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Especially your
aerobic exercise, walking,
00:23:18.07\00:23:20.36
running, cycling,
these sorts of things.
00:23:20.37\00:23:22.33
Well how to get started,
00:23:24.75\00:23:26.48
what I would
recommend is for people to try
00:23:27.78\00:23:30.06
to find something
they're going to stick with.
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And for me that is
something I find enjoyable.
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There's nothing like,
00:23:36.06\00:23:37.06
oh I have to
get up and I have to
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walk or jog or
something like this.
00:23:38.84\00:23:40.54
And if you don't like doing
that it's going to be difficult
00:23:40.55\00:23:42.81
to really keep doing that
00:23:42.82\00:23:44.69
month after
month, year after year,
00:23:44.78\00:23:46.63
like we need to do. So,
00:23:46.64\00:23:48.45
what I recommend
is make it enjoyable
00:23:48.66\00:23:52.30
so it's something
you look forward to.
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What do you personally look
forward to in terms of exercise?
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Well I found it and
for me it's cycling.
00:23:58.07\00:24:02.06
Now, being in
preventive medecine I actually
00:24:02.07\00:24:04.45
looked in the literature
and asked, how safe is this?
00:24:04.46\00:24:06.42
And unfortunately
cycling is not one of the safest
00:24:07.06\00:24:09.24
things but for me it's
one of the most enjoyable.
00:24:09.25\00:24:11.57
So I did buy a bicycle
00:24:12.12\00:24:14.60
and I got a route on
the street that is safe
00:24:14.84\00:24:19.30
very little traffic.
00:24:19.39\00:24:20.69
When I cycle I'm very
cautious about it because
00:24:21.06\00:24:23.66
I'm out there to get
exercise and for my health
00:24:23.67\00:24:26.66
and obviously an injury
is not at all healthful.
00:24:26.69\00:24:29.21
Right, so walking?
00:24:29.24\00:24:30.84
Walking is one of the best if
it's something you enjoy doing.
00:24:31.48\00:24:35.81
Walking is relatively safe.
00:24:36.06\00:24:38.75
It's not pounding, it's
not damaging to the knees.
00:24:38.76\00:24:42.21
And it's
something anybody can do.
00:24:42.51\00:24:44.84
What do you need to
walk? You need a pair of shoes.
00:24:44.85\00:24:47.78
And a safe place.
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My problem, just a
little confession here,
00:24:51.45\00:24:53.57
is when I was growing up
00:24:53.58\00:24:55.06
most of my exercise was
00:24:55.72\00:24:57.15
related to sports
or activities where
00:24:57.16\00:24:59.81
there were
other people involved.
00:25:00.15\00:25:01.33
Right.
00:25:01.34\00:25:02.33
And then we you get to a certain
00:25:02.34\00:25:04.27
stage in life
sometimes you don't have,
00:25:04.28\00:25:06.45
I'm not saying I
don't have friends,
00:25:07.42\00:25:09.06
but you don't
have that same setup.
00:25:09.21\00:25:11.54
Right.
00:25:11.55\00:25:12.54
So what would you
say to people like me?
00:25:12.66\00:25:15.75
Like you, sure.
00:25:16.09\00:25:17.09
I think the social
dimension to exercise
00:25:18.51\00:25:21.15
can be very important
as a motivating factor.
00:25:21.16\00:25:24.36
If you know that somebody is
00:25:24.57\00:25:26.21
expecting to meet
you at 8 in the morning
00:25:26.22\00:25:28.42
are you going to get out
of bed and go? Yes you will.
00:25:28.60\00:25:31.24
Whereas if you don't
have an exercise partner.
00:25:31.39\00:25:33.51
So with a good
friend you can have
00:25:33.60\00:25:36.15
a lot of fun
talking with them and
00:25:36.16\00:25:37.84
I think that's a
very important thing.
00:25:38.12\00:25:40.06
Studies actually show if
you have an exercise partner
00:25:40.18\00:25:42.21
you're more likely to be
consistant with that exercise.
00:25:42.22\00:25:45.12
What about a dog?
00:25:45.13\00:25:46.12
I was going to mention a dog.
00:25:46.13\00:25:47.39
A dog is great, I think
it's also a wonderful thing
00:25:49.12\00:25:53.30
and dogs need to be
walked so you feel an
00:25:53.63\00:25:56.78
obligation to make
sure you walk the dog.
00:25:56.79\00:25:59.21
That's right.
00:25:59.22\00:26:00.27
Just be careful. I used to
jog with a dog and it would
00:26:00.28\00:26:03.72
like to run into me and of
course that was very dangerous.
00:26:03.73\00:26:06.33
Yeah, I remember working in the
ER once and this lady had a huge
00:26:06.45\00:26:10.36
great dane
00:26:10.60\00:26:14.06
and I would say make
sure you have a short leash.
00:26:14.12\00:26:17.60
This dog had a
big long leash and the
00:26:17.61\00:26:19.75
lady didn't see
the dog start to run
00:26:19.76\00:26:22.18
and when she
turned around it had
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already built up steam and
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she actually fell over
and it drug her down the road.
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Who's walking who?
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Exactly, and it's not funny
at all she was really injured.
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So just be careful with dogs.
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So, start it and
then stick with it
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with the social
things and maybe a pet.
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Anything else?
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Yeah, let me mention
something about safety.
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And that is that
some people live in a
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neighborhood where
maybe they don't feel safe
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walking around the neighborhood.
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And in that sort
of situation if you're
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walking with a
partner you'll feel safer.
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But often times at malls there's
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walking groups that
you can find out about.
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And if it's raining or
something like that again,
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malls are a good place to go.
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Pools, swimming?
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Swimming pools,
another good form of exercise,
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not so good in
building up strong
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bones but aerobically very good.
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We've been talking to Dr.
Doug Plata about exercise.
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You need to start
and stick with it.
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And we have some very
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practical ideas on
how to do that now.
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Thank you for
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