Hi, friends, and
welcome to another edition
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of NEWSTART Now.
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I'm your host Ron Giannoni.
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In our studio with me,
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we have a lovely
young lady Michelle Irwin.
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Hi.
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Hi, Michelle. And I say
lovely 'cause you are lovely.
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Thank you. You are
always sweet to me.
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But inside and out. Praise God.
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And, you know, we called,
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you said you'd
drop in with us today
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and do another interview.
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We've done one before,
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and that's when
you were quiet heavy.
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I've just said that,
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I don't know how heavy you were.
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Yeah, yeah, I had the
weight of the world, right?
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I didn't know you were heavy.
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I had no idea. Yeah, yeah.
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No, I didn't know.
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But tell me and our
viewers what happened.
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So I guess the
best way to describe is,
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you know, I went
through some grief.
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And when we...
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my husband was killed, you know.
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And going through that process,
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I stopped taking care of myself.
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And I think I
turned to late nights,
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you know, bad eating habits,
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and I was going through
school at that time too,
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so I just was
bombarded with stuff.
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And I remember going
to my boss and saying,
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"I need a new start."
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And so I did.
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I went through the NEWSTART
program in January and...
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Let's back up just a second.
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Your boss happens
to be Steve Brownell,
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who is the director of NEWSTART.
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Right? Yes, yes.
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So you are what?
What is your position?
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I'm the cooking instructor.
You are cooking instructor.
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Yeah, yeah, I
taste all the food.
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Who would know better
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on what to eat than
a cooking instructor.
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Yeah, exactly.
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And, you know, the truth is,
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I knew what to eat, I
didn't know how to eat it,
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which is interesting
because we can even...
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You know, temperance,
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the NEWSTART
temperance principal says,
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"Don't do too
much of a good thing
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and know how to use it
when you do use it," right?
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So food can be a medicine,
it can also be a poison.
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Amen. Yeah.
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And so I was
eating late at night,
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and wasn't
walking like I should.
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And so just
having two meals a day
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and repositioning them
changed everything for me.
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And then the
walking was like, wow,
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because it
completely changed my life.
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And you know I
was thinking Moses,
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when they left Egypt,
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God took them through
the NEWSTART program, right?
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'Cause they walked,
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they ate manna
which is a vegan diet,
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they had temperance, I mean,
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it was just the whole
NEWSTART program, and so
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that really is the key for
me 'cause when I exercised,
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I got fresh air, I got sunshine,
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I drank water 'cause
I brought water with me,
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I got time to pray.
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And so really I had to
work on getting to bed on time,
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and eating the right time,
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and the right food, and walking.
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Okay, so... It's monumental.
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You went through
the 18 days or 21,
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whatever it was,
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and then you went back to work,
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but you continued.
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Yes.
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You continued
following the principles.
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Then I'd see you
every now and then
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and you kind of
give me a smile and say,
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"And more," or whatever.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
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So... It just started happening.
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Yeah, but now you just, like,
such a motivator to our guests
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because I'm sure you
are sharing your story,
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I hope you are.
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You know, what was really
important to me was, you know,
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I work here, so access to
have food made for me was easy.
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But I said, "I want to
go home and really do this."
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And so I mapped out a whole plan
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on what I did
when I went forward.
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I went through
the 18-day program
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but I knew I had
to get to day 21.
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And once I got to day 21,
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it was, like, I knew
that was my lifestyle.
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That was it.
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And I don't really
care about the scale
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'cause I know
that this is my life.
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Yeah, that's easy for you to say
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'cause you've lost
all this weight now
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and you are so trim.
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I don't... I
don't like to say lose,
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I don't like to say lose or on
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because what happened
when you lose your keys, right?
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You want to go
find it again. Exactly.
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And you don't want
to lose... I release it.
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Okay, how do you deal with that
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on a conscious or
subconscious level?
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What do you say to your brain?
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I just say, "This is my life
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and I'm going to treat my body
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as I would God
wants me to treat it."
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And so I think
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when we don't
treat our bodies right,
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they don't treat us right.
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You know, so we have to...
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we owe it to God to
treat ourselves right,
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love our neighbor
as we love ourselves,
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and feed ourselves good food,
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and say good thing to ourselves,
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and so that was the change.
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That was the change for me
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and just putting it
into practice, so...
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It's so good to
hear you say all this.
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I mean, it's the
truth. Yeah. Yes, yes.
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You know, when
you hear the truth...
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It sets you free.
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It really has
set you free. Amen.
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Now would you tell us how
much weight you have lost?
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I don't want
to. I don't want to.
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You don't have
to. Let's just say.
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But tell me anyway.
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Let's just say,
let's just say...
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Right, why don't you want to?
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I don't know 'cause to
me... You are blushing.
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It's not a number. No.
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No, it's not really a number.
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Oh, you didn't
lose it by the way.
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I didn't lose it, I released it.
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You released it.
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Let's just say, at
this point in my walking,
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I'm a lot lighter,
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I'm a lot lighter on my walking.
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So do I have to say it? No.
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Okay. You don't have to.
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All right.
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But would you
tell me if I'm close?
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I don't know, I don't know.
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I'm not going
to put you on that.
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I'll just say that I
lost a lot of dress sizes.
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I know that. Yeah.
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It's obvious.
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I weigh less than I did
when I went into the Academy.
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Are you having...
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you went to the
academy, that's right.
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Yeah, I went to
West Point, yeah.
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West Point?
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I weighed less
than I was in the army.
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You weigh less now? Yes.
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Wow. I weigh less.
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I weigh about what I
weighed in high school.
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Oh, you just gave it away.
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I know, but you
really can't find out.
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I can't say it.
I've, I've... Yes.
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I can't. I won't. No. Thank you.
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Because you asked
me not to. Yeah, yeah.
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But I'm so proud
of you. Thank you.
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And not just proud
of you, but and for you,
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but the message that
you are able now to share,
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because we all have a story.
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Amen.
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And to hear your
story is truly a blessing.
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Thank you so much.
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Yeah, I'm so thankful
that I had this program.
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And honestly, I can tell
you that it's changed my life,
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and I can honestly believe God,
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you know, He does work miracles.
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And the thing that I learnt
is there are no shortcuts,
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you just have to do the program.
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And it's not hard.
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God does it, God gives
us the strength to do it.
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I mean, we all need to
eat, we all need to drink water,
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we all need to sleep,
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we just do what
God told us to do.
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It works.
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You know, it's good
to hear you say that
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because people ask
me, "How did you do it?"
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And I say, you know,
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I'd like to you
how difficult that was,
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but it wasn't.
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I know, I know.
I stopped drinking.
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I've reversed my diabetes,
I lost a hundred pounds,
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all these things
happened, but I didn't do it.
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Yes. Praise God.
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You know, there
was a lot of fear
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in my space at that
time, fear of death.
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Wow. That was
one of my motivators.
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Wow. I didn't want to die.
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Right. I was too old to die.
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Wow. And too young.
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Amen, amen.
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And yes, your
life is just beginning.
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And I feel like
I have a new life.
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Yes, and it shows.
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To see you just... Praise God.
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Bubbling, it's just
really, really good.
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Any last comments that
you can give to our viewers
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that might help
someone who's struggling?
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Yeah, so the
most important thing
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is to realize that God
is an equal opportunity.
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God, that He makes it
available for all of us,
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His laws are not difficult.
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We have to be willing to change
and want His desire in us.
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Right, we want what He wants us.
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We have to want that. Yes.
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And everybody can do that,
just turn to Him and be broken.
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Say, "God, I'm broken,
help to please fix me."
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And He will. Amen, Amen.
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Yeah. I want to thank you.
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Thank you. And God bless you.
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Definitely.
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You're willing to come here,
and I know you're a busy lady.
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And thank you,
friends, don't go away
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because we're going to interview
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the doctor next.
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When we look at the health
status of Americans today,
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it's alarming to see that 60%
are either overweight or obese.
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And in
addition, diseases such as
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Type 2 diabetes,
cancer, and heart disorders
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are the leading cause
of so many complications
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and deaths every year.
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Could it have something
to do with what we eat?
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After all, every
one in four Americans
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visits a fast
food restaurant daily,
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and with such easy
access to quick fix foods,
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we tend to forget
the poor health value
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of those foods actually offer.
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Maybe it's the
sedentary lifestyle
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and lack of exercise
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that we've become so accustomed
to as a media-dependent world.
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Whatever the
cause of these diseases,
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a solution has arrived.
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The NEWSTART Lifestyle Center
offers an enriching program
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where patients can get a healing
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of mind, body, and soul.
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Located in the
outskirts of Sacramento,
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the NEWSTART Center is
situated on the beautiful campus
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of Weimar Center of
Health and Education,
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with scenic walking and
hiking trails all around.
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With a whole plant
foods eaten whole motto,
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the NEWSTART Center promotes
a healthy plant-based diet
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with an emphasis
on natural foods.
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The NEWSTART staff are made up
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of California board certified
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nurses, doctors,
dietitians, and therapists
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who work together to
assist each patient personally.
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The staff are dedicated
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to each patient's
success in the program
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and are always there
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to guide, advice, and encourage.
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In addition to a
healthy lifestyle,
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NEWSTART also promotes a
healthy exercise routine.
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You're both in sequence,
that's good, all right.
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As part of the balanced program,
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there is much opportunity
to getting a fair share
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of physical activity
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from utilizing
our fitness center,
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to taking a stroll around
the peaceful grounds of Wiemar.
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It's amazing what a
new start can do for you.
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Welcome back,
friends. Dr. Gallant.
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Ron, good to see you.
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It's good to see you as
usual, always good to see you.
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You know, this is a
different kind of an interview
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because Michelle
is a staff member
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Here, as you know,
in the NEWSTART program
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and she's been teaching,
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and she's
written some cookbooks,
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And, you know, I've
tasted a few of her recipes.
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She's an excellent cook.
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Well, something
happened along the way
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that I'm sure you
know more about than I do,
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and she came to me and said,
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"I need to go through
this NEWSTART program."
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But there was a
little reluctance
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'cause she didn't
know if it would work.
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You know,
Michelle is a sweet lady,
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and she's been working,
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doing teaching,
cooking for us for a long time,
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as long as I've been here.
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And she does a
great job with that.
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But she had some
health challenges,
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and that's when
she finally decided
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she needed to come,
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and I thought
that was fantastic.
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And I'm so glad she did come
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because when she
came, as you said,
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she had some doubts
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about whether it
could work for her
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she had seen it
work for other people
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But, you know, we always think
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our illness is worse
than everybody else's.
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I hear that a lot. Yeah.
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And so she really had doubts
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about whether it
could work for her.
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Yeah.
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And by the grace of God,
It has worked and worked well.
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You know, I have
seen her lose weight,
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I have seen her
have more energy.
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When she comes and
teaches after she gets done,
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several times she'll go walking
on the trails here on campus.
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So sometimes
she'll walk by our house.
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And, you know,
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it's just fantastic to
see how well she's doing.
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And she's even come back
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to see me in the
clinic a few times,
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and I can testify that
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she is a different woman today
than she was six months ago.
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I can certainly notice that.
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I want to touch
on this weight loss.
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She shared during
our interview today
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that she weighs less today
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than she did when
she went to West Point.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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And now, then you tell me
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she used to jump
out of airplanes.
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I don't know all
that, she was a Ranger?
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Yeah, I think she was a Ranger,
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but I know she told me
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she used to jump
out of airplanes.
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Well, you know, she's
tough. Oh yeah, oh yeah.
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And she's not
only a pretty girl,
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she's smart.
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Absolutely.
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And tough as nails. Yeah.
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If anybody is going to do
this program and make it work,
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I would think
someone like that would.
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Right. 'Cause she's got brains.
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Yeah. And she went for it.
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You know, and I remember
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she said to me the
last time I saw her,
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"You just have to do it."
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Yeah. You just have to do it.
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She accepted
what we were sharing,
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and she took it to
heart, and she started living it
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because it's a
lifestyle. Yes. Yes.
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It's not a diet,
it's not an exercise plan,
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and she did everything.
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And God has just blessed,
and I praise the Lord for that.
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Amen.
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You know, one of the
things I praise the Lord for
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is the more staff that we have
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with her kind of an attitude,
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you know, that I know you know,
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what that does for
our guests who come here.
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They are more motivated
when they hear me talk,
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and they know I've
been 12 years this year,
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this August, for me.
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That's fantastic, yeah.
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And then they hear it from her,
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and they hear it from others
who come through the program,
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and they see all of us
being healthy and lean,
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and reversing
diabetes, and cardiovascular,
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and blah, blah, and weight.
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I mean, praise God that
she is, and she's really,
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she's still in the program.
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Oh, yeah. You know, so much
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so that she's actually motivated
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some other people on campus
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who are
affiliated with the Institute
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and with our program.
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They want to
come to sessions now.
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That's right. They
want what Michelle has.
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That's right. Praise the Lord.
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And we have one of them coming,
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maybe two of them
this next session.
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And praise God
because there are some of us
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that need to
attend, as you know.
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And so Michelle is
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going to be a good spokesperson.
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I'm so... I don't
want to use the word proud,
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but that's the
only word that comes up.
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Sure, sure. You
know, I'm happy for her.
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No, I am too.
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I really am
because she has done well,
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and I see how God has
been blessing in her life
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and I'm just...
I'm thankful for that.
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She's had a tough
testimony to share.
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But now that
testimony is getting
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some silver lining to it
which I think is fantastic.
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Yeah, I think that
things started to go downhill
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when her husband passed.
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She mentioned
that today too. Yeah.
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So with God's
grace, she'll continue on,
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and helping more of our
staff to attend this program.
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'Cause, you know, we
have a couple of staff members
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over in the clinic
that really need to be here.
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And without mentioning names,
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I've talked to
her and her husband
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and, you know, it's hard
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because they think
that there's no problem.
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And most of us do
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because we don't have
some sort of an event.
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We just live our life as it is.
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Sometimes God has to
use something dramatic
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to get our attention,
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and I pray that
doesn't happen but...
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Yeah, me too.
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Yeah, well, we can just
keep encouraging each other.
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Yeah, that's the best
thing we can do, I think,
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and pray for one another.
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Amen. Thank you, brother.
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God bless. And God bless you.
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We'll see you soon. Yes.
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Friends, don't go away,
Pastor Snead is up next.
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Welcome back, friends.
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Pastor Snead,
how are you, brother?
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I am doing well, buddy.
Good to see you again as usual.
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So I want to talk
real quickly or slowly
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about Michelle.
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She has done such
an incredible job.
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She, as you well known,
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came to us as our
teacher in the cooking classes,
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and then she decided
go through the program,
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2017, January.
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And she has lost
like 65 to 75 pounds.
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Oh, I know, yeah.
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Now, what I want to
hear from you as a Pastor,
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why is it that some
people do real, real well?
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And may be that
isn't just a fair question,
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but she is doing
extremely well, don't you think?
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Yeah, I mean the first time,
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you know, she come
through the program,
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she did everything right,
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she was enthusiastic,
and a lot of people are.
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But not everyone has those
kind of results all the time.
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And with her,
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I have seen her a
week or two later,
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no big deal, a few weeks later.
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And then I started noticing that
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something was missing to her.
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And it was like
three months later,
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I see her walking on
the loop and I was like,
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"My goodness,
what's happening to her?"
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But, I thought, "Okay,
it will just stop there."
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But it has not. This
woman has totally transformed.
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And I really
believe, with Michelle,
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one of the big
things I remember about her
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is in the fresh
start lectures is
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she was very touched
with the spiritual message.
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Yes.
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She was moved by...
there were several times
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where she would have
tears flowing down her face.
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And when we got to
that section on Romans 7,
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the battle between the
flesh and the spirit, you know,
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having to surrender up
your desires of the flesh.
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I really believe she
took that to her heart
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in such a powerful
way that she applied that
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in her health walk.
00:20:01.33\00:20:02.66
So when she would
have any desire or urges
00:20:02.70\00:20:05.90
to go back to the old way,
00:20:05.93\00:20:07.27
I think she truly
called on God's name
00:20:07.30\00:20:09.90
and got that victory,
and you can see clearly,
00:20:09.94\00:20:13.64
you know, the
results of it right now.
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You just nailed it brother.
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You just nailed it. Yeah.
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I mean, I see
that so very clearly,
00:20:18.78\00:20:21.32
especially the way
you just explained it.
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And people who come
to our NEWSTART program,
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as you know, from
all over the world,
00:20:26.72\00:20:29.86
some of them come
here as a weight loss,
00:20:29.89\00:20:32.13
some were diabetes, cancer,
00:20:32.16\00:20:35.36
high blood pressure,
you know, all the usual,
00:20:35.40\00:20:38.50
but we do so well with people
00:20:38.53\00:20:42.00
who are coming
here to lose weight
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and that's what
she started here for.
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I don't know if she
had any other issues,
00:20:47.08\00:20:48.81
I don't recall at this time,
00:20:48.84\00:20:50.25
but I am really pleased
that now our viewers especially,
00:20:50.28\00:20:57.55
because they haven't
seen our pastor in the past.
00:20:57.59\00:21:02.22
And now these last few
episodes that we have done,
00:21:02.26\00:21:05.46
we're interviewing our Pastor,
00:21:05.49\00:21:07.60
and the people are
looking and seeing God's work
00:21:07.63\00:21:12.47
because you are
bringing it to mind here.
00:21:12.50\00:21:15.74
And I am so grateful for that
00:21:15.77\00:21:17.31
because I am not the guy
that delivered that message,
00:21:17.34\00:21:20.44
you are the guy.
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Yeah, she...
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I guess we all are,
but you do so well at it.
00:21:23.88\00:21:25.41
Sure, sure.
00:21:25.45\00:21:26.78
And you know, I
think a lot of people
00:21:26.82\00:21:28.15
when they come in that
first night at fresh start,
00:21:28.18\00:21:30.89
when we are
doing the orientation,
00:21:30.92\00:21:32.25
we all are getting together,
we talk about the spiritual,
00:21:32.29\00:21:34.99
the doctors will say,
"You need the spiritual."
00:21:35.02\00:21:36.93
And I can see the skepticism
in some people, they are like,
00:21:36.96\00:21:39.69
"Well, I didn't
come here for that."
00:21:39.73\00:21:42.00
But what is
starting to work out,
00:21:42.03\00:21:43.40
and I am so glad
for Michelle story,
00:21:43.43\00:21:45.43
because it gives me ammunition.
00:21:45.47\00:21:47.17
And that's beginning to say,
00:21:47.20\00:21:48.54
"Look, here is
someone that wholeheartedly
00:21:48.57\00:21:51.14
took hold of the
spiritual with the health,
00:21:51.17\00:21:54.14
and actually used this idea
00:21:54.18\00:21:57.55
that God is here to help
00:21:57.58\00:21:59.61
and will guide you through this
00:21:59.65\00:22:01.25
because you are in for
the fight of your life.
00:22:01.28\00:22:03.82
You know, just
a simple knowledge
00:22:03.85\00:22:05.55
and understanding is not enough
00:22:05.59\00:22:07.39
because you are
fighting appetite,
00:22:07.42\00:22:09.06
which is, you know,
one of the greatest things
00:22:09.09\00:22:12.13
that we have to deal with.
00:22:12.16\00:22:13.96
It's an almost impossible
to fight in your own strength.
00:22:14.00\00:22:17.20
So someone like her
is going to go a long way
00:22:17.23\00:22:21.10
to help others realize
00:22:21.14\00:22:22.47
it's not just the
principles of health,
00:22:22.50\00:22:24.11
it must be mingled
with the spiritual.
00:22:24.14\00:22:27.18
And when you do that
you are going to have
00:22:27.21\00:22:29.11
these kinds of results,
every time I have seen this.
00:22:29.14\00:22:32.85
You know, you have touched
on Something, you have mentioned
00:22:32.88\00:22:37.09
during worship and message.
00:22:37.12\00:22:39.15
When I've prayed with her,
00:22:39.19\00:22:40.66
I can see that
emotion very clearly,
00:22:40.69\00:22:44.36
and it touches
her heart down deep,
00:22:44.39\00:22:47.93
you know, where it really stays.
00:22:47.96\00:22:50.57
And I just feel
blessed to be here watching in
00:22:50.60\00:22:55.90
how she is progressed.
00:22:55.94\00:22:57.77
We have run out of time.
00:22:57.81\00:22:59.37
All right,
brother. Thank you so much.
00:22:59.41\00:23:01.58
Don't go away,
friends, Dr. Nedley is up next.
00:23:01.61\00:23:04.81
Welcome to NEWSTART Now.
00:23:39.91\00:23:41.75
Today I have with me
Doctor Eddie Ramirez,
00:23:41.78\00:23:45.05
one of the
researchers and physicians
00:23:45.09\00:23:47.32
here at Weimar Institute.
00:23:47.36\00:23:49.49
And of course, Weimar
owns the trademark of NEWSTART.
00:23:49.52\00:23:54.13
And of course, many of you,
00:23:54.16\00:23:56.46
Hopefully, know what
that acronym stands for,
00:23:56.50\00:23:58.77
Nutrition,
exercise, water, sunlight,
00:23:58.80\00:24:02.24
temperance, air, rest,
and trust in divine power.
00:24:02.27\00:24:06.11
But, lately, Dr.
Ramirez and others,
00:24:06.14\00:24:08.81
including some
students and other physicians,
00:24:08.84\00:24:11.48
have been doing
a lot of research
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.28
on the patients
00:24:13.31\00:24:14.78
that comes through
the NEWSTART program.
00:24:14.82\00:24:17.85
And there is a recent study
00:24:17.89\00:24:20.49
that came out of NEWSTART
00:24:20.52\00:24:23.93
called intensive lifestyle
00:24:23.96\00:24:25.93
interventions improve exercise,
00:24:25.96\00:24:28.46
tolerance of all participants.
00:24:28.50\00:24:31.63
And of course, that's exciting
00:24:31.67\00:24:33.20
because there have been a
lot of participants come through
00:24:33.23\00:24:36.20
the NEWSTART
program here at Weimar,
00:24:36.24\00:24:38.21
primarily due to health problems
00:24:38.24\00:24:39.84
or obesity problems.
00:24:39.87\00:24:41.21
Tell us a little bit about
what you found in this study,
00:24:41.24\00:24:43.68
Dr. Ramirez.
00:24:43.71\00:24:45.05
Yeah, this is a
fascinating study.
00:24:45.08\00:24:46.58
There is a marker called METS,
00:24:46.61\00:24:50.89
which tells us
how fit a person is.
00:24:50.92\00:24:54.52
And studies show that
00:24:54.56\00:24:55.89
if you reach a
METS of 10 or more,
00:24:55.92\00:25:00.26
your probability of dying,
00:25:00.30\00:25:02.10
your probability of
getting sick decreases.
00:25:02.13\00:25:05.53
And what we found
here is that on average
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when the patients came here,
they came with a METS of 7.9,
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not a very good one, you
know, not a very good one.
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And by the end of the 18 days,
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that number had
increased to a 9.5,
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very close to that 10.
00:25:22.48\00:25:24.92
Nice.
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In just 18 days,
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then I can go from
unfit to actually being fit.
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And decreasing their mortality
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and decreasing their
possibility of sickness.
00:25:35.10\00:25:39.33
Yes, you know,
exercise is very important
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to the immune system.
00:25:41.60\00:25:42.94
It's very
important to heart health.
00:25:42.97\00:25:44.57
It can even help
avoid some cancers.
00:25:44.61\00:25:47.98
But it's not just exercise,
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it's exercise of the
point of becoming fit.
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And so that's the E of NEWSTART.
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That's right. And not only that,
00:25:56.22\00:25:58.22
other markers were also
improving at the same time
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as we publish
here in this paper.
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BMI, the
obesity level went down,
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blood pressures came
down, cholesterols came down,
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so this was an
overall improvement
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in their total health.
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Great. Now explain a
little bit more about this MET?
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What is it that we are
actually measuring exactly?
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That's right.
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Every patient that comes here,
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we submit them to a
stress test in order to check
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how their heart health
is and overall fitness.
00:26:28.45\00:26:31.79
And based on that stress
test, that gives us that number,
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the ability of
the body to utilize
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that oxygen in an efficient way.
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.33
So as the METS improve,
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it means that the
body becomes more efficient
00:26:45.77\00:26:49.10
to use the resources
that we are giving them.
00:26:49.14\00:26:52.57
And as you become more fit,
00:26:52.61\00:26:57.91
it's like a car
that is finely tuned,
00:26:57.95\00:27:00.82
it's able to burn
the gasoline better
00:27:00.85\00:27:03.08
and throw less smoke,
00:27:03.12\00:27:04.52
something similar as an analogy
00:27:04.55\00:27:06.52
is happening in the
body of these people
00:27:06.55\00:27:09.02
as they improve that important
measurements of the METS.
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Great.
00:27:12.56\00:27:13.90
And of course, at Weimar,
00:27:13.93\00:27:15.26
there is not only lots
of fresh air and sunlight,
00:27:15.30\00:27:17.93
but there is these
beautiful evergreen trees,
00:27:17.97\00:27:21.00
And, you know,
just breathing in that
00:27:21.04\00:27:22.84
during exercise is
kind of exhilarating,
00:27:22.87\00:27:25.31
you know, it
kind of makes you feel
00:27:25.34\00:27:27.28
like you are on
top of the world,
00:27:27.31\00:27:28.91
even though our elevation
here is only 2,000 feet.
00:27:28.94\00:27:32.28
And also the beautiful trails,
00:27:32.31\00:27:33.85
we have so many beautiful trails
00:27:33.88\00:27:36.22
that people can explore,
00:27:36.25\00:27:37.65
and even have the
opportunity of seeing
00:27:37.69\00:27:40.32
nature, and animals,
and many beautiful things,
00:27:40.36\00:27:43.99
that has to do with the
therapy that they are receiving.
00:27:44.03\00:27:46.76
Yes. Well, I would encourage you
00:27:46.80\00:27:49.16
if you want to get more
fit, if you want to lose weight,
00:27:49.20\00:27:52.83
if you want to
lower your cholesterol,
00:27:52.87\00:27:54.50
if you want to
lower your risk of dying
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.27
and cardiovascular disease,
and all of those problems,
00:27:56.30\00:28:00.04
the best investment I think
you can make in your health
00:28:00.08\00:28:02.84
is to consider
coming to NEWSTART Now.
00:28:02.88\00:28:07.32
And for this week,
I am Dr. Neil Nedley,
00:28:07.35\00:28:11.05
and join us next week
00:28:11.09\00:28:12.52
for our next
version of NEWSTART Now.
00:28:12.55\00:28:15.36
Thank you.
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