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This probably won’t surprise anyone, but me, I’m dumbfounded!  I was playing pretty well early this spring in Scottsdale, even though I had a rough winter health-wise, during which I gained about 35 lbs since September, due to severely irritated hypoglycaemia which went undiagnosed until about 3 months ago. 

So even my hopes that I would lose weight by becoming a vegetarian (which didn’t last long) and focusing on a lot of tofu and brown rice (which, thanks to the amazing bowls at Fresh, are still included in the foods I crave), still caused me to gain weight because my body simply turned ALL carbs into fat.  Fun.  Well, I’ve learned the only way to control hypoglycaemia is a strict no-carb diet for at least two months, and limiting fat intake to almost nothing if you want to lose weight.  This is exactly the same diet as Atkins (if you don’t need or want to lose weight) or Dr. Bernstein (if you do want to lose weight). 

Since I wanted desperately to lose the weight I gained from my hypoglycaemic carb-binges, I invested in The Bernstein diet to help keep me on track and ensure I could get from the vitamins I would need while limiting my foods to no fat or carbs for at least two months (probably three to lose all the weight I need to).  As many of you know I’ve also had time off from my day job, so I’ve really been enjoying the nice weather to get out and golf at least once a week, I’ve been biking all over the city (so dangerous, but exhilarating too) and in 6 weeks have lost 25 pounds.  Not so amazing considering I gained it almost as fast, eating a virtually macrobiotic diet. 

What really amazed me is that I have had the time to work with Chima McLean, my golf pro four times in the last month (for him, yoga, for me, my swing) and I am stunned at how much of a difference the weight loss makes in easing my efforts to swing the way I’m taught.  I am excited about being able to get back out & rock the course, slender and in shape as I was last June, but this year I’ll have so much more golf experience and another year of yoga practice helping me out. 

I’m on my way to an official handicap!