Success Highlights from HELPcare Challenge!

Imagine completing a 13-week Challenge and achieving more than you dreamed you could. “I never thought I could do it!” was the typical reaction of the Challenge participants when they achieved success with both scale and non-scale accomplishments:

Weight Loss

• Reduction in visceral fat (the dangerous fat around the organs)
• Elimination of insulin resistance
• Reduced or eliminated some prescription medications, including insulin
• Improved lab values: blood sugar, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, A1C, blood pressure
• Loss of inches
• Fitting in clothes that had been too small
• Reduced cravings
• Improved energy
• Improved brain clarity
• Reduced inflammation and pain
• Elimination of migraines and migraine prevention medication
• Elimination of antidepressant medication

“I’m so thankful that HELPcare came into my life when it did. I appreciate the focus on changing your lifestyle approach. I feel so much better, and I never want to go back to that way of eating and health problems again.”

Debbie

Science Behind the Success

Why has it worked for these Challenge participants to improve their metabolic health when nothing has worked for them in the past? The HELPcare approach focuses on getting to the root of the problem and making lifestyle changes rather than covering up health conditions with a “bandaid” of prescription medications.

The Challenge participants were able to transition away from the standard American diet (SAD) that includes high carb foods and beverages consumed frequently throughout the day. Simply put, all carbs break down into sugar in our blood which then triggers the release of insulin. Insulin is a fat storage hormone that inhibits the burning of body fat. The constant inflow of carbs from the SAD is a recipe for a blood sugar roller coaster, feeling tired, cravings, and inability to shed body fat. By reducing your sugar and carb intake, your body is able to shed fat.

Learning the in’s and out’s of living a reduced carbohydrate & whole foods lifestyle is a game changer when it comes to being able to improve metabolic health. Body fat loss is just one of the many side benefits.

Learning, support, and accountability of the weekly group sessions and the one-on-one coaching sessions are what enables Challenge participants to successfully change their lifestyle. “Knowing I am going to be receiving a call from my coach helps me be accountable.” The lifestyle changes are not just a temporary, quick fix during the 13-week Challenge. We focus on making changes that are sustainable in the long term.

Summary

Feeling like you’re going downhill in the health and well-being domino trap? The HELPcare Challenge can change that. Lifestyle changes are the best and fastest antidote to metabolic disease. Body fat loss is one but not the only benefit of improved metabolic health. Click here to learn more or to sign up for the next “HELPcare Challenge for Improving your Metabolic Health. A la carte coaching is also available. Why wait?

David:

Successes: lost 50 pounds, reduced his visceral fat to normal range, no longer in pre-diabetes range, metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance is gone, got off of over-the-counter sleep aid.

“I’ve never been this successful before. What really helped was embracing the feeling of burning fat. It feels good to be in fat-burning mode.”

Barb:

Successes: no longer eating sugar at night and having hot flashes, weekly migraines went away (she got off migraine medication which she had been taking 3 times a day for 22 years), got off antidepressant medication, went from 6 prescriptions down to 1, improved her visceral fat, improved A1C, stabilized her blood sugars, went from size 10 to size 6 jeans.

“The biggest thing for me was learning that how I was eating was making me physically sick.”

“I have the motivation to continue because I don’t ever wish to feel like that again.”

Vaughn:

Successes: got off insulin, significant reduction in insulin resistance, improved labs, less tired/lethargic, more energy, “feeling better about myself”, and on his way to reversing his type 2 diabetes.

“I feel more energized and am getting more done."

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Jane Connell, RD

Coach Jane is a licensed, registered dietitian living in Camas, WA. She has been doing remote health coaching for the past 14 years through Optum in Eden Prairie, MN. She has joined the HELPcare coaching staff and will be coaching members through the HELPcare Challenge program.