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The Glycemic Index Newsletter
GI News—August 2006
David Lee Nall says: ‘Taking care of yourself is the
best way to take care of others.’
‘I was living the American dream: I had a beautiful
family, a new house, four cars, and a business that
was grossing seven figures. I had come a long way
for a skinny, dyslexic kid who had been a poor
student. But in the midst of all this hard-earned
success, my weight had climbed to 245 pounds, my
energy levels were flagging, and I discovered some
tumors on my stomach and lower back. Although the
tumors were diagnosed as benign, the health scare
was a wake-up call. I wasn’t even 30 years old. My
son was only four. I wanted to be around to see him
grow up.
On 1 December 2004, I decided to change my life once
and for all. I made the decision to start taking
care of myself. I bought healthy foods, watched what
I ate, and restructured my exercise routine. And I
resolved to enter the 2006 Texas Shredder Classic, a
natural, drug-tested, body building contest.
I began eating small, frequent meals totaling 350
grams of protein, 300 grams of carbohydrates and 40
grams of fat daily. However, I was getting headaches
and always feeling hungry. Then I found out about
www.glycemicindex.com. By choosing slow
carbs, I was able to lose weight without feeling
hungry and sustain my intense workouts. Five days a
week I did 30 minutes of high intensity cardio
workouts and weight training, with 45 minutes of
cardio on the weekends. After losing a total of 59
pounds and dropping my waist size from 42 inches to
32 inches, I placed second in my class at the body
building contest.
But the real reward was how I felt: I hadn’t felt
this good since I was in high school, when I’d first
started weight lifting and strength training as a
way to overcome the weak knees that prevented me
from playing sports. Today, I still manage my
franchise business, but because I enjoy seeing
people undergo the same kind of transformation I
went through I also have my own personal trainer
business. My motto is that no one is ever too old to
adopt a healthy lifestyle; the body has an amazing
ability to heal and renew itself.’
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