Questions people ask me….

Since I started writing this blog, I get a lot more email than I ever did, some from people I know, lots from people I don’t.  I get a lot of the same questions so I thought I would write about some of them:

Why don’t you post your diet, tell others about the diet that Dr. Jack has you follow?

– ummmm…. because it is his copyrighted materials.  Any program I ever tried, I bought and paid for the materials I used.    I am a teacher.  We do not copy materials and call them our own.   That is a moral and ethical problem for me.  I have no right to publish his work in any way shape or form.  It isn’t much different than the fact that the only music on my ipad is music I purchased.  The books on my Kindle are books I paid for.   I could never do that and sleep at night.   I freely post Dr. Jack’s website and if you want to know more about his program you should contact him.

 

Why don’t you post how much you paid for your program?

-I signed up for initially six months with Dr. Jack.  I don’t really think how much I paid is relevant to anything.  It is my business.  I, again, would never ask anyone what they paid for their house or their car, or how much they spent on the outfit they wear.  Everyone makes their own choices about their money.  I consider that private between the two of us.   At the end of the day, no matter what I paid him, he got the shorter end of the deal, trust me.   I have gotten out of him an encyclopedia of knowledge.  I have soaked up whatever he said like a sponge. And the support he has given me far outweighs any cost.

Is Dr. Jack as nice as you portray him?

–  Nope………. he is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much MORE!!!   He truly is.   I have given him a lot of trouble.  Drove him crazy I think with all my questions, my emotional stuff, and my thirst for knowledge.   He remains kind, and patient.  He answers me, helps me, and gives  me the room to make the decisions I need to make.  He offers guidance and waits through my constant stubborn tirades, while I wrap my head around what he is saying.  He is so much more than you know, so much more than I can explain.

I can’t give up some foods.  So this wouldn’t work for me..

– Why can’t you??   If someone told you that you can’t eat pizza because there is something in there that is hurting you.  And when you eat it, you get sick and exhausted.  If every system in your body is affected by eating it, you are saying you can’t give it up???  Really???

It isn’t like someone told you to give up eating.  I eat every single day!  GREAT stuff!!!   yummmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyy stuff.   I can give up anything to feel this good.   You must not have this disease as badly as I did because I didn’t care what he told me had to go.  Do I miss stuff?  of course I do!!!   But not enough to go backwards.  No way!!!  I finally found my out of the ugly dark forest.  Here I am standing in the sunshine!!  Come join me!  It’s beautiful here!!!!

It is easier for you because you don’t cook for a family.  You don’t have to have things tempting you.

– I am an adult single female with grown children, one who lives at home.    I cook for myself, that is true.  My son eats differently than I do but his food is still there in front of me.  I cooked lasagna for twenty five people for Christmas without tasting a thing.  I made myself a whole other dinner.    I also have friends and family over for dinner and often make two different meals. You do what you have to do.

I don’t have as much time to cook as you.

– Are you talking to me??  I work two jobs.  I teach school so my work comes home every single day.  Most weekends I make soup and a main dish.  Both last a few days for quick meals when I work.  I keep my freezer stocked with a few leftovers for a quick night.  I love stir fry and dishes that go together quickly.  If I can manage to make time, you can, too.

What do you do when you go out with friends for a meal? 

– Well, I ….. EAT.   I just don’t eat the same things I used to, and I might not eat what they do.  I can go anywhere and order food.  Any where!!  I can find things to eat and enjoy same as everyone else.

Do you cheat once in a while?

– No… not yet… too scared to lose this great weight loss thing I have going on.   Too afraid that my symptoms would return.  I might one day, that day just has not come yet.  And cheat on what?   I am not sure yet.   Not sugar though!!!  No more sugar… check your own findings on the internet about sugar.  No way!!!

Why are you writing this blog?  Do you get something from it monetarily?

– No…  I did it because I had searched for a long time for an answer.  I thought about that a long while.  In the years that I was searching for answers I wished I had found someone who had a REAL experience.  Someone I could relate to.   I also did it because when I signed up with Dr. Jack, I knew nothing about him.  And if I was looking at his site and wanted to know what REAL people thought of him, I would have been looking for someone like me.   For me………. this is helping me heal the inside, too.  That is what I get out of it.

Do you have to order food and frozen meals?

–  No.  I cook things found in regular grocery stores.  I do most of my shopping at Walmart where I work and Wegman’s because I love how fresh their vegetables are.  And I can’t wait for my summer vegetable garden, and visiting the farmers markets! Love fresh stuff!

I eat real things, nothing from a box or a can, but that’s not new to me.  My brother, sister and I were all raised on fresh stuff and still, all of us love that best.   I cook at  lot and working two jobs can be a challenge, but I manage to cook things that are quick to put together and yummy.  I eat a lot of leftovers for lunches.

You are so lucky that everyone is so supportive of you.

–  That one makes me giggle… LOTS.  I have so many supportive people in my life.  I am rich in good friends…..but……Everyone has people who are critical of them in their lives.  ME included.   But I have learned from Dr. Jack a great coping skill….how to turn my focus inward.   I have to guard myself the same way I would guard someone else.  In trying to help people, I have opened myself up, and that means to criticism as well as support.   The best part is I am getting stronger and more insulated against that kind of thing.  Gets easier every time.

Do you still believe in  real doctors?

– What?  Dr. Jack IS a real doctor!!    He has a license and is a doctor.   I checked LOL!!!   My primary care physician is a wonderful doctor.  He has taken great care of me and has always been concerned with my care.  Dr. Jack is the doctor who is curing my disease and helping me to heal.   He is a real doctor with a wealth of knowledge and knows more about Hashimoto’s disease than any endocrinologist I have ever worked with.   My “doctor” experience was not all that great.  It took me a long time to find the right ones.    You just can’t give up though…. you have to keep going until you find the right doctor with the right answer.

Doctors are people first.  What kind of personality are you looking for?  For me, that depended on why I needed them.  The surgeon who did my back was a great surgeon, but not much bedside manner.  I needed him to have steady hands not hold my hand.  But my primary? Needed someone who would listen well, and help me find answers.  Dr. Jack? Needed someone with lots of knowledge but compassionate because healing was going to take more than someone handing me a plan.

Having Hashimoto’s is unfair, how do you cope with that you have to change your lifestyle forever?

– What would you say to a diabetic?   That’s unfair.   They have to change their lifestyle forever.   That’s life, what can you do?   If changing your life means you can feel like a human being again?  wow…. that is sooooooo worth it to me.   Food is not my life.  Other people, my family, my friends, my students are my life.

You have to know what your limit is.  I reached mine a long time ago.  Living with this disease was a simple choice, either feel like garbage every single day or find an answer.  I chose the answer. I got beat up a lot while looking and I gave up plenty of times, but   I couldn’t take it anymore.  I guess the question is how bad do you want an answer….. I know how bad I wanted one!

If we are just talking food, what is the big deal?  I eat for nourishment.  I love being with people and enjoying their company.  I go anywhere I want and eat with other people all the time.  I just choose differently than I did before.   I gave up certain things.   That was my choice to do that.   It is easy when it is your choice.     I want to feel better.

Let me ask you some questions:

– How bad do you really want an answer?  When is your back going to be so far to the wall that you can’t take it anymore?   What would you give to get out of bed pain free, fog free, and living a great life, filled with joy and hope?

That is the day you are ready for something different.   That day you will do anything someone tells you to do to find relief.  If you choose to work with Dr. Jack , what he asks you to do is not hard or complicated.   And relief comes.  Aren’t you worth that?  I finally figured out that I was.  That’s how I ended up with him.  I wish I had found him a long time ago.  But maybe I wouldn’t have been this ready…. And maybe he wouldn’t have been ready for me either!!  😂