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In 2019 Eric Power got a scratch on his leg, but he didn’t think too much of it until he noticed it wasn’t healing. When he had it checked out, he discovered he had uncontrolled diabetes.
Surgeons had to remove the tissue surrounding the scratch and he needed to be hospitalized for several days. That health scare motivated him to change his life.
“Having this near-death experience was a wake-up call. That was the trigger moment for me. Having your kids see you in a hospital bed for the first time was that watershed moment. I had that scary moment in my life where it set me straight. I want to be around for my family,” he says.
He had been overweight all his life, topping 300 pounds for 30 years and hitting a peak weight of 435. And along with obesity and diabetes, he had a host of other health issues, from high blood pressure to high cholesterol to asthma.
With a low-carb and low-calorie diet, intermittent fasting and walking, he dropped 200 pounds. At that point, he felt his weight was a bit too low, so he has since maintained it between 240 and 250 pounds, where he feels comfortable, since late 2020.
Losing the weight transformed every aspect of his life: from his health to his relationships to his career.
Here’s how he did it.
He followed a low-carb and low-calorie diet
“As someone who struggled with my weight my entire life, I knew I had to get my food under control,” Power says. “Weight loss is the result of many small, good decisions. It’s that moment when you’re looking in the refrigerator or the pantry, and you make the right choice.”
Weight loss is the result of many small, good decisions.
Eric Power
He used the an app to track his food and measure his fat, protein, carbs and calories. He made sure he got enough protein…
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