The Power of Metabolism - Personal Problem

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It was a personal problem...

From a very young age I had problems with my weight. I was always chubby. I went to high school at an all-boys military school and was teased by my classmates there because of my obesity. They had a not very nice name for me (unprintable) that had to do with a part of my body.

Because I was chubby, slow and heavy I didn't participate in any sports at my school. I got used to the idea of being a simple observer of sports.

The social life I remember from that time was full of rejections, including that of girls who danced with me only because I was so skilled at dancing, even though I was chubby. Beyond getting them to dance with me, it was difficult for me to initiate a relationship. One way or another I felt like I was trapped in fat and over the years I learned to accept it as inevitable.

Luckily I had musical skills. I learned to play the saxophone and in that way I managed to get the attention of some girls. Eventually I got into a relationship, got married, had 4 children and continued my professional life, but always feeling fatter and heavier than usual.

About 25 years after I left college and started working I had continued to slowly gain weight. Not only was I 40 pounds overweight but, to top it off, my doctor, a personal friend, warned me that my blood pressure,cholesterol and triglycerides were out of control. He even warned me that I was on the verge of developing diabetes.

These stern warnings from my friend and doctor made me react and I decided to do something about it. Little did I know at the time what was in store for me.

I sought professional help. I went on a calorie-controlled diet and lost 20 pounds, but I starved myself, because that diet was one of those diets of always eating less than what my body was asking for. Willpower was a vital element to carry it through. Even though I had already lost 20 pounds and only had 20 more to go to reach my goal, I eventually quit the diet because I was stuck at the weight and even if I did the diet I just wouldn't lose any more. I got discouraged and quit. Over the next 3 months I gained the 20 pounds I had lost and another 10 or 12 pounds more. In other words, I had bounced back like a yo-yo.

A few months later I decided to try the vegetarian diet and became a vegetarian. I lost weight, but again there came a point where the weight loss stalled and I felt weak. Again I became discouraged and stopped the diet. In a short time I gained back what I had lost and then some.

Some time later I made other attempts, includingjogging, which made me lose a lot of weight. Then one day I had a running injury and stopped running. The weight came back faster than it was lighter.

My resolution to lose weight had become a constant torture. Still I kept trying other diets and systems. One of the diets I tried was the famous Atkins diet which was a diet of eating only meat and fat. On that diet I lost a lot, 35 pounds, but one day I got dizzy and woke up in the emergency room. After that scare something told me that a pure meat and fat diet could not be healthy for me.

After the Atkins diet scare I decided that I had to understand my metabolism better. The desire to lose weight had become almost an obsession and I was not willing to give up. I took on the task of studying the subject of metabolism and everything related to nutrition, digestion and any other subject that could somehow help me understand and solve my obesity. The subject of obesity became my hobby and my only subject of interest outside of my family and my work.

I remember spending at least 8 years reading and researching EVERYTHING I could get my hands on about dieting, obesity, metabolism, body biology, cells, digestion and a thousand other related topics. I spent long hours on the Internet. I bought hundreds of books on dieting, nutrition and metabolism. I explored the medical aspects of obesity to see if it was some disease that caused it. I studied subjects like nuclear physics and magnetism to see if I could find any clues that would help me.

The search for the causes and solutions to obesity became paramount in my life. The issues of obesity and metabolism were a real challenge for me. I would leave my sales job and lock myself away to read and study. I would make notes, open files by topic, write down my thoughts and conclusions. I experimented with my body by taking different supplements and natural herbs to see if I could find the ones that would make me skinny.

Little by little and almost without realizing it, I lost weight until I lost the 40 extra pounds I had at one point. By that time my lab tests all came back normal. My blood pressure became normal, triglycerides and cholesterol too. But, in addition to losing weight and regaining my health, I realized that the
knowledge of so many topics related to obesity had transformed me, since I began to see that in the human body everything is related to everything. I understood that obesity could not be overcome from the sole and limited perspective of food. Stopping eating or eating less does not necessarily solve the problem of obesity. I found that it is multiple factors that reduce metabolism and cause obesity. It is not just one factor, food, as someone who was educated as a nutritionist might think. I discovered METABOLISM.

My acquaintances and friends noticed that I lost a lot of weight and many of them were interested in asking me what I did to achieve it. It occurred to me to write a summary of my discoveries and every time someone asked me how I had achieved it, I simply gave them the 7-page written summary for them to apply. I thought that giving the written summary with my recommendations for weight loss solved the problem of having to explain everything I had discovered about it. This was a mistake. The written summary worked for people but it also opened up multiple other doubts about it and they always ended up calling me for a personal consultation. This happened perhaps because the subject of dieting and metabolism is the most failure-ridden and disappointing subject on the planet. Most people have failed in several attempts to lose weight. So when they read something that offers them hope, they are stirred by the thousand and one contradictions of what they have read and heard on the subject, plus the memory of their own failures in this regard.

The field of obesity and metabolism is a controversial one, where there are thousands of different experts with certifications, diplomas and degrees, and who curiously contradict each other with total abandon. My personal observation is that the general public ends up in
a state of total confusion by having so many expert opinions that contradict each other. Some experts talk about calories, while others say it is fat, others call for vegetarianism and still others say that obesity is a disease and pretend to treat it with drugs. Some say that the only thing that works is physical exercise and still others, who have no solutions, blame the whole problem of obesity on hereditary factors. In short, there are no clear solutions.

The number of people calling me to ask for my help continued to grow as some had taken to copying my written recommendations and passing them on to their family and friends. More and more people were calling me and even calling me from faraway places where I had received a copy of my letter. Some of these people were already in a state of desperation because they had tried everything and could not find a solution to their obesity problem. Several people, mostly women, were already emotionally affected by the constant failure of their diets plus the accusations and criticisms of those who do not understand the subject of metabolism accusing them of being gluttons.

The constant calls and personal consultations made me understand that I had touched a sore spot. Obesity is an emotional issue full of failures, confusion and incomplete information. I decided to create a company to dedicate myself to helping these people overcome their obesity. It was almost crazy because I didn't have a degree as a nutritionist or a doctor. I only had my knowledge and the good results that those who consulted me invariably obtained. I took it as a new challenge and created Natural Slim (www.rebajar.com). I called Natural Slimthe weight that is gone foreverbecause my intention is to change the knowledge and lifestyle of the
members of the system. Experience had shown me that the only thing that lasted forever was KNOWLEDGE. I decided that Natural Slim would be a knowledge center where thousands of people would be educated on the subject of obesity and metabolism. I bet that knowledge would be more valuable and useful in the long run than any supplement or frozen food. I also bet that knowledge about the causes of obesity and its solutions would cause a change in people because knowing about these issues would bother their conscience if they didn't do the right thing. It was crazy, but it worked out well, Natural Slim became a success because it produces the most desired thing: RESULTS.

In my own case they had achieved results that were not only reflected in my weight and waistline. They were results that showed a significant improvement in my health. I was no longer a tired fat man with no energy and had become slim and full of enthusiasm. I had regained my metabolism and my health.

Some friends recommended that I not give the complete knowledge to the members of the Natural Slim system because if I did, they would no longer need us. It stands to reason that one who learns his lesson in college eventually stops needing college studies. I resisted that idea of restricting education to our
members because I thought that the things I had discovered actually produced such good results that the system members themselves would recommend us to their family and acquaintances. Looking at the national statistics on obesity, which are increasing every year, I realized that I would not run out of potential clients for a long time. I decided to give each Natural Slim member a thorough education on their metabolism, confident that, as they applied it, the positive results it would produce would attract others who also wanted to lose weight and regain their metabolism. Fortunately, they did. Natural Slim has over 10,000 members and growing. There is no greater truth: happy customers are the best advertising!

Now, Natural Slim is a complete system where the technology of regaining the body's metabolism and energy has developed to an optimal point and it is almost impossible for a person not to lose weight on the Natural Slim system. Today dozens of doctors refer their patients to Natural Slim when they want them to lose weight naturally. Many of the referring doctors have been members of the Natural Slim system and came to us motivated by the results they saw in their patients.

I have to say that I think there is no job that provides more satisfaction than my job as CEO of Natural Slim. I constantly have the opportunity to see members of the Natural Slim system lose weight and improve their health so dramatically that in many cases they no longer need to use prescription medications. Almost every week we see diabetics who no longer need to inject insulin and people who were very weak and sick who are now back to full health. The work at Natural Slim is a very rewarding job, filled with the great satisfaction of being able to help others.

This book, The Power of Metabolism, is geared to all those who wish to take control of their weight in a natural and healthy way. If you want to reduce your dress size this book will definitely help you. If you want to stay at the right weight, you will find here the truths that will allow you to do so. But, in all honesty, I must say that for people who have experienced a great deal of difficulty in losing weight, intensive and personalized help may be required, such as that provided by Natural Slim, where we specialize in difficult cases. For example, at Natural Slim there are natural fungal and parasite treatments that cannot be provided in a book and we have seen that some people are unable to lose weight because their bodies are severely infected with parasitic organisms. Natural Slim offers natural hormonal help for those ladies whose irregular menstruation reflects a hormonal disorder. In some cases people do not lose weight because they have digestive problems and that is another area where Natural Slim offers help. On the other hand, Natural Slim provides follow-up and personal motivation that is vital for people whose multiple failures have reduced their self-esteem and perseverance. If a person fails too many times in their efforts to lose weight, they tend to give up too easily because their hopes have been violated too many times. It is human nature.

So, this book communicates truths that produce palpable benefits in the people who practice them. Results are not guaranteed because it would not be honest to guarantee them. There are people who have health conditions that make it difficult to lose weight. What is guaranteed is that these truths have been applied by more than 10,000 people with excellent and sometimes exceptional results for the vast majority. If even after applying these facts to your nutrition, and to your life, you notice that your body simply resists losing weight, you should receive a free orientation from the Natural Slim system (www.rebajar.com), which offers a more complete personalized help, which generally achieves good results even for difficult cases.

These issues, obesity and metabolism, were a personal problem I had. Today they are my life and fill me with the enormous satisfaction of having helped thousands of people to get out of that fat trap called obesity. Definitely, there is no better satisfaction than helping others.