NHE Reader Stories
Dear Rob,
Like many women, weight and appearance have been serious issues for me since I stumbled
into puberty. I always had a tendency to be a little on the chunky side. My junior year in
high school, I tipped the scales at 150 pounds. Here began a lifelong battle with
overeating, starving, and emotional upheaval. A few years later, at 18, I became pregnant with my oldest son,
Zachary, and my weight ballooned up to 172 pounds (I'm 5'2''). My weight became a constant
reminder for me of a lack of control in my life. I started running four miles a day five
days a week, working out with weights five days a week, and restricting fat and calories.
I lost weight, but I was exhausted, nervous, always hungry, and my knees were killing me.
NHE changed all this, and improved my life.
I have been on the NHE program for over a year and have
achieved great success. My triglycerides have dropped all the way down to 70, and my
HDL/LDL cholesterol ratio has improved remarkably. Though I've had three children, I am in
my best shape ever. I weigh between 115 and 118 pounds, my bodyfat is low and my muscle
tone is excellent. Thanks to NHE, I spend much less time working-out and get better
results. I'm finally healthy, with a healthy attitude about food instilled in me by Rob
Faigin's teachings. I no longer suffer guilt when I eat nor do I suffer from the
deprivation I used to with the radical diets I followed. As a Cajun, food is a huge part
of our culture - a source of happiness. NHE is compatible with eating for pleasure,
tailor-made for individuals like myself.
My friends are amazed at my success, and I owe it to NHE.
It has made my lifelong goal of health and a physique I can be proud of, attainable with
relative ease. I am resolved to teach my children what I have learned from NHE, so that
they too will have the gift of health.
Carice Nolan, Lafayette, LA |
| Mr. Faigin, I want
to join what seems to be countless others who have thanked you for the insight and
knowledge obtained in your book. I have purchased numerous copies as gifts and recommended
it to many of my friends.
If it helps to spread the word at all, or perhaps proves in some
way inspirational, I would like to tell my story... so far:
As I turned fifty, I was in the worst shape of my
life. I made a "decade" health check appointment with for a complete physical,
blood workup, eye-and hearing-check, the works. The doctor's findings were that I had
adult-onset (type II) diabetes. His recommendation: lose weight, lay off the sugary stuff.
The very next day, the manager/owner of musclemaster.com sent out
a mass email recommending your book, and (I can't even say why at that particular time,
other than that I was READY) the message resonated with me, and I purchased Natural
Hormonal Enhancement. I read the book twice through before doing anything with all the
information I got. On the 6-month review/retest/checkup, I had lost 23 pounds, and my
blood sugar measurements were right in the middle of the normal range. It is now another 9
months after that, and I have lost over 50 pounds, and am at a weight my 15-year-old has
never seen in his life.
My friends ask me if I am done trying to lose weight. The truth of
the matter is, I haven't been trying to lose weight at all for the last 9 months. Simply
adhering to the NHE principles has resulted in the weight loss. Although it comes in fits
and starts, my average loss of a little less than a pound per week is quite literally
"just what the doctor ordered." My only regret is that it has taken me this long
to thank you.
About five years earlier, I had tried the Atkins diet, and found
it very difficult to follow, which resulted in a 'failure' on my part and a lack of
success. The NHE dietary principles, especially in regards to the twice-weekly cycling of
carb-load dinners, makes the plan very easy for me.
Again, I thank you, your associates at Extique and the good people
at muscemaster.com for the positive impact you have had on my life.
Ken Kellerman, Cary, NC |
Dear Rob,My name is Lyle Goodman and I live in New South
Wales, Australia. I am now 24 years old. I started weight training 10 years ago when I was
14. My primary goal since starting has always been to build muscle. I would do whatever
the gym instructors would tell me to in order to gain. I followed the advise of various
"professionals" for close to 4 years with total dedication and never made any
progress whatsoever. When I left school in 1994, I immediately enrolled into the training
course to gain my Fitness Leader credentials (this is compulsory in Australia if you want
to work as a trainer in the fitness industry). I passed the course and used all the new
knowledge I'd gained to help me achieve some insignificant muscle gains. I followed
through with the conventional approach for a couple more years, mostly being very
conscientious with my diet and exercise (again, in line with conventional theories), and
still didn't make any improvements to my physique. Not only was I following my own advice,
but also people (friends mostly) were coming to me for help with there training (I was
"fully qualified", on paper at least, after all). Very few, if any, achieved
results from the advice I'd given them, so eventually I gave up on exercise (in
particular, weights). I started to believe that exercise only produced results (for both
muscle building and fat loss) for a lucky select few, and then mostly, those results were
rather modest.
During part of that time, I was working as a full
time tennis coach for one of the most successful coaching businesses in the state. I did
this for 2 years. Quite a few clients were interested in developing a dietary strategy and
exercise program. After a little while I started referring them elsewhere because I felt I
would be of no use to them. This was heartbreaking for me. I had spent a very significant
part of my life trying to change my physique and health for the better, and then hopefully
try to help others do the same, but from all of this effort, I achieved nothing. I had no
faith in anything I had learned. I felt like I'd wasted years, and I really had. My body
resembled nothing that could be considered strong, healthy and appealing to the eye. I'm a
true ectomorph, and never had any illusions that I'd become massive, but I did think I
should be able to make good progress. The problem was, at that time, it never came. A very
common dilemma for a lot of people.
I didn't start weight training again until a year or so ago. The
only reason I started was because a few of my friends were going to the gym. I didn't want
to go, but they convinced me that the social aspect would be fun, so I went along. After
only a month or so, the old enthusiasm I had for weight training came back. I don't know
why, because I hadn't made any gains, but with that enthusiasm I started searching for new
info on bodybuilding and health in general. After a fair hile I came across the
"Truly Huge" website. This is where I first came across yourself and NHE. NHE
sounded very interesting, so I did some more looking into it, and after not too long came
across Extique.com. After looking over your website, I went straight to a seller
Musclemaster.com) and bought NHE. That was mid December 2000. The book arrived at my house
December 23rd, I read it during the next 2 days, and started the metabolic shift period on
the 26th of December.
Since then I have followed the Body Builder's plan diligently, and
have followed a hormonally correct exercise program (I stick solely to the basic lifts,
i.e., squats, deadlift variations, barbell press etc which I don't know necessarily fits
in with your philosophy on weight training, but frequency, duration etc does as explained
in NHE), and for the first time in my weight training life, I've been able to gain muscle.
I started the year weighing about 65 kg. A couple of weeks ago I weighed myself on the
same scales, and I was 77kg. My health in general has improved, my energy levels have
increased, and I'm looking really good (if you will excuse my lack of modesty). Just
yesterday, I was doing some clothes shopping, and one of the girls in the store (a
particularly attractive one at that) commented to me on my "beautiful muscles."
Needless to say I felt about 50 meters tall.
Also, another mate of mine last week told me that not only am I
looking much better than I was this time last year, but also I have an "aura of
confidence and enthusiasm" around me. He is right. I really feel that since putting
the NHE principles into practice, and making good, steady progress with my bodybuilding
efforts, my confidence has grown and that's helped my personality to develop. I am getting
results from exercise now, after years without any, and that excitement is transferring
over to the other aspects of my life.
It's a wonderful feeling to know that we all have the power to
transform our bodies and stay in great health. I treat every piece of new information I
come across with healthy skepticism, and NHE was no different. My belief in it didn't come
from some sort of blind faith; it came from living it and enjoying its benefits. I can
really say that NHE has, in only six months, changed my life. Thank you.
With the results I've been able to achieve with
NHE, my passion to work in the fitness industry again as a trainer has returned. I've
enrolled into college to regain my Fitness Leader accreditation. While I am rather
apprehensive about having to re-learn irrelevant information to pass my exams (i.e., the
conventional approach), I can't wait to start working as a trainer and spread the word of
NHE from the inside.
Lyle Goodman, New South Wales,
Australia |
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