I’m cruising towards the end of week five in my “Six Week Cure For The Middle-Aged Middle” diet and y’all know about the weight loss (which, as of this morning, still stands at 15 lbs). But I was looking forward to my annual physical, not just to confirm that their digital scale matches my cheap analog version, but to see what other changes to my body chemistry might have occurred as a result of the diet. I’d read from the Amazon reviews and from other blogs about some truly miraculous results other people had experienced; I couldn’t help but wonder if I could add my name to that list.

At my appointment yesterday, the doc came in with a big smile on his face. He congratulated me for a hard year’s worth of work, and was astounded when I told him about doing nothing over the past year but starting my Eades’ diet exactly one month prior. “You’ve done all this in five weeks?”, he asked. It sounded incredible, but like they say in finance and sports, numbers don’t lie. Here are the changes in just one month:

* Weight: From 170 to 155
* Waist size: From 35 3/4 to 33 3/4
* Blood pressure: From 138 / 94 to 124 / 82

Here are the changes since my last physical exam:

* Cholestorol: From 210 to 155
* LDL cholesterol: From 140 to 83

My cholesterol / HDL ratio (a predictor of heart disease risk, where under 5 is considered good) turned in at a fantastic 2.8.

So there you have it, folks, the results are in. There’s little question that the Eades’ diet works. And if it can work for me, it can certainly work for anyone. I’m now well into my two-week maintenance period and feel a great deal of satisfaction at what I’ve been able to accomplish in such a short time. And the truth is, it hasn’t been all that hard, or even all that bad. Picking the right time of year to do it has helped, and I’ve really stuck to the Eades’ recommendations. While I have little doubt there will be ups and downs going forward, I have no desire to go back to 170 lbs and the dietary lifestyle I was living prior to the New Year.

The doc’s final words are those I’ll keep with me for inspiration over the coming year: “155-160 looks good on you. Keep it up.”