My health and weight issues truly began in August 2001 when I woke up one morning and my legs didn't work properly. I had suffered a stroke while sleeping. After being rushed to hospital and in intensive care, it took over 7 days to stabilize my condition. The specialist explained to me, just how lucky I was to be alive. After being released from the hospital, the advice from My Doctor was plain and simple: Lose Weight Now to prolong your life... I was 5'7, 260 lbs, over weight and had very poor eating habits.
Since this event, I had tried various diet and eating programs and managed to lose 40-50 lbs. Unfortunately, I was never able to go beyond that point by myself, as I continued to play the roller coaster game of weight loss and weight gain. I was also convinced that my metabolism was not working properly due to all my medications and health issues. I felt it was an impossible task to ever reach my weight loss and wellness goals.
While working at the Bentall Centre downtown Vancouver, I was intrigued to see the new SureSlim weight loss and wellness clinic open up. After walking past the clinic a few times, I finally spoke to the consultants at the Clinic who assured me that with my previous medical conditions and taking a slew of medications including blood pressure, cholesterol and heart medications I could still lose weight safely and effectively using the SureSlim Program.
On February 3, 2011 I made the decision to join the SureSlim Downtown Vancouver Weight loss and Wellness Clinic, it turned out to be the greatest gift I could ever give to myself.
In the last 10 months since I've started the SureSlim program, I have successfully lost 50 lbs, going from 216 lbs to 166 lbs, as well as over 24 inches in total with an amazing 12 inches from my waist.
With regards to my current medications, I NO longer take my heart medications (which used to be 25 mg twice a day), as well as my water pills which also used to be 25 mg a day. My cholesterol medication has been drastically reduced from 25 mg to 10 mg a day. And my blood pressure medication has been reduced from 10 mg to 5 mg a day. My Doctor is simply amazed by my results and feels confident I will be OFF all medications, in the very near future. My ultimate Goal for 2012 is being OFF all prescription medications for good.
My friends and family have been very supportive during this journey and I'd like to thank them, as well as the Vancouver Downtown Team for all their expertise and support. I would highly recommend this program to anyone who is going through health problems and struggling with a weight problem. This medically based program combined with eating regular foods has been very easy to follow. My Wellness results are just as impressive as my weight loss results. Look at me Now...
SureSlim has given me my life back, I look and feel 20 years younger and will be forever grateful to the SureSlim Program.
Dennis P. Vancouver, BC
