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  ♥ ~ Welcome To All of You Seeking Better Health and Wellness ~ ♥

    

            "I knew that I only two ways to go with this, live or die ... 
                                                       I chose to LIVE."

     This webpage is dedicated not only to MY weight loss story but to anyone that is attempting to achieve weight loss results as well as anyone that knows someone going through it or anyone interested in achieving better HEALTH & WELLNESS ...

     So I am NOT certainly going to beat about the bush here but just come out and tell you that what I have been able to do is entirely achievable by ANYONE who indeed puts the time, work, determination, persistence, willpower and focus into taking your health seriously. By adopting a new nutritional life plan and vigorous exercise/weight training schedule I was able to eradicate unwanted weight, look and feel better & even REVERSE and CURE major health issues including chronic diseases !!

     How do I know this?? I have done it myself without weight surgery, fancy gyms, personal trainers and very little equipment … mostly sheer willpower, determination and persistence !!

     About two years ago I was in the deepest darkest place emotionally that I had ever been in … I was over 630 LBS and had become bedridden. Severely suicidally depressed with extenuating conditions  ~ Chronic pain including neuropathic, back, knee, severe arthritis and other ailments like COPD, Sleep Apnea, Hypertension, Severe Allergies, Hormone and Vitamin deficiencies to name a few ... Extremely sedentary and having peripheral neuropathy in my extremities (numb hands & feet). Seriously contemplating suicide and finally deciding that I only had 2 ways to go … LIVE or DIE, is when I learned that the basic human survival instinct is very strong indeed. 

     With the encouragement of those who care about me, I admitted myself and while in the hospital had that deep internal discussion with myself and a higher power and came to the decision to tackle this thing HEAD ON and research every medical condition confronting me and find out the best way (putting emphasis on natural remedies first) to bring about a change for the better … by using organics when I can afford them and focusing on brain/heart healthy safe whole nutrient dense foods to nourish and heal my body, drastically reducing the Big3 as I like to call them (sugar, bad fats and SALT - Our country's biggest problem in my humble opinion) , drinking Lots of H2O and vigorous exercising helping me to transform myself and my life!

                             So far so good, seeing I've been able to lose 385 LBS w/ 260 of those coming in 2010 ALONE !!!   

         Using principles of whole food nutritional healing and natural supplementation from people like Dr. Daniel Amen, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Mehmet Oz and many others, I drew parallels between all their recommended plans of action and then designed myself an exercise regiment based and tailored on my own limitations and conditions. Using cardio, strength & weight training tips I researched online I formulated my plan ! But it was Dr. Daniel Amen's book Change Your Brain Change Your Body that I read in the beginning of 2010 that ultimately changed my life FOREVER !! It explained that by giving the brain the right nutrients and natural supplements, getting your hormone and blood levels checked, along with a steady dose of water and exercise, we could help the brain to actually repair itself and help the body to start to heal itself from chronic disease and illness along with reversing weight , depression, stress and even addiction issues !! He went on to write the best selling book The Amen Solution geared exclusively to those struggling with weight and the conditions that come about from being so ...

         I have already had the extreme pleasure of meeting Dr. Oz in June of 2010 then having lost 170lbs and telling him of my success and then appeared on Oprah's Last Season Weight Loss Finale on May 10th, 2011 having been hand picked by Ms. Winfrey and her staff to be a part of 100 of her most loyal supporters having lost over 100 pounds or MORE !! Guess who had lost the MOST ??? I then had the ultimate pleasure of meeting my hero Dr. Amen in Massachusetts and had the pleasure of relaying my story to the participants at a weekend lecture and class series given by the noted brain imaging expert and psychiatrist at Kripalu Holistic Healing Center in Lennox, MA. I now have the amazing opportunity of working for him on his online community The Amen Solution as a health/wellness & weight loss coach where we strive everyday to educate, motivate and inspire people to adopt a brain healthy lifestyle and new nutritional life plan allowing you to feel Smarter, Happier, Healthier, Thinner and Younger too !!

        We need to get REAL and truly safe healthy foods more affordable so the people that really need them can afford them or they will always buy into the designed marketing schemes of fast and processed foods as a way of trying to get themselves fed !! But with the help of Farmers Markets, CSA's, Co-Ops and more, organic whole foods become readily available and more affordable by the year !!

                 MY GOAL : Optimum Health.

            But now to reach 238 LBS (400lb total lost) & get skin removal   surgery by end of 2012 … 

              PLEASE JOIN MY FACEBOOK GROUP ~ CLICK ON THIS LINK >> STEVE's MASSIVE WEIGHT LOSS FAN PAGE ~ DRAW INTEREST TO MY STORY

         My ultimate goal would be to start a NPO (NonProfitOrganization) to go out and help people that WANT and NEED to get healthier in order to save their own lives !! I will be writing a memoir/book and hopefully plan a documentary in the future to explain the need for the Healthcare system to finally take Whole Food Nutrition seriously as a FIRST line in helping us lead healthier lives.   

                                        ~ WE NEED TO TAKE AMERICA'S HEALTH BACK ONCE AND FOR ALL ~

            Be Well & Eat Healthy for Life,  

             Steve Nicander


                    a.k.a. Human SharPei, SirDropaLot, IncredibleShrinkingMan, Blubber Whisperer, Health Minister, Nutri Man, Duke of Depletion

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OBESITY STATISTICS IN 2010

Disclaimer :

Steve Nicander only claims to have reversed massive weight, cured chronic disease and illness to himself as well as quit 25 yr addictions, severe/suicidal depression using mostly safe clean organic whole food nutrition, clean water and fitness. 
He certainly in no respect claims to be able to mitigate, prevent, cure, treat OR diagnose diseases or illnesses with any advice he gives or with any product(s) he uses.
This website is only for informational and educational purposes and absolutely none of the information contained herein should be misconstrued as any type of medical advice, they are only my opinions and experiences. 
This website in no shape or form has been evaluated by the United States Food & Drug Administration or ANY other administrations. 
Your choices and their effect(s) on your health are ultimately your responsibility to make.
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