14 DAY TRIAL // Sherri Shepherd, co-host on The View, has struggled with the extra weight for years, being what is known as a yo-yo dieter. When she was diagnosed with Diabetes type 2, she didn’t take it as a tragedy but rather as a sign that it was time to turn her life around.
Sherri lost her mother to complications from Diabetes and being diagnosed with it made her understand that she was probably on the same path, about to do that to her 8-year-old son.
Appearing on Good Morning America and speaking with Robin Roberts, Sherri says that this made her wake up and smell the coffee, as the saying goes. Video of the interview is embedded below.
Sherri is now promoting her book “Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes (Even If You Don't Have It),” which includes the lessons in healthy eating she’s learned from being diagnosed with it. However, she stresses, her tips are common sense.
Having already dropped 40 pounds (18.1 kg), she says that one of the main reasons diets fail is the amount of pressure dieters put on themselves, under which they eventually cave. You don’t have to set too big a goal for yourself, such a change in lifestyle can only be made and sustained on a step by step basis.
Sherri recommends using the stairs instead of taking the elevator, or replacing one soda of the several drank daily with a glass of water, or simply walking instead of hitching a ride from point A to point B. The change doesn’t have to be drastic from the start because it has to be sustainable and not feel like a chore.
She also recommends healthier alternatives for popular treats, praising the benefits of grilled salmon or chicken, kale chips, raw fruit or natural peanut butter, over foods or snacks we’ve become accustomed to but which aren’t necessarily ideal for our health and figure.
In the end, she says, losing weight and feeling good (which implies not feeling cranky or deprived from a restrictive diet) is a matter of choice, i.e. knowing which the healthiest choice when dealing with more options is.
When you see how enthusiastic and brimming with energy she is, it’s not difficult to see that her Plan D has been working wonders for her.