Submitted By Lois Seligson of West Orange, NJ
Location Visited: Lenox
Story Posted On: April 29, 2008

I have been going to Canyon Ranch since my 40th birthday. As a young widow, I decided to give myself something special each year. It is my birthday gift to myself. Each year I focus on something different. Some years it has been about spiritual rejuvenation, some years about diet or exercise.

This year was different. I had not been feeling well, not awful, but not right either. I have thyroid disease and have been on medication for quite sometime. But I still have not felt entirely great, always feeling sluggish and bloated. I recently had started feeling like my digestion was really off.

I made an appointment with Kevin Murray (the Ranch’s Naturopath). Kevin took a history and almost immediately knew that my complaints had something to do with food allergies/sensitivities. He recommended some tests and a course of treatment.

The tests came back showing that indeed I do have food sensitivites and allergies and some nutritional deficiencies. Since cutting out the offending foods and taking certain supplements, I feel fabulous… and, as a plus, I’ve lost 15 pounds so far.

Kevin and his assistant Bob Stevens have been wonderful and caring. They check up on me every 6-8 weeks and I feel like a new woman.

I can’t say enough for the Medical Department… Go through that door… getting older doesn’t have to feel bad…

Lois

When I arrived at Canyon Ranch my nutrition adviser (Jeff Glazer) asked me what my target weight was and I stated 75 kilograms (10 less than my current body mass and more than 10 of my body weight).” You can be that weight,” he told me, “so long as you eat like a 75-kilogram man.” No magic formula, just the plain honest truth. “Do it for two days, then two weeks, then two months and then for two years,” he added.

Here I am, two months later at 74 kilograms and feeling amazing with the added health of the exercise program I was given. I finally realize that this has to be my regimen for the next two years and then for the rest of my life, if I want to stay a 74-kg man.

The Canyon Ranch experience has been truly life changing and I will recommend it to all my patients. I am a doctor but wisely presented myself to CR as a normal patient.