Dropping Pounds: Janet Bickel's story
A chronic emotional eater, Janet Bickel, lost just under 70 pounds between April 2012 and December 2012, dropping from 270 pounds to 203. "Whatever you do, figure out why you're eating and address it," Bickel says. Credit: Handout; Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.
She also had to deal with the death of both parents.
"I would feed my emotions," Bickel says. "I really went overboard when my husband died eight years ago."
She tried Weight Watchers (eight times), Jenny Craig and Nutrisystem, to name a few.
"I'd lose some and gain it all back and more," Bickel remembers. "The group just didn't work for me. I needed a more one-on-one approach."
She found it in holistic nutritionist Christie Korth, founder of Happy & Healthy Wellness in Ronkonkoma.
Korth "not only addressed what I was eating, but why I was eating," says Bickel, who also suffers from kidney disease and has to have dialysis three times a week. "She introduced me to healthy food."
She now breakfasts on a small bowl of healthful cereal and blueberries. Her midmorning snack is a blender drink of kale, garlic, celery, parsley and blueberries or other fruit. Lunch is a salad with turkey or tuna. Dinner is a lean protein and vegetables or a salad.
"If I'm hungry at night, I'll make popcorn," Bickel says.
Jane Bickel
69, Holtsville
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