cherry tomatoes), but at least I love everything
I do get to eat.
The bottom line is that Jannah has
reduced by two dress sizes and I’m wearing
pants that are two sizes smaller than what I
wore in the “before” picture on the previous
page — and we never felt that starvation
feeling I’ve always felt on previous programs
— even with prescription medication.
I now weigh the least I’ve weighed
since 2006 and best of all (at least for me), I
am now able to replace my Sami’s bread for
breakfast with half a scooped-out, toasted
real New York-style bagel from Bagels Plus
on E. Fletcher Ave. and add 1-1/2 slices of
real bacon. On the weekends, I’ve even been
known to top it with one slice of Ultra-Thin
Sargento cheddar or Colby Jack cheese!
Another great thing about this program
is getting to work with Peggy and her amazing
staff. Until Covid-19 shut us down, we’d
weigh in every week, have our temperature,
blood pressure and measurements taken,
receive our B6/B12 injections and get to talk
about our week of eating and exercising.
And, even though both Jannah and I
were working out at least 2-3 days per week
when we started the program on January 5,
I had to stop for several weeks because I had
two cataract eye surgeries and wasn’t allowed
to do any strenuous exercise or lift more than
20 lbs. — and I still continued to lose.
Obviously, your results may vary, and
you won’t be able to start a program at
QVita until after Florida’s stay-at-home order
is lifted, but I promise you it works, as evidenced
by the photos on the previous page.
Telemedicine, Too!
In addition to those awesome weightloss
programs starting at just $299 per
person (plus a weekly office visit fee), QVita
also usually offers a variety of cosmetic
services, too, such as Botox, facial fillers, lip
and cheek augmentations, skin tightening,
facials, body contouring and fat dissolving
and a whole laundry list of additional services
(see the ad on pg. 28 of this issue).
In addition, Peggy also provides
the full gamut of primary care services,
although those services right now are only
being offered through Telemedicine following
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stay-at-home order
for Florida. “But, there are many medical
issues we can take care of by looking at a
patient through a computer,” says Peggy,
who earned her Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
degree in Nursing (BSN) degree in 1998
from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
She says to please call the office number
below if you have any questions.
Committed to promoting good health
and fitness from a holistic perspective,
Peggy also teams up with her physician husband
Nektarios Demetriou, D.O. (Doctor
of Osteopathy), to offer patients QVita’s
own line of physician-formulated natural
nutritional supplements, such as QVita
Premium Activated B-Complex, Premier
Multi-Vitamin and Ultimate Joint Support.
Qvita Health & Wellness is located
at 2734 Windguard Cir., Suite 101.
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my head as a chewy brownie or an order of
crispy French fries usually did.
And, not only did we come up with
some great recipes — like the spicy grilled
chicken with assorted veggies in the photo
below (made with a bag of Pero vegetable
medley and no-skin Costco rotisserie chicken)
— we also made sure to select the healthiest
options we could find, especially our carbs.
Living basically
next door to
Earth Fare, when
it was still open,
definitely helped,
but one of the
things we found
there were breads
and other delicious
baked goods
(like Jannah’s
favorite low-car
almond cookies)
from Sami’s Bakery, which is located on E.
Busch Blvd. in nearby Temple Terrace.
Sami’s has two different kinds of surprisingly
tasty bread with only 2 and 3 net grams
of carbs per slice. Compare that with most
Keto or even Ezekiel bread (12 net grams)
and to us, it tastes even better.
Another key is definitely learning
portion control. For example, the only kind
of nuts I really like are pistachios and Costco
has already-shelled pistachios that are 170
calories and 14 g of good fats for 49 pieces
as a serving. But, I limited my intake of them
as a daily snack to only 15 shelled pieces
the first two weeks and only increased to 25
shelled pieces after that (or 85 calories and
only 7 g of fat).
Another example is breakfast, which I
absolutely need to have every day whether
dieting or not. Yes, it took some getting used
to only have one egg fried in Pam and one
slice of the Sami’s bread (plus a side of raw
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