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Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
PEOPLE TEND TO OVEREAT DURING
THE HOLIDAYS.
SO STARTING HEALTHIER
LIFESTYLE THIS TIME OF YEAR
MIGHT SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.
Jon: BUT IT'S NOT.
IN FACT, ACCORDING TO EKAHI
ORNISH LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IT'S
THE PERFECT TIME TO START
LIVING HEALTHIER AND THEY CAN
HELP.
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THIS PROGRAM IS NINE WEEK
LONG PROGRAM AND FOCUSES ON
REVERSING CHRONIC CONDITIONS
SUCH AS HEART DISEASE, HYPER
TENSION, AND DIABETES.
FOCUS IN ON FOUR MAIN ELEMENTS
IN YOUR LIFE.
SO FOCUS ON MOVING OUR BODIES
MORE OFTEN, STRESSING LESS,
EATING HEALTHIER AND BEING
CONNECTED TO GREATER COMMUNITY
IN A GROUP SETTING.
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IT IS LIFE CHANGING.
FOCUSINGS ON MAKING SUCH SMALL
CHANGES IN OUR LIFE THAT IN
THE END, WHEN WE HAVE ADD UP
ALL OF THE SMALL CHANGES MAKES
REALLY BIG IMPACT.
OVERALL, NOT JUST FOCUSING ON
ONE ASPECT OF YOUR HEALTH.
LOOKS AT YOUR HEALTH HOLISTIC
APPROACH.
WHOLE MIND BODY SOUL AS WELL.
I FEEL EXTREMELY GRATEFUL
TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF
THIS PROGRAM HERE.
AS A NURSE, FOR MY COWORKER TO
SEE CHANGE WITHIN PEOPLE, YOU
DON'T OFTEN SEE THAT.
I USED TO WORK IN EMERGENCY
DEMOCRAT.
BAND-AID WORK.
HERE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
WE GET TO SPEND NINE WEEKS TO
SEE THAT CHANGE, FROM
EVERYTHING, THE WAY THEY WALK
IN, HOLD THEMSELVES.
LEVEL OF JUST SMILING THE WAY
THEY LOOK AND FEEL FROM THE
INSIDE OUT.
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I FOUND AT THAT OUT ABOUT
EKAHI ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO.
WHEN I LISTENED TO THE
PRESENTATION, IT WAS GOOD
PROGRAM BUT TOUGH PROGRAM.
BECAUSE OF THE PLANT BASED
DIET.
VEGETARIAN AND I THOUGHT THAT
THAT WOULD BE HARD.
BUT YOU KIND OF MAKE UP YOUR
MIND TO BE COMMITTED.
EITHER DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
ATTRACTED ME TO THE PROGRAM.
WHEN I FIRST STOPPED PROGRAM,
I LOST 26 POUNDS.
RIGHT NOW, I'M ABOUT 37 POUNDS
IN TERMS OF WEIGHT LOST.
MY BLOOD PRESSURE HAS COME
DOWN.
NOT TO THE POIOI THAT I CAN
STOP MEDICATION, BUT MY PCP IS
LOOKING VERY, VERY CLOSELY AT
THAT.
MY CHOLESTEROL IS BELOW 100.
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THE KEYS SO SUCCESSFUL
PROGRAM FOR ME, ANYWAY, IS
DISCIPLINE IN TERMS OF
ALLOWING TIME FOR YOURSELF.
TO DO THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED
TO DO IN ORDER TO FACILITATE
THE LIFESTYLE CHANGE THAT WE
HAVE.
MY ADVICE TO PEOPLE THAT ARE
THINKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS
THAT I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO
BE COMMITTED.
YOU NEED TO DO YOUR RESEARCH
ON THE PROGRAM.
IN TERMS OF WHAT IT TAKES AND
WHAT KIND OF RESULTS THAT YOU
CAN EXPECT FROM IT.
I'VE BEEN A SMOKER FOR A LARGE
PART OF MY LIFE.
BUT AT SOME POINT IN LIFE, YOU
MAKE A DECISION TO STOP.
THEN I STOP SMOKING FOR ABOUT
THE PAST 15 YEARS.
SO THIS IS SORT OF LIKE THE
SAME COMMITMENT.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE FOR LIFESTYLE
CHANGE.
I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD
HERE IN HAWAI'I TO HAVE A
PLACE LIKE EKAHI HEALTH AND
I'M VERY ENCOURAGED BY WHAT'S
DOING FOR THE PEOPLE OF
Jon: YEAH.
Trini: WHAT A GREAT PLACE.
I MEAN, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN
THERE TOO.
YOU DID THE STORY ACTUALLY.
I DID ONE THERE TOO WHERE YOU
HEAR THESE TESTIMONIES FROM
PEOPLE THAT, THIS IS A LIFE
CHANGING PROGRAM.
Jon: I THINK HE WAS, HE
WOKE UP TO THE FACT THAT HE
NEEDED TO MAKE SOME MAJOR
CHANGES AND THEY HELPED
Trini: WHAT'S GREAT IS
SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEONE JUST
FOCUSES ON NUTRITION OR JUST
FOCUSES ON EXERCISE,
INCOMPETENT MEANI MEAN,THIS IS COMPREHENSIVE.
THEY EVALUATE EVERYTHING AND
YOU GOT GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM
THERE
Jon: AND GOOD FRIENDS THAT
WORK THERE.
SO IT'S REALLY COOL.
GOOD TO SEE THE LIFE CHANGING
STYLE THAT THEY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH.
Trini: ABSOLUTELY.