Chris and I feel so fortunate to get wonderful emails, questions, and comments from so many of you each and every day. As much as we wish we could sit and pen a response to every single one of them, the fact of the matter is that?time simply does not permit us to do this. If only I had 48 hours in a day…;). Instead, we’ve got something special in store. We’re taking our most FAQs – both personal and show related – and answering them via?video for you all!
Now where on earth do we even begin? Well, in honor of the May 26th premiere of Extreme Weight Loss Season 5, we’re answering some of your most commonly asked show-related questions.?Check out?the video below to learn more about why we do what we do on Extreme Weight Loss. Enjoy!
We didn’t answer your questions? Not to fear, help is here. This is far from the last time we will share “Q&A with the Powells” videos, and would love to answer YOUR questions! Tell us what you want to know in the comments below. 🙂
Xoxo,
Heidi
74 Responses
Hi Chris and Heidi,
Can you do carb cycling as a mostly vegan person? I have your book and have read it several time. Let me be clear on the mostly vegan part. I just started a vegan life style at the first of the year. Only in the last two weeks have I cut out simple carbs like bread and pasta and focusing on a whole food life style. I only have meat two times a week for dinner and sometimes only once a week; one meal. I’ve lost 20 pounds in the last month with cutting out the bread and pasta. I will cut out the meat to once a month or only for special events after May. I do good with cutting one or two things out of my diet at a time. I gave up soda pop over two years ago now and don’t crave it at all. I replaced it with water. Candy is out now too. Replaced candy with fruit. I’m down 60 pounds in a year and half. it’s coming off slowly but keeping it off. I have been training for my first half marathon which will be in May. So the number is not going down on the scale as fast but I am losing inches for sure. over 10 in my waist. I’m getting toner each week. My goal is to be 90% whole foods for the rest of my life. EWL helps me stay motivated! I’m changing my life and I know I can do it. It took me over 40 years to put the weight on so a few years to take it off is reasonable. Since starting I have gotten off my high blood pressure medicine as well as the high cholesterol medication. The only thing I take now is my Thyroid medicine and I’ll never come off of that the doctor said. Thank you for all you do for people around you. You inspire me to be a better person and to give back to those around me. Wish me luck in a few weeks when I run my first race/half marathon in Disneyland next month.
Hello heidi I need your help I know guys was in Sacramento you guys invited me I don’t drive car and know one go with me
Hi Heidi and Chris!
I have lost overall 90 lbs and I am only 10 lbs from my goal weight. My question to you is there anything nonsurgical I can do about feeling so “flabby?” I have invested in firming lotions and strength train 1-2 times a week and I almost feel worse about my body than when I began losing the weight. I lost the weight slowly too (it took me 1.5 years to lose 60 lbs) so I thought I wasn’t going to have this problem 🙁
Thank you
Do you think it’s possible to be on prednisone for rheumatoid arthritis and still lose weight? Or am I fight a losing battle?? Thanks!! GOD BLESS
Hi Chris and Heidi,
I watch your program everyday.
I love that program!! And your life is an exemple for me.
thanks for all,
By Andrea from Italy
It would be so amazing if you guys could do a “train the trainers” episode or blog or seminar for us trainers out there who really want to understand what it takes to bring someone successfully through such a profound transformation when they are the only one available to help this person through. Often, as a trainer, I am left as the only crutch to people without health insurance, unsupportive or non-existent families, and a HUGE mountain to climb but I am taking care of a hundred other clients. How do I set my clients up for success when there is only one of me? I really care so much and go to sleep every night worrying about how I can help those who really need it. I know I can only help those who help themselves but I only get one hour a day maybe 3-5 times a week and sometimes it feels impossible…especially when I care so much.
Hey guys!
First off I’m so thankful for your encouragement and motivation. Truly inspiring.
I’ve been morbidly obese all my life….since infancy. When I was in school I was horrifically teased as a size 18 and 200+ lbs in the 6th grade. I eventually peaked at 280lbs by the time I turned 18. So as you can imagine I was desperate to change and I’d do almost anything to become skinnier like the other girls. So I embarked on surgically helping my weight issue at the age of 18. At the time I didn’t care about the long term consequences or side affects. I was 18 and invincible….so I thought. I went from 280lbs to 145lbs within 1 year and very little change in my activity level or diet. I’m currently 11 years out and have worked so very hard to stay under 200lbs. When I was 18 I didn’t believe the doctors when they said the surgery was a tool and not a cure. Oh boy… I can only say that it is a tool and you can and will gain it back! As I’ve gotten older and started to slowly gain my weight back I started to realize what the doctors tried to warn me about. Unfortunately I came to that realization after gaining 30lbs-40lbs. I now Crossfit 3-5 days a week, meal prep 4 days a week and do my best to be realistic on top of it all. I’m 29 and struggling to lose weight after having a gastric bypass. More than anything I want to be healthy now. Something I wasn’t in tune with when I was 18. I want to lose weight in order to feel better and live longer. Unfortunately I’m struggling and have been for years.
So my question is: have you worked with people who’ve had a gastric bypass? If so, how have they struggled and how did they get over that hump? What advice can you give me? I feel like my body is trained to gain weight no matter what I do. I’m so frustrated and discouraged. I work HARD and see very little results.
Thank youin advance,
Brittany
Hi Chris and Heidi,
I had a question about EWL. I’ve applied twice, and while I know from meeting several and seeing those who make it, that there are thousands of amazing people who also apply, I can’t think of any good reason why I don’t get called back. Are there things that would disqualify a person from making it, for example, if they weigh too much, or any other possible reasons that would make them say no about a person right away? I will never give up on losing weight, or anything else for that matter, I just wonder what else they truly look for besides the obvious of needing to lose 50% body weight. You both seem like wonderful people, and what you do makes a difference. Thank you!
Amy
Hello, Love your show, but was wondering if you have ever thought of having an older person on your show. I”m 61 years young, a mother of 3 and a grandmother of 3. 2 yrs. ago i lost my oldest granddaughter to cancer.Hardest thing i have ever had to do was say good by to her, she had just turned 13. was only inthe hospital for 10 days when we lost her. I miss her so much. Since Kayleigh has passed i have not been the same. I just want to feel good again and pretty again. Not that i”m over weight i just need to get back into shape. I have had my right hip replaced so i haven”t been doing alot of working out. I need to get back into, working out. I do have arthritis, but i do work two jobs, so that doesn’t seem to be an issue with me. I know that you won’t ever have me as a person on your show., but thank you for reading this. I will always watch your show. You two are the best.
Hi Heidi and Chris,
I cannot wait for the season to begin. I am trying to change my lifestyle eating, it’s not easy but worth the ups and downs.
I learn about good health decisions from you both, thanks..
New Jersey
I started carb cycling. I know I can have an abundance of veggies daily but can I also have an abundance of fruit? Or is fruit in abundance not allowed on low carb days?