Luke's Pharmacy & Wellness
2026-08-31T15:37:27.499Z
My experience showed that I do have the will-power to improve my overall health by changing my lifestyle habits. It wasn’t easy due to decreasing my American Diet intake of carbohydrates and increasing my protein intake. Once I gave up the heavy intake of carbohydrates, my appetite greatly decreased which made it easier to pass on those worst desserts and beer. In addition, when you see what discipline it takes to lose those first few pounds, you’re motivated to stay on track because you don’t want to backslide. I did that the second weekend by drinking Michelob Ultra Beer that weekend and I put 5 pounds back on quickly. I haven’t drank beer since due to my discipline of wanting results. I struggled to ingest over 100g of protein per meal, but I lost more weight when I could reach that level. I have rheumatoid arthritis which has improved with my reduction in pro-inflammatory foods. However there still is adjustments due to losing a significant amount of weight which can shift pressure on the soft tissue in my joints. My most significant health accomplishment was not losing the 30 lbs, but in 12 weeks I went from a pre-diabetic 6.9A1c to a 5.3A1c. I was well on my way to Type 2 diabetes and the Resistance Code program reversed my risk altogether. Even though I’m a pharmacist, I still learned a great deal from each weekly educational session from why I was in the shape I was to learning important facts about sugars, fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. Thanks Luke and Nate for helping me “right the ship” and teaching me the tools to a better nutritional lifestyle that I can use the rest of my life!Ron Poole