Robert Swingle

I was very overweight as a child and teenager. At the age of 16, I was tired of being bullied for my weight. I started exercising and drastically changed my eating habits. I knew little about nutrition however, so although I lost a lot of weight I was still very unhealthy. 

I had been using eating as a coping mechanism for other things in my life. As a replacement for food, at 17 I turned to drinking and smoking. I began seriously struggling with depression and anxiety so I drank and smoked more. My lifestyle became increasingly unhealthy and I fell back into my old eating habits. I gained all the weight I had lost in my teen years.

At 26, I finally decided to stop drinking and smoking. Even though I immediately saw the benefits from being sober, my body still felt bad from the years of mistreatment and I was still eating emotionally. I was replacing my cigarettes and alcohol with pizza and ice cream.

My wife encouraged me to eat healthier and take better care of my body. She found and researched The Eat-Clean Diet® and asked me to read the book. I did not decide to change my eating habits until I read The Eat-Clean Diet for Men. I knew crash diets weren’t going to work for me anymore. I needed a complete lifestyle change. The Eat-Clean Diet principles were so simple and easy to understand that I made a commitment to my wife to begin Eating Clean for the rest of my life!

My wife and I set a date to start Eating Clean. She cleared our cupboards of foods we would no longer be eating and she began to cook healthy foods for us. Eating six times a day prevented me from binge eating the way I used to. I immediately began to lose weight, experience less anxiety and depression, and I was sleeping better.

Now I have incredible energy. I was never able to wake up in the morning feeling refreshed. Now I lift weights at 5:00 am, I’m running a half-marathon this fall and I keep up an intense cardio program on top of my weight lifting. I also love to bike and play basketball, things I never thought I’d enjoy again. My life is so much more active and my body feels stronger and healthier than ever. Losing weight the right away and feeling so good has dramatically improved my self-confidence and my mental health. I am now working on building muscle and I’ve seen a big difference in my muscle definition in the past few months.

Everywhere I go, I tell people how much better my life is since beginning The Eat-Clean Diet. I hope my friends and family choose to improve their lives as my wife and I have. We are heading into our 30s in the best shape of our lives.

Thank you!

Robert Swingle