Jul 24, 2017
I recently had an opportunity to catch up with Adam Sud. Now,
if you’re not familiar with Adam, he is currently a health coach
based in Austin, Texas for Whole Foods Market. But he didn’t start
out as the healthy lifestyle advocate you might see online or
presenting at events like the Esselstyn’s famous gathering
‘Plantstock'.
This discussion goes deep and wide, and we cover much more
than just the topic of diabetes. We talk about reaching breaking
points and learning what we as humans are truly capable of. It’s
about hitting rock bottom so hard that the only choice you have is
for your life to come to an end, or you make the decision to
recreate yourself from the cellular level on up, rewriting your
brain's operating system in the process.
As you’ll see, most of our lives might not be as extreme as
Adam’s; he’s had an unbelievable start to his life. But what we can
take from this interview and learn from him will help us remove any
power our own excuses and mental barriers may hold.
We will also see that improving our situation, our health, and
our relationships is a step by step, every day commitment. There is
no easy fix at times, and the reality is that old habits are always
lurking in the shadows, regardless how far we’ve put them in our
rear view mirror.
In this conversation, Adam takes us on a journey through his
childhood in Texas and then how he rapidly slipped into an Adderall
and fast food addiction. Those addictions resulted in Adam spending
huge amounts of time on his couch, surrounded by fast food
wrappers, devising his next plan to get cash to feed his
prescription drug addiction. It was only after overdosing that he
sought help from his family and entered rehab. Luckily for Adam,
his family’s support was there when he needed it the most.
Once in rehab, Adam (who was over 300 pounds at that time) was
told that he was a type 2 diabetic, and he had dangerously elevated
cholesterol and blood pressure. He was a ticking time bomb, he was
massively sick, and he was emotionally broken. Despite his
addiction to Adderall, it was actually the diagnosis of diabetes
that helped Adam to flip the switch that led him to change his
relationship with food and himself, and in turn, it changed his
relationship with his family and his connection with the world
around him.
This is an emotional interview at times, but there is so much
to learn from Adam’s story. He’s a remarkable guy and in listening
to him speak, you can’t help but root for his continued
success.