I’d decided to share happy endings with you, and to help you hear the answers to anything on your mind directly from those who joined the “Eliminasyondayım Farkındayım” Seminar, rather than from me. We’re now on page 4. Thank you so much to everyone who shared their experiences. I’ll leave you now alone with my participants’ experiences, in their own words.
A.O.D.
What was your goal when starting this program?
To notice what I knew correctly, what I was doing wrong, and what I knew wrong.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
It helped me notice and incorporate into my life knowledge I partly already knew but couldn’t organize.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
The biggest awareness was noticing the skinny girl inside me who believed she needed to be chubby to be loved, and hugging her tightly. I won’t put foods I don’t genuinely love and don’t want to eat into my mouth anymore just so someone loves me, accepts me. Physically, of course, -4 kilos.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
I recommend it to everyone worn out and confused by the war between so many dietitians, healthy-living coaches, fermented-product producers, and various fads. This way, the only voice they’ll hear is that of “their own body.”
Anything you’d like to add…
It turns out I don’t have lactose intolerance, but I can still go without cheese in the mornings. I took allergy pills for years, but it turns out eggs don’t do me good. It turns out the one cup of Turkish coffee I drink every morning was the only remaining bond of love between me and my idolized grandmother, and even though she’s long passed away, I was still drinking it to receive love and appreciation from her — otherwise it tasted quite bitter. And I was always the girl whose grandmother, who was chubby, complained to everyone saying “this girl doesn’t eat bread, doesn’t eat salt, doesn’t eat oil,” while I was actually skinny.. Whenever I felt I wasn’t loved enough, I’d punished myself with foods I didn’t love. No more betraying that skinny girl!!! Never again…
B.E.
What was your goal when starting this program?
My goal was to find the food group triggering my migraine.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
Among the food groups we eliminated in the program, my suspicion was dairy products. Throughout the program, I thought the lack of coffee would cause a headache. I definitely didn’t experience a headache from coffee. During the reintroduction period, I saw that dairy products had an effect.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
During this process I lost 5 kilos — 5 of the 7 kilos I’d gained during the pandemic are gone; meditating before meals helped me enjoy the food more than eating it did. Thanks to being sugar-free, the smoothie with 1 date that I used to always drink now tastes very sweet. But the biggest change was definitely sleeping better. I’d been diagnosed with insomnia a while back. During elimination, falling asleep and staying asleep became easier.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
I recommend it to everyone, especially those with issues like migraines, insomnia, and stomach bloating.
Anything you’d like to add…
First of all, thank you so much. The daily emails and Zoom meetings were exactly what I needed for motivation. I feel more fit. It’s as if my energy has come back. I thought I couldn’t live without bulgur and yogurt — I saw I can live quite fine if I want to. I thought I could only stay on my feet with 4 cups of coffee a day — turns out I didn’t need it.
Even after elimination, I have coffee once every 2 days. Though not as strict as during elimination, I’ve built myself a more balanced eating system. Of course, when I go to Turkey in the summer, I’ll eat the things I’ve missed again, but thanks to the knowledge you gave, upon return I can do another elimination and find my balance again. 🙂
G.K.
Sema Hanım,
I extend my endless thanks to you. Thanks to you, I’ve been able to return to the healthy, conscious eating I lost 3 years ago and could never regain. Some emotional events I went through in that period affected me very negatively — I’m someone prone to emotional eating.
Over this 4-week period, I feel from my clothes that I’m slowly starting to lose the weight I gained. I still haven’t fully come out of elimination — the only things I’ve added are eggs and, this weekend, goat cheese.
As for my thoughts on the program, I definitely recommend it to everyone. What affected me most was your delivery style and your giving the scientific explanation for everything — knowing what and why you do things makes everything more meaningful. I started this program to lose weight and regain my healthy eating habit again, and ultimately, thanks to you, I achieved this. I also can’t not mention this — there’s one more thing that makes you different, and that’s your beautiful heart and energy. You explain things so sincerely and warmly that the message you want to convey reaches its destination. Thank you so much for your sincerity and warmth.
So glad you exist!
G.A.
Hello Sema Hanım,
First of all, I’m so glad I started this journey with you. Your energy, sincerity, honesty, and outlook on life motivated me incredibly on this diet. Thank you so much. I’m so glad you exist.
I was diagnosed with Sjögren’s Syndrome in July. This was the biggest reason for my joining the program. My goal was to approach this disease holistically and be able to learn the important steps (nutrition, stress management, breathing). Thanks to you (even though I’ve dieted for so many years and could even be considered an expert :))) I’ve now just learned, become enlightened, about what healthy and balanced eating really is. I feel lightened and good.
I recommend this program to everyone, because there’s so much confusing, demoralizing, and exhausting writing and content about nutrition; I’m sure many people can’t dare to start because of this 🙁 You lit the way on this path — I hope many more people benefit from your knowledge and energy.
Thank you again for everything. I wish you many healthy, happy, peaceful years with your loved ones. May 2026 [she likely meant 2022 in real time, keeping as is] bring luck and happiness to all of us, God willing. Lots of kisses, love…
S.N.U.
What was your goal when starting this program?
My goal starting the program was to reset my body. I’d been eating quite carelessly for a while and had gained weight. I constantly craved sweets — I already have hypoglycemia. I’d fallen into a vicious cycle. Pizza, wine, pasta, sweets, processed meats were part of my weekly eating routine. I’m 32 years old, and when I stood up after sitting for a long time, I’d get up like my grandmother 🙂 saying “oh my knees, oh my legs.” I’m not someone who looks overweight visually, but I felt very unhealthy. I wanted to find out what was causing my joint pain, reflux, poor digestion, and gas. I also wanted to test my willpower. I was curious whether I could be happy without sweets, coffee, alcohol, gluten.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
I’d already been following Sema Hanım for a long time and occasionally making her recipes. But thanks to this program, everything settled into a discipline. The emails and recipes coming from Sema Hanım every morning genuinely laid the foundation for an eating style I’ll want to sustain for years. As someone like me who’s associated food with “pleasure,” who goes straight to pastry shops on every trip to try famous desserts, I no longer sought out sweets after 21 days — and since I still haven’t reintroduced sugar, almost a month. I thought I’d crave sweet things more, but it wasn’t nearly as frequent as I expected. When it did happen, I made one of the healthy recipes. I got a bit angry at myself for having previously treated my body quite roughly, but then I adopted the motto “wherever you turn back from harm is profit” :))
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
I found and identified, one by one, everything causing my complaints 🙂 In week 1, I noticed my stomach was equally flat in the morning and evening. Before, my pants would start feeling tight toward evening. In week 2, I was joyful as if suddenly enlightened — my joint pain had dropped to zero. When I stood up, I didn’t feel like my grandmother anymore 🙂 I wish you could see the joy when I realized this. I never had hypoglycemia attacks even though I don’t have snacks. One day I realized I hadn’t eaten anything for exactly 6 hours, and I couldn’t believe it myself. My energy wasn’t low and I didn’t want to attack food. My mood changed incredibly — especially in traffic (Istanbul traffic!), I became like a cotton-soft woman 🙂 I became more tolerant toward everything. My willpower was tested a lot — I attended many social events but never strayed from my routine. Since I started seeing wonderful effects as early as week 1, I couldn’t bear to ruin those effects. And I’m still continuing this way — I haven’t reintroduced anything sugary.
I found the things causing my reflux and heartburn. Even though they weren’t forbidden for elimination, I noticed they didn’t do me good. I removed them from my life too. By the way, I also checked my weight — my pandemic weight was gone, I’d lost exactly 4 kilos. Before checking my weight, in week 2 I had jeans I couldn’t even zip up an inch — one evening I said let me try them; not only did the zipper close, but I found I could sit comfortably in those jeans. My body has literally deflated like a balloon.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
Whether they have an issue or not, I recommend it to everyone. I especially recommend it to hypoglycemia patients like me. Your relationship with food will change; you’ll be able to go to your doctor who says “definitely have a snack” and say, “I didn’t have an attack even without a snack!”
Anything you’d like to add….
Thank you so much for everything. You added so many new things to my life — I’ve never seen myself this consistent, you made me proud of myself 🙂
With my love
Ş.Y.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, and my complaints had been increasing for a while. I’d started experiencing stomach and gut issues whose cause I couldn’t figure out. My aim was to fix my eating to resolve these complaints.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
First of all, it changed my perspective on nutrition. I started questioning whether I’m hungry and how hungry I am at mealtimes. Since my fullness duration lengthened, my energy rose. (Of course, starting the day with Sema Hanım’s motivating emails every morning also raised my energy.) My heart palpitation issue is gone.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
I started listening to my body. I started asking questions like “do I want to eat because I’m truly hungry, is what I’ll eat healthy.” I grasped how important stress’s effect on the body is and started doing breathing exercises. Previously, my biggest pleasure was eating something sweet with tea/coffee after dinner in the evenings; now I take care to eat light dinners and avoid eating anything afterward.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues.
I think everyone can gain something for themselves. Sema Hanım enriches the program by giving illuminating information on many topics. I especially recommend it to those who want to eat clean, those with eating disorders, and those with autoimmune conditions.
Anything you’d like to add…
I think joining this program was one of the most important things I’ve done for myself in my life. I’d signed up with a very sudden decision at midnight. It made me question myself on many topics. I could say it was a period of enlightenment for me. Sema Hanım and I made a clean start, and I hope to make healthy eating a habit and influence those around me on this front too.
N.E.C.
Dear Sema Hanım, I couldn’t join the last two seminars live, but of course I rewound the recordings and listened again and again until I understood — seeing that I was mistaken about many topics I thought I knew a lot about, and learning the correct versions, was the most wonderful part of these seminars.
What haven’t you given me in this training — my joint and muscle pain, my never-ending gas issues, the weight I couldn’t lose, and my unmanageable OCD and panic attacks essentially lightened.
This progress is a beginning for me — hoping to see you again in another one of your trainings related to the stress I still can’t manage.
By the way, let me add, there were three things I reintroduced: eggs, coffee, and goat cheese — I’ve stayed with these for now. Coffee shocked me — gas, nausea, headache like labor pains, I couldn’t believe it, and as a result I’ve said goodbye to coffee for now. I got acquainted with Istanbul tea and feel like I’m walking through rose gardens; I’m giving you many kisses.
Thank you, bless your mouth, your hand, your effort, your knowledge.
Stay with love and health.
E.K.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I’d already been doing an elimination diet based on my own knowledge for a while (due to health issues) — I joined the program to confirm whether I was doing things correctly.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
Definitely. I saw I was doing many things right, my confidence increased. Your way of explaining why we should eat sugar-free, gluten-free, and without processed sugar products was a great motivation for me to sustain these new eating habits long-term. The new recipes you gave added variety to my kitchen. Feeling your lovely energy was a bonus too 🙂
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
I no longer see this as a diet but as new eating habits to be sustained for life. Your having done this for ten years, and allowing yourself occasional 5-10% flex without wearing yourself out, was a huge source of inspiration for me.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues.
I definitely recommend this program to everyone who values themselves and aims to live healthily; I wish everyone could join this program and become informed before health issues appear. For those with health problems, joining this program is inevitable anyway.
Anything you’d like to add…
I got to know you on Instagram, and I’m so glad I did. Just following your Instagram page alone teaches so much — your positive energy, your approach to health, is inspiring, you’re one of the reasons I check Instagram every day. The recipes I’ve tried so far have never disappointed, especially your cracker recipes 🙂 The recipes being simply applicable and requiring few ingredients makes life easier. May this lovely energy of yours always stay with you — I wish you a healthy, happy, joy-filled life.
N.D.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I started this program to give my body a “reset” and to encourage my family, along with myself, toward healthy living.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
Learning something new every week and being supported with recipes and suggestions that came right on time was wonderful. Sema Hanım knew every need we’d experience in advance and guided us accordingly.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
Now I rest properly during my nighttime sleep and wake up in the morning fully rested with my sleep completely fulfilled. The drowsiness that used to come at noon, the tiredness during the day, completely ended. I’m full of energy. I noticed I used to be more tense too. Nothing else changed in my life, but I’m much happier, my face smiles more. Also, bloating completely disappeared. I understood very clearly that dry legumes don’t cause bloating — it’s the poor eating that does! Even though I never went hungry, I lost weight too, but I didn’t make any additional effort for this — it happened on its own.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
I think it’s a very good start for those who don’t know where and how to start. Everyone who says “I can’t do it, healthy eating is hard anyway, I can’t be bothered with such nonsense” should give themselves a chance. If you experience fatigue during the day, can’t wake up rested from sleep, constantly experience bloating, you definitely should do this!
Anything you’d like to add…
It’s very valuable that you’ve researched, read, learned, and prepared this valuable knowledge for years to convey to us in its simplest form, with such effort. Thank you also for not withholding any information. If there were a Nobel Prize for public health, you’d definitely win it! 🙂
P.İ.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I don’t have an autoimmune disease, but I had general low energy and a depressive state. I wanted to organize my nutrition within a program framework.. And also — in case I have a food intolerance — I wanted to learn this and thought I could observe it.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
There’s a noticeable rise in my life energy — as I feel this way, I don’t want to and don’t even miss returning to my old eating pattern!
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
Even though this wasn’t my reason for starting, I lost 6 kg! More importantly, my hand and eye 🙂 no longer go toward unhealthy foods. The vegetables in my market bag are now my source of happiness 🙂
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
Even without a physiological issue, for those with low energy, a depressive mood.. Or for those with an excessive inclination toward unhealthy food.
Anything you’d like to add…
Sema Hanım’s positive and proactive emails sent every morning always kept my motivation at a high level. The detailed explanations about topics in the livestreams enabled me to know what and why I was doing things, and consequently do it from genuine desire, not because I was given directives. Thanks to this, even though 3 weeks have passed since the program ended, I still eat with the same motivation and discipline, balanced and healthy — and willingly at that!
Thank you so much.
B.K.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I’d previously joined Sema Hanım’s elimination program in 2019 and did an elimination on my own every 6 months. I now have a 5-month-old baby and couldn’t find the strength in myself to do the elimination alone. Sema Hanım had developed and renewed herself even further, sharing knowledge with us even from training she’d taken just the day before — I went through another elimination happily. I easily reached my elimination goal again with brand-new knowledge.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
Sema Hanım, having made very good observations, knew us better than ourselves! Knowing what we’d feel or experience the following day, she supported us every day with her morning emails. By the end of the program I became light as a feather once again.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
We saw that emotional dependencies are addictions connected to what we eat, and if you have an addiction, your body links itself to autopilot. We overcame ourselves and freed ourselves. We got out of autopilot 🙂
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues.
I recommend this program to everyone who wants to free themselves from foods and emotions. I also recommend it to those who constantly try to diet, lose weight, then regain the weight and torment themselves again and again, and are unhappy about this.
Anything you’d like to add..
Lots of love, thank you so much for everything.
N.Y.
What was your goal when starting this program?
To increase my energy, feed both myself and my family healthier, and lose a little weight 😉
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
The program helped me achieve much more than my goals. I feel incredibly fit and energetic. I started the exercise I’d aimed for for a long time but could never begin. I lost 4 kilos. My skin improved incredibly, and what surprised me most was that my PMS syndrome and its pain all disappeared. 🙂
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
I’m thinner, more energetic, and much more balanced. My hunger crises disappeared. I’m very happy. 🙂
It’s incredible that a sweet/chocolate addict like me could reach this result this easily, without missing it at all, not even a little. 🙂
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues.
Sugar addicts like me who’ve wanted to quit but couldn’t succeed should definitely try this program. 🙂
I recommend it to those with bloating, weight, skin problems, and period pain/syndromes.
Anything you’d like to add…
Sema Hanım is always positive and makes us feel she’s always by our side. There’s a lot of knowledge in this program not just about nutrition but about awareness too. Also, the recipes are incredibly delicious.
Thanks again for this elimination program that passed with such ease and pleasure.
A.A.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, hypoglycemia, migraines, and FMF (Familial Mediterranean Fever) conditions. I thought that since inflammation is their common point, sustainable healthy eating would benefit eliminating this issue.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
Before starting elimination, I’d recently been waking up 4-5 times a night wanting to drink fruit juice or eat some fruit. Already in the first week, my nighttime waking disappeared. My joint pain, which I constantly complained about, decreased.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
Even though it wasn’t my priority, I lost 5 kg; but people who saw me said it looked like I’d lost 15 kg 🙂
Throughout my life I’ve never struggled to lose weight. But this time it’s as if only fat melted away. My waist slimmed 10 cm. Since I ate little in order not to gain weight, I used to get very hungry in the evenings and eat a lot. Now, when I’m hungry, I fill my stomach and stop eating once I’m full, even if not truly satisfied yet. I can recognize my hunger and my fullness.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
To those with autoimmune diseases like me, those who want to learn healthy eating and apply it in their life but don’t know where to start, those who want to lose weight healthily.
Anything you’d like to add…
This was the best choice I’ve made for myself in a long time. Thank you for everything.
E.B.
What was your goal when starting this program?
To advance what I’d been trying to do through hearsay or my own efforts on the path of healthy eating with more academic and professional support. Along with knowing nutrition’s relation to my health, to resolve my joint inflammation pain, gas, cramps, and stomach bloating, and consequently raise my quality of life. To feel more energetic.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
Despite having consumed milk and dairy products very, very limitedly for 1.5 years and having started gluten-free eating for the past 2 months, I struggled a lot especially psychologically in week 1 of elimination. But when I didn’t give up and continued, when I experienced both the psychological and physical benefit, my belief in myself, combined with your explanatory and positive approach, helped me a lot in reaching my goals.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
Eating much more slowly, savoring and enjoying everything’s flavor, my digestion and consequently my bloating being in a much better state. My joint pain passing, becoming much more energetic and positive. In short, the clear improvement in my quality of life. What more could I want 🙂
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
I recommend it to everyone. Having an issue isn’t necessary to do this — it’s the shortest and simplest way to concretely demonstrate and let people experience the journey toward healthy eating, and afterward become an advocate for it. Of course, your simple, sincere, life-oriented delivery and sharing, the recipes conveyed being quick and easy to prepare and very delicious, is a very critical factor in this. I’m already explaining to all my friends, my coworkers, my family, sharing what I’ve experienced, trying to touch their lives and convince them. I share your recipes, at least so I can contribute this way. Thank you so much for everything.
Anything you’d like to add…
I think we’ll definitely cross paths somewhere and meet. Thanks again so much. This was just the visible part of the iceberg — thanks additionally to you and Deniz Hanım for the experience, careful planning, and work behind it. Love.
Z.Ö.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I decided to start this program after reading Mark Hyman’s newspaper article about “those with autoimmune diseases definitely needing to do an elimination diet.” I couldn’t gather the courage for a long time, and when I saw Sema Hanım had opened the program, I signed up right away. My goal was to prevent sudden sugar drops and feel more fit.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
I had Hashimoto’s disease and had eaten gluten-free for 1.5 years, and all my values had returned to normal. But issues like eczema, sudden sugar drops, being unable to lose weight no matter what, and fatigue continued despite not eating gluten. Giving up dairy products and eggs frightened me most. Sema Hanım’s daily motivating emails were my biggest support. She gave constant different recipes, which supported us a lot in making alternative foods for ourselves. As someone who ate cheese three meals a day, I was thinking how would I do this, but even though the program has ended, I’m still continuing. I learned that you can feel full in different ways too. Beyond just foods, by eating with mindfulness now, my portions are much smaller, and beyond all this I learned a lot of extra knowledge, I’m trying to apply all of it!
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
First of all, I’ve stopped having breakfast now. It turns out I was having breakfast every morning without even being hungry, and eating excessively to prevent my sugar from dropping, gaining weight. Thanks to this program, I now eat dinner around 5-6, and the next day I have breakfast when I get hungry, around 11-12. With 2 meals a day, I noticed I both feel full, my sugar doesn’t drop, and I lose weight — it did me a lot of good. And now I don’t crave sweets at all 🙂
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
I especially recommend this program to those with autoimmune conditions who can’t give up gluten, dairy products, and eggs, and to those who think there’s no alternative and say “I can never do this.” You really see that it’s possible.
Thank you so much for everything!
N.Y.
I’ve followed you for a long time, and I knew and felt your program was good 🙂 but I could never quite gather myself and join. The last 3 years were hard for me. With too much stress and anxiety, I gained 10 kilos over the past year for the first time in my life (excluding pregnancies) 🙁 Beyond gaining weight, for the first time I felt this negative and drained of energy 🙁
The elimination program did me a lot of good. Above all, my energy came back, and this makes me incredibly happy. Beyond that, I couldn’t have believed premenstrual syndromes would decrease this much, or even disappear entirely. But they truly disappeared. This feels like a miracle to me 😉
Of course, the weight I lost was a wonderful bonus alongside all this too. 🙂
Oh, and my skin got so beautiful too. 🙂 Experiencing all this in such a short time and with so little struggle is very joyful. 🙂
My aunt and I are trying to spread what we’ve learned from you to everyone around us. We also love your delicious recipes 🙂 She’ll give you her own feedback too — she also experienced wonderful changes and was very pleased. 😉
N.N.
First of all, endless thanks for what you’ve given me; you made me realize the wrong things I thought were right, and in just a short 3-week period.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I’d had a bloating problem going on since last year — bloating like a 7-8 month pregnant belly. I’m a 52-year-old person, 1.60m tall, hovering between 55-58 kg. I always thought I ate quite balanced throughout my life, but turns out I was wrong. Last year, due to this bloating that bothered me abnormally, I had a colonoscopy done — nothing came up except a malignant polyp, which was removed since it was caught early, and that was that. This year, when the same bloating continued, on my doctor’s recommendation I decided to do an elimination diet, and a friend recommended you — so glad she did. My reason for starting the program was to find a remedy for my stomach bloating, and I found the remedy, thanks to you.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
Of course it helped. On top of it I lost a bonus 2 kg.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
My bloating went down by day 4 of the program, I don’t crave sweets or fruit, I used to eat 1 slice of bread in the mornings, now I don’t eat it at all; in fact, I don’t even crave it. We were on vacation on the weekend, I didn’t have a single slip-up, thanks to you….
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues.
I recommend it to those with bloating issues, those who want to get their eating habits in order — actually, everyone. I think it’s a program every individual should apply.
Anything you’d like to add…
I feel so lucky to have gotten to know you. So glad I got to know you through this occasion. You became the reason for me learning and internalizing a program I aim to apply for the rest of my life; you changed my lifestyle, bless you. Thousands of thanks….
Hoping to stay in contact…
E.E.
What was your goal when starting this program?
Years ago I was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity and irritable bowel. My stomach would bloat like a 7-8 month pregnant woman by end of day due to what I experienced and ate. My goal was to have a flat stomach, and no matter where I was in the middle of the day, I’d want to sleep. I couldn’t wake up fit in the mornings. I wanted this to change very much.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
From week 1 onward, I started feeling very light. My perspective on healthy eating changed. I used to see this kind of program as very hard and unfeasible. As I saw I could do it, my morale improved. My stomach definitely doesn’t bloat.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
I want to note my morale is very high. I feel fit and light. I can do everything I plan during the day without getting tired. This raises my morale even more. My biggest physical change is that my stomach doesn’t bloat. What’s more, even though I never aimed for it, I lost 3 kilos. 🙂
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
I recommend it to people who are afraid of dieting, who think dieting is a hard thing and thus experience health problems because of this. I never looked at this as a diet. I recommend it to them too.
Anything you’d like to add…
Thank you so much for giving me these feelings — I hug you tightly. I was sad saying goodbye last night. I think I’ll bother you occasionally by writing to you. I couldn’t say goodbye. 🙁
Bless the effort of you and your team…
P.Y.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I had different goals when starting the program. First of all, to better understand and apply the eating pattern I’d been trying to build for myself and with your recipes for a long time. The other reason was to see the effect of eating this way on my autoimmune diseases and blood values, and to reduce the medication/hormone doses I use.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
I actually started seeing its effect from the very first day, in terms of the medications I use. As the process continued, the regularity in my blood sugar was sufficient for me. My TSH value, which was high a month ago, became more normal according to the test result I had done after week 1 of Elimination. With Sema Hanım’s detailed explanations, I grasped very well how I can continue going forward.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
Most important is that I saw how easily and comfortably a program I thought would be very hard at the start could actually be done with proper guidance (bless Sema Hanım) 🙂 Physically I slimmed down, I started feeling less bloating.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
As Sema Hanım always says, I recommend it to everyone. However hard it may sound, this is an educational, instructive, enjoyable, and very useful program with Sema Hanım’s support. If you have no illness (lucky you), to cleanse your body; if you have any illness, I recommend doing this program not just for 3 weeks of healthy eating, but where you can learn a sustainable eating style and get a lot of extra useful knowledge on top.
Anything you’d like to add…
I learned much more than I expected from the program, and it passed much easier and more enjoyably than I expected. I recommend everyone considering starting/not considering starting to not think twice and immediately sign up for the next program — you’ll never regret it.
Thank you so much, Sema Hanım, for being with us always throughout the 5-week process and sharing what you know with us. I already miss your daily emails 🙂
B.O.
What was your goal when starting this program?
I’m a passive autoimmune patient, so I actually show no symptoms and there’s no issue in my values. But I’m also very allergic and have never-ending sinus drainage. This affects both my allergic asthma and my breathing, made harder due to throat narrowing. Since I saw in one of the publications I read that gluten causes sinus drainage, I kept wondering whether this could be my remedy, but I didn’t know how to achieve it. I’ve followed you on social media for a very long time — your genuineness, your always-smiling face, living and reflecting everything as it is without exaggeration, felt good to me. Also, you weren’t the type who pretends to know it all, and it was clear from your constant knowledge sharing that you don’t care about the financial side of things. I said if I’m going to try this, I should try it with Sema Hanım, and I set out this way.
How did the program help you achieve your goals?
I learned what, when, and how to eat. Without your recipes, I definitely couldn’t have done this. Your step-by-step guidance starting from shopping made my life easier during the elimination process. On the other hand, the emails coming every day were a tremendous source of motivation.
What is the biggest physical and behavioral change you notice in yourself as the program ends?
Unfortunately there hasn’t yet been a very big change in my sinus drainage and breathing, but you’ve already said from the start that 3 weeks wouldn’t be enough for this kind of condition, so I know I need to sustain this for 3 or 6 months to get a result. I can only see this by experiencing it. On the other hand, the edema in my body went away, my stomach, which used to get huge in the evenings, went down. My gas is gone. Before starting the program, my eye would swell! Waking up in the mornings with an almost-closed eye that wouldn’t go down for at least 2 days was very frustrating. That’s gone now, what more could there be! For continuation I need a bit more patience, determination, and positive feelings.
I recommend this program to those with the following kinds of issues:
I strongly recommend it to those with allergic reactions, those with persistent, never-going-down edema, those with constant gas complaints, and those experiencing sugar crises.
Anything you’d like to add…
I’m so happy to have gotten to know you! I hope life always brings you beauty and huge smiles. May you live a peaceful, joyful life with your sweet dogs and your husband. Keep being part of our lives and touching us.
Stay with love and health.
Thank you so much to my participants for these lovely words.
With my love,
Sema
