In a few weeks, we’ll be saying farewell to another group of Weighless graduates. These are the folks, remember, who began their year-long Weighless journey just as the world entered a global pandemic shutdown.
Some of them were front-line workers: health care professionals, teachers, essential service providers.. Some lost their jobs. Some had their adult children move back home. Some got — and recovered from — Covid.
Suffice it to say, the year was not without its challenges. And yet they persisted. Many, in fact, expressed how grateful they were to have a structure and support that helped them rise to those challenges without sacrificing their goals or self-care.
And speaking of goals, 64% of those who finished the program lost more than 5% of their starting body weight. (25% lost more than 10% of their starting body weight!)
And that wasn’t all that was lost. They also lost bad habits, negative self-talk, and a host of other unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
If you’ve ever wondered if you have what it takes to become someone who weighs less, I hope you’ll take their triumph as inspiration. None of them were any stronger, or smarter, or less stressed or busy than you. They just showed up and did the work. And look what they have to show for it! (What might you have to show for it a year from now if you made the same leap?)
Monica &Brock, I’m a grad of the 12 mo Weighless Program who sustained my goals until this 12-mo pandemic. i have a deep depression that resists therapy and meds. just trying to exercise after hip stress fracture. I want to get my disordered eating back under control. i wonder if this is a good time to jump back in??? i remember the discipline and calm mindfulness were as valuable as the weight loss. What do you think? BEST, Diana