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Dear WW Philadelphia Member,
Years ago, in a Workshop where I was the Coach, a Lifetime Member asked me to talk her Mother into joining Weight Watchers. She explained her Mom was morbidly obese and had mobility and health issues due to her weight. She said she grocery shopped for her Mom but kind neighbors would still show up with sweets and other foods her Mom found hard to resist.
I explained to the Member, I couldn’t talk her Mom into joining. No one can really talk anyone into coming to Weight Watchers. Everyone must come on their own. I invited the Member to bring her Mom as a guest the following week. I recommended they sit in the back. If Mom needed to make "a break for it," it was okay but if she wanted to join, she could do so after the Workshop and I would give her the full orientation for new Members.
The next week the Member and her Mom arrived just before the Workshop began and sat in the back as I had suggested. Mom was using a wheelchair but was able to stand and walk for short periods.
At the end of the meeting, the Member and Mom were waving to me indicating Mom wanted to get started. After they and others joined, I invited any new Members or anyone with questions to the front of the room for orientation.
The next week, "Mom" showed up, came to me to get weighed in–stood from her wheelchair, and stepped on the scale. At the same time, she leaned forward and whispered to me, “I didn’t do very well this week. I cheated.” I said, “Do you want to talk about it?” She said, “I ate an extra tablespoon of raisins.” That woman was describing eating extra raisins as if she had satisfied a Big Mac attack!
I looked at her reassuringly and said, “Everything is going to be okay.” Then she saw her new weight which showed she had lost 13 pounds that week. I’ll never forget her smile or her sense of relief.
She continued with WW and some months later, she had lost enough weight to be comfortable traveling to visit her only sibling, a sibling who she never thought she would see again in this lifetime because she was so unhealthy.
Taking charge of our health is life-changing. Changing our stories from one of failure and dread to one of possibilities is AMAZING. In 8-12 weeks, you can lose 10% or more of your starting weight.
The story in our head stops us from starting because our head sees the possible failure and wants to protect us from that feeling of failure. This story needs to be rewritten.
Weight Watchers is HERE and we’re looking forward to serving you in our workshops.
Take charge my friends, succeed on purpose.
Fondest regards,
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