Testimonials

• I started this program at 270 pounds and I have lost 40 pounds to date.  My goal is to lose 100 pounds and this program has given me the tools, inspiration, and motivation to do this.  This program has truly changed my life and I would like to thank everyone associated with it. (Fall 2009)
• I learned so much.  I have more energy. (Summer 2009)
• This program teaches you to care about yourself. This is what I need to do and I’m going to do it. (Summer 2009)
• The program teaches you to stand up for what you need. (Summer 2009)
  I was on two blood pressure medications before starting the program and now I am on none. (Summer 2009)
• It is so much more than weight loss. It is about how you feel and energy. (Summer 2009)
• It has been absolutely a miracle. (Summer 2009)
• Your whole world is changed upside down for the good. We go shopping now and buy mediums! It is a transformation. (Fall 2009)
• Once you take away the food component, once the balance is there, it wasn’t about food. Food wasn’t the issue. I had time to think about other things. (Fall 2009)
• Diets are always what you can’t do. This program is about what you can do. This program helped us take control of our lives. We found things that fit in to our lives. (Fall 2009)
• We’re important. We find things that fit for us. (Summer 2009)
• Even if you don’t cook, you can get food in the real world that fits with this plan. (Summer 2009)
• This has been lifesaving. (Summer 2009)
• It is a journey, not a destination. (Summer 2009)
• “It is an investment in your health” (Summer 2008)
• It is a “positive approach. The world is fitting into our lives instead of us fitting into the world.” (Summer 2008)
• “This program is a footprint of how to get to a healthy lifestyle. A lot of people don’t know how to get there. There are no directions.” (Summer 2008)
• This program is a turnkey to a healthy lifestyle.” (Summer 2008)
• “The thing I like about this program is that it is changing lifestyle. It’s like the ‘turtle and the hare’, slow and steady. It takes the pressure off. It is good to see the steady.” (Summer 2008)
• “Psychological aspects of eating were the turnkey. I haven’t gotten this in any other program” (Summer 2008)
• “We are a team. Everyone is rooting for everyone else.” (Summer 2008)
• “The psychological aspects are something you’ll use for your whole life. It is not just centered on what you weigh.” (Summer 2008)
• “Helped me figure out why I don’t stick on a diet… All or nothing mentality… Made me realize I do that with a lot of things in my life.” (Summer 2008)
• “It is a lifestyle change. It was easier for me to accept. I was convinced that this is the healthy and right way to eat and I want to do this for myself.” (Summer 2008)
• “Non-judgmental.” (Summer 2008)
• “When I needed reinforcement it was there.” (Summer 2008)
• “Carries over into other aspects of your life.” (Summer 2008)
• “Mental game changes. I like the team aspect. It encompasses everything you need to maintain a healthy lifestyle.” (Summer 2008)
• “It’s personal. The day I spoke to the Dietician my life changed. I didn’t think I had the energy to do the job.” (Summer 2008)
• “It’s not just about food.” (Summer 2008)
• “It isn’t work, it is planning. It doesn’t create stress. It isn’t another job” I have to do. (Summer 2008)
  “Everything is better” “Our marriage is better” (A husband and wife who did the program together) (Summer 2008)
• “Gives you room to explore other things and how your personality fits into how you choose to eat.” (Summer 2008)
• “It morphs itself to the individual.” (Summer 2008)
• “Enhances relationships. Good to do together." (Summer 2008)
• “It helps you to concentrate on you.” (Summer 2008)
• “Get’s you something positive out of a negative. Don’t have to be perfect to succeed. Being imperfect doesn’t mean I have failed.” (Summer 2008)
• “Taught me how to get inside my own head. Education aspect about how society expects us to be thin yet in restaurants portions are huge. Sets us up to fail. Awareness.” (Summer 2008)
• “Awareness and realism about what is going on. Enlightenment." (Summer 2008)
• “If you care about yourself you’ll do it. I learned to like and care about myself. I am not embarrassed.” (Summer 2008)
• “Trickle down to your kids and the next generation.” (Summer 2008)