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Heather’s POV: Weight Watchers Beyond the Scale and Other Tools You Can Use in Your Weight Loss Journey

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shutterstock_207758425My Point of View 

I was coaching one of my weight loss clients today, and she said she really liked the sound of the new Weight Watchers program Beyond the Scale. She asked me what my thoughts were on the new program and if I supported her using it.

Without reading even one piece of Weight Watchers literature on the new program, I could have gambled my entire year’s earnings that there would be three concrete truths about the program. [Read more…] about Heather’s POV: Weight Watchers Beyond the Scale and Other Tools You Can Use in Your Weight Loss Journey

With Exercise, Start Where You Are

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The other day, I was at the gym and I saw one of those boot camp-style classes going on. I watched a group of people, many of them 50 pounds or more overweight, doing burpies. They did this, and other crazy things they weren’t conditioned for, because the trainer was telling them to.

And all I kept thinking was, “Go for a walk. Get outside. Put in 20 minutes this week. Maybe bump it up to 30 minutes next week. Then build on your progress!”

Recently, one of our Half Size Me™ Community members shared she was starting a boot camp-style class. She said she hated looking at herself in the mirror while working out. She was in pain and she just wants to get the weight off.

I also have a coaching client who’s been sedentary for awhile. She asked me, “Should I go back to my boot camp class?” My answer: [Read more…] about With Exercise, Start Where You Are