Karen’s Treatment

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Karen is a 61 year-old married woman with two sons. Today she does part-time work teaching at the university level. She’s only 5’3 but weighed 248 pounds at her heaviest. Karen talks about how weight loss programs sometimes worked for her but that the weight always came back plus some. She chose to lose weight naturally by reaching out to a registered dietician that caused her relationship to food to change dramatically. In attending support groups, she found a place where she was held accountable. She’s 100 pounds lighter today!

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ContributorKaren, 61Read Full Bio

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Karen is a 61 year-old married woman with two sons. Today she does part-time work teaching at the university level. She’s only 5’3 but weighed 248 pounds at her heaviest. Karen talks about how weight loss programs sometimes worked for her but that the weight always came back plus some. She chose to lose weight naturally by reaching out to a registered dietician that caused her relationship to food to change dramatically. In attending support groups, she found a place where she was held accountable. She’s 100 pounds lighter today!

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Karen talks about how Weight Watchers was a success for her until she stopped going to meeting and counting points. She admits it didn’t work because she didn’t follow the plan. She tried weight loss medications but had a hard time with the side effects. She went to a registered dietician, meeting one on one. With learned a whole new relationship to food and began using apps to keep track of what she was eating.

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