Tina's Story, Part 3

After a couple days, Tina's apprehension and nerves got the better of her trust and excitement. She approached me and said, "I am eating so much! There is no way I am going to lose weight!"

I assured her she was not eating "so much."  True, she was eating a lot more than what she had been eating, maybe twice as much.  Yes, she was eating (what felt like) all the time. I asked her how she felt, and she said she felt great but was never hungry. I told her that was good and convinced her to keep trying it for the rest of the week.

After a week, she came back to me, and after a brief chat to see how she was doing and make sure she had followed both her nutrition and exercise plan, I put her back on the same scale I had weighed her on a week earlier.  Of course, our conversation included her telling me that she was sure she had not lost any weight. However, to her astonishment, in just a week, she had lost four and a half (4.5) pounds (2.04 Kg)!

I didn't have to say much after this, of course.  Tina immediately trusted me and was ready to do whatever I asked her to do.  We continued to work together for the next 11 weeks.  I gave her a free 12-week program, and we met every week to weigh her, test her body fat, and write up new nutrition and exercise plans.  We gradually increased her daily caloric intake to 1600 Calories per day, then cut her back to 1200 Calories per day, and then built her back up to 1400 Calories per day, which is where we leveled off. I had her doing weights 2 times per week, and cardio 4 times per week.  As long as she was doing what I asked her to do, she lost weight. And even more importantly, she told me she had never felt better!