Weight Loss Success Story: Kiera lost 50 pounds by choosing the Medifast program after being inspired by a friend’s weight loss. She even inspired her husband to lose weight with her. Here is what she shared about her weight loss journey:
Good morning, my name is Kiera DesChamps and I have lost 50 pounds since November, size 18 to a size 8! Like most women, I have struggled with my weight since having two children (who are now teenagers). It was gradual weight gain that crept year after year. I have tried many diet plans, pills, and exercise, but it was never enough to change my lifestyle. Creeping upon my 40s, with a family history of hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, I knew I needed to change…now!
Last year, I noticed one of my friends losing weight, without pills or surgery. I inquired about her weight loss success and she became my free health coach! She provided me with weekly support calls, guidance, and accountability, along with a healthy eating plan. It was the easy lifestyle change that I had been looking for all of my life! I eat all day, lose weight, and I actually look forward to exercising and keeping up with my active teenagers.
I eat 5 small meals a day (Medifast medically formulated meal with the exact calories, vitamins, etc.), and 1 meal with a protein a vegetable. I am exercising about 3 times per week, 30 minutes each time. I just started toning with weights for my arms. It’s the easiest plan I have ever done. I feel great and I have so much more energy. I have about 20 more to lose for a healthy BMI.
I have now become a free health coach and I help change the lives of many others. I have not reached my healthy BMI, but I am not too far away!!! For the first time in 15 years, I will be shopping for a swim suit for my vacation to Cancun, Mexico next month. I am sooooo excited!
Black women, do not make excuses about choosing health! It feels fantastic and so empowering to be in control of how you feel each day. Don’t blame your hair, lack of time, your children, etc., make a decision today!”
Kiera and her husband have lost 130 pounds combined. Here is an article on them from their local news station.
fifi says
I need your help. I also have a friend who lost weight with medifast. When I went to the center to learn more about it I was asked to pay 1300 bucks for the service and including buying food separately from the service fees which provides only 2 weeks of food. Do the 1st month I will spend over 1600… is there anything else I can do?
solange says
I have a friend who lost weight with medifast. I went to the center to learn about it. I suppose to pay 1300 bucks for the service which has 2 weeks of food and I have to buy 330 buck for food a month. At the end of my 1st month I will pend more than $ 1600. Please help me I want to lose at least 40-50 lbs. Right I joined the gym and bought meal replacement protein shake from gnc…
Karli says
$1600?? Wow. Have you considered purchasing the food online and going to different websites online for weight loss support forums and/or workout partners? (Meetup.com or Craigslist.org?) Purchasing the meals online cost me around $290 and once you get settled in you can incorporate foods that you already have on hand to supplement the Medifast meals. I bought a month’s worth back in May of 2013 and in 4 days I lost 14 lbs. Unbelievably I stopped due to depression from being unable to find a job after being laid off. I’m working up the strength to finish my month’s worth of supplies and I’m thinking about switching one or two of the daily snacks with a Green Juice Smoothie. I wish you luck and hopefully we’ll both be a few lbs lighter in the up and coming months. God Bless – oh and try looking up Medifast tips, recipes, and results on Youtube!
Cherron R. Wilson says
Great job, you look amazing.