I am a 31-year-old mother of two amazing girls ages 19 months and 3 1/2 years, I have been married for nearly 10 years (which makes me feel old), I work full time in development for a local non-profit, and I have struggled with weight and food-related issues since... well, since my earliest memories I guess.
After meeting with dietitians, personal trainers, medical doctors, therapists, and trying a number of weight-control and food-control programs on my own without any long-term success, I decided to try the Green Light program at Webster Wellness.
I chose this program for a few reasons:
- The focus seemed to be on teaching skills that would let me be in control of my own eating - no foods that are required or off-limits.
- There was a structure, which made me feel more confident that my time (and therefore my money) would be used well.
- The therapist who runs the program was the same person who did my initial consultation, which was important to me because I have tried therapists in the past with whom I was incompatible (and I learned a few things in that consultation!).
- There was room in the structure for fielding my specific issues.
- There was an option to partake in group or individual sessions. I can really see the benefit of either, but I was confident that I would prefer the individual track.
- I was told that no one who started the 10-week program had ever quit.
That said, there were a few things that made me nervous:
- At $2000, it is expensive (at least compared to my budget).
- It requires two sessions per week, one long session (a bit over an hour) and one short coaching session (about 30 minutes). With a full-time job and two small kids, that commitment felt like it might become unmanageable.
- I couldn't find any thorough online reviews of the program (hence my blog).
So, I will chronicle my ten-weeks of the program. Hopefully it will be a happy ten weeks filled with lots of lessons that leave me feeling healthier, happier, and more in control.
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