Most of my Clients have tried several ways to lose weight and get healthy—sometimes dozens of different diets and plans.

They’ve been discouraged, to say the least. It’s understandable that you might think that nothing is going to work for you, that your excess weight and health problems are hopeless.

To tell you the truth, I’ve been there.

Take Shape For Life is different, because it’s about creating real health that lasts. And we do it with three key components.

First, Medifast Meals—the meal replacements we use for the weight-loss phase—are a safe, effective, and clinically proven way to lose weight.

Second, our Habits of Health system, created by Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen—Co-founder and Medical Director of Take Shape For Life and author of Dr. A’s Habits of Health—is a step-by-step method for replacing your unhealthy habits with healthy ones. I use it to improve my nutrition, my sleep, even my stress management.

The third unique thing is where I come in. One of the most important factors in whether or not someone can get healthy—and stay that way—is personal support. Actual scientific studies back me up on this.*

In my experience getting healthy with Take Shape For Life, I’ve made changes in my life that I didn’t think were possible. I’m just passing on what worked for me.

I am not a counselor or a doctor, and I can’t tell you what to do about your job, your marriage, or your relationships with friends and family.

But I can show you a way of eating, learning, and living that puts you on the path toward Optimal Health. Here’s what you can expect from me, in a nutshell:

• I’ll provide you with one-on-one coaching.
• I’ll show you the products, programs, and support to help you work toward your health goals, and teach you healthy habits for life. 
• I’ve been properly trained to support you and I’m backed by a strong, well-financed company.

Take a walk with me, and I can show you how Take Shape For Life succeeds where other weight-loss programs fail.

* Check this out: Clinical study says support is essential

The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a large weight-loss maintenance study of 1,032 overweight and obese adults in 2008. The study found that brief personal counseling and Web-based intervention strategies offer the best hope in keeping weight off over three years.

"The big discovery of this study is that losing weight and keeping it off is possible if you have ongoing, long-term support," said study second author Victor J. Stevens, Ph.D., a senior researcher at Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research.

"Everyone in this country—men, women, and children of every racial group—is getting heavier because our society promotes eating too much and not getting enough exercise,” Dr. Stevens says. “We all need a personal health coach."