08/06/2025
150 Pounds Lost & Maintained! Read Maryās Incredible Story! š¤©
We often say this journey is about more than a number on the scale: it's about gaining your life back. Mary's story is a beautiful example of this. Three years ago, she started her journey with us. Today, she's celebrating two years of maintenance and a life filled with strength, family, and new challenges she once thought were impossible.
Read her inspiring story below:
āFor the first time in my life, I finally accomplished two years of maintenance as of June 2025!! I have never in my life thought that it was possible to achieve. Choosing Transition Medical Weight Loss to help me in June 2022 was the best decision I ever made. I will always be grateful to them for what they did for me. Their support, guidance and structured plan was everything I needed. I continued what I learned and always focused on my protein.
Over the last two years I have been able to live a much happier and fulfilling life due to weight loss. Not only have I made the commitment to take my health first, I love what I do. Strength training, Orange Theory Fitness and running is non-negotiable. I donāt do those things because I have to, I do them because I want to. I love the way I feel after I accomplish something difficult. I hear the coach at the gym say, āyou can do hard thingsā and carrying around 150 extra pounds was hard. Being overweight is extremely hard; however, the hard things I do today make me feel happier, stronger and more focused. When I first started my weight loss journey, it was to be healthy and to be there for my family. Over the last 7 months, I have become a caregiver for my mother and father-in-law. I still work full-time, and I also train 5 days a week. I canāt take care of others if I donāt take care of myself.
Recently, I finished a 5-mile road race in Boston with my son-in-law and finished it with a personal record. It was so liberating to do this knowing 3 years ago I could barely walk without holding on to something. I have developed a love for strength training and running so I plan to just keep going. I will always belong to Orange Theory Fitness as I just love that workout and the coaches. The OTF community is wonderful, and I have met some great people. Next month I will be running a 10k with my daughter and next year I am running a 10 miles race with my daughter and her best friend in PA. Going back to PA to run a 10-mile race is more than just another race. Philadelphia was where I was in June of 2022 when I couldnāt walk anywhere unless I was holding on to my grandsonās stroller and needing a seatbelt extender on the plane. Now Iām going to be running a 10-mile race!!!! Just CRAZY. No seatbelt extender needed ever again.
When people talk about non-scale victories, I experience them every single day. I donāt focus on the scale anymore because I spend my time focusing on strength training and staying fit. I go by how I look and feel. I want to put on muscle and if the scale moves up, I donāt know if it is fat, muscle or water. I donāt want to be controlled by the scale as I get up every day and just live my life. I practice the 80/20 lifestyle. I provide my body with the nutritional food it needs to accomplish my activities and 20% of the food that just makes me happy. I finally found a balance that works. I did a DEXA body scan this year to help me determine my bone density, visceral fat and muscle mass. I am proud to say that I received an A+ rating. There is so much more than what the scale reflects in my physical fitness journey, the DEXA body scan provides me with confidence I am doing all the right things for my health.
To those of you who think that this could never happen to you, please do what I did, make the jump and join Transition Medical Weight Loss. So much happiness will come from it and if you stay focused and are ready to commit to a lifestyle change, this will be you too. Remember, āyou can do hard things.ā
Thank you again Transition!ā
