Member Success with Jen

Meet Jen, a real Calibrate member who enrolled in the program after realizing through several unsuccessful attempts with different programs that something wasn’t working. Jen set out to find a program that would medically treat her weight loss and provide guided coaching. After seeing great results in first year with Calibrate, Jen began the second year of the program with anxiety about the medication tapering experience, including the fear of gaining the weight back.  

Read Jen's story to learn more about how the habits she gained at Calibrate and the support of her coaching and Medical team helped her sustain her results after stopping medication.

“I thought I’d have to be on medication for the rest of my life.”

[When I learned I’d be tapering], I was very scared. I was afraid I’d gain the weight back. But then I worked with my coach and doctors to get off of it and while my weight did fluctuate a little (as expected!), I stayed at what I would consider to be my new normal weight…and that’s where I’m at! 

“There were no dramatic side effects.” 

Despite having no side effects [on medication], I had a lot of anxiety about [my tapering process]. I assumed getting off the medication would mean I’d have to resort to dieting, but this wasn’t the case at all. Through Calibrate, I’ve established healthy habits like journaling and goal setting, and I’ve learned to get creative with spices and whole foods. Putting these habits into practice during my first year helped me sustain my results after tapering off medication. 

My weight did fluctuate a bit, but I called my [Calibrate] doctor and they assured me that was normal. So tapering wasn’t as terrifying as I expected. I wasn’t sick and I didn’t gain 10+ pounds—it was nothing like that.

“Small wins lead to big wins.”

[Throughout my second year with Calibrate] I’ve continued to weigh myself, journal every day, and I’ve learned to forgive myself when I’m not perfect—and start again the next day. I’ve also really leaned into goal setting, because goals truly drive me. If I’m not getting enough veggies, I set [a veggie] goal and hit it. But my next really big goal is an Ironman. Right now, I’m helping my son with Navy Seal training, so that’s part of my training strategy, and it’s going to take me a year and a half to get ready. It’s going to be an incredible feat and I wouldn’t have been able to do this two years ago [prior to Calibrate], but now I can.

Through Calibrate, I’ve learned that it’s important to achieve one small goal at a time—then you can get to your big goals. So, first I need to be able to swim 200 meters then 500 meters and be able to do that for four weeks [and so on], and next November, I’m going to be in Arizona taking on my Ironman.

Things are overall better when my body is in a good place. At the end of Calibrate, I can say, “I’m there. I’m in a good place.” That’s awesome.

Calibrate’s Metabolic Reset is designed to help employees lose an average of 15% of their body weight and taper off GLP-1 medication–all within the course of a 24-month program. Schedule a demo to learn more about how habits learned with Calibrate help members sustain results after stopping medication.