I currently health coaching a patient from my lp who is trying to lose weight. Our first meeting was in mid July and our second meeting was just last week. The goal that my patient has in mind is to be able to exercise consistently 4 times a week for around 30 to 45 minutes each time seeing as she was not exercising at all. So far I have asked her to keep a record of her exercise log as well as a weekly weigh in chart so we can keep track of her progress. Since mid July she has been very successful and has lost more than 10 pounds and has been exercising at least 3 times a week. I feel super proud of her and she is highly motivated by this progress as well.

A couple of obstacles however, will be coming our way. As a graduate student with kids the start of the school year threatens to eradicate the time she feels like she could spare for exercising. We have talked extensively about her understanding of the importance to male time regardless and so far the plan is to plan these sessions ahead of time of her calendar so that she will be driven to continue.