Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

My name is Teresa Wagner.

I am a registered dietitian who is proud to work for this company, a company that educates, strategizes, and collaborates with people to help them reach their health goals through real food nutrition.

And for many people, weight loss is a health goal they are working toward not just for a number on the scale, but for the benefits that come along for the ride with a healthy approach to weight loss,

where the focus is on nourishing the body so it can function at its best.

Today, I'm excited to be talking with Cheryl Blumer about something that so many people long to do,

and she's successfully done it.

Weight loss.

Cheryl has been through our Nutrition for Weight Loss Foundations program. She followed up that class by enrolling and participating in our

ongoing support and education groups and has taken several of the cooking classes we offer with

our chef, Marianne. For much of this journey,

I have had the privilege of walking alongside her as her nutrition counselor.

Cheryl is married to her husband, Glenn. She has three children and five grandchildren.

Since starting with nutritional weight and wellness, she has retired, but she keeps busy with crafts, reading, biking, and gardening.

She's a self-described recovering sugar addict, couch potato turned exercise enthusiast.

She enjoys time with grandkids and going to their various activities.

She has loved her time volunteering at church and her children's schools and enjoys social activities with friends.

With all of this, do you ever wonder, Cheryl, how you had time to work?

I do wonder how I had time to work.

It's a very busy life in retirement, but it's one that I'm

enjoying immensely. Sheryl, you have achieved significant weight loss, not only lost weight, but you have

maintained that loss. We are a society obsessed with before and after pictures, instant gratification and fad diets.

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