Alexis Dugas

In September 2018, before back to school, like every years I was back to school shopping for new clothes. I hat this moment. For me it was always a big ordeal, because every summer, I was gaining weight. But this year was worse than usual. I walking in and out of the dressing room with tears in my eyes. My mother’s heart broke to see me like this. I realized that I had taken on weight… 222.4lbs, up from 38lbs.

On the way back, we didn’t talk much, I was so sad. At one point , I asked my mom if she ever needed to do a weight loss program and she shared her experience with Simply For Life

I was turning 13 soon and I said to my mom: for my birthday gift could you sign me up at Simply For Life? Mom said to me “if that’s what you really want I’ll find out, but I don’t know at 13 they’re going to be able to work with you. I thanked her and when I arrived at home, mom immediately told me that I had an appointment with Michel the next day!

The meeting was magical. I already had confidence and was ready to commit immediately. Michel sent me a meal plan and I started to cook! Yes I’m preparing all my meals myself and I find I really enjoy cooking. Week after week there was a weight loss of 3 pounds and sometimes even 6 points. Mom saw me transform before her eyes, physically of course, but psychologically too. My self-esteem, my posture, my way of walking and my beautiful smile, everything had changed.

When my mom asks me what Michel has done for me, I answer: Michel thought me the right way to eat and always encouraged me and continues to do so. My mom asked also how I feel now that I’ve lost 50 pounds and I said “So good mom!” That’s all she wanted to hear, she’ll never regret giving me this birthday present.