My wife and I recently returned from a week in Orlando with more than 700 other Health Coaches from across the nation all there to learn how to be a better Health Coach.

It was our annual Take Shape For Life National Convention. It was well organized, informationally packed, a lot of fun and had a real good energy. With more than 40 different breakout sessions to choose from, everyone from the brand new health coach to a well seasoned coach could hear from leaders on pertinent and educational topics.

On Saturday afternoon we met as a general assembly to hear from a panel of healthcare professionals; among them a heart surgeon, a vascular surgeon and our own Medifast and Take Shape For Life Medical Director, Dr. Wayne Andersen. I feel very fortunate to have been part of that experience. They said Health Coaches are the new health professionals.

Our Take Shape For Life business model incorporates Medifast meals but also aspires a much loftier goal. We believe we can restore health to America. We believe our business model can neutralize and eventually reverse the obesity trends in America. Health Coaches are people like you and me helping other people get healthy and we are being endorsed by the medical community at large! These veterans of more than 30 years’ experience are joining Take Shape For Life because with our program they can proactively create health in their patients’ lives rather than merely “delay death and prescribe medications”. It was very poweful to hear. We are doing a lot of good in this world.

We are going to have a webinar this Tuesday evening that is open to anyone interested in hearing more about what we learned. I’ll be joined by some other Health Coaches who were also at the convention. I want it to be like the convention, meaning informative and fun. I’ll post the invite tomorrow. Hope to see you there.

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