From ‘I can’t’ to ‘I can’: How this mother and daughter lost 134 pounds together

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A family vacation jolted Darlene and Lauren Sears into action. Here are four steps they took to regain their health and their lives.

where her doctor recommended that she lose some weight. When she got in her car and looked over her paperwork two words jumped out at her: “morbidly obese.”and abnormal cholesterol levels. She was on the path toward diabetes. If she fell, she struggled to get up. And she felt terrible.

and within the first week she lost five pounds. That initial success gave her the confidence to believe she could succeed.Meanwhile, Lauren Sears had the same reaction when she saw the photos from that family vacation. “I was like, ‘That’s not me. Who is that?’” Lauren had been an athlete and a runner, but in 2014 she tripped over a tree root and tore all the ligaments in her ankle.

She joined her mom at WW in 2019 and also lost five pounds in her first week. Since then, Darlene Sears has lost 55 pounds and Lauren Sears has lost 79 pounds.healthy journey We have down days or things that didn’t go so well. But we pick up and say, ‘Tomorrow’s another day.’Darlene and Lauren use the WW app to track what they eat. To start, Lauren tracked breakfast every day for one week. “If you can track one meal every day for a week, you can build upon that. That’s what really helped me,” she said. “Little steps will add up to the big result you’re looking for.”

 

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drink a glass of water on an empty stomach every day but avoid eating or drinking anything for around 45 minutes.

You both look great & your smiles are terrific!

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