For those of you who follow my Instagram account (@simplychefkaren), this might be old news. Or you may very well be sick of it. However for those of you who don’t, this blog post is for you. Also, there are some things that photos and videos don’t do justice to compared to the written word. While I’m skipping ahead past my third and final Disneyland post, I felt the timing was appropriate for me to write about what really is what is listed in the title. I never in a million years would have thought that I would be in a WW (formerly known as Weight Watchers) commercial. But yet here we are, a little over a month out from the experience and I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that it really and truly happened. As being someone who is usually behind cameras or assisting others as they shoot food, the idea of me being in front of one definitely pushes me outside of my comfort zone. But to be able to help or inspire someone else to begin or along in their weight loss journey was what inspired me to say yes to this whole experience.
Let’s take it back to the end of January, as I was cruising through Instagram stories and saw that WW posted a request asking for WW Weight Loss Journey stories. Having no idea what it was for, I filled out the form and attached the link to my Weight Loss Journey blog post and sent it in. My thought was that perhaps it was to be featured on the WW Instagram account or maybe they were just looking for feedback. Either way, I didn’t give it too much of a second thought.
Fast forward to Valentine’s Day, when I received a random email from a woman at WW thanking me for filling out the form and wanted to know if she could set up a Zoom meeting to talk to me a bit more about my story. Again, I didn’t think too much of this and figured, feedback. I was excited though as I have been a massive WW fan since 2005. As I had told plenty of people in my life over the last 17 years, it really is the only thing that works for me. I had recommended it time and time again. So I was excited at being able to gush about something that had affected me so positively over time.
Our zoom meeting was set up, and I was greeted with a bubbly woman named Morgann. We hit it off chatting and she asked me to do exactly what I thought, talk about my experience with WW. After 20 minutes, she thanked me and that was it.
I know, I know. “Karen, we already know you got the commercial, get to the good stuff”. So yes, there was a second zoom meeting with more people and similar questions. The funny thing to note here is that at this point, I still had no idea what it was all for. It wasn’t until I was out in Disneyland with my friends David and Matthew that I received an email while in line for Toy Story Mania letting me know that while everything was very fluid, would I like to come be in a commercial for WW. I was floored. I honestly until this point still thought it was for an Instagram post or something on the website.
Letting my work colleague in on the news because she had been looped in all along, she informed me that she would cover my classes at the culinary school because I HAD to take this opportunity. A few days later, the dates were confirmed and it was a go! Flights were booked, forms were filled out and before I knew it, we were on. I have to also let you in on the turn around time for this. I arrived home from my Disneyland based trip to LA on a Monday. The following Tuesday was when I was to fly back out to LA. So just barely a full week apart trips.
The night before our flights, we all zoomed in together to meet who we were going to be meeting and going through this experience with. 6 new faces popped up on my screen along with Morgann and introductions were made. Everyone had their own WW journey to tell and the weight loss around the room was staggering. After a few minutes, Morgann informed us that there was one more person who would be joining us for the commercial that couldn’t make it to the zoom but she was going play something he wanted us to see. A few seconds later, James Corden popped on to our computer screens! Of course, everyone lost their minds at this point. He greeted all of us by our names and told us that he had been reading up on our stories and couldn’t wait to meet us and work with us on Friday.
I’ve been fortunate enough to meet a lot of celebrities over my career. Most of it was based around where I worked and what I did. And while I could be jaded to them at this point, it wasn’t lost on me what an incredibly cool opportunity this was going to be. I was getting this experience because of the work I had put in and based on my own personal choices. However, after getting off the call and seeing how much weight everyone else had lost, my measly 22 pounds didn’t seem like it was worthy to be with the others. I started panicking and feeling that someone else needed to get picked over me. There was plenty of members that had bigger losses that should have been represented.
I immediately texted Morgann, asking her “why me?” and “I should give up my spot”. But she insisted that my story needed to be told. And that my weight loss was relatable. Randy also encouraged me, letting me know how hard he has seen me work over the past few years and how diligent I have been with the program.
So the next morning, I woke up and headed to class. After 5 hours of teaching my students about potatoes, I headed directly to the airport. This whole thing was so crazy to me as literally 10 days before, I did the exact same thing. Truth be told, I have a hard time heading in that direction now and not having the urge to go directly to the airport. The travel bug is definitely back!
What was also crazy to me was that up until the day before, I didn’t even know where we were staying! I’m a planner so that was very last minute for me. But I parked, headed to the airport and started documenting my travel with my phone. Before I knew it, I was boarded back on the plane and on my way to LA.
By the time I arrived, I texted my contact with WW and he let me know my ride would be texting me shortly. We were told ahead of time that we would have someone waiting for us with a sign for pick up. I always wanted to be one of those people!
This was when I was introduced to Allen, our chauffeur, bouncer, big brother, cameraman all wrapped up into one. However, when Allen first texted me, he informed me that he forgot my sign and that he would be downstairs waiting for me in a black hoodie and black hat.
“Oh dear God… this is how I die”, was the first thought that ran through my head. I flew all the way to LA to be thrown into a van and murdered. All under the ruse of being a WW event.
But I knew I was safe with Allen the second I saw him and he waved hello. He could not have been nicer or more helpful. He whisked me away in a white mini van for a short ride over to Culver City to The Shay Hotel. I could do an entire post on the Shay, so I’m going to in the upcoming weeks. I absolutely loved everything about this hotel.
Noah, our WW coordinator, met me in the lobby and informed me that I would be getting a covid test that night in the lobby and gave me my allowances for the week. At this point, it was almost 9p LA time. Which is 12am Eastern time. I had been up since 3am Eastern time. So almost 21 hours. I was completely exhausted. I ordered some food from the restaurant downstairs, got my covid test in the lobby and promptly passed out.
The next day, I was picked up by Allen and taken to an office space in Culver City where the fittings would be taking place for the actual commercial. Again, surreal is going to be overused here, but I had never had “a fitting” for anything besides some simple alterations to bridesmaid dresses. I arrived to find Dominique, our wardrobe master, waiting with racks of clothes labeled for all of us and greeting me with a massive hug.
I also met Natalie, one of the other WW members taking part in the commercial. I was immediately impressed with her athletic build and height. She could literally be a model. Well, she was going to be in a commercial!
Dominque then began giving me various different outfits to try on. She had called me a few days earlier to verify my sizes and if there were anything stipulations to my clothing. I told her I am not a girlie dresser and I hate pink. My style has always flirted with some girlie tendencies but also a bit on the tom boy side. And pink you will only catch me in for Breast Cancer Awareness.
Real talk: I think this was taken as a bit of a challenge as a good amount of things I tried on were either girl, had pink features or both. While I was concerned about coming across as “difficult”, I was honest about what I felt was completely out of the question of how I would look normally. I wanted to look like myself but better. A 3 tiered ruffled pink and orange skirt was something that I would NEVER wear. The theme of the commercial was “springtime in a park”. So each of us had different scenarios that we were taking part in. Mine, since I am a Chef, was a picnic in the park. So my outfit had to match the idea of enjoying some great food at a picnic table. All of the clothes I tried on were photographed with me sitting on a bench to get the full vision of what it would look like.
An hour or so in, more people started filtering in from WW and the production company, as well as some of the other members that I was so excited to meet. After playing dress up with what seemed like 20 or more outfits, we finally landed on two possible looks for me and I was officially signed off as being “completed”. The production crew had brought in lunch for us so I got to sit, eat and finally get to meet all of the other WW members that were taking part in this.
Like I said, everyone had their own journey and story to tell. We compared before and afters and starting telling all different kinds of stories. It was so great to meet other people that were just as passionate about this program as I was. Cheria, Summer, Rob, Katie and Lilly were bubbly and just as excited to take in this experience as I was.
After the fitting, Allen whisked Summer and I away to get our nails done as with close up shots of us handling the phone for the app, we would need them done. Another thing I never do as a Chef. Summer and I got some time to talk and get to know each other a bit. After that, Lilly, Summer and myself met up to spend our free evening sightseeing in Santa Monica.
Sometimes when you meet new people, there’s an awkwardness to try and feel about each other’s personalities and vibes. It literally was like we had known each other for years.
We all walked down to the pier and took in the sights as well as the sunset over the Pacific Ocean.
Afterwards, we had a great dinner al fresco at The Lobster, which was incredible.
Conversation flowed, curiosity was shared about what the next few days held and stories were told of our likes and dislikes. It was an amazing evening and I just kept pinching myself if I was really experiencing this.
The next day, a Thursday, was a free day for us. Lilly and I discovered quickly that we were both massive Disney fans. She had never been to California or the Disneyland Resort. True I had literally just been there the week before, but I wanted to see a friend as well as take in some time at the Hotel Resorts, something I had never really done. We agreed to split an Uber and were out the hotel doors by 7:15am.
Lilly and I had the most time together during the trip which allowed us to really bond quickly. Not only did we share a massive love for Disney and of course, WW. But we also were quite talkative and of course, huge foodies. After chatting for an hour in the car on the way to Anaheim, we were excited and ready for a fun day.
The parks were completely booked that day with reservations so our plan was just to be in the Downtown Disney area as well as the hotels. Lilly was super excited and couldn’t get over how different the vibe was at Disneyland versus Disney World.
We took photos outside the gates and then started wandering to the different stores, some of which weren’t even open yet.
We checked out a few stores and Lilly started taking note of what she wanted to bring home.
I had a couple things that I was regretting not buying the week before, namely a coffee mug from the movie Up.
Next was looking around the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, their massively huge and equally as gorgeous hotel. We were about an hour in to our adventure when Lilly got a phone call from Allen.
“Hi Lilly, I’m here to pick you up for your fitting.”
What???? Neither of us had an idea there was a fitting scheduled for her today. Our plan was to walk around, shop and have lunch at the Disneyland Hotel before heading back. After a few messages were sent back and forth, it turned out that Lilly had been added to a scene, my scene at the picnic table, so she needed another outfit. We quickly grabbed a few souvenirs, a quick on the go snack and grabbed an uber to make the ride back.
We arrived back at the office and Lilly tried on a few outfit choices. I also tried my outfit back on to confirm that some minor alterations were done well. While I waited for Lilly, I made a coffee and fell in love with a French bulldog that was in the office named Rump Roast. I wonder if he still thinks of me the way I think of him?
Once all fittings were settled, we decided to just head back to the hotel. A dinner was scheduled that night with all of us in the commercial as well as Morgann and some of the production team. But both of us were famished at this point so we headed up to the rooftop area that not only had a swimming pool and lounge area but a Mexican restaurant that we were both dying to try.
I was obsessed with the vibe up here. Completely and utterly California. You could see the heart of LA from the rooftop, nearby mountains and of course, the rest of Culver City and the coast. I will get more into detail with the restaurant and decor photos in the hotel post but we loved all of our time spent up here over the course of a few days.
Lilly and I order guacamole to share, I got shrimp tacos and she got shrimp ceviche with tostadas. (Insert deep sigh here).
I don’t know if we were just super hungry or the food was that good, but this lunch was incredible. I legit still think about that guacamole, which we would end up having two more times over the next few days. It was awesome.
The weather was perfect, the food was awesome and we had more time to chat and learn about each other. To this day, when I hear a certain song played that was on while we were up there, I go right back to sitting on that rooftop in the sunshine, eating guac with Lilly.
After a brief nap, we got decked out and ready for our big dinner with everyone. Just as I was getting ready to head back to the rooftop for happy hour, Morgann texted us telling us to come to the lobby as she had another surprise for us. How could she possibly have ANOTHER surprise? Down I went and there she sat with big WW swag bags full of WW goodies for us.
A popcorn kit that I had been eyeing up, chocolate bars, a cookbook, and more was there for each of us. I caught myself shaking my head a few times just in total disbelief that this was my real life. How was this actually happening to me?
I quickly headed over to meet the others back at the Mexican restaurant to have happy hour. We each grabbed a drink and continued chatting. Everyone talked about what they did for their free day. Some visited family in the area, some went sight seeing and others just chillaxed. As I said with Summer and Lilly, we all meshed as if we had known each other for years.
Soon we headed down for our dinner downstairs at the hotel’s other restaurant, Etta.
This restaurant though. Again, I will feature it in the blog post dedicated to the hotel, but it was one of the best whole meals at a restaurant that I’ve had in a long time. The food, the service and the atmosphere were all incredible.
What was also incredible was our conversations and what an amazing time 10 strangers all had together. Katie’s husband joined us as well as Allen. We figured out that we collectively as a group had lost 426 pounds together on WW. The worst date of all time was established amongst the group. And we chatted like we were all old friends. We also found out our call times for the next morning, which was the big day.
Lilly, Natalie and I were to be the first ones up with a call time of 6:45am. What is a call time you might be asking? It’s the time you have to report for set. For us, it was our time to be picked up by our drivers and taken to set. Knowing some of us had a very early alarm in the morning, we finished up our desserts and headed to bed.
5am: the day of the shoot. I was wide awake and ready to go. Quick shower and threw on some clothes to head to set in. Natalie and Katie hit the fitness area first to get some steps in before a day of possibly just sitting. Soon, we headed down to the van and headed off to West Palm where we were shooting.
Also should note that at this point I had had four covid tests that week leading up to the shoot. So they took it all very seriously. We checked in and were dropped off at “base camp”. This was the area where our meals would be served, craft services snacks would be set up, hair, makeup and wardrobe would be based out of. And the weirdest of it all: where our trailers were.
Yeah. That’s right. Your girl got a trailer! Ok well not exactly a whole trailer. But I had a room in a trailer that was mine.
And the weirder thing: the door had my name on it, something I think I will never wrap my head around.
The three of us were told to grab some breakfast, eat quickly and head off to hair and makeup. We were warned that there could be a fair amount of time sitting around so books and such were brought along. We weren’t sure when exactly our scenes would be but they wanted us ready to go. Natalie however was told that she was up first. All three of us headed to hair and makeup and got dolled up.
The crew in there was so much fun! Santoy, Ann and Lisa were a trip with music blasting and stories being told all around.
They kept our makeup natural but we were told again ahead of time to advocate for ourselves. So if there was something that was completely not normal for us, speak up. I mentioned to makeup that I needed to have eyeliner on. It’s something I have worn since high school and am told frequently that I actually look sick without it. Thankfully they obliged. My other request, to keep everything totally natural like J Lo at the 2020 Super Bowl, was promptly ignored.
After we all finished in hair and makeup, Natalie was sent through wardrobe and sent right down to set. As I was stepping out of the hair and makeup trailer, I watched James Corden arrive with his back pack and head into his trailer. My gosh! This was really, truly happening!
I headed back to my trailer area with Lilly and we hung out for a bit, waiting for our turn and watching the others start to arrive. It didn’t seem too entirely long before wardrobe showed up all ready to get us in our outfits for our picnic shot.
I was told to wait until the last minute with mine because sitting in my dress would cause wrinkles. But soon enough, Lilly and I were told to go hop on a golf cart as it was our turn to head down to the set.
Our areas that we would be filming in would be around the park in different spots. Natalie’s set up, which was of her doing yoga in the park with James, wasn’t too far from where we were going to be with our picnic table. Once we arrived down to the set area, we were both greeted with a flurry of people, including ones from WW as well as different members of the production team. Everyone was so nice and supportive as well as encouraging. They wanted us to be ourselves and have fun with it!
In a matter of minutes, we met the specialist who handled microphones and we were getting miked up. I have to admit that I had my “CIA moment here” as the mike pack was literally strapped to my thigh. So yes, I got very close with the mike specialist in that moment. Also while this was happening, makeup came back to touch up our faces before we were escorted to the scene.
Lilly was going to be in another shot with James near a fountain, so this scenario was to focus on me, both my journey and being a chef. Plus, I honestly think it would have looked strange if James had just rolled up to someone hanging out in a park with a full table of food by herself. Although, that’s not a far fetched idea for me.
A stand in was sitting where James was going to be when we sat down at the table. Cameras were being set up and worked out to get the right angles and shots needed. At least three different angles were being assembled including one on Lilly and I, one on James and one getting all three of us.
I was outed to the food stylists on set as also being a food stylist and along with getting a fist bump, I also was asked for input on what I would put on different plates. Ahead of the shoot, Morgann had emailed me asking for some one of my favorite WW picnic/BBQ recipes of theirs. To my delight, they were there on the table! Adorably, I was reminded not to eat the gluten as I do have a gluten intolerance.
Our makeup was touched up, mikes were tested and then he arrived. James came right up and introduced himself with a hand shake to both myself and Lilly. He asked immediately how much weight we had each lost on the program and cheered for our victories. He also established which one of us was a Chef. And before we knew it, we were off!
There was no script, there was no acting and there was nothing false in what was said. James asked me similar questions to what I was asked during the Zoom interviews. In between takes, James had us rolling with one liners and different comments. The shot of us laughing in the final cut of the commercial is indeed completely authentic and genuine. And honestly, it’s my favorite shot of us from it.
He asked us about our time out in LA and he and I got into a conversation about Broadway, as he is a Tony winner himself. He was a complete delight to work with.
When I asked him what he liked so much about WW, he quickly answered without hesitation, “Everything that you just said. Every other diet I had been on, I couldn’t wait for it to be over. This is not a diet. It’s sustainable and I can live fully on it.” No jokes, no lies. The straight honest truth.
After what seemed like 2 minutes, our time with Mr. Corden was over. He told us how lovely we were, shook our hands and told Lilly he would see her in a few minutes for their shot. Once he left, it was time for still photos. A photographer rolled up and took a bunch of Lilly and I together at the picnic table, including the one that is being featured on several ads right now.
Lilly was then told she had to go change for her next shot, so it was time for single stills of me. Some were at the table eating, some were looking at my phone and using the app.
Some were then taken of me standing next to the picnic table as well as walking up to it with a dish of food. As unusual and uncomfortable I usually am being the center of attention, although I certainly still was to an extent, I felt good about how I looked and what clothing was chosen for me.
We were lucky that Natalie opted to hang out and took a ton of photos for us of us on set. Morgann, who hung by everyone’s shoot to make sure they were comfortable, also took photos as well as carried a giant backpack around of our drinks of choice in case we needed them. The photos they got came out so great and I’m so thankful to have them.
Soon enough, my time was done and I headed back over to the golf cart. The fountain shot for Lilly and Cheria was being set up with yes, trained ducks being brought it. I got back up to the basecamp and immediately got changed out of my dress. We weren’t done for the day as there was another production company coming in to shoot Behind the Scenes material as well. I got changed into my alternative outfit that they were torn between and hung out.
It was a very hot day in California that day with the heat going up to 93. Thankfully, our trailers were air conditioned so we relaxed in there for a bit.
Lunch was also served and we also surveyed the craft catering table that literally had every kind of snack that one could imagine, as well as sodas, flavored seltzers, ice tea, water and of course, coffee.
I wandered back down to set to watch some of the other shots being done. Lilly and Cheria had their time with James at the fountain, feeding ducks. Later on in the afternoon, Summer got to have frozen yogurt with James, and Rob got to ride a surrey bike with him. As Katie was getting ready to do her scene at the carousel, it was Lilly and I’s turn to do the behind the scenes shots.
Lilly was up first with a couple of questions being thrown at her including what her favorite zero points food were and what her “why” was. She also got to do a few lines in Spanish, which I thought was great to reach out to different backgrounds. Next up, was some dancing and some action shots of walking in the park.
Shortly after that, it was my turn to do the same. Never really thought I’d be dancing in the middle of a park in California but it kinda sticks with the theme of this whole trip right? Soon, our BTS shots were done and the two of us headed up to base camp.
We weren’t up there long when we got word that the two of us plus Cheria, who had also finished her behind the scenes shoot, were to head back to the hotel. The production team wanted to get a jump on LA traffic as we were closing in on the 12 hour mark of being on set, which meant rush hour traffic was going to be in full effect. AND on a Friday.
It suddenly hit us. It was done. We had to say goodbye to many of the folks that had been helping us through this week as well as one of our own. Natalie, who was our California resident member of us 7, was flying back that night due to a family obligation the next day. I walked her to the car waiting for her and said our goodbyes. As Lilly and I started packing up, we said our goodbyes to Noah, Dominique and Angie, all who had been incredible to us.
But the hardest goodbye was to Morgann, our WW fairy Godmother. If not for her, none of this would have happened. The 7 of us wouldn’t have been chosen. We wouldn’t have entered each others lives. She orchestrated this entire thing and hand picked each of us for a reason, feeling that each of us had something to tell with our stories. I don’t think I can ever say thank you enough to her. In the weeks that have past since then, she has continued to get messages of gratitude. It was in our moments of goodbye that we were dubbed “The Spring/Summer 7”. Now, she has made it 8, as we can not have a group chat going with all of us without our Fairy Godmother. Morgann, if you are reading this, I’m throwing you one more thank you. You are incredible my friend and I look forward to our friendship moving forward. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Cheria, her Mom, Lilly and I piled into our minivan and were taken back to the hotel. We rocked out to some 90’s hip hop on the way but mostly were just exhausted. The adrenaline and build up to the commercial now came crashing down and we were all done.
Earlier in the day, I had booked a reservation for those of us that were remaining to have dinner and drinks back up on the rooftop at the Mexican restaurant. We had joked through the day that there was going to be dancing and drinks and we were going to do our last night up right!
Well… there were drinks. And dancing was more like dragging. By the time Lilly, Cheria and I met at the restaurant, we were all completely exhausted. Rob and Summer rolled up in minutes, literally just arriving back to the hotel from the shoot. We were taken to our couch area and we ordered our food.
Shortly after we were seated, Katie and her husband, Matt joined us as well. It was hitting all of us that this was it. It was now over. By the end of our time dining, most of us would have to say goodbye to each other. We made the most of our time together by chatting about the day, talking about how we were going to move forward in our journeys now and how we were going to keep in touch.
There weren’t any photos taken here because it was dark out and honestly we could barely even see our food. But we all got that amazing guacamole again and shared several different dishes. It became very apparent as well that our time being “the talent” was now officially done as our couch that we were seated on was indeed wet and another guest vomited not far from our seats. Reality came crashing back down… HARD.
After our dinner, we said our goodbyes and all promptly crashed.
The next morning, I was awake bright and early and decided to dare the impossible: packing. Generally, I am a very smart packer. I rarely overpack and I don’t bring too much more than what I need. But we were gifted that incredible swag bag from WW. And I already had a “personal” item for the plane. Meaning, I would have to check my rolling suitcase instead of it being my carry on.
Some sort of miracle happened that morning as I fit EVERYTHING in between my carry on suitcase and my personal bag. I’m still impressed that I was able to do it. And I refused to my eye contact going on the plane with it. But it was done.
Continuing with the theme, Lilly and I were to be picked up together from the hotel to head to the airport as our planes were leaving very close to one another. As we loaded into the van, Allen hit Lilly with another bit of crappy news: her flight had been cancelled. We spent the car ride trying to see what could have happened or how she was going to get home but needless to say, she had an adventure in store for her once she arrived to her terminal.
As we pulled up, Lilly and I said our goodbyes. We had gotten to spend so much time together on the trip and really hit it off as well as bonded on similar interests. We definitely plan to do a Disney trip of some sort together and agreed that we would absolutely keep in touch.
Next up, was my drop off. I said goodbye to Allen, my last goodbye of the trip and thanked him for everything. He really was the silent MVP of our trip and we appreciated him so much.
The rest of the trip was pretty uneventful. I thankfully had no issues with my flight, had breakfast in the airport and then loaded in and flew back to Pennsylvania.
Lilly’s travel day ended up being over 12 hours long but she did finally make it back to Boston by the way.
It’s been a little over a month since everything went down and the commercials, as well as the campaign, has been released to the public. At the time of writing this, I actually still haven’t seen it on tv! But it is still strange when Lilly and myself pop up on Instagram ads while I’m scrolling through. It’s very weird that that’s me.
When I started on WW back in the summer of 2005, I was just trying to get that college weight off. I never, ever could have expected that 17 years later, I would be representing a program that has evolved and changed like I have. I fell off and came back a few times, all because of my schedule and not because of the program. But for years, I was a cheerleader for it, telling many that its the only thing that has ever worked for me for weight loss and that nothing was off limits. To now stand back, looking at my journey, I am proud of the work I have put in and what I have done. And I am incredibly proud to be representing WW with 6 other outstanding individuals.
Summer, Natalie, Cheria, Rob, Lilly and Katie: you have become my WW family. I was meant to meet these 6 for a reason. They each have given me something else to take on the rest of my story. Whether it be new ways to handle my digestive issues, how to work on my strength training or even new food recommendations. As mentioned above, we have continued to chat, cheering each other on and encouraging each other in all our victories.
That week in LA pushed me far out of my comfort zone. I know many of the others echoed the same sediment. I have no hopes to be a celebrity. I have no goals of being a celebrity chef. I don’t plan on becoming famous. I’m not comfortable being the center of attention. But I am comfortable sharing my story and my struggles in hopes of helping another. If putting myself in a new situation will help someone begin their journey or inspire another to realize the potential in them, I will do it time and time again. WW has given me tools to carry on a healthy lifestyle for the remainder of my years. Thank you for helping me on this amazing journey and for this amazing experience WW. Can’t wait to see what is next!