Medical Weight Loss Clinic patients reaching their goals with the Marble Challenge

At Medical Weight Loss Clinic, our team is always finding new ways to motivate and inspire patients along their healthy journey. But who would’ve guessed that marbles could be part of those efforts?

Regional Manager Krysta Sauvie recently shared the idea of creating a Marble Challenge to encourage and motivate our patients working hard to lose weight. It’s a new way of representing the total pounds lost in a clinic during a set time period. Patients are asked to add a marble to the jar for every pound lost. All along, our managers kept track of the impressive results at participating clinics.

At Medical Weight Loss Clinic, find out how we’re encouraging patients to keep on losing that extra weight this summer.

“As small as an act of adding a marble to a jar may seem – it’s the idea behind it,” says Laura Shelley, regional manager. “Our patients work every day toward their weight loss goals. Adding a marble to a jar, or saying goodbye to that pound, can be very motivational. Especially as you see those marbles add up!”

 A few of our clinic locations recently hosted or are planning for an upcoming Marble Challenge.

Our Shelby Township clinic posed a goal of 500 pounds in June 2022 – and surpassed it! According to Tracy Stefanides, manager at the Shelby Township Medical Weight Loss Clinic, the location tallied a final total of 549 pounds in one month!

Laura says: “Our patients WANT to add their weight loss - their marbles - to the bowl. It so fun and rewarding for them to be able to add to the success of their journey.”

And it’s not just the patients who’ve been enjoying this summer challenge.

“When we add up those numbers and get a total weight lost as a whole – it can be moving,” Laura adds. “Knowing that we are helping that many people, pound by pound, reach their goals, is motivational for both our staff and our patients!”

Each marble represents one pound lost at Medical Weight Loss Clinic in Shelby Township last month. What motivates you to stay healthy?

Because it is really helping patients stay on track, a few other locations are also trying the Marble Challenge. The Medical Weight Loss Clinic in Okemos started with a smaller goal when they tried it earlier this year.

Hannah Sebolt, Okemos clinic manager, asked participants to aim for a clinic total of 50 pounds lost – and they doubled it! Now, the challenge is coming to Medical Weight Loss Clinic locations in Grand Rapids, Grandville, Kalamazoo and it’s already in progress in Flint and Novi.

It’s not the first challenge our patients have enjoyed participating in, either. In the past, clinic managers have introduced water challenges, holiday weight loss challenges and more.

“We try to keep things fresh and upbeat,” says Laura. “Anything we can do to keep patients working toward goals and motivated is key. It also gives our staff the opportunity to have a little fun – who doesn’t love a good challenge?”

Are you ready to challenge yourself to meet your own healthy goals? We can help. Schedule your free consultation online or by calling 1-800-GET-SLIM.

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When you enroll in a Medical Weight Loss Clinic program, the length of your program will be determined by you and the staff based on the amount of weight you want to lose and how quickly you want to lose it. Your actual weight loss will be determined by many factors, including, but not limited to: your medical circumstances, the plan you choose, adherence to the meal plan and use of nutritional supplements. Your goal and program duration information will be given to you in writing at the time of enrollment. As your program progresses, the rate you lose weight may change and you will have the opportunity to discuss this at every daily visit with your weight loss consultant, where changes to your meal plan and/or program can be made.