The connection our Medical Weight Loss Clinic staff makes with patients goes beyond our clinic doors. We’re there for patients all along their healthy journeys.

Medical Weight Loss Clinic patient Anita Downing is ready to ride 50K on her bike - in the Stony Creek Marathon.

Just ask Anita Downing, who comes to our Shelby Township clinic and has lost 70 pounds this year.

Downing didn’t have to manage her weight loss alone. She’s had the support of Clinic Manager Tracy Stefanides all along. And now they’ll both participate in the Stony Creek Marathon on Nov. 7. Tracy is running her first ultramarathon this year. And Anita will be right by her side, taking on the 50K on her bike.

The distance isn’t intimidating to Anita, who regularly rides 100 miles per week. Most days she covers 10 to 20 miles – and it’s part of her day she loves. From her Armada home, Anita can hop on a bike trail and take it all the way to Rochester and back. She clocks in about 36 miles, which exceeds the distance she’ll go during the marathon.

“I have been a long-time bike trail rider,” Anita says, “probably for at least 20 years or more. Even before I lost all my weight, I would try and ride about 20 miles a day.”

She started riding longer distances when she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Like her healthy Medical Weight Loss Clinic program, riding her bike has been a benefit to her health and mindset.

“It is a great exercise for the body and helps me to clear my mind.,” she says. “I just put my headphones on and go.”

There are so many reasons Anita loves riding. It’s an accessible way to get exercise in each day. Riding is inexpensive. It doesn’t require her to join a gym or make an appointment. And it’s a great way to “burn off the stresses of the day,” she says.

“Riding my bike has fit right into my 2021-getting-myself- healthy program.”

If you’re ready to start your own healthy journey, call us at Medical Weight Loss Clinic. No biking required. Schedule your free consultation online or by calling 1-800-GET-SLIM.