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Cassandra's story
Cassandra describes how having one coach she meets regularly gave her support that fit her as an individual, and helped her regain her confidence.
About this story
Cassandra describes feeling stuck as someone who didn't feel like herself. It wasn't rock bottom, but she remembers the anxious question that kept coming back: would she ever get back to where she was before?
She came across Embla on Instagram, and the approach made sense to her straight away.
Support that fits the person
What Cassandra values most is that the support is shaped around her, not the other way around. She meets regularly with one coach, and that consistency matters.
"You have one person that you meet regularly and talk to, and I think that really, really helps."
She contrasts it with group programs she knows, where the individual has to fit the group.
"It's the other way round, and Embla adapts to the individual."
Learning to take it slowly
By her own admission, Cassandra likes instant results. Part of her journey has been accepting that lasting change takes time, and that slow and careful is the point, not a drawback.
Getting her confidence back
What has changed most, she says, is how she feels. The confidence and energy she had before have come back.
"I just feel I can do anything. So it just feels really like such freedom."
What stood out
- Working with one coach over time felt like having a real partner.
- The program adapted to her, not the other way around.
- She learned to value slow, steady change over quick results.
Transcript
I felt sort of, in a sense, stuck in being a person that I felt wasn't me, to a stage where I felt overweight and felt uncomfortable. And I do remember feeling slightly anxious. It wasn't quite rock bottom, but I do remember thinking, "Oh my gosh, am I ever going to get back to where I was before?" So I thought, I really want to do something about it.
I saw the ad on Instagram and thought, well, this actually does make real sense. The challenge was to lose the weight and find a way. And I just think that the support Embla gives me is just the right amount of support for me personally, as an individual. You have one person that you meet regularly and talk to, and I think that really, really helps. I think that's a really positive way to have someone as a partner in your weight loss journey, if you see what I mean.
Often with weight loss programs, even weight loss groups, the individual adapts to the group. It's the other way round, and Embla adapts to the individual. You are thinking about it as a light [?] approach and changing things long term.
But I was so excited about it. You obviously instantly want to do things, especially if you're me. I like instant results. So possibly you want to lose two stone in one night. And the realization that one has to take it slowly and carefully. But it's been a really positive experience for me, right from stage one.
I think a confidence and a vigor that I had before, I've got back again, which is really, really lovely to have. And I just feel I can do anything. I can do anything I want. So it just feels really like such freedom.
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