Fit to Print Volume 25 Issue 2 June 2016 | Page 22

M e m b e r Pe r s p e c t i v e

by Dolores Falco

Mission Accomplished
100 Pounds and Many Lessons Later...
transformation. I am not the same
person I was when I started this journey.
I have changed in so many ways –
physically, emotionally and mentally.

Jillian Jacinth, Dolores Falco and Michelle Mathews

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uthor Napoleon Hill once penned
“Desire is the starting point of all
achievement, not a hope, not a
wish, but a keen pulsating desire which
transcends everything”. This desire is
what has driven me, for the past 18
months, to reach my goal and lose 100
pounds, and transform me into the
healthier, leaner, and stronger person that
I have become. It has been a long journey
for me to get to the 100lb loss mark, a
very remarkable journey of self-discovery,
growth, and transformation. I originally
thought that when I finally hit the
milestone I was going to make a huge
announcement and celebrate, but when I
finally did it, I said nothing. In fact, I kept
it to myself and just kept following my
program. I was quiet, not because I
wasn’t proud of what I achieved, quite the
contrary. I am extremely proud of what I
have accomplished but more that I didn’t
need the pomp and circumstance. I am so
proud of the way I did it as well. I could
have taken an easier route and had weight
loss surgery to speed up the process, but
instead I chose to do it the healthy way,
the long hard way, and it has finally paid
off. It may have taken 18 months to
finally hit the 100-pounds lost mark, but I
am so much stronger, leaner and healthier
than I ever thought I could be. I amaze
myself with the things I can do, the
weights that I can lift, and the overall
change in me. When I started this journey
I was lost, fat, and depressed. Today, I am
very healthy, lean, strong and most
importantly, happy. It was not just about
the weight loss, but about the total

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I may have kept quiet about finally
hitting the 100lb loss mark, but I did
celebrate it in a different way. As I
have stated before I have been on
television in the past, so it is not
uncommon for me to be in touch with
producers from many different shows.
The Rachel Ray show had reached out to
me to do a makeover show, and, of
course, I said