Six months ago, I had a 12-year-old son that I always joked was like a 60-year-old. And while I laughed and joked about this, deep down I was very concerned for my son. I remembered being his age and being full of life and energy and wasn’t seeing any of that in him. He was overweight, completely unmotivated, lazy, sick all the time, always at a doctor. I knew that I had to make some drastic changes for him, and they started with returning to the basics — food.
My girlfriend had told me a while ago about Jennifer and I had filed it away in the back of my head thinking that I would never be able to get my son to buy into such a program. But in the spring, I knew that I had to get him in for a consultation and crossed my fingers that he would give it a try. I knew that this was the type of commitment that I could not force him into but rather he had to embrace it on his own in order to be effective. And even though it took some time, patience, and of course some, reverse psychology we got Ben enrolled.
Jennifer has a way about her that allows the kids to drop their guard and be receptive to what she is saying. My son is NOT an easy child — he is opinionated and stubborn and has a very strong will, but Jennifer was able to get him beyond that by REALLY making him understand the connection between what you put into your body and how you feel. She was able to work around his nuances and refusal to ever keep a food journal, and still teach him the tools that would help him to become such a stronger, healthier teenager.
Six months ago, I had a 12-year-old son who was going on 60, and thanks to Jennifer I now have a very healthy, strong, resilient teenager who has learned some tremendous life skills and has the body of a normal teenager. I cannot thank Jennifer enough for her program and teaching skills — she has literally changed my son’s life!