Learning How to Maintain a Healthy Weight For most people on the
run, making healthy food choices and maintaining a healthy
weight is a challenge. This is no different for Salem resident
Jackie O’Donnell, 62, who has struggled throughout her life to
keep unwanted pounds off. In 1995, she enrolled in NSMC’s LEARN
program, a comprehensive non-surgical weight management program,
and lost 70 pounds. But with a busy lifestyle and hectic
schedule, she found herself going astray and gaining some of the
weight back. Fifteen months ago, she came back to the LEARN
program with the determination to make concrete changes to her
lifestyle to achieve lifetime results. “What I like about this
program is that I can still enjoy food. It’s all about balance,”
said O’Donnell. “I know if I’m going out to dinner and want
dessert, I plan for it and eat a little healthier during the
day. I get the dessert. I enjoy every bite, but I don’t overdo
it. The next day, I am back at the gym. I don’t beat myself up
about food anymore. I am