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36 WAC Magazine | wac.net The glass is half full Six months out from completing Wellness 360, WAC member Jennifer Williams is an advertisement for well-being. Aer walking to the Club from her office to talk about her experience, she practically glows, a state she attributes to her new habit of hydrating regularly. "Before Eric, my order of fluids was coffee, wine, water," she says with a smile. "So I flipped it. I still have my wine. I still have my coffee. But I'm more focused on how much water I have." She says her skin looks better, she thinks more clearly, and she's less dependent on caffeine. A senior executive in finance and mother to a toddler, Jennifer moved to Seattle from Southern California a little more than a year ago. She joined the WAC to establish good routines in her new hometown. But membership alone wasn't enough. Over the course of eight months, she worked out only twice. Mostly, the Club was where she brought her daughter to swim. When her doctor told her that if she didn't start making different choices she was going to develop health problems, the 46-year-old signed up for Wellness 360. Her visits to the WAC changed dramatically. "I think what Eric does exceptionally well is he worked with my schedule and made it easy," she says. "But he also very deliberately found a reason to bring me to the Club every day that I was in town." She'd come in for a class, to get a massage (four are included in the program), or to meet with Eric or her trainer. "Some of the, 'Oh, I don't know what they do over in that corner of the Club' went away," she says. "Now I feel comfortable walking onto any floor and really knowing what's available." Jennifer has belonged to other clubs and has worked with trainers before but says Wellness 360 is categorically differ- ent. She felt supported by a team. She also appreciated Eric's coaching about breathing and relaxation, in addition to exercise and nutrition, and says her sleep JENNIFER WILLIAMS FITNESS • Eight personal training sessions • Two months of Fitness Advantage, including unlimited group fitness classes NUTRITION • Nutritional consultation • Nutrition Now • Two body composition analyses LIFESTYLE • Four wellness coaching sessions • Meal and supplement support • An in-store nutrition-focused grocery shopping session • A men's or women's salon makeover RECOVERY • Four massages • Unlimited yoga classes • Four vitamin B-12 shots The initial eight-week program price is $200 per week. Contact wellness@ wac.net. Ongoing Wellness 360 services will be designed through personal consultation. patterns improved. Overall, she felt things shi on a deep level. She also learned to be comfortable with the journey, which really never ends. She still pops into Eric's office before or aer workouts and refers back to his emails for a "course correction" when she needs it. "is is not, when you're finished it's all over and solved," she says. "What Eric said to me a number of times during the program is, 'I want to help you with tools you'll use for the rest of your life.'" —Lisa Wogan is a Seattle-based freelance writer. Reach her at lwogan@mac.com. Wellness 360