Cathy Poley

Cathy Poley is a Senior Web Producer at Sharecare. She has managed web and video projects for companies such as Primedia, CNN.com and Turner Broadcasting. Not only is Cathy a Sharecare employee, but she is also an avid Sharecare user, finding that the Q&As she reads inspire her to make better decisions about her health.

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My Weight-loss Journey: Slip Ups

The farther I go in my weight-loss journey, the more I realize that what I think is just as important as what I eat or how much I move. View Full Post

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My Weight-loss Journey: Learning to Eat Right

One big struggle that I’ve had throughout my weight-loss journey is eating right. I can manage a few days of eating the “right” foods, and then it seems I fall off the wagon. I am on a roller coaster of healthy food, junk food, healthy food, junk food—and I am having a hard time getting off. View Full Post

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My Weight-Loss Journey: Staying Motivated

I have this habit of starting a weight-loss program with energy, enthusiasm, and tons of motivation, and then reality hits and I give up. Don’t worry: this is not me saying that I am giving up on my weight-loss journey. I’m just saying that a new adventure loses its newness a few weeks in, and my get-up-and-go gets up and goes. View Full Post

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My Weight-Loss Journey: Making Strides

My weight loss journey has been all about facing challenges, and this week I faced a big one: taking part in the March for Babies walk (along with many other members of Team Sharecare) in support of the March of Dimes. The walk was 4.3 miles—further than I had ever walked before. But I’d been working out at the gym and jogging on the elliptical, and even though I was a little nervous to try such a large distance, I felt that I had put in the training time and was ready for the challenge. View Full Post

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My Weight Loss Journey: A Bump in the Road

At week 2 in my weight loss journey I hit my first setback: I gained weight. It wasn’t much—about a quarter-pound—but it was discouraging nonetheless. I’ve been working out consistently, following the exercise program created for me by Sharecare’s Transform You2. I’ve been logging what I ate. And I had lost so much the first week—more than four pounds! Something had to be wrong. View Full Post