Beginning March 3, I will be embarking on a new chapter of my life, weight loss. I have struggled with weight ever since I finished high school in 2000. Putting on the weight could be attributed to a lot of things, stress, depression, boredom, and the lack of time to prepare and eat a healthy meal. I often find myself snacking on foods because it either tastes good or to "take a break" from my busy life. Things do have to change though. As a person that has high cholesterol and diabetes run in my family, I have to consider the risks that are involved with weight gain and eating. My father died at 60 due in part to these matters, and I do not want to be a casualty as well.
In college I was up a little over the 200 pound mark and knew I needed to make a big change after I was disgusted with the way I looked in a bathing suit. I joined Weight Watchers because that was something that I could easily follow. I had much support from my family and friends, which helped me to be successful. I lost about 50 pounds on the program and kept it off from approximately 3 years. Over the past 2 years I have gained weight which I think is attributed to my hectic life schedule at both work and school. This year alone (since starting OMET) I have probably put on 25 pounds. I did try starting Weight Watchers again because I was successful with it before, but found that I was wasting money and not attending meetings. They say Weight Watchers is a successful program because you do it with others and join in on their celebrations (weekly meetings). Unfortunately, I did not put forth the time and make connections with others and did not lose any weight.
On Monday, I am going to try a new technique at weight loss. Our school district is starting a Biggest Loser contest, a spin off of the TV show. On the TV show, contstants are divided into two teams. The team works together and weighs in together and sticks by each other, while also supporting each other. The teams work together to lose the most weight and the team with the highest percentage of weight loss is considered the "Biggest Loser" of the week. Someone on the losing team is sent home. I am a dedicated watcher of this show and I enjoy watching everyone lose weight and supporting each other throughout the program. The show motivates me to lose weight and have these successes as well.
Our district's competition is very similar to that of the TV show. School sites form as many teams of ten as they would like. Each team of ten is responsible for motivating each other and supporting each other with weight loss. Every person that joins this competition is responsible for pay a $20 fee, and the team with the largest percentage of weight loss will win half of the money submitted, while the school site will get the other half. I think that this method of weight loss will be very beneficial because we will be working as teams to get the pounds off. All of your teammates are counting on you to do well. Everyone is not responsible for just themselves, but the team as well.
I think doing things as a team and having the support is very important and people are more successful that way. We work together and support each other as a team in this program, and I believe that is why we are each successful. During my last Weight Watchers stint, I did not have the team member support, and was not as successful as I could have been. During the next 12 weeks, I hope to lose 20-30 pounds (I'd like more, but I know that is not feasible), and continue my way onto a new healthy life style....GO TEAM!
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