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Get some help losing the lbs - I am

The wt burn-off idea is terrific if it helps us get serious about shedding those extra lbs. Again we're all about helping folks find a way to lower their risk factors - excess weight being a big (no pun intended) one. But if you're like me, you can use a little help sometimes. That's why I called the people at Healthy Lifestyles Healthy Weight® Program. Many of the Lumenos clients have signed up for this program. If you haven't got it, you may want to talk to your HR dept about putting it in place. That's not a sales pitch and you may want to hold off on talking to them until you hear the rest of what I have to say.

I'm going to give it a try and chronicle my progress (I hope) here. Feel free to follow along over the next few months. I made the first call this afternoon. The woman I talked to was very nice and asked some basic questions - age, height and of course weight. Guess I qualified for the program because she put me right on the schedule. We'll have our first wt loss phone call (this is all done over the phone) in 2 weeks after I review the materials she is sending.

My goal is to drop 15lbs. I'll combine exercise and diet (not sure what that means, they'll give me some help) and target for 1 lb a week over the next few months. Sounds like a reasonable plan but as usual the devil's in the details/execution.

Drop into this blog and follow my progress. And feel free to ask me how things are going. Should be interesting! 

posted Tuesday, April 25, 2006 4:52 PM

(re-posted on 11/8/06)

Comments

 

RussianBear said:

I dropped 75 pounds 3 years ago and maintaining fairly well. I gained 15 back but am working to get that off again. It is really about changing eating patterns for life isn't it. I drink my 8 glasses of water a day but have been lax in the exercise and am trying to pick that up and drop these regained pounds.
November 21, 2006 10:05 PM
 

klhester said:

My sister and I just sstarted a weight loss program that tracks calories and exercise every day. The only way that I have been successful at losing weight has to been to track everything.  Due to having 2 babies and going back to school all around the same time, I stopped tracking and gained a substantial amount of weight.  I am determined to lose every bit of it and wear my old clothes again.  Tracking is the key for me, though.  Without it, I do not get anywhere.
January 29, 2007 12:44 AM

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