This information is so great.
I really like what I learn coming to WOW each week!
It's amazing, our progress, isn't it?
We should remember, as a group, what we are doing.
Let's start a blog about WOW!
One appropriately passionate volunteer later to set up the blog and Wa-La! Here we are!
Where we go from here, I hope, is on a path to sharing with others about weight loss and healthy living ideas to keep us all heading in that direction. So far, our group has already had success. Once, I remember, at one of the classes we saw how much weight our WOW group had lost collectively since we started last year. I don't remember the actual number but I thought it was truly inspiring. At least, it was for me.
I've asked others in our group to become authors and share their ideas. One of the best things I like about blogging is that it won't be limited to one geographical location. We'll still have our meetings each week at that location and I don't want this blog to ever take the place of those meetings since they are ultra important. You can expect to find out through this blog what we talk about at each meeting and we'll issue a challenge for the week. Let any of us know what you'd like to see on this blog or if you'd like to share.
As each of us share through posts, comments, reading and following this blog I hope we'll learn that we are not alone. Losing weight is so hard but together I hope we'll empower each other in the most positive of ways.
I'm not sure of the exact date that WOW started but I had been wanting to participate. I knew I very much needed to but I hesitated at first. I waited. My situation was not improving so I started to attend in July 2009. I have been going fairly regularly with a few interruptions here and there. I would like to leave you with an overview through links of what I've learned below:
- Weight-Management Myths Debunked ~Following "the rules" of losing weight was frustrating to me. I thought it could make sense but I'm glad to know that perhaps it is better to find a way that's going to work for me.
- Discourage ~ I often feel this way about weight loss. I liked the lesson when Erin had us really think about the actual definition of this word and think about how we might hinder ourselves. She shared this poem: Discouragement - A Tool of the Devil
- Having a "can do" attitude. Erin shared another poem: A Woman of Strength
- Food Exchange List ~This may be helpful for some to think about what they are eating more. I know Erin talks about simply stopping eating when you're full a lot as one approach. It's just one of the handouts I had.
- 6 Tips for Spotting a Fad diet ~Erin shared this short Ensign article by Pauline Williams who is a registered dietitian. It created a lot of discussion when we realize what "fads" we're really up against. I thought it was helpful.
- Flexibility chart ~In the class, we've talked many times about the importance of stretching. I need to work on this myself. For me, I need to actually see someone do some of these stretches. Something for a future class hopefully...
- Walking ~Increasing our activity by setting goals or challenging ourselves. One way I did this is by joining a walking challenge. I still have a long way to walk and I'm behind on this challenge really. I do like the information they've shared about their experience with this walking challenge.
2 comments:
Julie, Wow-you are amazing at technology! You are so needed in this group. This will be so hellpful to all of us. I look forward to being trained on blogging and Fabby would like to join to. Again, Thanks soooo much!
I agree with wheezer. This blog is awesome. Thank you so much for putting so much of your time and heart into it. I have to give proper credit, Melanie found that awesome poem "A Woman of Strength". It is such a neat insight into what it means to be an 'ideal' woman. I have thought of it often.
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