Weight Loss Blog

The Weight Loss Blog offers news and information about nutrition and fitness as well as actual weight loss success stories as told by students at Wellspring Academies, formerly Academy of the Sierras, the first boarding school for overweight teens. WSA is part of Wellspring, which also runs Wellspring weight loss camps.

The Blog started with entries by 15-year-old Jahcobie who graduated from WSA after losing 176 pounds in seven months. Then Brooke, a 17-year-old from Prescott, Arizona, took over. Our latest student blogger was Melissa, a 17-year-old from Orange County, California. Melissa recently graduated and we wish her success and she continues down her path as a "long-term weight controller."

Andy D. a 17-year-old student at Wellspring Academy spent a few months sharing his adventures in weight loss, healthy eating, and fitness fun with us before he graduated the program in June.

Now we'll continue to update you with news and information about weight lose, healthy living, and childhood obesity. We'll have a new WSA student share their stories with us beginning in the Fall.

Wellspring programs are the most effective weight loss solutions for teens available today. But don't let us tell you. Let Andy, Melissa, Brooke, and Jahcobie tell you. Read about their journeys toward successful weight management in their own words.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Why You Don't Want to Eat French Fries

I lost 5 pounds this week so I am really happy - it brings my total to 148 pounds lost! I had to do a interview with a Japanese television crew. It was kind of weird bringing up my past and talking about when I 483 pounds. I got really chocked up at one point when I told them that I was never going to go back to being that size because I love myself. I guess it is weird when you look at the reasons why you don't want to eat those French fries. What do I say to myself when I want to say mess life, let me eat whatever I want? I say is it really worth it.

The truth is, are the foods we eat that are bad for us really worth all the pain we experience after we eat it? Heck No! So many times have I glutted my pain through life, wanting food to get me to and through the next moment. The real question is how do I know when im slipping. When your daily life becomes too overwhelming as far as the simple things. I have people say to me all the time "when my room isn't clean I know I can slip into relapse." It's crazy how you can tell by little things that you're vulnerable. It's also scary to think that too. When I was home it was crazy - I was standing in front of the refrigerator in red zone and had to go through 10 coping skills in order to get me through the next moment. Finally, I just wrapped myself up in blankets and fell asleep. Red zone is the scariest thing, but it is still your decision whether you eat what you eat.

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