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, December 05, 2006
Enjoying Reaching Goals
The last week has been tiring. From Thursday night to Sunday night, I was on bed rest. I was so sick. I think I had the stomach flu. I had no energy. I pretty much slept all day everyday. Each day I told myself, "tomorrow I am going to get up for AM activity" but each morning I was sicker than the day before. On Saturday afternoon, I told myself, no matter how I feel, I am going to get up Monday morning and start my week right. Monday morning finally came around and I did not feel like getting up, and I knew that the staff would leave me alone if I did not get up, but I got up even though I had not slept much the night before, and went on the walk. I got back and took a shower, and I felt better, that I had actually gotten up and done what I wanted to. That was my goal for the weekend that I actually achieved. I felt so proud of myself when I walked out side. I knew that at any time on the walk I could say that I was not feeling well, and that I wanted to go back, but I kept it up and I completed the whole walk and actually walked at a semi-fast pace.
Monday, my roommate and I cleaned our room, and did laundry. We ended up getting most of the things done that we had wanted to over the weekend that we had not yet gotten around to. Today, I walked almost a mile of the morning walk with my friend, and then I ran the remaining 2 miles in about 19 minutes. I am very proud of myself for that too, because the first morning I did the walk, I told myself that by the time I left AOS I wanted to be able to run/jog the entire walk and now I can. I told the culinary teacher that and she is going to run it with me one of these days. I also told my group BC that that was a goal, she asked me if I needed her help training for it, and I said no, that I would do it at my own pace, so she told me when I reached it that she would run it with me.
Tonight was our last soccer game. We lost 5-3, unfortunately, but I think that it was our best game in putting all of our effort in to it, switching in and out rather seamlessly, and leaving with out injury. Good job, Girls Indoor Soccer Team, it was fun playing with you all!
Well, tomorrow is weigh in and I am rather nervous, because I was sick for so many of the days, but hopefully I am happy with what happens tomorrow.
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