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.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Preparing to Stand on My Own
As a long-suffering Bay Area sports fan, I have been in pretty good spirits as of late. The Sharks are in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Warriors are in the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. The NFL draft is tomorrow, and the San Francisco Giants have won 8 games in a row. All is well in the sports world.
This sports news is not much of a segway to my topic for my ninth weight loss blog, but I wanted to mention it anyway. Today I find myself preparing to leave AOS in a little over a month. I just returned from an OCC where I drove around the Bay Area with my mother looking for businesses where I might want to work during the summer. I guess it was kind of a wake-up call, seeing how soon I would actually be in the real world doing this weight control thing all on my own. It is a frightening thought, and I realize that I really need to buckle down. So until next time, I will be working with a higher sense of urgency to leave in June with LTWC skills in good shape.
Labels: long-term-weight-controller, sports, support
Friday, March 23, 2007
Basketball and Team
As the great ex-UCLA Bruin basketball coach John Wooden once said, "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team." Although the concept of teamwork may be pushed into the minds and hearts of children with the likes of posters telling us that, "There is no I in TEAM," the importance of this concept can never be understated.
I would like to look at this quote as it relates to weight controllers. As an overweight person starts his journey, several things influence his success. They include support, determination, and knowledge, amongst others. But one aspect of successful weight control that can sometimes be overlooked is what sort of people a weight controller chooses to surround himself with. A weight controller's supporting cast can help influence what sort of decisions he makes. The "rest of the team" can help the weight controller stay focused on his weight loss program. A friend or acquaintance who is also working on losing weight can be a huge support if the weight controller has hit a roadblock in his program. Having somebody to lean on that understands what the weight controller is going through is invaluable.
Personally, I am working on developing my supporting cast of fellow weight controllers. Although it is a process, I know that finding people that can help me through my struggles is vital to my success.
Labels: support, teamwork, weight_controllers
