Tuesday, September 12, 2017

National Weight Control Registry

The National Weight Control Registry is the longest ongoing record of successful weight loss.  Most people will agree that the hardest part of weight loss is keeping it off.  Maintenance.  Losing the weight is only the beginning.  Most will say when they hit that target goal, "I'm never going back there again."  Most do.  Hence we have the term yo-yo dieting.  The NWCR tracks over 10,000 people who have lost a significant amount of weight and kept it off.  You can even join the study yourself if you qualify and are 18 or over.  Members have lost an average of 66 pounds and kept if off for about 5 years.  There are a few things that they all have in common such as:

  • 78% eat breakfast every day
  • 75% weigh themselves at least once a week
  • 62% watch less than 10 hours of TV a week
  • 90% exercise an average of an hour a day

I particularly enjoyed reading the success stories.  I always love reading about a journey to success but I also find interesting the motivation to do so.  Often the motivation is the realization that good health is about to come crushing down.  Sometimes people just get sick of themselves. 
At any rate if you are struggling with weight check out the National Weight Control Registry.

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As I sit in my comfortable chair writing this Florida has been hammered with a Cat 4 hurricane, Irma. Yesterday the tropical storm winds reached home for my family in South Georgia. Millions in the Southeast are without power.  Please keep all of those struggling from Irma in prayer.