Thursday, March 26th 2009

We had so much fun at our first Sisterhood of the Shrinking Pants group!!!

Here is what we decided as a group...
*We will have a weekly weigh in on Thursday nights at 6:30. At the "weigh in", we will have the group share what is working for them (or True Confessions of what is NOT working) and a brief lesson (such as Goal Setting, Healthy Recipes, Food Pyramid Guide, etc.). If you know you can't make it on Thurs., the scale will be available on Wed. night meetings - contact me and I'll let you know where the scale is.Also note, no one else sees your weight! For your eyes only!*We created 2 groups. The Diet Divas and The Healthy Hotties. If you want to participate, I'll randomly assign you a group. Each week at the weigh in, you will keep track of total pounds lost (or gained). At the end of the month, we will see which group has lost the most weight. I don't know about you, but I may not be motivated to do it for myself alone but I can do it for my team!!!! What great motivation!!!

* We are going to set up an on-line blog so we can check in with each other during the week, post pictures, leave comments, etc.

Basically that's it in a nutshell - weekly weigh in with motivation, weekly challenge and comparing the 2 teams weight loss.

The good thing about this program is that if you live far out and don't want to drive in for the meetings, you can still participate! You just have to let me know each week what your loss/gain is. You can also choose to just pop in every now and then and see what's going on. You don't have to be on a team. Just let me know what works best for you. That's what this is all about...finding something that works for us to get healthy!!!

If you are interested in joining a team, please let me know. I have notebooks for everyone interested so you can keep a diet diary.You need to go weigh yourself (I know....) and write down your weight. Then we'll do it again next week.
For those interested, the weekly challenge is to use your "diet diary" and just make at least one change in your daily habits - for the better!
Thanks for all those who came (we had 13 there tonight and at least 12 more interested, and helped to set this all up!!!We are going to be the healthiest Relief Society group EVER!!!

:) Amy