GOOD riddance! We lost more than 100 lbs!
June 12th, 2009 at 9:50 am by Rachel Manek under Rachel's Good Day
It’s been 20 weeks since my coworkers and I began the Good Day Wisconsin Great Weight Loss Challenge. There were some good weeks and some bad weeks. For me it was a good 3 days and then a bad 4 days. Bad in terms of eating whatever I wanted over the weekend. I was really good in the beginning at keeping track of my calories and every little bite that I ate.
As I got used to eating less, I stopped logging my meals but I never stopped working out. I tried to get to the gym or do some sort of exercise every day. I average about 4 or 5 times a week.
HERE ARE MY RESULTS. I came in 3rd. Not too bad! There were about 14 of us taking part and we ALL lost weight. One of our news directors came in 1st place losing 33 pounds or 14.3% Way to go Lee! He gave up a lot and started working out a lot! For him the weight loss effort was daily. No room for slacking! I lost 13.7 lbs. My goal was 20. Not great. But not horrible. I definitely feel better. And like Lee said today during the final results — “it’s a lot of hard work.” But the payoff was great.
So set a goal. Grab a buddy. And “just do it.”
See you at the Bellin!
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Rachel Manek serves as co-host and news anchor of the number one morning news program, Good Day Wisconsin.
Good for you!! Hey, 13.7lbs is nothing to sneeze at and just because the weight loss chanlege is over, doesn’t mean you need to stop your healthy habits. I,too, am trying to lose weight. I don’t go to the gym nearly enough, and I like to indulge on the weekends. But, I am feeling better and the weight is slowly coming off. I have a goal (I’m in a wedding next month and I want to give my daughter a sibling soon) but it’s a matter of actually putting in the effort to reach my goal. =)
Anyway, congrats!!
Hi Erin. I just re-read your comment for a little inspiration. Fortunately I have been able to maintain the loss these last few weeks.. but I want to do more. I’ll start by heading out for a bike ride today. Two weeks to go before my first Triathlon of the year. Hope you are on the right track, too…
Rachel,
You mentioned today thay you were looking for ice cream after the Bellin Run. If there wasn’t any it is because it used to be donated by Good Humor – Breyers and their corporate office on Packerland Drive closed last year. The parent company Unilever moved all operations to New Jersey. I was in charge of donations for GHB and there will be lots of events this summer that always had ice cream that unfortunately will not.
It is so sad that the finale of Lost is tonight.