What a cool way to mark the start of the new year…to be on the front page of the newspaper (in a positive way).

This week we were interviewed by a Greeley Tribune reporter about our experience with the Weigh and Win program, a program that truly is a Win-Win proposition: lose weight and get paid an incentive! Today, the story came out in the paper and online.  They charge to read the whole thing, so we took pictures of the hard copy if you want to read it (click to enlarge below).  As you may remember, we were on the cover of the paper a few years back after the whole backyard chicken debacle, but this time it is much less controversial.

Click images to enlarge and read full article

Britton and I have really enjoyed being a part of this program and wanted to spread the word about it, and so we didn’t hesitate to help out with the article. We both have lost almost 10% of our initial body weights -me around 14-15 lbs and BK around 16-18 depending on fluctuations. We were both slightly overweight (but not obese) for our heights and now are very close to a healthy range.

Here are our then and now pictures from the Weigh and Win kiosk (after all what’s a good weight loss story without before and afters! 🙂 )

  
Britton Then and Now

And me…

A few minor things to clarify from the article: It says we did it without exercising and that is not exactly what we said, we said that we didn’t add any extra exercise to achieve this weight loss. Even before attempting weight loss, we have always made walking or some form of movement a daily part of our routines and lately we have done a few yoga classes here and there too. It’s just that 80% of weight loss and maintenance comes from our food choices. Exercise is awesome, but it takes a whole lot more effort to run 20 minutes than to just not eat that extra cookie. 🙂

Also, a note on the incentives: we each make about $15 every quarter for each 5% bodyweight loss we achieve (it’s more for people with more to lose).

I would encourage anyone in Colorado (or if they expand elsewhere) to sign up for this program. I truly believe that most things in life are win-win situations if you simply change your frame of mind, and in this case, the win-win is not too hard to find in losing!