As it turns out there are some fun perks to being in the State of Slim program. It is very important for us to share our stories and the team at the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center are doing lots of things to utilize as many mediums as possible. There is the SOS Facebook
page, Dr. Holly and Dr. Jim do book signings, they have done interviews with different news channels and magazines, Dr. Wyatt even did a Ted X Talk a few weeks ago at the CU Denver Downtown campus.
Even with all of this going on, I was a little surprised when I received an email asking if I would be interested in doing an interview with Channel 9 News; apparently they wanted to do a story on some of us in the SOS group.
I was more than happy to oblige!
Here is a link for your viewing pleasure
I don't have much on camera experience, but I am fairly comfortable being video taped. It was a pretty simple set up, just sitting on a couch in the administrative area of the center. Manny, the interviewer/cameraman was very friendly and just asked us questions. They showed very little of what we said,
I'm not the only one either.....
Karen was not only featured in the CU Denver
e-newsletter Today at CU
Carradine, one of our trainers, sent me this link anschutzwellness.com
Me on the front page of the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center website.
Pretty Cute huh?
Channel 9 came back at our halfway point to see how Julie, John and I are doing so far. They came and filmed our regular class and our group fitness class as well. Then we did another one on one interview.
This is my leg, I liked this shot.
During the fitness class we had to carry the amount of weight we had lost so far. At the time it was 23lbs, we carried this around the gym up and down stairs.
Like I say in the video this really gave me perspective on what it really meant to have lost that much weight. It is easy to say how much I have lost, but to really be able to see the difference in a very tangible way was very inspiring. I see myself everyday so it can be hard to see the differences, but this really showed me how much harder it was to carry that weight. I think this really hit me right where I needed it, a dose of reality, a reminder that I have come so far. It also helps me keep in sight the end goal and how much better I will feel the further along I go on this journey.
As of now I have lost 26lbs.
While it is fun to be interviewed and filmed and it makes this whole process more interesting, it also adds more pressure. It's just another reason to be successful and show that if you really follow the program it really can work. That's the thing though, you have to really follow the program, I am finding that it works for me.
I like the food choice we have, I love learning about food and how to eat more healthy, I love learning about fitness and different things I can do to be active, I love getting to know everyone in my group and all of the people with the SOS program and the AHWC.
I am making friends that I truly hope will still be around after SOS is done. They truly do help me get through this whole thing. Its good to have someone that understands what we are doing and what my state of mind is right now.
We are all in a very similar place in the mental side of things and it is great to have each other to turn to for support, sympathy, encouragement and even call each other out. I am truly grateful for them.
And I am grateful for everyone else that supports me and encourages me, my parents, Adam's parents, family and friends in TX and LA.
I hope that you all continue to enjoy my posts, I enjoy putting it all together and sharing it with you. It also helps me process everything that is happening This thing gets me to go much deeper than I would have expected, but I am gonna own it and see where it takes me.
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