Weight Loss Matters - The right way to lose weight!
- What is Weight Loss Matters?
- Why join Weight Loss Matters?
- Ready to sign up?
- What to expect from Weight Loss Matters
- What not to expect
- When and where are classes held?
- When can new participants join?
- Current participants click here
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Sandy Slater lost 30 pounds with the help of Weight Loss Matters! Read her success story here. |
Weight Loss Matters* is a 10-week weight-loss program that allows you to set your own goals, then work toward meeting those goals with the help of registered dietitians. Classes meet once a week (Click Here for days and times). The initial fee is $50, and participants can re-join subsequent sessions for free as long as they achieve half their weight-loss goal for each 10-week period.
- 79% of Weight Loss Matters participants who completed a 10-week cycle
achieved their pre-determined weight loss goals. - Average weight loss per 10-week cycle is 5.56 pounds per participant.
- Join so you can become one of our success stories!
- Jennifer Allen (female winner of 2009 Biggest Blue Loser)
- Sandy Slater
- Susie Stombaugh (female winner of 2008 Biggest BLUE Loser)
- Tim and Julene Jones (winners of 2007 Biggest Loser)
- Devauna Riley
- Charlene Wesley
*Only University of Kentucky employees, retirees, spouses, and sponsored dependents are eligible for UK Health & Wellness services and programs.
What to expect from Weight Loss Matters:
- A weight loss program that teaches you how to eat, rather than how to diet
- A focus on long-term behavior change
- The expertise of registered dietitians
- Group support for your weight loss goals
- Weekly weigh-ins and educational seminars
- Ten-week cycles of classes, with new topics each cycle
- The option to continue every ten weeks for free as long as you make progress
- You setting your own weight loss goals (within reason!)
- A meal pattern calculated just for you (includes a daily calorie level and general outline for how many foods to eat from each food group)
- A quick fix
- A rigid meal plan – you will have the flexibility to decide what specific foods to eat each day
- Daily menus that take the “guesswork” out of losing weight – you will decide when and what to eat throughout the day and adapt the meal pattern to your lifestyle
- “Off-limits” foods – this program allows you to “fit all foods”
When and where are classes held?
Classes meet on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
Tuesday lunch-time session 12:00-1:00 p.m. 102 Mining & Minerals Building
Tuesday evening session 5:15-6:15 p.m. 403 Wethington
Thursday morning session 11 a.m. to noon 405 Wethington
Click here for a weekly schedule
Parking in the Kentucky Clinic parking garage will be available to Weight Loss Matters participants at the "patient rate" of 75 cents an hour PROVIDED you bring your parking ticket to us and get it stamped. If you do not bring in your parking ticket, parking will cost $10 for the first hour and $5 for every additional hour up to a maximum of $25. |
When can new participants join?
New participants can begin approximately every five weeks.
Next New Participants Begin: July 21 or 23 August 25 or 27 September 29 or October 1 November 3 or 5 |
Registration Forms Due: July 17 August 21 September 25 October 30 |
Space is limited and registration is required.
1. Decide what class time and location you would like to attend.
2. Register ONLINE here and submit your payment* by mail to UK Health & Wellness, 116A Seaton Center, Lexington, KY 40506-0219.
*The cost is $50. Please make checks payable to UK Health & Wellness. If paying with cash, please bring exact amount. Change may not be available.
That's it! You will receive your meal plan and Weight Loss Matters binder at the first class.
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