Weight Loss Matters - The right way to lose weight!
Click here for 2008 Biggest BLUE Loser results.
What is Weight Loss Matters?
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.
Why join Weight Loss Matters?
- 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!
- Susie Stombaugh (female winner of 2008 Biggest BLUE Loser)
- Tim and Julene Jones (winners of 2007 Biggest Loser)
- Devauna Riley
- Charlene Wesley
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Current participants Click Here
*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)
What not to expect:
- 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. 511 Nursing Building
Thursday morning session 11 a.m. to noon 411 Wethington Click Here for a weekly schedule
No classes:
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: August 19 or 21, 2008 September 23 or 25, 2008 October 28 or 30, 2008 |
Registration Forms Due: August 15, 2008 September 19, 2008 October 24, 2008 |
How do I sign up?
Space is limited and registration is required. To get started, please follow these three steps:
1. Decide what class time and location you would like to attend.
2. Call the main Health & Wellness office at (859) 257-WELL (9355) to have your name added to the sign-up list.
3. Mail your completed registration form and payment* by the appropriate date listed above to:
UK Health & Wellness WLM Program
116A Seaton Center
Lexington, KY 40506-0219
*The cost is $50. Please make checks payable to UK Health & Wellness.
That's it! You will receive your meal plan and Weight Loss Matters binder at the first class.
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