Million Pound Match Up Summary

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:50:43 GMT

Kelley and I decided to enter the contest for several reasons.

We’re friends online and have been losing weight together in a few great yahoo support groups. Our efforts have slowed down over the holidays, so we joined the challenge together to jump start our losses for the new year.

We’ve never met nor talked offline, but we have a lot in common and are both determined.

We both have had serious health problems and life has thrown us both a lot and our plates are full in that regard, so we want to lighten up our dinner plates in order to be around to help our family members as they also are facing serious illness and developmental issues and need our help. We’re only a few years apart in age and several hundred miles apart, but together in spirit and fight, brought together by the internet.

We plan to succeed by forming an alliance and being accountable to each other online by reporting our progress, sharing our struggles, and supporting each other between weigh-ins.

Kelley is using Weight Watchers and Helen is using a combination of calorie counting and using food exchanges to keep her calories within an insulin resistance type of diet as well as keeping an eye on Weight Watchers points along the way. We will work out often through DVDs at home, exercise equipment, and going to Curves or a gym as we’re able and also bike riding when the weather gets warmer.

We should win the Million Pound Match Up because I’ve already come a long way and because we deserve the chance to show the world that two 40-something women who are fighting for their families can accomplish a great deal when they come together across the miles with one common purpose.

Helen and Kelley Joining Forces Across the Miles for Better Health: Our Summary, Why We Should Win

Million Pound Match Up Summary