Overland Park Weight Loss Support Group Loses Another 100 lbs!
Monday August 17 2009posted by Adam - Total Comments: 0
Weight Loss Surgical Center's Overland Park Support Group has lost another 100 lbs in its second month of its Get-A-Weigh Challenge. The group has lost a total of 204.6 lbs since June, and those who weighed in this month averaged 8.8 lbs lost, compared with an average of 7.7 lbs lost per person between June and July.
The weight loss benefits of a support group are well documented, with a 2008 study showing that patients who attend support groups lose 10 percent more of their excess body weight than those who don't. The same holds true at Weight Loss Surgical Center, where our average patient in recent months has lost an average of 6.4 lbs, though August's support group average was well over the expected 10% support group bonus, probably because of the weight loss challenge we're doing this summer.
Patients in our support group in Overland Park have weighed in this June, July and August, and the person with the biggest percentage of weight loss at our September weigh-in will win a weekend trip for two to a spa getaway at the Elms resort.
The challenge's leader board is as follows: Gary is in first with 13.37% weight loss. Jennifer is in second with 9.31%. Pat is in a close third with 9.27%, and Bridget and Amira round out the top five with 7.71% and 6.11%, respectively.
Congratulations to everyone participating in the challenge for working so hard and losing so much weight this summer. We'll see you at our September 19 meeting, where we will announce our big winner.