National Weight Control Registry

As we continue to move closer to the end of the challenge, I want to introduce you to a website dedicated to long-term weight loss and maintenance. You may or may not be familiar with it. The National Weight Control Registry is found at http://www.nwcr.ws/ The site is a compilation of weight loss stories and research findings on those individuals who are a part of the registry.

There is a lot of important information to take away from the site, like what helped others be most successful in their weight loss attempts. Some interesting statistics on those who lost weight and have kept it off:

78% eat breakfast every day.
75% weigh themselves at least once a week.
62% watch less than 10 hours of TV per week.
90% exercise, on average, about 1 hour per day.

Little changes to your lifestyle habits have proven to go a long way. Eating breakfast everyday may not seem like a difficult task but you have to plan. You may have to wake up early each day. You may have to go grocery shopping to buy healthy breakfast foods you will enjoy. Planning ahead is one of the most important things you can fit into your schedule. Those little changes all add up!