The Email

Below is the email I sent out to start this journey - No Turning Back Now!

As some of my closest friends – and more appropriately those who I can be myself around and not be embarrassed or afraid to ask for help. I need help! As you may remember over a year ago I had my annual doctor’s visit and learned I had slightly high blood pressure & slightly high cholesterol. And I nipped that in the bud and got back into shape while participating in a run for the American Heart Association. In the last year I have let my weight creep back up through stupidity (travel, work, vacations, bars, etc.). So I plan to make my own dollar contribution to AHA in honor of my commitment to get healthy but I need help.

So here is my plan… that includes all of you!
Each of you represent one pound. That is all. When I start I will randomly pick one person who will coach me through one pound. After I lose that pound I will pick a new person (randomly) to coach me through the next pound. And so forth until I lose the weight (and regain the health).

I thought of some examples of coaching:
• Text messages, emails, phone calls to remind me to eat healthy during the day.
• Encouragement to only drink 1 glass of wine at night and not a bottle.
• Tell me a favorite exercise to do or class to take.
• Call me at 6am and make me get up and walk
• Send me a favorite healthy receipt.
• Join me – and lose a pound with me.
• Share a favorite exercise tip.
• Ask for my food journal each day.
• Ask me for my pedometer count to be greater than 10,000 a day.

The healthy way to lose weight is to lose 1 -2 pounds per week. So you would be committing only a little bit of time.

Think about it and let me know. I weighed myself Monday before departing for Kansas City and the first pound is for me. So I anticipate starting this crazy coaching adventure in a couple days. I will only include you when requested and if I draw your name and it is a BAD time then just say so and I’ll switch you out. I know you all have your own lives and I want to make this fun for both of us. I think it wil also be a great way to reconnect with some old friends for a couple days too!!!!

Love,
Kristin
Thanks Erica B for getting this idea spurred in my head today at Yoga!