After writing last nights blog I realized that maybe a mentor could help with the long term maintenance.
Not everyone would be or would want to be a mentor, but what if the group that starts week 30 mentors one of the new participant in through their week 30. What if someone who has kept the weight off for a year or two mentored those going into maintenance.
What would that look like? I don't know. How much time will someone give to a stranger? Would they be willing to give up time in their busy lives to help those who come after? Would people be interested in a mentor? If it meant meeting once a week would it be important enough to both parties to meet and not cancel?
We who are enmeshed in this weight loss are obsessed and truthfully our loved ones get pretty tired of listening to it. What about someone who has been there done that and has succeeded? Group classes are good, but they get stale and boring, they are not geared towards everyday life. Having a program like this might encourage people staying in the maintenance program, might make the program more successful long term. The maintenance program doesn't work now.
When we weighed in we were in with a group that was in their maintenance phase, and they said that they had started with a group of 24 and they had 5 who still remained in the group. My guess is by the end of the year there will be none of that group left in maintenance.
It is a thought.
Not everyone would be or would want to be a mentor, but what if the group that starts week 30 mentors one of the new participant in through their week 30. What if someone who has kept the weight off for a year or two mentored those going into maintenance.
What would that look like? I don't know. How much time will someone give to a stranger? Would they be willing to give up time in their busy lives to help those who come after? Would people be interested in a mentor? If it meant meeting once a week would it be important enough to both parties to meet and not cancel?
We who are enmeshed in this weight loss are obsessed and truthfully our loved ones get pretty tired of listening to it. What about someone who has been there done that and has succeeded? Group classes are good, but they get stale and boring, they are not geared towards everyday life. Having a program like this might encourage people staying in the maintenance program, might make the program more successful long term. The maintenance program doesn't work now.
When we weighed in we were in with a group that was in their maintenance phase, and they said that they had started with a group of 24 and they had 5 who still remained in the group. My guess is by the end of the year there will be none of that group left in maintenance.
It is a thought.
Definitely. Someone needs to figure out a program that is as successful in the maintenance phase as your current program in in the weight-loss phase. Flesh it out. Maybe you will be the inventor of it.
ReplyDeleteI like the mentor idea!
ReplyDeleteAA has long used a mentor (aka sponsor) program & it seems to work. Great idea! We both could use a mentor. Go speed racer!
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