Whoo hoo!

That's great! I know those pics are fierce!

I apologize if this was posted already....it is a little old.
 

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority joins Million Pound Challenge
by Temple Hemphill
September 1, 2006

Two hundred thousand Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., sorority members are being encouraged to actively join the sorority's partnership with the Chicago Defender's Million Pound Challenge that kicked off earlier this summer.

Loann Honesty King, Alpha Kappa Alpha program chairman, said the sorority is up for the challenge.

"Our sorority members alone will meet the Million Pound Challenge (MPC) halfway mark by June 2007 and the full mark by our Centennial Celebration in 2008," King predicted to the Defender.

King was joined by sorority members including Barbara A. McKinzie, international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Roland Martin, Defender executive editor and general manager, along with the press, at the endorsement announcement held Thursday at the sorority's international headquarters, 5656 S. Stony Island Ave.

Hanging above the podium was a banner with the letters, E-S-P which spelled out the phrase - Enthusiastically Shedding Pounds. Referring to the banner, McKinzie said, "This endorsement represents the first strike in the war against obesity. Enthusiastically Shedding Pounds and getting behind the Million Pound Challenge and other efforts nationwide are potent tools in the arsenal to fight this war."

Martin developed the MPC, a 12-month health and fitness initiative to challenge African Americans in the Chicago area to collectively lose one million pounds. Participants are encouraged to lose weight and increase physical fitness through developing healthy diets and productive exercise habits.

Martin said the MPC has signed more than forty local churches and numerous block clubs and walking groups. He said the program is going national, which makes Alpha Kappa Alpha's involvement, timely.

"To have Alpha Kappa Alpha enrolled is important because it's an international organization. You already have a chapter structure so it's much easier for us to be able to get the word out because of the infrastructure in place," Martin said.

Martin said he hopes other Greek organizations will join Alpha Kappa Alpha's lead in the battle against obesity.

"We don't want to be honest with ourselves. We go out and buy new clothes because we gain more weight but the reality is we're losing our members to health diseases," he stated matter-of-factly.

According to King, African Americans are also losing the battle against mental health. She said the MPC supports the sorority's current health initiative that is focused on mental health.

"We know that stress and depression cause overweight (issues) in the African American community," King said.

McKinzie concluded the endorsement announcement by vowing to promote the MPC in an upcoming issue of the sorority's quarterly magazine, IVY LEAF. She said she also plans to encourage program participation during speaking engagements and scheduled visits to the sorority's 900 chapters throughout the country and abroad - including approximately 15 graduate chapters in the greater Chicago Metropolitan area.

MPC founding partners include, UniCare, Illinois Department of Public Health, the Chicago Park District, Wellness on Wheels, Salem Baptist Church of Chicago, BASUAH, (Brothers and Sisters United Against HIV/AIDS), AARP, V-103 (Clear Channel Radio Chicago) and Broadcast Ministers' Alliance of Chicago. For more information visit the Defender's homepage at www.chicagodefender.com.

Guess who's in ONEderland?!
 

Yeah, baby, YEAH!!!!!! FINALLY under 200lbs, FINALLY!!!! 193.5!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't be happier!!! OMGoodness, I can't even believe it!!! STILL!! But it's REAL!!! I just wanted to make sure I shared it with y'all. We all in this together. And I know it gets rough (I'm having a H*LL of a month, problems out the wazoo), but the way I look at it, this is the ONE thing I have control over. I have 100% control over what I put into my mouth and whether or not I exercise. I feel like the rest of my life is completely out of control, so I hold on to this TIGHTLY. I have never wanted to overeat more in my LIFE than I have the past few weeks. But I refrained, cuz I didn't know where I was weight-wise. And after weighing myself last week... NO WAY!!!! Nothing is worth gaining back ANY weight. NOTHING!!!!!

54lbs down, 48lbs to go. If I continue as I'm going, I'll be at goal by this time next year. I can do this. And I WILL.

BabyBlue, girl, YOU BETTER DO IT!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! YOU are my inspiration!!!!! I can't wait to see your pics!!!!! I'm SO happy for you! I bet it feels GREAT!!! And I meant that literally, I just bet you FEEL better. What an awesome accomplishment!!!! :D

Last thing... I read the Curves book one day last week. Actually enjoyed it. Gonna try to cut back a little on my carbs. Just a little. Which may sound like nothing to most people, but a little is a lot for me. Good carbs only, good carbs, only. Not that I eat a lot of bad carbs, but I'm just gonna see how it makes me FEEL. It's more about that than the weight-loss. But if overloading on carbs really does make me feel irritable, anxious, depressed, or whatever, I'll take the chance to see what limiting them will do. These is a HUGE feat for me, I'm Queen Carb-Consumer. Bread and rice are staples in my diet. BROWN bread and rice (and sugar and pasta), but bread and rice just the same. We'll see how it goes. I'm not eliminating anything (let's just keep it real, shall we), but I will limit, a *little* bit. LOL at myself. I just can't let go, lol.

Later, ladies! Stay encouraged!!!!

:)

WOW. That is awesome!!!!!!!

Congrats! I read your blog, and it inspired me to begin one of my own. I am so glad to hear that you are succeeding :D

Congrats!!!!!!

Congrats Soror Ideal!!! I am SOOOOOOOO proud of you!!!

I will be starting Fat Smash on tomorrow. Wish me luck!!!

Wow! Congratulations! I hope to meet you in Onederland very soon!

It's so good to hear that! Congratulations! You guys are SO INSPIRING!!!

I had a great weigh in!
 

I lost an additional 4.4lbs. So far, 13lbs down!

Go head Ideal, look at you doing the damn thing. Congrats and keep it up.

Congrats Ladies and keep up the good work!

SV and NSV
 

First, I lost another 2.2 lbs yesterday, taking my total to just under 105 lbs.

Our parking lot is about two blocks away from our office. On my way there I walk past an elementary school. This morning I was taking my normal route and one of the elem school's security guards (a cutie!) stopped me to tell me how great I looked and to ask me what I was doing.

I told him that it has taken 2.5 years and how I did the exercise thing and gave WW a major plug, and he commented that one of his colleagues was wondering about her own weight. I should have given him my card (smirk) and had her call me.

This alone made my entire day. And all this time I thought nobody was looking, LOL.

Everyone have a fabulous day!

Look at you doing the damn thing...ok so when you gone post some before and what you look now pics.:D

I would, but GC doesn't allow attachments. I will find the disk and see what I can do.