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million to one lucky partici
pant who has reached his or
her target weight at the end
of the challenge in April -
and over 123,000 pounds
have been shed so far
through the program,
according to the Dr. Oz
Show Web site.
Community Organizer
Marva Reid is among those
hosting Transformation
Nation programs in the area.
Reid. a city native and avid
"Dr. Oz Show" viewer, said
the challenge inspired her to
place a renewed focus on her
own health and wellness,
and she wanted to share the
wealth.
"1 knew 1 needed to get
healthy, so 1 just said, 'Well,
let me do something for the
community,'" said Reid,
chair of the Ashley Precinct.
"I do have some people that
are ready to get themselves
in gear."
Reid has amassed a class
of 25 former program, which
requires a minimum partici
pation of 30. She is actively ?
recruiting more participants^
and grant money that could
offset the $14 a week
charge. She has set a person
al goal of losing 50 pounds,
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Marva Reid, center, takes part in a neighborhood gathering in 2008.
and says she uses her own
story to'motivate others.
"I say, 'It's time for us to
get healthy. We need to stop
eating like we do,"' related
Reid. "1 just talk very frank
with them on a personal
level. I rub my belly and
they rub their bellies and I
say, 'We've got to do some
thing about this."'
WXII 12 News and the
' YMCA of Northwest North
Carolina have teamed up to
present Transformation
Nation Triad, a free program
designed to help participants
lose weight and become
healthier.
"It's free of charge and
it's really reaching out to the
community as far as weight
loss," Winston Lake Family
YMCA Program Director
Jolyn Roberts said of the
program. "We're trying to
get the whole community
involved."
Signups for the program
were held last weekend, to
an enthusiastic response. All
19 participating Y branches
filled their classes to capaci
ty
Roberts said she wasn't
surprised Winston Lake did
n't have trouble filling the
125 slots it had available for
1
the 16-week program, which
will include a weekly boot
camp session and nutrition
information.
"We were getting at least
10 calls a day about it," she
related.
Weight Watchers
Instructor Joyce Jacob-Mua
will be working with partici
pants in both Transformation
Nation Programs. The San
Mateo California native and
mother of two has helped
countless individuals attain
their health and weight loss
goals since joining the com
pany in 2005, after undergo
ing her own transformation..
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"It changed everything,"
said Jacob-Mua, who shed a
whopping 85 pounds on the
Weight Watchers program.
"I didn't like exercising, and
now I'm a personal trainer -
who would've thought? I
love doing it now."
After being described as
"morbidly obese" by her
physician, Jacob-Mua, who
has a history of diabetes in
her family, says she decided
to take control over her eat
ing, and her future.
"The biggest thing for
me was my kids. I did it for
myself but 1 also did it for
them, because I didn't want
them to grow up overweight
like I did," she related. "My
legacy with my kids is
they're not going to have a
weight problem. I'm not
going to have diabetes, and
if they do what I've taught
them, they won't have to
deal with diabetes either."
Adopting a lifestyle that
is conducive to weight loss
and good health isn't easy,
but the rewards are well
worth the sacrifice, Jacob
Mua said.
"The best part was decid
ing that 1 was worth doing
this for. I learned this on my
own and I kept telling
myself, 'I'm worth this,"'
she related. "It's empower
ing to know that you can do
it."
For more information
about Transformation
Nation, visit
http:lldoctoroz.sharecare.co
m. To join Reid's group, call
(33b) 997-2519 or email
godstrlblzr@gmail.com.
Rep. Larry Womble
NC House of Representatives
^71st District
? ? Tel (336) 784-9373
Fax (336) 784-1626
E-Mail: LWistm@aol.com
Home Address
1294 Salem Lake Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
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