{"id":98806,"date":"2018-02-16T08:08:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=98806"},"modified":"2018-02-16T08:08:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T13:08:26","slug":"ywca-conducts-accountability-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/02\/16\/ywca-conducts-accountability-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"YWCA conducts accountability challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n

The YWCA of Van Wert County recently held a four-week accountability challenge. Throughout the four weeks, the more than 20 participants formed a private Facebook group to share wins, struggles, questions, recipes, etc. This helped with accountability, as did the weekly weigh-ins and measurement times offered.\u00a0 Each participant had access to the YWCA 24\/7 Fitness Center and classes and had the option to submit supplied food journals, fitness logs, and daily personal development tracking.<\/p>\n

Main topics discussed as a group over the four weeks were clean eating, trigger foods, personal development, and exercise.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cIt was exciting to be able to be a part of so many different individual\u2019s health journeys,\u201d stated YWCA Health and Wellness Coordinator J.J. McClain. \u201cTo start a new year off with a group of people to help stay accountable and share stories with is sometimes what it takes to stick to exercise, eating or personal development goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking out and eating well is often not the easiest option, but it one that is worth it,\u201d McClain added. \u201cDoing that with a group of people with similar goals can help make the difference in sticking to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the total participants, about 10 of them chose to take part in the measurements and weigh-ins. Of those 10, over the course of the four weeks, a total of more than 65 pounds and 115 inches were lost.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all so pleased to see these results,\u201d stated McClain, \u201cbut the real victory was hearing story after story about how much better these people felt and seeing their smiles as they talked about some of their \u2018wins\u2019 during the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The staff of the YWCA fitness team strives to create a safe, judgement free, supportive environment for its fitness partners and aims to take a holistic approach to well-being — mind, body and soul — for the men and women who choose to become partners at the YWCA.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany often ask how having a fitness center and classes ties into the mission of the YWCA of Van Wert County and, with one of the signature platforms of the mission being \u2018Health and Safety of Women and Children,\u2019 it is a great fit to our mission and the needs of the community,\u201d McClain concluded.<\/p>\n

For more information on the health and wellness department of the YWCA of Van Wert County, contact McClain by calling the YWCA at 419.238.6639 or emailing jmcclain@ywcavanwertcounty.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The YWCA is a non-profit organization and a United Way and Van Wert County Foundation agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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