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A couple _ Member of of days later atâ€"wor he came across a Weight Watchers atâ€"work program flyer advertising meetings to be held on the premises of Manulife Finanâ€" cial, where he works as a bank manager. w is 3 . > § & & Bmz & 2 ; W * & By| § I 5 § 4 = > r S {. = e z5 baling h "I wanted to see my kids grow up, so at that time it was _ good "I wan motivation," s he said, _ MY kids adding he feared _ he so at th would have a was heart attack § if he didn‘t motit lose weight. â€" Richar However, _ it â€" didn‘t became clear to him he had to change his ways until one morning when he was out of breath just putting his socks on. By April 2002, Fendertâ€" who had been a healthy weight all his lifeâ€"had hit 345 pounds. He was wearing a size 56â€"waist pant. Meanwhile, his large food intake continued. "I started to gain more and more weight very gradâ€" ually," the 41â€"yearâ€"old said. The arduous physical labour Fendert had perâ€" formed on the farm was replaced with the occasional ball game with the guys, folâ€" lowed by a couple of celeâ€" bratory beers. $ 9 5 * ’ Hurry In Ends June 30/ When he moved to Kitchâ€" vner to attend college, his activity level dropped draâ€" matically. rowing up on a dairy Gl’arm. Richard Fendâ€" B ert‘s days were passed baling hay, milking cows and cleaning pens. Weight Watchers atâ€"work program a new lease on life _ _A Hurry In Ends June 30/06 *$19.95 for vehicles with 3.3L and 3.8L engines By Jennirer Ormston For The Chronicle JUNE OIL CHANGE SPECIAL FOR HYUNDAI OWNERS Call 519â€"886â€"2625 To Book Your Appointment â€" Richard Fendert Member of Weight Watchers atâ€"work program "I wanted to see my kids grow up, so at that time it was good motivation." HYUNDA! Fendert said following the Weight Watchers proâ€" gram is not "rocket science." around you what it‘s like." The feedback Nedkov has received about the program has been positive. "I know some people are frightened about having their _ coâ€" d to s2€¢ workers in TOW UP, the group t] § with them. fime it . But it actualâ€" ood ly serves as a 7 n really good tion. support, endert because â€" if ht Watchers _ you‘re having ogram a bad day, * you‘ve got s o m e 0 n e iround you who knows Weight Watchers leaders go into companiesâ€"like Manulifeâ€"and start weekly sessions with a weighâ€"in, followed by a themeâ€"based lecture and a group discusâ€" sion. "So we bring it to them in the workplace," Nedkov said of the program, which has been active in southern Ontario since 1984. And once they leave at night they just want to get home to their kids and chores, said Lora Nedkov, a Weight Watchers atâ€"work sales manager. The premise behind the atâ€"work program is people are too busy at work to leave and attend Weight Watchers meetings during the day. Since then, he has mainâ€" tained his new 225â€"pound physique. He strictly followed the Weight Watchers pointâ€"sysâ€" tem eating plan and by June 2003 had lost 120 pounds. "I checked it out, and the rest is history." "It‘s taking common Schlueter Hyundai 625 Davenport Road,Waterloo Summer Service Hours: 8amâ€"Spm Monâ€"Fri, Closed Sat BUSINESS Weight Watchers also taught him to eat the right foodsâ€"like vegetablesâ€"and to drink more water. He now "Before joining this, I‘d have three plates full of spaghetti at dinner, but you don‘t need three plates full. One and some salad is suffiâ€" cient." But it wasn‘t his diet as much as his portion sizes that needed to change. Richard Fendert shows off an old pair of his pants from before he started his Weight Watchers program. _ »mwrerormstonmoto sense and making it comâ€" _ drinks more than one litre mon practice." daily. But the Weight Watchers point system still guides his diet. Now a lifetime member of the atâ€"work program, Fendert no longer attends weekly meetings. Instead, he goes once a monih for a weighâ€"in and a session. "I only gave up two foods with Weight Watchers: chips and beer." CHRONICLE |f "You work at it every day. .i en _ He and l}xs Weigh wife, Laurie, now plan their meals. So instead of going through a driveâ€"thru at the last minute for dinner, they know what they‘re going to eat three to four days in advance. "But you can‘t deprive yourself of taste either," he said of this fiveâ€"point snack, which he uses as a substitute for potato chips. And in the evening, to keep his hands busy, he snacks on popcorn. He likes it the oldâ€" fashioned it s way, p()pped «++ lt‘ with oil, serves which is more points. gOOd 8 Then for dinner he has a salad, with lettuce, tomaâ€" toes, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower, with fatâ€"free Dijon dressing, topped with turkey sausage; and a glass of milk, which equals 11 points. For lunch he has a ham sandwich on Weight Watchâ€" ers rye bread with mustard, margarine and lettuce, an apple and carrots, which is six points. On a typical day, he has threeâ€"quarters of a cup of cornflakes and half a cup of bran flakes with skim milk and a btack coffee, which totals four points, for breakâ€" fast. He breaks the points down by meal. He eats about 22 to 25 points a day, which is much lower than the 35 he ate when he first began the proâ€" gram. You consciously make deciâ€" sions about what to eat." Ee o id a m oiiniles 4 44 4 44 tuilts hoh a6e B "... it actually serves as really good support, because if you‘re having a bad day, you‘ve got someone around you who knows what it‘s like." â€" Lora Nedkov Weight Watchers "The guide is just a way of helping you get to your goal and any tip you can incorporate in your day just serves to help you." tip. The guide also advises people always eat a balâ€" anced breakfast to "kickâ€" start the brain" and to reduce the chances of midâ€" morning cravings. Making physical activity a part of each day â€" by startâ€" ing a walking club or becoming active on breaks â€" is one of the recommendaâ€" tions in the newly introâ€" duced Weight Watchers workplace _ tip _ guide, designed to boost producâ€" tivity on the job. He and Laurie, who also works at Manulife, try to go for a 20â€"minute walk on their lunch breaks. And in the evenings, they someâ€" times walk around their neighbourhood. Fendert still doesn‘t exer cise much though. And when they do go for fast food with their daughâ€" ters, aged 13 and 15, they make healthier choices, like Subway and Pita Pit, instead of McDonalds, where Fendâ€" ert used to get the Big Mac combo. We Bring Waterloo right to your door. 886â€"2830 Ned k ov said it is not necessary to follow every Another suggestion is bringing lunches and snacks from home to ensure ingreâ€" dients â€" are monitored and _ fruits and vegetaâ€" bles are a main comâ€" ponent.