More Weight Loss Winners

The people of the IC are the real stars and heroes that continue to inspire and motivate our community.  It was wonderful to catch up with you guys this morning.  I have missed hearing your incredible stories of triumph!  It’s not that I have forgotten about my peeps — trust me on that one, I have just been very busy behind the scenes.  Btw, no, I’m not pregnant, despite the ease in which my body weight fluctuates.  Luckily, I have already put my emotional eating issues on the table for you to devour so I can continue being my authentic self around you. One thing I know for certain is that coping with an emotional relationship with food is dynamic (sometimes great, sometimes horrible) and is dependent upon far more than exercise.   But, and this is a big butt (hello), exercise always pulls me through my worst days.  It reminds me how great my body is to me and how lucky I am to be in it.  Today, this message was most clearly sent by two Ice Chamber members, Ruth Pardee and Amanda Tung.

We last heard from Ruth a couple of months ago when we published our version of college girls gone wild… Ha, I knew you’d look.  Remember how determined she was to meet her weight loss goals this summer at the IC?  Well, with the support of her parents, IC celebs Stephanie and Craig, Ruth ended up losing 30 pounds in time for her Fall semester at Vassar (sadly, her last day with us is Wednesday).  Congratulations on meeting your weight loss goal Ruth!  What a source of inspiration you have been to your fellow 6 am bootcampers!  You will be greatly missed.

Amanda joined the IC in March 2009.  She’s still new at this in many respects, but you’d never know it based on her stats!  In that short amount of time, she has lost 20 pounds and what I appreciate most about talking to Amanda this morning is her no-nonsense honesty.  “I was very inspired by your postpartum comeback video,” she told me, “but my story isn’t about pregnancy…  I went through a bad breakup.”  Say no more Amanda.  We salute you!

We would also like to send a special thank you to Danielle for providing unwavering support and guidance to everyone at the IC, but particularly to Ruth and Amanda this summer.

-Maya