Teens Build Self Esteem at Weight Loss Summer Camp

Camp La Jolla is a weight loss summer camp for ages 8 to adult. One teen who successfully lost weight at the fitness camp and gained some of it back, returns to the teen weight loss camp this summer to start over. Owner, Nancy Lenhart, knows Christine will be an inspiration to others at Camp La Jolla, which is a nationally acclaimed fitness and weight loss program for children, teens and adults.

(PRWEB) March 31, 2005 -- When Christine Gardner left the nine-week weight loss summer camp at Camp La Jolla, she was 50 lbs. lighter and feeling great. Over the next year after leaving the teen weight loss camp, she lost an additional 50 lbs., made the soccer and the cross-country running teams, improved her grades and made new friends. I really like who I am," said Christine in a letter to camp staff. I like to shop and I am proud to be a girl. I used to hide it in my baggy clothes."

Now, more than two years later, the 16-year-old from California is returning to the fitness camp 50 lbs. heavier and looking for a new beginning. Shes coming back to our teen weight loss camp to start over," said Nancy Lenhart, owner of Camp La Jolla for 35 years. We tracked her during the two-year follow up period and she was doing fine. Then one day, she called to say she was so embarrassed. She was cut from the soccer and cross-country teams, she lost her boyfriend and some of her friends abandoned her."

While on a family vacation in Hawaii she started to overeat. Then real world stresses forced her back to eating as a way of coping. She gained 50 of her 100-lb. weight loss back and people began humiliating and ostracizing her.

I invited her to come back to camp, to have a new beginning, share her story and encourage other teenagers to never give up," said Lenhart. Were giving her a 4-week scholarship at Camp La Jollas weight loss summer camp. We see her as an inspiration to others as she shares her ordeal about how shes fighting back and starting over. She will make a strong impact on others in the teen weight loss camp."

Camp La Jolla, an American Camping Association (ACA) accredited fitness camp for teens, adults and childrens weight loss, is designed to achieve personal fitness goals through education, activities and support. The four to nine week programs at this weight loss summer camp include fun, noncompetitive fitness activities, group and individual interaction, great food, nutrition and behavior modification classes and follow-up program. The highly-trained and caring staff guide, coach and teach that losing weight and staying fit can be fun and have long term health benefits.

We believe that people are capable of achieving their goals, especially if provided with personal choice, knowledge and support from family, friends and professionals," says Lenhart. We are committed to providing the best staff, facilities and environment to successfully achieve safe weight loss for children, teens and adults through a program that will change lives. We also offer a Parents Conference Weekend to educate the families so that they can better support their children once they return home from our fitness camp summer program."

Camp La Jollas spacious, suite-style accommodations are provided on the prestigious UCSD campus in beautiful La Jolla California. Most who attend the teen weight loss camp are girls ages 13-18. There are separate, exclusive programs for preteen girls and boys ages 8-12, teen boys ages 13-18, a Collegiate Ladies and Mothers fitness Program and a 1-week Family camp.

Todays youth are savvy about health and want to learn how to get the weight off, keep it off and learn lifelong tips to stay healthy and fit," Lenhart says. When they are successful with weight loss, they become more confident and are successful in other areas of their life. These young people are the parents of the future. They learn to choose healthy foods and make fitness a part of family life-here at our Camp La Jolla fitness camp."

For information on Camp La Jolla call 800-825-TRIM(8746) or visit www.camplajolla.com. A video of the weight loss summer camp program and ladies program can also be viewed on the website.

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