EG Male Loses 54 Pounds, Honored by Weight-Loss Group

ELK GROVE, CA (MPG) - An Elk Grove resident received statewide acknowledgment this year for his efforts to lose weight.
James Lassen, who is a member of not-for-profit TOPS Club Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), was crowned the weight-loss support group's California King for 2022 as outcome of losing 53.6 pounds and reaching his target weight. TOPS royalty are individuals who, "at the end of the year, have actually formally tape-recorded the biggest weight-loss from their beginning weight, no matter the time required to reach their goal," according to a press release.
Lassen informed the Citizen that the TOPS program includes weekly conferences, at which participants are weighed and after that discuss their progress and difficulties. Lassen said there is no particular diet plan in TOPS, with emphasis on a member's personal objectives.

In a composed declaration recounting his experience with weight reduction, Lassen said he has been overweight for a big part of his life. At numerous points in youth and then their adult years, he tried numerous weight-loss programs, however he said that he felt they prioritized short-term weight-loss or created extreme pressure to reduce weight weekly. At his heaviest, following retirement, Lassen weighed 265 pounds.
His wife, Roxane, belonged to TOPS and advised that he sign up with.
" I did not wish to sign up with, so I made her a deal-- I would sign up with TOPS if I might not drop weight on my own over a 2 month period," Lassen's declaration read. After failing to lose the weight on his own, he joined TOPS in October 2020 with an objective of losing at least 50 pounds.

His personal way of life changes included consuming a great deal of water while decreasing his calorie consumption and part sizes. He emphasized that there is "no ideal way" to lose weight. He said that he feels "100% healthier than before."
Lassen now leads conferences of the Elk Grove TOPS group, and he stated in an interview that he values the "nonjudgmental" atmosphere of conferences.
"We praise those who reduced weight and motivate those who didn't," Lassen informed the Citizen, also stating that he takes pleasure in seeing fellow members reach their goals.
"What attracts me is it's not extremely threatening or expensive," Lassen included.
In his declaration, he noted that he was at first worried that TOPS "would be everything about women's health and I would feel out of place as a man at the conference." But he discovered the conferences "very inclusive," and the number of men in the local group has slowly increased. He encouraged other guys not to let comparable concerns stop them from dropping weight.
"All the favorable feedback you get in the group implies the world," he told the Citizen.