Tops Weight Members Club People Lose Lost Organization

TOPS Club is a nonprofit organization based in the State of Wisconsin whose "mission" (purpose) is to help people learn to control their body weight. The name, TOPS Club, is an "acronym" (a new word formed from the first letter of each word in a longer name or term) for "Taking Off Pounds Sensibly," where "taking off" (removing or getting rid of) "pounds" (a unit of measurement for weight, equal to 2.2 kilograms) "sensibly" (rationally; in a reasonable, normal way) means that people should lose weight a little bit at a time, without following "crazy" (very strange) "crash diets" (severe restrictions to lose weight very quickly).

Today there are TOPS clubs around the world, but most of them are in the United States and Canada. They support research regarding weight loss and they also serve as "support groups" (groups of people who share similar experiences to help each other) for their members as they "struggle" (try to do something that is difficult) to lose weight. Members meet once a week for a "private" (not shared with other people) "weigh-in" (stepping on a scale to determine one's weight and compare it to that of previous weeks) and then join the larger group for education and "recognition," such as recognizing the members who have lost the most weight in the past week. The TOPS Club website "claims" (says that something is true) that its members lost 425 "tons" (1 ton = 2,000 pounds) last year.

The organization has regional, national. and international recognition days where members are recognized as Kings and Queens for having lost the most weight, often more than 200 pounds.