Weigh in for Scale Back Alabama at GRMC January 25
January 18, 2010 – It’s time to team up and tackle weight loss, as part of Scale Back Alabama 2010. Gadsden Regional Medical Center will again serve as a weight-in site Jan. 25 for the annual statewide weight loss campaign, which urges Alabamians to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks.
Last year, some 40,000 people participated and lost a total of 183,135 pounds. The contest is sponsored by the Alabama’s hospitals, the Alabama Department of Public Health, Barber Dairies and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama.
To participate, assemble a team of four (members must be 18 or older, cannot be pregnant and cannot have undergone weight loss surgery within the last year) and go to one of the state’s weigh-in sites for registration and weigh-in. If each member of a team loses at least 10 pounds during the contest, the team will be eligible for drawings for cash prizes of $250, $500, and $1,000.
If not all team members lose 10 pounds, individuals on the team will still be entered in drawings for 50 achievement prizes of $100 each. The drawings will be conducted in an event on April 28.
Ultimately, losing weight is the prize. GRMC hopes to help participants in the Gadsden area to win that prize by offering educational programs and special menu selections in the hospital Food Court during the contest.
The GRMC Food and Nutrition Department plans special Scale Back Blue Plate lunches and will offer classes, open to the public, in the Mirror Room, on topics related to healthy diet and nutrition.
The following classes will be offered at 1 p.m. and repeated at 6 p.m. on the listed dates.
- Healthy Cooking – February 2
- Healthy Choices – February 16
- Fad Diets – March 2
- Eat. Learn. Live Deliciously – March 30
To attend classes, please call 494-4174.
Weigh-in at GRMC will be January 25 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Mirror Room located on the first floor of the hospital. Participants should wear normal business attire (no bulky coats or layers to pad the scales).
The weigh-out at GRMC at the end of the program will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 12 in the Mirror Room.
For more detailed guidelines about the contest, visit www.scalebackalabama.com, For more information about weigh-in and classes at GRMC, contact Greg Dial at 494-4895.