Choose To Lose: “Helping Delawares Live a Long, Healthy Life”
Choose to Lose is a weight loss program sponsored by the Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Wellness Council, and the Delaware Health and Wellness Center. This program is open to all members of the Delaware Health and Wellness Center, age 18 and over. For Delaware Wellness Center membership information, call 918-337-6590. For information on Choose to Lose, please call Bonnie Jo Griffith, 918-331-3805 or email her at bjogriffith@aol.com.
All Choose to Lose participants must weigh in at the Delaware Tribe of Indians Wellness Center between the hours of 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on April 8, 9 or 10, 2014. These weigh-ins will be witnessed by a member of the Wellness Committee, or their designee, and logged for reference at the end of the program.
The same scale will be used for all weigh-ins. Each participant will be required to sign a Release of Liability. Participants are encouraged to utilize the Wellness Center and maintain a healthy diet.
Participants will weigh out from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on June 3, 4, or 5, 2014. These weigh outs-must be witnessed by a member of the Wellness Council, or their designee, and signed off by both the participant and the witness. The same scale used for the weigh-ins will be used for the weigh-outs.
Prizes will be awarded to the three participants obtaining the largest percentage of weight loss. The person having the highest percentage of weight loss will receive a $200 cash award. The participant with the second high percentage of weight loss will be awarded $100 cash, with the third highest winning $50. Winners will announced at noon on June 6.
The Delaware Health and Wellness Center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It is located at the Tribal Complex at 170 N.E. Barbara, Bartlesville, OK.
Even participants who don’t fall in the money ranking will be winners if they lose weight. Choose to Lose and enjoy this time of healthy activity and eating. Hopefully after eight weeks each of us enrolling in this program will have developed healthy living habits, which are worth much more than the monetary awards. Join us as we encourage everyone to join in and possibly get a bit of extra cash in their pockets. Most importantly though, let’s all be encouraged to get healthy and help end the cycle of diabetes and obesity among Natives. We can do this!! CHOOSE TO LOSE!
By Bonnie Jo Griffith
Co-Chair, Wellness Committee
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