2014 Weight Loss Challenge Results

The 6th Annual 2014 Eat Smart Move More Weight Loss Challenge was a great success! Sponsors agree that everyone who participated is a winner if they lost any weight or adopted healthier habits. They also thank the many community partners that generously offered Challenge participants discounted memberships, free classes, or prizes.

The Challenge ended with a celebration on 6/9/14 at the Henderson Family YMCA that was sponsored by Maria Parham Medical Center. The participants will be challenged again in late fall 2014 to maintain their weight lost or to meet their original 10 pound goal if they didn't quite make it yet.

2014 WLC Statistics:
* 390 people weighed in & 51% of those individuals weighed out losing over 1500 pounds!
* Five teams of 3 & 90 individuals qualified for the prize drawings by meeting the goal of losing 10 pounds during the 10 week period.
* 97% of survey respondents said the challenge was worth their time.
* 99% of survey respondents plan to continue to work to achieve or maintain a healthy weight
* 92% of survey respondents commit to continue the changes they made.

Sponsors:  Maria Parham Medical Center, the Henderson Family YMCA, & the Granville-Vance District Health Department

Community Partners:
* Henderson:  Henderson-Vance Recreation Dept & Studio Mainstreet.
* Oxford:  BodyWorx Fitness Center, Zumba with Gwen, Oxford Parks and Recreation Dept, & Starting Fresh Nutrition
* Creedmoor:  The Road to Fitness

The winners present at the award ceremony with MPMC COO Tim Harclerode (back row - far left), new CEO of the Henderson Family YMCA Paul Ross (back row - 2nd from left, & Health Director Lisa Harrison (back row - 3rd from left).

Prize Winners
* New Prize Category - Every Pound Counts! (Participants lost 3 pounds or more)
- 1 Month Membership to Henderson Family YMCA:  Vikki Williams, Alexis Byars, Amy McFalls
- $25 Gift Card Winners: Desree Twisdale, Jean Ayscue, Barbara Felts, Learnetta Speed

All following participants lost 10 pounds or more.

* Individual Winners of Partner Prizes:
- Gift Basket from Starting Fresh Nutrition in Oxford: Emillee Johnson
- 10 Class Pass From Gwen Hernandex Zumba: Cathy Hight
- 1 Month Membership to Aycock Recreation Center in Henderson:  Phylis Carter, Cassandra Evans
- 6 Class Pass to Studio Mainstreet in Henderson: Monique Allen
- 1 Month Membership to BodyWorx in Oxford: Debra Montegue, Detroit Yancey, Deanna Katz
- 3 Month Membership to Road to Fitness in Creedmoor: Shana Clegg
- 6 Month Membership to Henderson Family YMCA:  LaRonday Ray, Katrina Williams
- $50 Gift Card Winners: Heather Wade, Cheryl Ellington, Tonya Jones, Anna Walker, Catherine Sledge, Betty Moss, Penny Glover, Kelly Anderson, Kay Burke, Kyle Blackwell, Paulette Adams, Chantel Cronk, Goldie Davis, Barbara Jones

* Team Gift Card Winners:
- $50/member - Team Time Warner:  Eddie Blake, Davis Edmonds, Jeremy Paul
- $75/member - Team Awesome:  Monica Boyd, Rachel Cox, Cheryl Dalman
- $150/member - Team Beauty and the Beasts:  Leigh Ann Fowler, Timothy Fowler, Randy Smith