Instead of adding on pounds, you and your DHHS coworkers are invited to join the eighth annual Eat Smart, Move More…Maintain, don’t gain! Holiday Challenge. Rather than focusing on trying to lose weight, this free six-week challenge provides participants with tips, tricks and ideas to help maintain your weight throughout the holiday season. The challenge begins Nov. 25 and runs through Dec. 31.
How to join: Sign-up at https://esmmweighless.com/holiday-challenge-live/ . Click ‘Sign Up Today’ and enter your email address. All participant information is kept confidential. Once you join you will have access to:
• A calorie counter, a food log and an activity log to track your progress.
• A chance to receive bonus healthy holiday recipes if you sign up early and complete the pre-survey.
• Six free weekly emailed newsletters with tips to
• Manage holiday stress
• Fit physical activity into your day
• Cook quick and healthy meals
In 2012, more than 3,960 people from 40 different states and Canada took part of the challenge, and 72 percent were first time participants. At the end of the program, 71 percent reported maintaining their weight. In addition, 20 percent reported losing 3 to 5+ pounds.
The Eat Smart, Move More…Maintain, don’t gain! Holiday Challenge is a part of Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less, an online 15-week weight management program using strategies proven to work for weight loss and weight maintenance.
The Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less program was developed by N.C. State University and the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health.
For questions or comments, please contact Madison Fehling at Madison.Fehling@dhhs.nc.gov or 919-707-5398.