Lose and Win
Peer Support Group

Please note that new sessions of this program are currently on hold. Please check back at a later date if you are interested in these activities.

This on-going eight-week support program is designed to help you lose weight and maintain it with weekly weigh-ins and group discussions. Participants can even earn prizes for participation! Any worksite with a meeting place and volunteer facilitator can host this program. Learn more...

Current Groups
There are not currently any worksite groups.

Participant Materials

New participant guide

Food & Activity Journal page

Discussion topics

 

Hosting Information

What a host/facilitator does:
• Commits to facilitating at least one eight-week series.
• Establishes a weekly meeting date and time (30 to 50 minutes recommended).
• Advertises the Lose & Win Peer Support Group.
• Arrives a few minutes early to each meeting to set out a scale and sign-in sheet.
• Welcomes the group each week with a discussion on group members' successes and challenges for the past week.
• Introduces weekly discussion topic, and if applicable, presents information or handouts. Or, alternately, introduces the volunteer who will present the topic to the group.
• Collects a short written survey from each participant at the end of each eight-week series and turns in sign-in sheet to Employee Wellness.

What Employee Wellness provides:
• A scale
• Weight tracking cards for each participant
• Sign-in sheet
• Facilitator Guide
• Discussion topic ideas and handouts
• Prizes
• One formal wellness presentation (depending on staff availability)

Contact Employee Wellness to host a group at your worksite. Please note that new sessions of this program are currently on hold. Please check back at a later date if you are interested in these activities.

 

Links

Meal planning, calorie calculator, physical activity calculator, nutrition info and more:
• Mypyramid.gov
• Mypyramid 7 Day menu planner
• Tips for a healthy diet and nutrient group info
• Dining out suggestions & Fast Food nutrient facts

Calorie Calculators:
• Nutritiondata.com and Fast Food at Nutritiondata.com
• Calorieking.com
• Freedieting.com
• Fat calorie info & counter

Healthy Recipes with Nutrition Information
• Nutritiondata.com Recipes
• allrecipes.com
• eatingwell.com

Weight Loss Plan by Reader’s Digest

Muscle Strengthening Session Ideas
     Basic Strength Training Workout (requires dumbells or bands for some exercises)
     Resistance Band Training
     Upper Body Free Weight Exercises
     Upper Body Weight Machine Exercises
     Body Weight Exercises (no equipment)
     "At Home" and "At the Gym" Videos

Flexibility Training Ideas
     Yoga at Your Desk
     Floor Stretches
     Basic Flexibility Workout

Resistance Band Workout /Instruction